Podcasts about 21soho

Rebellious MPs, a nightmare spending review, the endless Two Child Benefit Cap row, dire polling… is Labour in for a summer of discontent? We ask whether the Government can bend with the wind to succeed, what policies will change, and whether Starmer/Reeves is a double act with two straight men? Plus: Have researchers found a new way to deal with digital disinformation? And in a special bonus, Jonn and Andrew discuss why the best political drama of the decade so far is the Star Wars spin-off Andor.  • Don't miss Oh God, What Now? Live at 21Soho on Weds 11 June.  • Listen to the new Crime Scene – the truth about true crime.  ESCAPE ROUTES • Ros recommends The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham.  • Jonn recommends Paradise on Disney+. • Marie recommends Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. • Andrew recommends Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin and Murderbot on Apple TV+.  • Back us on Patreon for ad-free listening, bonus materials and more.  Written and presented by Andrew Harrison with Marie le Conte, John Elledge and Ros Taylor. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After possibly the most aggressive speech on immigration ever made by a British Prime Minister, we attempt the adult conversation on the topic that politicians won't have. Why can't Britain accept the benefits of immigration? Who's going to bail out the care system when it collapses? And what the hell is Labour playing at anyway? Plus: Politicians think artificial intelligence will fix everything. Have they bought the snake oil? And in the Extra Bit for Patreon people, should we fight to save the after-work pint? • Come to Oh God, What Now? Live at 21Soho, London on Weds 11 June. Tickets on sale here. • Listen to the latest edition of Crime Scene – the truth about true crime. ESCAPE ROUTES • Hannah recommends Jamie Oliver on the Louis Theroux podcast. • Jonn recommends This City Is Ours on BBC iPlayer. • Marie recommends The Border: A Journey Around Russia by Erika Fatland. • Dorian recommends This Mortal Coil . • Back us on Patreon for ad-free listening, bonus materials and more. Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Marie le Conte, John Elledge and Hannah Fearn. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keir Starmer's statement on immigration may well have repelled many Labour voters towards the Lib Dems and the Greens. How wrong has the Prime Minister got this strategy to defeat Reform? And are his party's plans even workable? Plus, the UK has signed trade deals with the US and India – what's in them, how important are they, and are we getting too close to Trump? Trade expert Dmitry Grozoubinski spoke to Andrew Harrison for The Bunker and we've included a brief excerpt in this section. • Want more? Find the full Bunker episode with Dmitry here. • Come to Oh God, What Now? Live at 21Soho, London on Weds 11 June. Tickets on sale here. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Seth Thévoz, Rachel Cunliffe and Ahir Shah. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio. Production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Sunday 23 March 2025, listeners of the podcast gathered in Central London to watch a live Amisathon, featuring 8 panellists and the show's host.The panel included former guests as well as a couple of new faces: Leo Robson, Alys Denby, Finn McRedmond, James Marriott, Zoe Strimpel, Sam Leith, Vincenzo Barney and John Niven.It was a great success. Thank you to the 90+ ticket-holders who attended, to our wonderful panel, and to the stage team at 21Soho.Relive the event or listen for the first time in this episode, ripped straight from the boards of the stage at the venue.FOLLOW US ON TWITTER/ X: @mymartinamis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

English novelist Anthony Quinn has met and interviewed Martin Amis on several occasions. Their first encounter followed the publication of London Fields in 1989, the second during the publicity storm that came with Amis's 1995 novel The Information.In this episode, he and Jack discuss Amis's last novel, Inside Story, published in 2020. Although Anthony struggled with it in his first reading, he later came to consider it a masterful valedictory that encompasses all the best and worst of Amis as a man, and as a writer. Described by some as 'The Big Book of Mart', Inside Story is part memoir, part novel, and part writing manual. As well as revising Amis's final words of wisdom and warning to writers, Anthony and Jack cover the great romantic and literary loves of Amis's life, from Saul Bellow and his godfather Phillip Larkin, to the inimitable Christopher Hitchens. Crucially, Anthony reveals who he believes Amis loved most of all the people in his life. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER/ X: @mymartinamis

Phil Manzanera – who thought “every day in the band felt like Christmas” – has just published his memoir, Revolución to Roxy, and talked to us about it in front of a rammed and captivated audience at London's 21Soho, an evening so full of detail, intrigue and revelation we're putting it out as two podcasts. This is the second. He lifts the bonnet of the Roxy Music “art collective” in its various line-ups and shows you how the engine worked and why the idea of Eno onstage was “frightening”. He remembers working with a whole range of people – David Gilmour, Robert Wyatt, Heroes De Silencia, Quiet Sun, 801, David Bowie, Keith Richards, Jack Bruce and Tim Finn among them. He talks about the five seconds of guitar he knocked off in 1975 that's made him “more money than all my Roxy earnings put together”. He reflects – and very poignantly – that bands never talk to each other and how he hopes the other members read his memoir as they'll discover things about him they never knew. And he tells the fantastic story of the Guitar Legends festival in Seville and the way he managed Bob Dylan.   And you can order a copy of ‘Revolución to Roxy' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revoluci%C3%B3n-Roxy-Phil-Manzanera/dp/1783242817Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil Manzanera – who thought “every day in the band felt like Christmas” – has just published his memoir, Revolución to Roxy, and talked to us about it in front of a rammed and captivated audience at London's 21Soho, an evening so full of detail, intrigue and revelation we're putting it out as two podcasts. This is the second. He lifts the bonnet of the Roxy Music “art collective” in its various line-ups and shows you how the engine worked and why the idea of Eno onstage was “frightening”. He remembers working with a whole range of people – David Gilmour, Robert Wyatt, Heroes De Silencia, Quiet Sun, 801, David Bowie, Keith Richards, Jack Bruce and Tim Finn among them. He talks about the five seconds of guitar he knocked off in 1975 that's made him “more money than all my Roxy earnings put together”. He reflects – and very poignantly – that bands never talk to each other and how he hopes the other members read his memoir as they'll discover things about him they never knew. And he tells the fantastic story of the Guitar Legends festival in Seville and the way he managed Bob Dylan.   And you can order a copy of ‘Revolución to Roxy' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revoluci%C3%B3n-Roxy-Phil-Manzanera/dp/1783242817Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil Manzanera – who thought “every day in the band felt like Christmas” – has just published his memoir, Revolución to Roxy, and talked to us about it in front of a rammed and captivated audience at London's 21Soho, an evening so full of detail, intrigue and revelation we're putting it out as two podcasts. This is the second. He lifts the bonnet of the Roxy Music “art collective” in its various line-ups and shows you how the engine worked and why the idea of Eno onstage was “frightening”. He remembers working with a whole range of people – David Gilmour, Robert Wyatt, Heroes De Silencia, Quiet Sun, 801, David Bowie, Keith Richards, Jack Bruce and Tim Finn among them. He talks about the five seconds of guitar he knocked off in 1975 that's made him “more money than all my Roxy earnings put together”. He reflects – and very poignantly – that bands never talk to each other and how he hopes the other members read his memoir as they'll discover things about him they never knew. And he tells the fantastic story of the Guitar Legends festival in Seville and the way he managed Bob Dylan.   