Standard Issue Podcast

When Mike Judge showed us a vision of America in the future, nobody thought the future would arrive so soon. Did the social satire predict the rise of Trump? Can a film about dumb people ever really be clever? And what's the worst thing to have taped to your car bonnet?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a podcast of positivity, as our Mick has one of her regular catch ups with NASA's Suze Kundu.  They're covering all sorts of topics, starting of course, with the recent eclipse and why its study is so important. Then there's the new discovery that menstrual blood is basically magical, wound-healing elixir to celebrate, as well as some brilliant, inspirational kids who are filtering microplastics out of water with tamarind seeds.  If you're one of our £5 and above patreons, there's a bonus good news story to do with little lungs doing better in London, so get involved at patreon/com/standardissue. And give Suze a follow on the socials @funsizesuze. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Crawford picked up her nickname after decades of work uncovering rare books and collectables related to the suffrage movement. She chats to Hannah about her latest book, The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects, lesser known historical heroines, and how merchandising helped the Suffragettes make their mark. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the Spielberg-Kubrick vision of the future no one was sure about at the time, but later got some pretty big acclaim. 2001's AI: Artificial Intelligence remains a Marmite movie, so how will Hannah and Mick feel about this Pinocchio story of a robot who wants to be a real boy? Where can we get us one of those robo-teddies? And having witnessed Jude Law as a rent-a-pump mecha, will Hannah ever sleep soundly again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the star of daytime TV, radio and podcasts for more than 30 years, there's not much we don't think we already know about Vanessa Feltz. But there's always more to learn, so now she's back on our screens with At Home with Vanessa, a new YouTube show filmed in her actual home, with her actual friends, and her actual favourite crisps shipped over from Ireland for the occasion. Jen visited Feltz Towers to chat about the show, her career, the tabloid press, and whether or not she really was drinking custard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this month's round-up of some of the best and not-so-best things on TV, we're talking about Furious, Possession, Evolution, My Brilliant Career, 100 Years of Solitude, Station 11 and the return of Ted Lasso. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Hannah and Mickey look at some of the week's best and worst stories, including major finds by archeologists, the scandal that continues to engulf Cambridge University, free travel for disabled people in England, and the ongoing "early release" crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alejandro Amenábar's creepy AF tale of grief and darkness in post-war Jersey cleared a path for the return of old-school horror. But does it stand up when you already know the twist? Is there a fate worse than Keith Allen in your upstairs? And will we ever stop inflicting Nicole Kidman on poor Hannah? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's been a while since comedian Susan Calman went on tour: 10 years, in fact. Her brand new show, Tall Tales, kicks off in September, and promises stories, big laughs, a dose of peri rage, and – possibly – some dancing.  Mick got on the Zoom with Susan to talk comedy, weights, cats, anxiety, grief, facing big challenges, sex cruises and serial killers. As ever, there's more chat for our £5 and above patrons, including a really very convincing argument about why we should all be playing golf. Get involved at patreon.com/standardissue. Tickets and info for Susan's tour can be found at susancalman.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to saying no, journalist and author Anna Holmes has form. Back in 2007, she founded feminist website Jezebel, which at the time was a big old flip of the bird to traditional women's media, and went on to change the entire media landscape. In her new book, The Power of No: A Celebration, she turns ideas around a presumed negative (especially when uttered by a woman) on their head. Jen chats to Anna about “no” as a complete sentence, why when it comes from a woman, the word is often understood as a provocation, and the many other ways in which society expects us to diminish ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eva Victor's lauded auterial debut about a bad thing that happens to a young woman called Agnes and how she feels and deals in the aftermath, is Yosra's pick for this month. Billed pretty much everywhere as a black comedy, will Mick and Hannah do any laughing?  Is Victor's telling of trauma authentic? How big is that cat? And how do they all feel about the term ‘traumedy'? (Spoiler: traumedised. They feel traumedised.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's apocalypse is brought to you by Mick and Jen. They're chatting about the early release of prisoners, which may require more nuance than ‘from October', the rise and risks of pervert specs, some lovely cash news for women who invest, and why Jen is sat in a puddle staring at the sun. There's fake wives and sexist weather in SOTW, and some joyous shouting of ‘BELLEND!' And ‘ELIMINATOR!' in JOTB. Don't have nightmares, do sleep with your sweaty bum out of the duvet.