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Standard Issue Podcast

By women. For women. About everything. Standard Issue is a podcast championing women"s voices, and packed with interviews, news, film, opinion and humour. For advertising enquiries, email sales@auddy.co

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27:26

Saskia Flower on Lee Miller

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2025/10/20

Model, muse, photographer, and war correspondent: Lee Miller's career covered a lot of ground. What a woman. And now at Tate Britain, you can see the most extensive exhibition of all aspects of her work the UK has seen to date.Assistant curator of the exhibition Saskia Flower catches up with Jen to chat about what's in the exhibition, Miller’s extraordinary life, and looking at both the person and her work through a different lens. Lee Miller is showing at the Tate Britain until February 15

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23:27

The internet isn't just dangerous for girls, with Tir...

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2025/10/17

We talk a lot on Standard Issue about how young women are victimised online, but young men are increasingly at risk too. Something terrifyingly obvious in Tir Dhondy's latest investigation, Blackmailed: The Sextortion Killers, now available to watch on BBC3. Hannah chats to Tir about the victims, the perpetrators and what, if anything, can be done to stop it. You can watch Tir's documentary on the iPlayer here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kl4v/blackmailed-the-sextortion-killers For

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17:13

The Bush Telegraph: Not just for men!

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2025/10/16

Credit (albeit reluctant) where credit is due, Donald Trump’s only gone and pulled a blinder. Whether it means long-term peace in the Middle East remains doubtful, but Mick and Hannah are also wondering what’s next for Ukraine. How helpful is the word ‘tomahawk’ to any peace process? There are also – you guessed it – nuns, and a fun-for-some run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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25:46

Rated or Dated: To Die For (1995)

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2025/10/15

Gus van Sant’s black comedy gave Nicole Kidman the opportunity to show her villainous chops to mid-90s audiences. It also took a swipe at a media-obsessed America. But 30 years on, does it feel a bit old hat to modern audiences? What was it trying to say about ambitious women? And bitches – be they crazy? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:37

Lorraine Stansbie and Kate Flannery are Iron Ladies

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2025/10/14

Iron Ladies is a new documentary about the women of the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike, a time in which working-class women who found themselves at the forefront of a battle against the British state. They fast became the backbone of the fight: organising pickets; keeping families fed, and raising cash to continue the strike. As Lorraine Stansbie and Kate Flannery – two of those redoubtable women – tell our Mick, it changed them. And not only them; it’s fair to say their actions reshaped the landscape of

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27:34

Anne Odeke’s Even More… Ghost Stories

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2025/10/13

Following her success with Princess Essex and the previous two chapters of Ghost Stories…by Candlelight, Anne Odeke has joined forces with High Tide theatre company to co-write Even More…Ghost Stories by Candlelight. The joint production, with Pentabus Theatre, is currently touring both the east and, indeed, west of the country. Jen chats to Anne about the production, urban explorers, and her crazy year, post-Princess Dinubolu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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30:12

The rhyme and reason of history

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2025/10/10

Catherine Clarke's new book - and accompanying Radio 4 series - A History of England in 25 Poems, tackles the big issues. And the smaller ones, too. Hannah chats to her about how poetry has helped shape our view of England and whether that view is accurate, as well the importance of local history and her role as the Director of Victoria County History.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:03

The Bush Telegraph: Quick, get Taylor Swift in the...

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2025/10/09

If you're planning a trip to Europe or to leave your bike at a train station, or both, Hannah and Jen have got big news this week. Also, there's a new Archbishop of Canterbury, a woman no less. Who exactly? Doesn't matter. Or so it seems. You know who is good for clicks though? Taylor Swift. Best mention her a few times. Plus there's a lot of football commentator chat and a lot of women's football in Jenny Off The Blocks. The Flicking episode on Pan's Labyrinth is here:

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23:54

Emma Dennis-Edwards is Not Your Superwoman

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2025/10/07

In her play Not Your Superwoman, Emma Dennis-Edwards tackles the sometimes tricksy relationship between mums and daughters. She chats to our Mick about complex intergenerational dynamics, the expectations on mums, intergenerational trauma, the shifting nature of ‘motherland’, and how exciting it is to work with talent as big as Letitia Wright and Golda Rosheuvel. Not Your Superwoman is at the Bush Theatre, London, until November 1, but is currently fully sold out. Fingers firmly crossed for a