And you can order a copy of ‘Revolución to Roxy' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revoluci%C3%B3n-Roxy-Phil-Manzanera/dp/1783242817Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil Manzanera – whose relatives include a Colombian pirate, a spy and an Italian opera musician - has just published his memoir, Revolución to Roxy, and talked to us about it in front of a packed and enthralled house at London's 21Soho, a life so fascinating, detailed and colourful we're releasing the conversation as a two-part podcast. Here's Part One which looks back at an exotic childhood in Hawaii, Caracas and Cuba – with first-hand memories of Castro's revolution in 1959 – and then his school days, early bands (the Drag Alley Beach Mob, Pooh & the Ostrich Feathers, Quiet Sun), the audition for Roxy Music, how they were styled, supporting David Bowie and their rapid and eventful ascent to the first hit single. When he joined the band, he said, “every day felt like Christmas”. Part Two to follow! Order a copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revoluci%C3%B3n-Roxy-Phil-Manzanera/dp/1783242817Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil Manzanera – whose relatives include a Colombian pirate, a spy and an Italian opera musician - has just published his memoir, Revolución to Roxy, and talked to us about it in front of a packed and enthralled house at London's 21Soho, a life so fascinating, detailed and colourful we're releasing the conversation as a two-part podcast. Here's Part One which looks back at an exotic childhood in Hawaii, Caracas and Cuba – with first-hand memories of Castro's revolution in 1959 – and then his school days, early bands (the Drag Alley Beach Mob, Pooh & the Ostrich Feathers, Quiet Sun), the audition for Roxy Music, how they were styled, supporting David Bowie and their rapid and eventful ascent to the first hit single. When he joined the band, he said, “every day felt like Christmas”. Part Two to follow! Order a copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revoluci%C3%B3n-Roxy-Phil-Manzanera/dp/1783242817Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil Manzanera – whose relatives include a Colombian pirate, a spy and an Italian opera musician - has just published his memoir, Revolución to Roxy, and talked to us about it in front of a packed and enthralled house at London's 21Soho, a life so fascinating, detailed and colourful we're releasing the conversation as a two-part podcast. Here's Part One which looks back at an exotic childhood in Hawaii, Caracas and Cuba – with first-hand memories of Castro's revolution in 1959 – and then his school days, early bands (the Drag Alley Beach Mob, Pooh & the Ostrich Feathers, Quiet Sun), the audition for Roxy Music, how they were styled, supporting David Bowie and their rapid and eventful ascent to the first hit single. When he joined the band, he said, “every day felt like Christmas”. Part Two to follow! Order a copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revoluci%C3%B3n-Roxy-Phil-Manzanera/dp/1783242817Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Important announcement regarding the residency shows of 2024.... Due to circumstances beyond our control, the last residency at 21Soho will be on February 6th. After that DWSC are switching to The Museum of Comedy for the shows in March, April, May and June. Anyone already holding a ticket should have been contacted by 21Soho and offered a refund, if this hasn't happened, then please email hello@21-soho.com. To purchase tickets for the new shows at The Museum of Comedy, please go to www.drunkwomensolvingcrime.com Please listen to the announcement for further details and accept our apologies for this less-than-ideal situation. All our love, DWSC XXX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the team releases episodes fortnightly during January and February of 2024 so our Hannah can have some restful maternity leave (maternity leave IS restful, right?), we thought it only fair to give you all a sneak peak of what happens on next week's show, with the hilarious, Alexandra Haddow, recorded at the final London residency of '23.What was the intel that Hannah received during the interval? Who is Catie singing 'Happy Birthday'' to? And what does Taylor think is 'even better than murder'? Well, there's not long to find out my friends, but until you get to hear this episode in all its glory - why not go back through our back catalogue and reacquaint yourselves with some of the other 276 amazing episodes? You can also book tickets NOW for our shows at 21Soho in February, March, April, May AND June - for info and tickets have a look here - Drunk Women Solving Crime - The UK's hit true crime comedy podcastYou can also support the show on Patreon, and for as little as £3 a month, have access to ad free episodes, bonus content, live zoom records AND be the subject of one of Taylor's incredible shout outs - Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's part two of the DWSC Flo and Joan special, when we welcome 'Joan' aka Rosie Dempsey to the stage and enable her to get some closure on being the subject of two very different crimes, one of which will make you shake with fear at the thought of visiting the Isle of Wight! The team then solve a case which reads more of a map of Hannah's places of residence than it should do and proves that the written word falling into the wrong hands can be way worse than your WhatsApp messages being made public. Lastly, what better way to wrap-up a lovely evening than hearing about the time an audience member was the victim of criminal activity, although this case is proof that sometimes crime DOES pay!BUT this isn't all! We take a short 5mins in the middle of the episode to find out what our gals would do if they won the lottery, AND they speak to another podcaster about what they might do with this instant wealth. This has a particular interest for Catie, as that podcaster happens to be her husband, Richard Herring, who may, or may not tell her if his numbers should come up (AWKWARD)! The Drunk Women are returning to their London residency at 21Soho in 2024! You can see them in February, March, April, May AND June - go to 21Soho (21-soho.com) for dates, info and tickets! Support DWSC on Patreon for as little as £3 a month, you will have access to add free episodes, shout outs and the opportunity to watch live Zoom recordings - Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode was released in the darkest days of winter, BUT it was actually recorded back in the heady days of summer when Taylor, Catie and Hannah took to the stage for one of their infamous DWSC residency shows in London, in which they achieved the impossible and split apart comedy double act (and real-life sisters) Flo and Joan - aka Nicola and Rosie Dempsey.You can now hear show one of that night, when Nicola (Flo) joined the ladies on stage to recount the time she stood next to a crime, which involved a celebrity friend and saw first-hand how the police reacted to the famous prey.The team then dive straight into a story which has all the hallmarks of a tale you couldn't make up - and will confirm your lack of even the most basic of survival skills.We then hear from an audience member whose crime story is a hard