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We escape a red hot summer to visit, checks notes, another red hot summer in Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter's adaptation of LP Hartley's novel. There's big hair, wild hats, Alan Bates - swoons! -  future British sitcom stars and crippling social conventions. What could possibly go wrong? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian and long-time Standard Issue friend Vix Leyton's latest show – Chief Petty Officer – is on at the Edinburgh Fringe right now. She chats to Hannah about big changes, small pettinesses, the cost of the Fringe (in every sense), and the joys of moving up North. Tickets and info for Chief Petty Officer here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigative journalist Lucy Taylor is, along with her partner in podcasting and partner in life Dan Ashby, responsible for the award-winning BBC Radio 4/BBC Sounds programme Buried, the third series of which has been recently released. She chats to Hannah about how the dumping of dead animals in a tiny community led to a network of organised crime in the British countryside, and how rural police forces are struggling to get it under control. You can listen to Buried: Dead Rabbit here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002z5yj/episodes/player You can join the Standard Issue membership club here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there a new grifter on the scene? Hannah's been nose to the ground around the ever-growing tall tales of Jason Arday, the University of Cambridge's youngest ever black professor with a very impressive CV. Too impressive? Weeeelllll. There's definitely an old grifter on the scene, as Mick's been nose to the ground around the ever-growing “joke” candidate list for next week's Clacton-on-Sea's byelection, with spam-faced clown Nigel Farage the biggest joke of all.  There's also chatGPT, a stopped clock in a memorial pool, and, what's that, a glimmer of hope for England's maternity system? Could it be true? IS ANYTHING TRUE ANYMORE? And here are those links Hannah promises: "Maybe I flew too close to the sun": https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2026/aug/01/playbooks-plagiarism-pigs-head-new-claims-surrounding-cambridge-professor-jason-arday "It's very rare that academics refuse to talk to the press": https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/04/journalist-questioned-by-police-for-investigating-cambridge/ Charity casts doubt on volunteering record: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/03/cambridge-professor-accused-plagiarism-loses-key-ally-uk/ "We're talking about academia here. I didn't murder somebody”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78gmp7zylvo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Wake up, Claire, Jim's dead! They're all dead!” Is the subtle way Tom Cruise's super-cool spy Ethan Hunt tells a woman her husband's been killed a cipher for the rest of Brian De Palma's slick and shiny 1996 thriller? How secure is that CIA vault? Where did you get that mask? Is it really that easy to get stabbed through a fence? Mick and Hannah answer these questions and many more, as the first film in the Mission: Impossible franchise gets Rated or Dated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to women and girls being not just welcome and safe in public places and spaces, but also thought about and designed for, Susannah Walker has credentials and previous.  When she and Imogen Clark co-founded the not-for-profit Make Space For Girls back in 2021, her eyes were opened to a whole load more issues to address when it comes to women and girls in public places and spaces. Cue In Her Place, Susannah's new venture, working to make women and girls feel ownership, safety and belonging in spaces by creating better, more inclusive spaces, buildings and designs that foreground the needs of women and girls. Which is possible. Let Susannah tell you about Umeå… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like it or loathe it, social media is a huge part of our everyday lives. That's the topic sociologist and journalist Kathryn Jezer-Morton grapples with in her new book, The Story of Your Life: Social Media, Storytelling and the Branding of Everyday Life, in which she attempts to uncover the deeper truths about how what we see and share on social media is rewriting the ways we make sense of our everyday experiences. Jen chats to Kathryn about the book, the concept of personal branding, what's an overshare in millennial terms and how that compares to today's youth, and whether three glasses of wine are actually likely to ruin anyone's life for three days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this month's guide to the best and worst TV,  we're watching Cape Fear, Katie Price: Nothing To Hide, Ann Droid, Jesy Nelson; Life Changing, The American Revolution and I, Jack Wright. