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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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Liz Warner on employees with a difference
Just five per cent of people with a learning difference are in paid work, something highlighted by the recent case of Tom Boyd, who was let go by Morr...
The Bush Telegraph: Good news? Bad news? Dog news?
Reaction to Wes Streeting’s independent review on mental health, ADHD and autism might divide opinion, but surely we can all agree to be
pleased...
Rated or Dated: 9 to 5
Watching 9 to 5, what a way to earn a living. Mick, Hannah and Jen revisit Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and – people’s favourite – Dolly Parton in this cla...
Vikki Stone’s on (oh yes she is!)
Given we’re deep into pantomime season, it seemed only right that Mick got on the Zoom with Vikki Stone, the woman behind some of the best pantos in t...
Mary Mandefield’s not dating the same guy as you
In the Wild West that is dating apps, women are increasingly turning to novel ways of protecting themselves. Online groups such as Are We Dating The S...
Flicking #68: Sister Midnight
Bollywood star Radhika Apte is unhappy new bride Uma in writer/director Karan Kandhari’s feature debut, which Hannah’s picked for the last Flicking of...
The Bush Telegraph: Wise owls and other animals
There are abuses of power all over the shop, as Mick talks us through the second phase of Lady Elish Angiolini’s inquiry into the prevention of sexual...
Rated or Dated: Flash Gordon (1980)
A superhero with no special powers. An intergalactic wrong 'un trying to destroy the earth. Brian Blessed dressed as whatever that is. Welcome to this...
Small is beautiful, with Emma Rice
The Emma Rice Company's adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales opened last week to rave reviews. Hannah grabbed some time with its f...
Bonnie Langford knows how old you are
Paddington the Musical – a brand new show written by Jessica Swale, with music by Tom Fletcher – opens its doors at the Savoy Theatre in London this...
Outside The Box: November '25
In this month's telly round-up, we're watching Death By Lightning, The Beast in Me, Down Cemetery Road, Plur1bus and Caroline Flack: Search for the Tr...
The Bush Telegraph: Rage against the (old washing) machine
Are you angry? Like really angry? Of course you are. Well, does Hannah have a dinner service for you. This week, she and Mick are asking whether the j...
Rated or Dated: Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
Christmas already? We know. But can we redeem ourselves if it’s Christmas by way of Jeannot Szwarc’s cult classic, Santa Claus: The Movie? A box offic...
Have you heard the good news, with Generation Rent
All hail the Renters’ Rights Act, the biggest shake-up to renting in England for more than 30 years, which officially comes into play next May. It’s a...
Cindy Reymond spots an opportunity in women’s football
Cindy Reymond is one of the eight women secretary generals who represented host cities during this summer’s UEFA Women’s Euro in Switzerland. That’s r...
Alice Loxton is walking through history
When Queen Eleanor died, her husband - Edward I - ordered that 12 enormous crosses be built along the route her body had travelled back to London. Som...
The Bush Telegraph: Whoa! Back to the island
Jen gets a swift and thoroughly unexpected trip through US political rumours this week, as Hannah looks at the latest from across the Atlantic. Plus t...
Rated or Dated: Misery (1990)
Another week, another one of film’s most villainous women: this time it’s deranged devotee Annie Wilkes, a role which bagged Kathy Bates an Oscar for...
Ultra Women with Emma Wilkinson and Lily Canter
Back in 2019, ultra runner Jasmin Paris made headlines when she smashed the Montane Spine Race, winning the 268-mile race in the depths of winter outr...
Sarah Grant on history’s most fashionable queen
More than two centuries since her execution, Marie Antoinette continues to influence fashion and culture, and is now the subject of a major new exhibi...
I, Spy (with Agnes O'Casey)
There are a lot of spies in pop culture right now. This pleases Hannah immensely, so she jumped at the chance to get on the Zoom with Agnes O’Casey to...
The Bush Telegraph: Another workplace ruined
Bloody women. Is there anything they won’t ruin? Well, Mick and Jen take a stab at this week’s news, in which some institutions are too busy ruining t...
Rated or Dated: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
You know, the one with the good guy versus the evil nurse. Or is it? One of many questions we'll be asking as we watch Miloš Forman's Oscar botherer,...
Hollie McNish: Virgin
One of our firm favourites, poet Hollie McNish’s latest collection, Virgin, explores a six-letter word with outsized power. A power that should also b...
Supplementary Ruth Tongue on nutrition
Instagram is a right old pain in the proverbial when it comes to advertising, and our Jen has noticed she’s suddenly getting A LOT of ads targeted at...
Flicking #67: Wicked
There’s no doubt that Yosra’s picked* one of last year’s juggernauts: John M Chu’s cinematic take on Winnie Holzman’s ridiculously successful musical...
The Bush Telegraph: Dawn of the Planet of the Arbury Apes!!!!!!
There's a cryptid been spotted in Cambridge and it's far from the least believable thing you'll hear in today's podcast, where Mickey and Hannah are c...
Rated or Dated: Charlie’s Angels (2000)
The Destiny’s Child theme tune celebrated all the women being independent, but – question - how appropriate are those lyrics for McG’s 2000 “action-co...
Selling cowboy country with Ellie House
Radio 4 and BBC World Service reporter and producer Ellie House makes some really interesting podcasts. Her latest, The Real ‘Yellowstone’: a battle f...
Outside The Box October 2025
It's another OTB of two halves this month, with Mickey joining Hannah to chat about Riot Women, Only Murders In The Building, The Last Frontier and Hi...
The Bush Telegraph: What a faff
As the concept of ID cards rears its ugly head once again, Hannah and Jen are asking if Keir Starmer’s revolutionary way of eliminating faff will be a...
Rated or Dated: The Long Good Friday (1980)
Or is it the long good objectification of a young Pierce Brosnan? Mick, Hannah and Jen are here to prove a Rated or Dated can be both, as they watch t...
There she goes, Gosia Buzzanca’s Beautiful World
As an 18-year-old in search of freedom and adventure, Gosia Buzzanca left her small hometown of Poznan, Poland, eventually settling in Wales. In her n...
The Bush Telegraph: Allegedly...
With the Grand Old Duke of York’s title now vacant, Mick and Jen visit the horrific allegations against Prince (for now) Andrew, made in Virginia Giuf...
Rated or Dated: The Proposition (2005)
Can an Australian film be a Western? Can one female character represent all of womankind? Is this the best Ray Winstone? And, most importantly, who's...
Saskia Flower on Lee Miller
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...
The internet isn't just dangerous for girls, with Tir Dhondy
We talk a lot on Standard Issue about how young women are victimised online, but young men are increasingly at risk too. Something terrifyingly obviou...
The Bush Telegraph: Not just for men!
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 rema...
Rated or Dated: To Die For (1995)
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-obse...
Lorraine Stansbie and Kate Flannery are Iron Ladies
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 forefr...