one for anyone to follow and had a sticky start rather than a sticky end.Next week, it's part two of this Flo and Joan double bill, when you'll hear what happened when Rosie Dempsey joined the force, and helped solve a crime which straddles the stomping grounds of our very own Hannah George. The Drunk Women are returning to their London residency at 21Soho in 2024! You can see them in February, March, April, May AND June - go to 21Soho (21-soho.com) for dates, info and tickets! Support DWSC on Patreon for as little as £3 a month, you will have access to add free episodes, shout outs and the opportunity to watch live Zoom recordings - Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pauline Murray kept a diary when she and Penetration were on the punk rock frontline and her vivid and emotional memories appear in a new memoir, Life's A Gamble, beautifully illustrated with personal photos, press cuttings, late ‘70s gig listings and other lovingly archived memorabilia. It teleports you back to a time when pop music made daily headlines and battles were lost and won in fragrant dancehalls and knackered vans on motorways. As does this podcast, recorded with an audience at London's 21Soho club in late November. Aged 14 she was travelling to London from County Durham and sleeping in railway stations to see the Pistols and the Clash. She formed Penetration in ‘76 and for two hectic years they were caught up in the whirlwind. This account of it all includes Alan Freeman, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Jonathan Richman, Tim Curry (as Dr Frank-N-Furter), why the deaths of Sid and Nancy has such symbolic significance, the female punk ‘sisterhood' giving her the cold shoulder, her unwise marriage, and the profit and loss statement of the debt she still owes Virgin (the annual reminders have never stopped). And she talks movingly about the experience every group endures when their first flush of mutual love and enthusiasm turns to bitter inter-personal fall-out. One of her kids was in the audience. As was Gaye Advert! Order ‘Life's A Gamble' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifes-Gamble-Penetration-Invisible-Stories/dp/191317270821Soho: https://www.21-soho.com/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pauline Murray kept a diary when she and Penetration were on the punk rock frontline and her vivid and emotional memories appear in a new memoir, Life's A Gamble, beautifully illustrated with personal photos, press cuttings, late ‘70s gig listings and other lovingly archived memorabilia. It teleports you back to a time when pop music made daily headlines and battles were lost and won in fragrant dancehalls and knackered vans on motorways. As does this podcast, recorded with an audience at London's 21Soho club in late November. Aged 14 she was travelling to London from County Durham and sleeping in railway stations to see the Pistols and the Clash. She formed Penetration in ‘76 and for two hectic years they were caught up in the whirlwind. This account of it all includes Alan Freeman, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Jonathan Richman, Tim Curry (as Dr Frank-N-Furter), why the deaths of Sid and Nancy has such symbolic significance, the female punk ‘sisterhood' giving her the cold shoulder, her unwise marriage, and the profit and loss statement of the debt she still owes Virgin (the annual reminders have never stopped). And she talks movingly about the experience every group endures when their first flush of mutual love and enthusiasm turns to bitter inter-personal fall-out. One of her kids was in the audience. As was Gaye Advert! Order ‘Life's A Gamble' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifes-Gamble-Penetration-Invisible-Stories/dp/191317270821Soho: https://www.21-soho.com/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glen Matlock came to our live podcast recording at London's 21Soho at the end of November and lit up the audience with tales from his new memoir ‘Triggers', stories of his early life in the late ‘50s and ‘60s, his brief and riotous shift in the Sex Pistols and his colourful adventures since. The full cast list includes Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, the DJ Mike Raven, Gary Glitter, John Peel, Kenneth Horne, Malcolm McLaren, Nick Kent, Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, Midge Ure, Wally Nightingale, Blondie and Bill Grundy. You get a real sense of the fabric of London around Ted Carroll's record stall in Ladbroke Grove and around Denmark Street when the Pistols lived and rehearsed there. And look out for the night they played a Conservative Club to a crowd of six, the time McLaren begged him to return as “it wasn't working out with Sid”, the Filthy Lucre reunion and his luminous account of Johnny Rotten's audition backed by a jukebox playing Alice Cooper. Glen Matlock came to our live podcast recording at London's 21Soho at the end of November and lit up the audience with tales from his new memoir ‘Triggers', stories of his early life in the late ‘50s and ‘60s, his brief and riotous shift in the Sex Pistols and his colourful adventures since. The full cast list includes Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, the DJ Mike Raven, Gary Glitter, John Peel, Kenneth Horne, Malcolm McLaren, Nick Kent, Ian McLagan, Ronnie Lane, Midge Ure, Wally Nightingale, Blondie and Bill Grundy. You get a real sense of the fabric of London around Ted Carroll's record stall in Ladbroke Grove and around Denmark Street when the Pistols lived and rehearsed there. And look out for the night they played a Conservative Club to a crowd of six, the time McLaren begged him to return as “it wasn't working out with Sid”, the Filthy Lucre reunion and his luminous account of Johnny Rotten's audition backed by a jukebox playing Alice Cooper.Recorded in front of a live audience at 21Soho, London, on November 27th 2023. Glen's tour dates are here: http://www.glenmatlock.co.uk/ And you can order ‘Triggers' here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/triggers/glen-matlock/9781788709446Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the last of our 'five guys of 23' as Men's Month draws to a close for another year and completing the stellar line up is the incredible comedian Kuan-Wen Huang, who for the first time in DWSC history brought along a side kick, who also happened to be a victim in his crime story, his bear Nounours!Kuan- Wen tells us about the time a would be kidnapper tried to abduct Nounours, but got more than he reckoned for and will probably never again decide he can pick on someone by appearances alone.The team then pick apart the life and times of someone the word 'eccentric' was probably invented for, proving the point that some people just have too much money, and will do anything to get their hands on even more. We finally hear from a listener who can't stress enough how much they spend on vanilla, or that they suspect a ghost of being a thief in their household.Thanks to all our wonderful Men's Month guests of 2023, it's lovely to give them all their big breaks … until next year!!The Drunk Women are returning to their London residency at 21Soho in 2024! You can see them in February, March, April, May AND June - go to 21Soho (21-soho.com) for dates, info and tickets! Support DWSC on Patreon for as little as £3 a month, you will have access to add free episodes, shout outs and the opportunity to watch live Zoom recordings - Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Men's Month hits national treasure status this week, as the team were thrilled when actor, comedian, presenter and expert in accents, Les Dennis agreed to come round to Hannah's flat to drink some Malbec and solve a crime, and it turns out, he's a natural! Les sifted through his top ten of criminal experiences to share with us the time his skills as a performer saved him from a violent encounter, and even managed to ultimately enlist the help of his would-be attackers in finding some lost property. We then hear about a crime, which if it hadn't happened, would make the perfect case for Inspector Clouseau, and a natural accompaniment for Les' Malbec … although we definitely recommend giving the holy grail a rinse out before you pour any wine in. Finally, the team solves a listener crime in which we discover that most cats are either psychic, have IBS, or both! The Drunk Women are returning to their London residency at 21Soho in 2024! You can see them in February, March, April, May AND June - go to 21Soho (21-soho.com) for dates, info and tickets! Support DWSC on Patreon for as little as £3 a month, you will have access to add free episodes, shout outs and the opportunity to watch live Zoom recordings - Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The week's rock and roll luggage was put through the scanner by our sharp-eyed security chiefs and the following items kept back for scrutiny …… 82 year-old jazzer in lucrative samples windfall!