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kathryn Bigelow's “wet western” action-thriller has something for everyone: Keanu Reeves' face if your Jen, Gary Busey in general if you're Mick, and a dog being thrown at a person during a high-speed foot-chase if you're Hannah. But will this wang-heavy surfer-bank-robber classic stand the test of time? And we did all know it was directed by a woman, right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On July 28, 1986, estate agent Suzy Lamplugh went to work as normal, preparing to meet a client. She was never seen again and no trace of her has ever been found. Suzy was declared legally dead, presumed murdered, in 1993. In response to her disappearance, her parents Paul and Diana set up the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, and over the last 40 years, the Trust has been responsible for vital work around personal safety and stalking. To mark the 40th anniversary of her disappearance, Jen caught up with Emma Linley-Clark, the Trust's interim CEO, to talk about its #40YearsShouldHaveBeenEnough campaign, the impact of its work, and why stalking seems to be such a challenge for the justice system. More information about the campaign and the Trust's work, as well as information on the National Stalking Helpline, is available on the Trust's website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer and music journalist Cathi Unsworth's compilation for Ace records, Dressed in Black: Goth Divas From the Dark Side 1941-2025, shines a light on the women who laid the sonic and cultural foundations for Goth. The album is a dark joy and an excellent companion to Cathi's 2023 book, Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth. And the perfect excuse for our Mick to get Cathi on the Zoom to chat what is Goth, why is Goth, and why it being the worst of times means there's never been a better time to get your Goth on.   As ever, our £5 plus Patreons get an extra chunk of interview, so for Cramps love, more diva chat and how music soundtracks Cathi's book, get involved here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK has a new Prime Minister, and you'll never bloody guess who it is. Mick and Jen talk about the King of the North's brand new office, as well as some legislative heel-dragging around surrogacy and some Marie-France van Heel-dragging by the usual suspects. There's good news on shadow-banning, cat-finding and, in JOTB, filming female athletes. Also in JOTB, does anyone have any VAR on the lack of VAR for Argentina? We'll wait.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Addie E. Citchens's debut novel, Dominion, received A LOT of award nods. And rightly so: set in the Mississippi Delta, it's a powerful story about powerful men doing powerfully bad things. But Addie puts her focus on what the women who love them have to do to survive them – and how far those women will go to protect them.  Mick chats to Addie about how the patriarchy shapes all of us, the violence of male entitlement, the things women do to survive it, what happens when love and morality clash, and how patriarchal religions are an own goal for men.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After stepping in at the 11th hour to save the event, Glasgow will host The Commonwealth Games when they kick off on July 23. Jen jumped on the Zoom with former GB athletes-turned TNT Sports pundits, Eilidh Doyle, Ellie Simmonds and Beth Tweddle, to chat about the importance of the games, competing in your home nation, and what they're looking forward to watching. Every event of Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games is exclusively live across TNT Sports and all HBO Max subscription plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Lynne Ramsay film? It's been a while… The director's psychological drama slash postpartum nightmare garnered loads of praise for lead actor Jennifer Lawrence and got a fair few awards nods. But what will Team Flicking make of it? Hannah's got her ‘I heart Lynne Ramsay' banner out, Yosra's prepped for the big bleak, but not sure it's all about the new mumming, and Mick's real worried about that dog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

England in a World Cup semi-final, a Brit in the semis at Wimbledon and Unions Jacks all over the F1 drivers' table, that's a busy few weeks of sport. In a special episode, Jen and Hannah talk about what's going well and what's not, as well as hydration breaks, VAR and other World Cup dramas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This fish-out-of-water comedy-cum-bubblegum “feminist” smash, starring Reece Witherspoon as pink-loving sorority princess Elle Woods, made a killing at the box office, spawned a whole Legally Blonde world, and inspired girls to go to law school. But 25 years on will it make Mick, Hannah and Jen bend… or SNAP?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eleanor Drage is one of the UK's leading AI ethicists and gender studies researchers, working at the University of Cambridge. Her first book, What If We Got AI Right? How to stop catastrophising and build an ethical future, is released this week, so Hannah grabbed the chance to find out more. * You can pre-order Eleanor's book here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/what-if-we-got-ai-right/eleanor-drage/9781805225447 * Find out more about the Standard Issue supporters' club here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her short lifetime of just 47 years, Frida Kahlo was a relatively little-known artist. Now, she's a global icon. And while her actual work is hard to come by, her image is not.  Tate Modern's Frida: The Making of an Icon explores how Kahlo's iconic status came to be and her enduring influence on generations of younger artists.  Co-curator Beatriz Garcia-Velasco, talks to Jen about the exhibition, Kahlo's life and work, and the way in which she's been adopted as a cultural icon in feminist, LGBTQ+, and disabled communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicky Denson-Elliott knows that a high tide lifts all boats. She first came to our Mick's attention because of her current campaign to replace ‘hysterectomy' with ‘uterectomy' in NHS patient materials (you can sign the petition here), but it quickly became apparent how many different projects Nicky's got going in order to raise that tide for all boats. And by boats, we mean women.  