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22:11

Vicki Sparks is kicking off

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2025/10/06

Following an epic summer of women’s sport, the UEFA Women’s Champions League is back, starting on October 7 and broadcast in its entirety on Disney+.Jen catches up with commentator Vicki Sparks to find out more about bringing the women’s game to the House of Mouse, who Vicki’s backing in this year’s tournament, and how hard it really is to commentate on live sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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36:18

Flicking #66: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

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2025/10/03

With an awards-bothering central performance from Eka Chavleishvili, Elene Naveriani’s adaptation of Tamta Melashvili’s 2020 novel got smashing reviews across the board. Set in a small, remote village in Georgia, the film brings us Etero, a single, middle-aged woman whose quiet, insular life is exploded by a near-death experience and a sexual awakening. But is Etero isolated or independent? How mean can women feasibly be to one another? Is it a sexy film? And will talking about it prove too much

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29:18

The Bush Telegraph: FINALLY

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2025/10/02

Mick and Jen tackle this week’s news, which finally (FINALLY!) finds Labour kicking the ball towards a goal – and not even an own goal – in moves* that will annoy both racists and people who like kids living in poverty. There’s also an Old Missus, some classic Mick pronunciation, Jen cheering sportswomen all over the shop, and some nuns. Obviously. *Probably. If the wind doesn’t change direction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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32:51

Rated or Dated: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

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2025/10/01

Is Sidney Lumet's 1975 bank robbery drama of its time? Or years ahead of its time? Or still pretty relevant to today? Or all of it? Find out as we watch Al Pacino Al Pacino-ing it to the max as the mob cheers him on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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22:19

The Bush Telegraph: Nun-stop news

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2025/09/25

Hannah and Mick tackle this week’s headlines, looking at whether Jess’s Rule is progress or a damning indictment of the NHS, worrying about young girls reporting being sad every day, charting how the Taliban continues to take its misogyny up yet another notch, and finally – finally – finding something* to like about golf. *Sister Rene of the Humility of Mary order https://malala.org/countries/afghanistan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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34:52

Rated or Dated: Billy Elliot (2000)

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2025/09/24

Stephen Daldry’s 2000 coming-of-age comedy-drama made big waves on both sides of the Atlantic, and a star of its young lead, Jamie Bell. But how funny is it? Is that dancing actually any good? And is that really how they select people for the Royal Ballet School? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:35

Atoosa Sepehr and Hannah Khalil’s English Persian...

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2025/09/23

Food glorious food: not only does it sustain and nourish us as individuals, it brings together communities, crosses borders and merges cultures. When Atoosa Sepehr fled an abusive marriage in Iran, she found herself alone and lonely in London. And then she started cooking. The Persian dishes she created providing an anchor to the home she missed and forging friendships in the one she was creating. In My English Persian Kitchen, Atoosa’s story is brought to the stage by playwright Hannah Khalil

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27:51

Len Pennie annaw

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2025/09/22

Poet, broadcaster, and TikTok sensation, Len Pennie was last on the podcast back in February 2024 on the eve of publication of her first collection of poems, Poyums. Since then, she’s become a Sunday Times bestselling author, and picked up a British Book Award. In her new collection, Poyums Annaw, Len writes viscerally about her experiences of domestic violence, mental health problems, patriarchy, and a four year fight for justice, as well as love and joy. Jen chats to Len about the ups and downs

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51:17

Outside The Box September 2025

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2025/09/19

It's Emmy time again and this month we're chatting about the good and bad choices made this year. Which is also an excuse to talk about The Penguin. We've also been watching King of The Hill, Only Murders in the Building, I Fought the Law, Hostage, The Newsreader, King & Conqueror, and Unknown Number: The High School Catfish.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:12

The Bush Telegraph: Bellend Olympics

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2025/09/18

A freedom of speech special awaits you this week, as Hannah and Jen debate the rights and wrongs of opinions expressed on the killing of Charlie Kirk, as well as the rights and wrongs of hammering nails through your penis. There’s added joy from some nuns on the run and - finally - some good news for Keir Starmer and the families of the 97 victims of the Hillsborough Disaster. We also bring you the latest in women’s sport and some very strange noises from Hannah’s neighbour. Learn more about your

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34:16

Rated or Dated: Psycho (1960)

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2025/09/17

What’s a young man to do when he can’t stop murdering women he fancies? Blame his mum, obviously. The malign power of mothers is just one of several themes raised by the genre-defining Hitchcock classic and discussed by Mick, Hannah and Jen. Hold onto your shower curtains, it’s time for some piercing violin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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