… is there a more excruciating ‘mum' moment than the 12 year-old Elijah Blue Allman's in the Cher video If I Could Turn Back Time?…. the staggering sum total of what the Beatles did on 30 July 1963.… “Mailbox money”: how Phil Manzanera made more from a hip hop record than from 15 years of Roxy Music… why would anyone be a pop star these days?… further proof that in the world of the internet nothing is forgotten.… why the quantity of cash Kanye West pulled from the “athleisure” shoe market makes the music business look like toytown. And are “vintage trainers” the new rare vinyl?… when was the first sample?… and Christmas with David's Uncle Stan.Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on November 27th: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The week's rock and roll luggage was put through the scanner by our sharp-eyed security chiefs and the following items kept back for scrutiny …… 82 year-old jazzer in lucrative samples windfall!… is there a more excruciating ‘mum' moment than the 12 year-old Elijah Blue Allman's in the Cher video If I Could Turn Back Time?…. the staggering sum total of what the Beatles did on 30 July 1963.… “Mailbox money”: how Phil Manzanera made more from a hip hop record than from 15 years of Roxy Music… why would anyone be a pop star these days?… further proof that in the world of the internet nothing is forgotten.… why the quantity of cash Kanye West pulled from the “athleisure” shoe market makes the music business look like toytown. And are “vintage trainers” the new rare vinyl?… when was the first sample?… and Christmas with David's Uncle Stan.Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on November 27th: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As if by some magical alignment of the planets, the  Specials, Madness and the Beat were all listening to the same music and developing the same look at precisely the same time, though completely unaware of each other. And when they started releasing records, the 10 year-old Daniel Rachel was transfixed. What happen next is recorded in his hectic and engrossing book, Too Much Too Young: the 2-Tone Records Story, the huge characters, the daily dramas, “the dance sensation that's sweeping the nation”, a period whose white heat really only lasted 18 months but had a massive cultural impact at the time (indeed its crucible, Coventry, now has a 2-Tone Village!). And the movement's main architect, Jerry Dammers, was a middle-class, ex-hippie art student raised in the church. All sorts of points come up in this engaging pod, among them …… the pivotal meeting between Suggs and Dammers at the Hope & Anchor.… the significance of Walt Jabsco and the 2-Tone merchandise – “when the rag trade gets hold of you, you're made”.… the crossover between violence at gigs and football matches in the late ‘70s and the right-wing factions that attached themselves to Madness.… how the music press adored 2-Tone then brutally turned the tables.… Rico, Saxa and the revolutionary twin-generational line-ups of the Specials and the Beat..… why the Bodysnatchers only lasted 11 months.… why 2-Tone failed in America until the Dance Craze movie arrived.… how each member of the Specials thought they were in a different band.… why there were so many “2-Tone casualties”.… and the brief window between punk and electronic pop that helped 2-Tone take off.Order ‘Too Much Too Young: the 2-Tone Records' story here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Much-Young-Soundtrack-Generation/dp/1399607480Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on November 27th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As if by some magical alignment of the planets, the  Specials, Madness and the Beat were all listening to the same music and developing the same look at precisely the same time, though completely unaware of each other. And when they started releasing records, the 10 year-old Daniel Rachel was transfixed. What happen next is recorded in his hectic and engrossing book, Too Much Too Young: the 2-Tone Records Story, the huge characters, the daily dramas, “the dance sensation that's sweeping the nation”, a period whose white heat really only lasted 18 months but had a massive cultural impact at the time (indeed its crucible, Coventry, now has a 2-Tone Village!). And the movement's main architect, Jerry Dammers, was a middle-class, ex-hippie art student raised in the church. All sorts of points come up in this engaging pod, among them …… the pivotal meeting between Suggs and Dammers at the Hope & Anchor.… the significance of Walt Jabsco and the 2-Tone merchandise – “when the rag trade gets hold of you, you're made”.… the crossover between violence at gigs and football matches in the late ‘70s and the right-wing factions that attached themselves to Madness.… how the music press adored 2-Tone then brutally turned the tables.… Rico, Saxa and the revolutionary twin-generational line-ups of the Specials and the Beat..… why the Bodysnatchers only lasted 11 months.… why 2-Tone failed in America until the Dance Craze movie arrived.… how each member of the Specials thought they were in a different band.… why there were so many “2-Tone casualties”.… and the brief window between punk and electronic pop that helped 2-Tone take off.Order ‘Too Much Too Young: the 2-Tone Records' story here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Much-Young-Soundtrack-Generation/dp/1399607480Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on November 27th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're smack bang in the middle of Men's Month 2023 and this edition is a walk down memory lane, when our Drunk Women took the show to a sell-out crowd at the Edinburgh Fringe, only for poor Hannah to be struck down by the dreaded Covid and so, was forced to head home.But, in her place we recruited the finest sub detective in all the land in the form of actor, comedian and super sleuth, Ruth Bratt! By this time, Ruth was very at home in her role on the force and it didn't take this week's guest too long to get to grips with the ways of Taylor and Catie either, as comedian Christopher Hall lit up the stage and got stuck right in with the drinking and solving. Chris started off the show by recounting a time of teenaged rebellion which ultimately cost him a career as a clarinettist and proves he probably couldn't make it as a wrestler. The team then solve a crime which proves that murder is more of a crowd pleaser than the royal family, and a ‘mum look' can scare the bejesus out of the most hardened criminal. We then hear from a member of the audience with a cautionary tale should you be confronted with someone trained in the way of the samurai. The Drunk Women are returning to their London residency at 21Soho in 2024! You can see them in February, March, April, May AND June - go to 21Soho (21-soho.com) for dates, info and tickets! Support DWSC on Patreon for as little as £3 a month, you will have access to add free episodes, shout outs and the opportunity to watch live Zoom recordings - Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jude Rogers – writer, broadcaster, old pal of the pod - first heard Kirsty MacColl when she was nine and felt a connection ever since. She's just written the sleevenotes for ‘See That Girl', the best, most diverse and exquisitely packaged compilation of her music ever assembled, an eight CD box-set of singles, rarities, unheard songs, live and Glastonbury appearances, demos, BBC sessions and collaborations, along with an entire unreleased album. As Jude points out she wasn't overlooked, but all the things you applauded about her made her very hard to market. She wouldn't play the game. She refused to be fashionable. She was funny and honest and wrote about an unvarnished, real world which robbed her of a sense of mystery, and a lot of her songs were about fallibility and failure. Among the highlights here …   … a long-running lyric thread that began with There's a Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis.   … why what she wrote about men (and women) was so original. … her strained relationship with her father. … what Johnny Marr admired about her and the power of her “Elysian chorus”. ... why you'll never find another song like ‘Autumnsoupgirl'. … how she and Dave Robinson's hairdresser launched Tracey Ullman's career. … and David Hepworth's inspired idea for ‘In These Shoes?', the West End Kirsty MacColl musical. Order the 8CD box set ‘See That Girl' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/See-That-Girl-1979-2000-8CD/dp/B0C9GCDZSTTickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho in London on November 27th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jude Rogers – writer, broadcaster, old pal of the pod - first heard Kirsty MacColl when she was nine and felt a connection ever since. She's just written the sleevenotes for ‘See That Girl', the best, most diverse and exquisitely packaged compilation of her music ever assembled, an eight CD box-set of singles, rarities, unheard songs, live and Glastonbury appearances, demos, BBC sessions and collaborations, along with an entire unreleased album. As Jude points out she wasn't overlooked, but all the things you applauded about her made her very hard to market. She wouldn't play the game. She refused to be fashionable. She was funny and honest and wrote about an unvarnished, real world which robbed her of a sense of mystery, and a lot of her songs were about fallibility and failure. Among the highlights here …   … a long-running lyric thread that began with There's a Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis.   … why what she wrote about men (and women) was so original. … her strained relationship with her father. … what Johnny Marr admired about her and the power of her “Elysian chorus”. ... why you'll never find another song like ‘Autumnsoupgirl'. … how she and Dave Robinson's hairdresser launched Tracey Ullman's career. … and David Hepworth's inspired idea for ‘In These Shoes?', the West End Kirsty MacColl musical. Order the 8CD box set ‘See That Girl' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/See-That-Girl-1979-2000-8CD/dp/B0C9GCDZSTTickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho in London on November 27th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's winning hand from the rock and roll card deck includes … … a silver salute to musicians who don't dye their hair. … did Al Pacino play Phil Spector? Roger Daltrey as Franz Liszt? Was Gary Oldman Joe Strummer? … rock stars you'd swap lives with. … the “theme-park-ification” of pop music. … the mysteries of rock and roll are slowly evaporating. As Tom Waits said: “before the internet, we used to wonder. I miss the wondering.” … the immortality of the Florida salesman who appears on the cover of Abbey Road (and had obituaries when he died). … why Leonard Cohen thought his romance with Joni Mitchell was “like living with Beethoven”. … how a split-second made and destroyed the lives of two photographers covering Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas Police Headquarters. … musicians who look even better older.   … how Pink Floyd helped kick-start rock's love affair with football.   … the unenviable world of Robbie Williams.   ...and is Abba the only act that works as holograms? Plus Led Zeppelin's Victorian Wiltshire thatcher and birthday guests Mike Sketch and Peter Petyt.Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho in London on November 27th: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's winning hand from the rock and roll card deck includes … … a silver salute to musicians who don't dye their hair. … did Al Pacino play Phil Spector? Roger Daltrey as Franz Liszt? Was Gary Oldman Joe Strummer? … rock stars you'd swap lives with. … the “theme-park-ification” of pop music. … the mysteries of rock and roll are slowly evaporating. As Tom Waits said: “before the internet, we used to wonder. I miss the wondering.” … the immortality of the Florida salesman who appears on the cover of Abbey Road (and had obituaries when he died). … why Leonard Cohen thought his romance with Joni Mitchell was “like living with Beethoven”. … how a split-second made and destroyed the lives of two photographers covering Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas Police Headquarters. … musicians who look even better older.   … how Pink Floyd helped kick-start rock's love affair with football.   … the unenviable world of Robbie Williams.   ...and is Abba the only act that works as holograms? Plus Led Zeppelin's Victorian Wiltshire thatcher and birthday guests Mike Sketch and Peter Petyt.Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho in London on November 27th: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Slade were as revolutionary as T. Rex or Roxy Music, Daryl Easlea points out. At one stage they were outselling Bowie and Bolan. They were the band that hauled the sedentary early ‘70s audience to its feet. The sound of the Ramones was built around ‘Slade Alive!' and you can feel them in the bones of the Pistols and Oasis. We talk here to Daryl about his funny, energetic, nostalgic and affectionate new book, ‘Whatever Happened to Slade?: When The Whole World Went Crazee', stopping off at various stations on the route, among them … … why there are “two tiers of Slade”. … the drunken conversation that turned them into a skinhead band overnight. … a key moment involving Crispian St Peters, Kim Fowley and the Tiles Club. … what made them football terrace heroes. … how these “smashers and grabbers” tore up the live circuit. … the very ‘70s way they dealt with Don Powell's accident. … why American audiences had their “mellow harshed”. … the publican's son who styled them. … the transformational moment at the '72 Lincoln Festival. … the story of the ‘Give Us A Goal' video filmed at Brighton's Goldstone Ground. … and why the main salesman in their line-up was the one “with tinsel in his veins”. Slade were as revolutionary as T. Rex or Roxy Music, Daryl Easlea points out. At one stage they were outselling Bowie and Bolan. They were the band that hauled the sedentary early ‘70s audience to its feet. The sound of the Ramones was built around ‘Slade Alive!' and you can feel them in the bones of the Pistols and Oasis. We talk here to Daryl about his funny, energetic, nostalgic and affectionate new book, ‘Whatever Happened to Slade?: When The Whole World Went Crazee', stopping off at various stations on the route, among them … … why there are “two tiers of Slade”. … the drunken conversation that turned them into a skinhead band overnight. … a key moment involving Crispian St Peters, Kim Fowley and the Tiles Club. … what made them football terrace heroes. … how these “smashers and grabbers” tore up the live circuit. … the very ‘70s way they dealt with Don Powell's accident. … why American audiences had their “mellow harshed”. … the publican's son who styled them. … the transformational moment at the '72 Lincoln Festival. … the story of the ‘Give Us A Goal' video filmed at Brighton's Goldstone Ground. … and why the main salesman in their line-up was the one “with tinsel in his veins”. Order Daryl's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whatever-Happened-Slade-Whole-Crazee/dp/1783055545Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on November 27th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word in Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Men's Month continues a pace and today is a throwback to the heady days of Edinburgh Fringe 2023, when comedian, broadcaster and former barrister, Clive Anderson threw caution to the wind and joined Taylor, Catie and Hannah on stage, impressing the sell out crowd with his phone's umbilical cord as well as the ability to solve crimes. Clive started off the night with a tale from his 'wild' student days - thank goodness he didn't go down the wrong path all those years ago!The whole team then solve a mystery which had police scratching their heads at the time, but then again, they didn't have Clive Anderson on the force. Finally, a member of the audience leapt up on stage to share a story where the crime could be the theft of a night out! The Drunk Women are returning to their London residency at 21Soho in 2024! You can see them in February, March, April, May AND June - go to 21Soho (21-soho.com) for dates, info and tickets! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Higgs' brilliant and wide-ranging book 'The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned A Million Pounds' came out ten years ago and just keeps on selling. It sold initially to the fans who bought their records. Then to those absorbed by the fringe figures in their mythology - Ken Campbell, Alan Moore, Robert Anton Wilson, the Discordians. And then to people who just wanted a staggering and barely believable story about the attacks by two free-wheeling cultural terrorists on the worlds of art and music at the end of the 20th century. It sold so well in fact that it's just been republished in a 10th Anniversary edition with additional material.John Higgs is an exceptional speaker as this pod demonstrates and talks here about the outer reaches of their extravagantly lunatic strategies - the ABBA court case, the dead sheep, the pagan rituals on Jura, the collaboration with Tammy Wynette - and how many backfired on them and why Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty have barely seen each other in almost 30 years. This podcast was recorded in front of an enthralled audience at 21Soho in London on October 30th 2023.Order the 10th anniversary edition here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/KLF-Chaos-Burned-Million-Pounds/dp/139961035XTickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on November 27th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are broadly three Ian Broudies in the public imagination. One is the songwriter with a catalogue of softly psychedelic left-field pop tunes. The second is the record producer behind Echo & the Bunnymen, the Fall, the Coral and Terry Hall. The third is the co-composer of our new national anthem. He talks here about early life in Liverpool and the records that enthralled him (See Emily Play, Autobahn), what he learned from his mentor Roger Eagle (who ran Eric's Club), a life-shifting moment with Steve Wright, what matters most in production, the disastrous time he introduced the Spice Girls on Top of the Pops and why the FA rejected the original version of Three Lions, wanted a new title and asked him to drop Skinner and Baddiel. He's funny, outspoken, candid, modest and affectionate and movingly philosophical on the rigours of composition: "as soon as you finish a song it becomes something - but it loses 90% of what it could have become".This podcast was recorded in front of a live audience at 21Soho in London on October 30th, 2023 and Ian's new memoir is just out - 'Tomorrow's Here Today: Lightning Seeds, Football and Post-Punk'.Order Ian's book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tomorrows-Here-Today-Lightning-Post-Punk/dp/178870902021Soho: https://www.21-soho.com/Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on November 27th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It comes around faster and faster every year, doesn't it? Yes, Men's Month is here again and what a way to kick things off, as we welcome the star of hip hop, podcasting and a whole lot more besides, Scroobius Pip! As this was recorded over Zoom, we invited our wonderful Patreons to watch the spectacle, and boy what a sight it was to behold, as Pip, started things off with a duo of crimes that gives us an insight into his incredible taste in art and negotiation skills. We then get to hear about a crime from the past which beggars many questions, including the debate about cows and horses' ability to bend their knees in both directions. We then hear from one of the watching Patreons about the demise of a local establishment and if having a sticky floor is ever acceptable! If you want to join the gang on their next live Zoom, or get a shout out from Taylor and ad free episodes, just go to Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreon AND you can see them LIVE in 2024, as they return to their residency at 21Soho in London - tickets go on sale 10am November 1st 2023, for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Banks - nephew of the great Gordon Banks – saw a note pinned by his favourite band to a wall in 1986, his Sliding Doors moment: ‘Pulp Want Drummer. Call Russell or Jarvis'. What happened next he records in his memoir ‘It Started There: From Punk To Pulp'. We talk to him about life in Sheffield in the ‘70s and ‘80 and why it took 15 long years for Pulp to crack it. Among the highlights … … why punk rock was like “Harry Potter's Sorting Hat”. … what drummers bring to groups. … Pulp's stage act in 1982 – “trombones, backing singers, orange paper fish”. … being denied a Number One by Robson & Jerome. … the band's response to Jarvis Cocker's brave new direction – “Barry White meets the Pet Shop Boys”. … what happened at the BRITS and who's to blame. … real life in what promised to be “the gilded palace of stardom with limousines and dancing girls”. … the moment that caused “the raised eyebrows of disdain” in the Pulp story. … and his first sighting of “that mesmerising, bespectacled, lanky streak of piss”. Order Nick's memoir here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Started-There-Punk-Pulp/dp/1915841100Get your exclusive NordVPN deal here: https://nordvpn.com/yourearIt's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee!Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21Soho on October 30th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ZOthfatjxiSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Morton Jack interviewed over 200 people when assembling what's unquestionably the best, most colourful, comprehensive, revealing and accurate portrait of Nick Drake ever published. We talked to him about ‘Nick Drake: The Life' at a live podcast recording at 21Soho on September 25 and explored various remote corners of this sad, surprising and eternally gripping story, among them …. … the fate of the tape of the 20-year old Drake playing for the Stones in Morocco in 1969. … what the press and public made of Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layer and Pink Moon when released and Joe Boyd's reaction to their eventual success. … the early school days of the head boy who won a cup for “General Efficiency”. … his obsession with Francoise Hardy and the disastrous day he met her.   … the peaks and troughs of his live performances including the time he played an event for a Birmingham rugby team supporting Genesis (required to play the Hokey-Cokey). … Kirstie Clegg, his on-off girlfriend from 1969. … Drake's uncelebrated fondness for TV sitcoms and Benny Hill. … Peter Paul And Mary and other unlikely staples of his early repertoire. … and the events that helped re-boot his legacy. Order Richard's highly recommended book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nick-Drake-Richard-Morton-Jack/dp/1529308089Tickets for Word In Your Ear live at 21 Soho on October 30th here: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/ysY3FvyFaeSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode marks the midway point of this year's incredible DWSC Edinburgh Fringe shows, but the elation of the sell-out run was severely tempered when our very own detective Hannah 'Butt Stuff' George had to return home, after contracting Covid!But, as much of a disaster as this was, the show MUST go on, and so, with Hannah's blessing, we ordained a new member of the force, who carried her new burden with aplomb - it's the brilliant, actor, comedian, improvisor, -and now crime solver extraordinaire - Ruth Bratt!The team can't thank Ruth enough for coming on board for the next few eps (and one in Men's Month) and we know you'll love her too (**Hannah who?).Also, making the absence of our favourite Titanic obsessive a little easier, is this week's remarkable guest, the hilarious, Susie McCabe!Susie shares a crime story with us from her own misspent youth, where she was clearly in no fit state to dictate a photofit.The team then solve a crime ‘witch' would make them worthy of joining any coven in the land, and lastly we hear from a member of the audience, who confirms all our suspicions about archaeologists are definitely true. **Clearly a joke, there is a Hannah shaped hole in all theCome and see the Drunk Women LIVE at their final residency show of 2023. They are at 21Soho on Friday 8th September. -m 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at this year's London Podcast Festival, introducing another 'mash-up'. This year they collaborate with The Empire Film Podcast team for 'Drunk Women Empire' London Podcast Festival • What's On • Kings PlaceAnd don't forget to support them on Patreon -Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreonepisodes she's not in - and being in the pregnant state she is at the time ofwriting, that hole is of considerable size. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back in Edinburgh for another fantastic episode of DWSC from their amazing sell-out run at the Fringe! Today's packed audience were in for a treat - and now, so are you, dear listener, as the gang welcomes their first member of parliament as guest, with Scottish MP, Mhairi Black! Mhairi opens the show with a criminal escapade, which would have taken a very different turn if she'd just had a glass of water.The team of detectives then 'Copp' hold of a tale which is 'Contancely' fascinating and involves one of the first female law enforcers, and a silky smooth criminal.We then hear from a member of the audience who certainly shouldn't have been the butt of this particular crime!Come and see the Drunk Women LIVE at their final residency show of 2023. They are at 21Soho on Friday 8th September. -m 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at this year's London Podcast Festival, introducing another 'mash-up'. This year they collaborate with The Empire Film Podcast team for 'Drunk Women Empire' London Podcast Festival • What's On • Kings PlaceAnd don't forget to support them on Patreon -Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode, recorded at the DWSC London residency, welcomes a return guest in the shape and form of comedian (and one half of All Killa No Filla) Rachel Fairburn!And what a joy it was to see her again, as she shared with us some life incidences, which although may not be classed as crimes, absolutely should be!Such grievances should be reported to someone who sits in the middle of mother and the police and the team worked out just who this very particular keeper of the peace is, you'll be relived to know.The gang also got to the bottom of a 'budget X-Files' case in which a girl seemingly disappears from the face of the earth AND we find out which coma is best, as one kind clearly outranks the other.Then, we hear from a member of the audience, who for reasons which will become clear, must surely be show mascot from now on - Bram, we salute you, never change!The Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at the Ventnor Fringe on The Isle of Wight on Thursday 27th July for tickets go to - Ventnor Fringe – The Isle of Wight's multi award winning festival (vfringe.co.uk)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com)Support them on Patreon at patreon.com/drunkwomensolvingcrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Drunk Women are back at their London residency, which is a joy in itself and adding to that joy, is the wonderful comedian Harriet Kemsley!Harriet starts off the show with a criminal tale from her childhood, which shows some incredible early kills at the sick burn, as well as offering sartorial advice to any potential criminal out there!The gang then grapple with a crime which was sent in by a listener - feel free to do the same, but perhaps insist on furnishing whoever elects to host that episode with all the facts, especially the basic ones.We finally get a member of the audience up on the mic to earn a bottle of cava by sharing a crime story from their lives, and it would appear that whoever the perpetrator was, they were a shoe-in as suspect.The Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at the Ventnor Fringe on The Isle of Wight on Thursday 27th July for tickets go to - Ventnor Fringe – The Isle of Wight's multi award winning festival (vfringe.co.uk)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com)Support them on Patreon at patreon.com/drunkwomensolvingcrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode of Drunk Women Solving Crime was one of their epic live Zooms attended by the amazing Patreons who support the show.Someone who definitely did their fair share of chatting and crime solving was this week's guest, the brilliant comedian and podcaster Abigoliah Schamaun!Abigoliah started us off with a bunch of stories which are a baptism of fire to anyone who decides to make London their permanent residence - let's just say, it pays to be stoic in England's capital cityThe team then set about solving a crime which was sent in by an eagle eyed listener, which involves the court case of the century (or at least in the top 20).And finally one of the watching patrons contributes a crime which escalates quickly and perhaps could have been prevented a good 2 decades before?see below for information on how you could be at the next zoom record and join in with the chat!The Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in May, June, July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at the Ventnor Fringe on The Isle of Wight on Thursday 27th July for tickets go to - Ventnor Fringe – The Isle of Wight's multi award winning festival (vfringe.co.uk)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com)Support them on Patreon at patreon.com/drunkwomensolvingcrime Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our drunken detectives are back in the studio for this episode and joining them to flex some impressive detective muscle is actor and writer, Frog Stone!Frog starts us off with a tale which will make you reminisce about your own once prized childhood possessions, now cast into the void and might also give you soon boombox envy.We then all get to immerse ourselves in a case which has a body of evidence stacked against the perps, before we round things off with a listener crime which