In this episode, Mick chats to Nicky about bigging up women, medical language rooted in misogyny, a documentary she's got in the pipeline, tackling internal misogyny and much more. £5 and above Patreons can have even more so much more. Join here.  Check out The Wilder Collective, Nicky's excellent community for female founders and freelancers, and indeed her podcast Women's Business, here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mickey and Hannah bring you a veritable rogues gallery this week: Farage, Trump, Infantino, a vigilante cat shaver. Shall we go on a 2,400-mile rowing trip to get away from it? Sure. But don't forget to pack your vaginal oestrogen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollywood giant John Huston directs Michael Caine, Sylvester Stallone and – wait – Pelé, in this sports-war drama, reimagining the 1942 “Death Match”. But how bad can a prisoner of war camp be when all you have to do is dick around playing football? How solid is the history? And can you really do that with a sub? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author Rebecca Wait makes a return visit to the podcast to chat to Hannah about her latest book Havoc, a dark comedy about a mystery illness that breaks out at a girls' boarding school in 1984. They chat about Cold War anxiety, hysteria and, of course, Picnic at Hanging Rock. Grab a copy of Havoc here Or Suzanne O'Sullivan's The Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories of Mystery Illness here Want to join the Standard Issue Club? Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This summer marks the 19th year of the Arcola Theatre's seminal Grimeborn festival, a season of new and reworked operas. Jen chats to the Arcola's executive director, Leyla Nazli and Lisa Logan, the composer behind new work After My Breath, about bringing opera to Dalston, why people find the art form intimidating, and those comments by Timothée Chalamet. The Grimeborn Opera Festival runs from 15 July to 5 September at the Arcola Theatre, London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After her first book - Ashes to Admin - was published, a lot of people got in touch with Evie King to tell her they'd been inspired to get plans in place for the end of their lives. If that's what she could achieve without trying, she thought, why not write a book to help people through the whole process? Hannah chats to Evie about Get Ahead of Being Dead, wills, funerals and why the hard conversations are always worth it. You can buy Ashes to Admin here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/ashes-to-admin/evie-king/9781915306302 And Get Ahead of Being Dead here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/get-ahead-of-being-dead/evie-king/9781804193785 * Join the Standard Issue Club here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is too much screen time really the scourge of the under-twos? And exactly how excited should we be that the first ever female Labour Prime Minister is Andy Burnham, a man who isn't even Prime Minister yet? Jen and Mick tackle these hot button questions and more in this week's flirt with the news, which also includes another heinous rape trial, legitimately great news for young women, and Greg Cotswolds. Here's that BBC news story on the men named in the Stockport rape trial: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnv9er181lno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No-one's going to argue that Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical doesn't have issues, but does it still have things to recommend it? Is Anna an early feminist? Does it contain a banger? Is The Small House of Uncle Thomas a masterpiece? And why was young Hannah so fascinated by Yul Brynner?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Working-class, feminist comedian Rachel Fairburn has long been a guaranteed good laugh on the comedy circuit, and a must-listen on All Killa No Filla, her smash hit true crime podcast with fellow standup Kiri Pritchard-McLean.  Rachel's new show, Vexy Beasts, moves her into the ‘character comedy' bracket, as she introduces hairdresser Leanne, fighting for her salon's life while spilling the T on her clients, in the fictional Manchester suburb of Harpurvale. Our Mick was keen to find out more. Give Rachel a follow on Instagram, or visit her website for forthcoming gig details. As ever, there is bonus natter for our £5 and above Patreons, which includes more class chat and a whole load of Blackpool love.