pol(e)arised opinion... you'll see what I did there once you listen. The Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in May, June, July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at the Ventnor Fringe on The Isle of Wight on Thursday 27th July for tickets go to - Ventnor Fringe – The Isle of Wight's multi award winning festival (vfringe.co.uk)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another day, another fantastic recording of DWSC from their monthly London residency, and this week the team are joined by none other than the incredible, Rosie Jones! As well as finding out what having an ass that won't quit really means, we also learn about why Rosie believed a certain childhood possession may well have been cursed, AND why Enya is seen a malevolent presence at one of the Drunk Women's family Christmases. The team then cracks a case in which we really do get the whole picture, and then a member of the audience shares a story, which seems to happen to a lot of people's friends of friends...hmmmmmm.The Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in May, June, July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at the Ventnor Fringe on The Isle of Wight on Thursday 27th July for tickets go to - Ventnor Fringe – The Isle of Wight's multi award winning festival (vfringe.co.uk)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two, four, six, eight - who do we appreciate? This week's guest of course, who happens to be the fantastic writer and activist, Cicely Belle Blain!Cicely joined the team at their residency in London, in front of a packed-out audience, which also happened to contain her mother, who will only entertain sitting f'row, for maximum effect.Cicely starts things off with a story worthy of its own Netflix special, let's just say, if you enjoyed the Tinder Swindler, this will be RIGHT up your strasse.We then hear the details of a crime which happens to involve the 'worst woman in London' no less ...does she move cities, or manage to get an even worse nick name? Listen to find out!We then hear from one of the lovely audience members, who, with their crime, gives us the opportunity to blame the mother, and as we all know, it doesn't get better than that! The Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in May, June, July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at the Ventnor Fringe on The Isle of Wight on Thursday 27th July for tickets go to - Ventnor Fringe – The Isle of Wight's multi award winning festival (vfringe.co.uk)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How on earth can you nearly get arrested while reporting a crime to the police? Well, according to this week's guest, comedian and 'business lady' Jo Griffin, it's all too easy!Jo's opening story will make you yearn for a Bacardi Breezer in Leicester Square (probably), but I would suggest to anyone to pop into the Yates bar there should you get caught short.We then hear about a crime, which involves one of our fantastic listener's ancestors, and it's a story which - if Taylor has anything to do with it - could be turned into a musical, so get ready to sing along.This week's listener crime will have you in detention if you find it funny, no laughing in class!The Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in May, June, July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at the Ventnor Fringe on The Isle of Wight on Thursday 27th July for tickets go to - Ventnor Fringe – The Isle of Wight's multi award winning festival (vfringe.co.uk)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, Hannah once again brings the fold-out table into the lounge for the team to gather around, so they can get to the bottom of a crime, and a bottle or two of wine.Joining them in the merriment, all the way from the U.S of A, is comedian and first aider extraordinaire, Gabby Bryan! Gabby comes with a plethora of stories, ranging from saving lives, to escaping unwitting passage to Eastern Europe, making it clear that you want her, and her friend Alex around in times of crisis.The team then solve a trunk-sized case, which may or may not have connections with the Titanic, although as far as Hannah is concerned, we're never more than six degrees away from something to do with that boat!Lastly, we hear from a listener who although was definitely the victim of a crime, perhaps the sickest thing about it is the burrrrn at the end - just EPIC. The Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in May, June, July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)They are also at the Ventnor Fringe on The Isle of Wight on Thursday 27th July for tickets go to - Ventnor Fringe – The Isle of Wight's multi award winning festival (vfringe.co.uk)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Drunk Women Solving Crime, the gang gathered around Hannah's flat to sip some vino, eat snacks and solve a crime and were very ably joined by comedian and writer Sally O'Leary!As always the guest had the floor to start us off and so Sally told us about an encounter with an unwitting trespasser, which could have yielded a marriage made in heaven - write in if you recognise the story!The team then set about solving a foot tapping case, which if you weren't privy to a certain pun, may well blow your mind!Finally, this week's listener crime comes to us all the way from the Isle of Wight .. and no, it doesn't involve Hannah...or does it?Next live zoom for Patreons, 22nd May 2023, - patreon.com/drunkwomensolvingcrimeThe Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in , May, June, July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The DWSC team are back in Hannah's flat, sipping some drinks while solving a crime or two, and were delighted to be joined in their endeavours by the hilarious comedian, Ria Lina!Ria came armed with some sharp detective skills and a crime story in which redemption (of sorts) was let in through the back door and then marched straight back out again!The gang then set about solving a crime which perhaps inspired Meatloaf to declare that he 'would do anything for love, but I won't do that' ... to be fair I don't think any of us would do THAT...Lastly, we hear from a listener who is still smarting over an art attack which may (or may not) have been finally solved.Next live zoom for Patreons, 22nd May 2023, - patreon.com/drunkwomensolvingcrimeThe Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in , May, June, July and September at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode serves as a time machine to the heady days of December 2022, as the ladies were joined by writer Robyn Wilder on a live zoom to have a bevvy or two and solve some crimes!As this episode is being released in the spring of 2023, we can all look back fondly at the follies of our youth, as the trusty Patreons looked on and joined in on the live chat - see how you can be involved on our next live zooms by visiting Drunk Women Solving Crime | creating Podcasts | PatreonRobyn opened the show with a duo of crimes which only show her helpful nature in a favourable light - after all, as a wise person once said, 'why be a b*stard, if you can be nice?' - or words to that effect.The team on the panel and at home, then set about cracking a case with a cast of thousands, and not one sensible name between them.Finally, one of the eager watchers had their crime solved in real time by the detectives .... or at least they didn't make it worse... well, much worse anyway.Next live zoom for Patreons, 3rd May 2023, with special guest Scroobius Pip - patreon.com/drunkwomensolvingcrimeThe Drunk Women are LIVE in 2023, at their London Residency in , April, May and June at 21 Soho - for full details go to 21Soho (21-soho.com)AND at this year's Edinburgh Fringe from 4th - 13th August 2023 - Drunk Women Solving Crime | Comedy | Edinburgh Festival Fringe (edfringe.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.