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In her new book, Pleasure: The Reclamation of My Body, journalist and broadcaster Emma-Louise Boynton interrogates the societal forces that teach women to mistrust their bodies and perform rather than feel pleasure. Jen chats to Emma about Emma's own story, the impact of the male gaze and digital culture on women's pleasure, why gendered ideas around sex and pleasure are doing us all a disservice, and about Emma's live event series and media platform, Sex Talks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Planning on spending the weekend on the sofa with all the fans pointed at you? Here are some suggestions on what you could watch at the same time. This month, we're talking about Two Weeks in August, The Four Seasons, Rivals, The Witness, The Burroughs, Widow's Bay, World War Two with Tom Hanks and what we make of World Cup coverage so far. * Hannah's chatting about why she thinks The Pitt's Dr Robby is less than a hero on out Substack here: https://standardissuepodcast.substack.com/p/dr-robby-is-the-pits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's feeling swampish in the UK this week, but spare a thought for the poor old Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool over in Washington DC. It seems Donald J Trump can think of nothing else. If the leader of the free world is distracted, the leader of the UK is... well, to be decided/Andy Burnham following Keir Starmer's resignation. There's sexism live from the ITV kitchen, Hannah's found some elderly nuns hoping Scotland don't come home too soon, and Jen's feeling cynical about Serena Williams in Jenny Off The Blocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Spielberg's swashbuckling, whip-cracking, quip-cracking archaeologist Indiana Jones's first adventure was beating the Nazis to the lost Ark of the Covenant. Will film picker Mick keep her big love for the film and its flawed hero under her fedora? Spoiler: NO! But what will Jen and Hannah have to say about the breakneck Oscar-nabbing adventure film that launched a thousand adventure films in its image? And also, George Lucas if you're reading/listening: WTAF, man? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wondered why a female health campaigner writes ‘seggs' instead of ‘sex', or uses an emoji instead of a medical term? Turns out social media platforms are systematically censoring medically accurate content on topics such as menstruation, fertility and menopause – often misclassifying such content as “adult” material and limiting its reach. It goes further, with femtech entrepreneurs also finding themselves routinely censored.  Enter the brilliant Clio Wood, co-founder of CensHERship, a research hub and campaign that has ending this sexist nonsense in its sights. Our Mick chats to Clio about exactly what's happening, why it's happening and how it's having a negative effect on everything from women's health outcomes to the global economy.  Members of our Patreon £5 and above gang get some extra chat, including what Clio makes of the Government's new Women's Health Strategy.  You can access that by visiting patreon.com/standardissue And if you're not already involved with our Substack, you can find that at standardissuepodcast.substack.com or sign up on our website, standardissuepodcast.com.  And you can buy Clio and her team a coffee here: https://ko-fi.com/censhership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the saying goes, you never forget how to ride a bike. But how easy is it to teach a small person something you can't remember not being able to do? Following the UK launch of children's bike brand Woom, Jen jumped on the Zoom with senior marketing manager Christina Pallanch to talk about modelling an active lifestyle for our girls, carving out time to stay active as a mum, and top tips for picking a bike and getting your youngster on it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charming, melancholic, funny and ever-so British, Tim Key and Tom Basden's tale of two men stuck in the past and on an island is Hannah's pick for this month's Flicking. How does Carey Mulligan fit in? Is Basden really that grubby? And why is Key making Mick and Yosra cry so much?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hannah and Mick can't say FFS loud enough as The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill returns from the dead for another round in Parliament. And just how good an idea is the blanket banning of social media for under 16s? Or indeed the blanket banning of anything? Still, in good news, reading is up, the Wombles are back, and women get two personality choices courtesy of The Times. How generous.  The kids, they be reading more. Here's that article Hannah mentions: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze93wggw74o Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second film in Jim Henson's much-beloved franchise, contemporary critics said 1981's The Great Muppet Caper failed to live up to the expectations set by its predecessor, The Muppet Movie. But were those reviewers mad? Can it top Hannah's love for The Muppet Christmas Carol? What has Jen's daughter written in her notes? And what has Mickey got on her feet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Set in Trinidad in 1956, Driftwood is the debut play of actress Martina Laird. She chats to Hannah about why Trinidad's history is England's history too, The Little Mermaid, and the night they sat really near each other in a theatre. * Driftwood is on at the Kiln Theatre in London. More here: https://kilntheatre.com/whats-on/driftwood/ * Details on how to become a member of the supporters' club here:  Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Roberto De Zerbi was made Spurs' new manager, his previous public support for player Mason Greenwood – who was in the past accused of various sexual assaults, although all charges were dropped – made the headlines. As a Spurs fan, journalist and broadcaster Kate Mason wrote about her take on this for The Athletic. She chats to Jen about how clubs deal with accusations of misconduct, the options legally available to them, alienation of female fans, and whether misogyny really is rife in the men's game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices