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++++Content warning for violence and sexual violence, not one for youngsters or those of a senitive nature to these topics ++++The Curse of the Dodgy Microphone! We've been trying to find ways to record remotely, and Pip had a bit of trouble this time, but you'll pull through, we believe in you!In this episode Jonny leads Pip through some of the key moments of the Battle of Berlin, from the Red Army entering the city on April 21 to the surrender of the Berlin garrison on May 2. We look at the human cost of the battle and give an insight into what it was like to live through it.++++++
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by one of the greats... it's BENICIO DEL TORO!"I'm a FAN!" proclaims Benicio at various points in this lovely catch up with Pip, and it's so heartening to hear. Not that anyone ever expected him to be anything less than awesome, but this is actually quite a rare appearance from someone evidently beloved by those involved in cinema and those who view the films alike. While a quick Google search will bring up a bunch of films he's been in and you wlll love, you could just do an old fashioned analogue mind search and come up with something equally quick, as everyone will have one. BDT is in town and on the promo trail for the new Wes Anderson joint 'The Phoenician Scheme' in which he plays a major role, but during this episode you'll also hear about that road up to it including everything along the way. How he fit so much into such a short time here we'll never know, but rest assured you'll have a fine time enjoying and discovering his past lives along the actorial path. A real treat, you already KNOW this is gonna be an awesome episode.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureTHE PHOENICIAN SCHEMESICARIOUSUAL SUSPECTSIMDBSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Paloma Faith, originally episode 184 from 2018-01-17.Original writeup below:–––––––––––––––––––––––––A long, long overdue guest on the podcast, as Pip has been pals with Paloma for a good decade or so (their friendship kicked off on the video for ‘The Beat That My Heart Skipped'), but it isn't just mates reminiscing and going over the good old times… It's a fascinating and honest chat about her humble beginnings and stage antics back in the day, being a number one album selling artist and how un-phased she is by the stardom of it all (which leads into some very open and awesome tangents on fame in general and the weirdness of it all and how it's not for everyone), a good amount of political chat and how politics needs to evolve, and of course Paloma's newborn baby child! As stated, it's open and honest, and generally hugely inspiring and positive - you'll feel Paloma's sunny rays all over you long after the podcast is over…PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureONLINEIMDBPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by absolute Irish acting royalty SIMONE KIRBY!A rare treat here with the wonderful Simone catching up and checking in with Pip, in a celebration of so much of what makes the performances we see what they are. Simone's been putting in work on the stage and screen for a minute, and you will have surely witnessed her greatness in such projects as the ones in the episode title (and a cursory glance on IMDB), but it's always a valuable gift to hear about the life behind the lines. From growing up in County Clare and her origin story, to making it through the ranks of the acting path, as well as what a future in theatre could have looked like, moving to London, working with her husband and child, and an audition concluding with a simple note to tone down the Bond. How about that. Enjoy Simone, and catch up with the shows and projects she's involved in.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureNOTES ON BLINDNESSPEAKY BLINDERSCALM WITH HORSESHIS DARK MATERIALSIMDBSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Charlie Brooker, originally episode 275 from 2019-06-26.Original writeup below:–––––––––––––––––––––––––…but don't by any means think that Black Mirror is a one man show, as Charlie himself will ensure you know how important Annabel Jones is in the whole creative process! He and Pip get all the way into the whole Black Mirror phenomenon, how it works and what it is to be a showrunner, the rise of Black Mirror in the US, how Charlie is the Drake of TV according to Pip (you'll enjoy this theory), how the auteur theory is bullshit, presenting the show to Netflix, having an exit strategy in a series and how there are less exits in a film as opposed to an episode, Bandersnatch and the three episode season, his older work including Dead Set, Nathan Barley and the various ‘-Wipes, his Screen Burn column and how haters could improve their hater game by reading some of his columns for how to REALLY dis someone…* Production note: Pip had a backup recorder running, and you'll hear some of this at the start for a minute or so, but after that the audio is straight from the mics. Just in case you wondered why the quality shifts a touch!PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureTWITTERBLACK MIRRORDEAD SETSCREENWIPEPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
80 years ago the Battle of Seelow Heights was the final hurdle for Stalin's Red Army before reaching Hitler's fascist capital, Berlin. Before the Battle of Berlin could begin, Soviet troops needed to cross the Oder river, break through several lines of German defences, and capture all the small towns and villages on the approach to Berlin.In this episode, Jonny tells Pip all about the four-day fight that opened the gates to Berlin in April 1945.Listen out for:Zhukov's mistakes and Stalin's angerThe blinding Moscow searchlightsGerman kamikaze pilots and tanks protected by spring mattressesHuge numbers of soldiers, chaos in command, minefields, and artilleryLook out for the next episode on the Battle of Berlin!++++++
With the imminent publication of the new government's first Strategic Defence Review this article throws out a challenge. Can we make the first cheap British Army division of the modern period? Can we afford not to? The 'world-beating' delusion Britain has a 'world-beating' epidemic. It would be funny if we were not paying such a high cost for this delusion. Who started it may be debated. That it has become an empty boast is indisputable. The graph below shows the frequency of use of the phrase in Parliament. It has only got worse. How is Britain world-beating? Our social statistics certainly attract attention: 40% of adults pay no income tax, because their annual income does not exceed the £12,570 personal allowance threshold; One third of 35-45 year olds in England now rents (it was one in ten at the beginning of the century), and four in every ten of the private renters is receiving housing benefit (or they would be on the street); By the time Universal Credit is fully rolled out, one in four working age households will be receiving it; Almost one fifth of Britain's school children, apparently, have special educational needs; At the other end of the scale, Britain's graduates now collectively owe around £240 billion in student loans; Over one million16-24 years olds are neither in education, employment nor training (the NEETs), the main reason cited is 'mental health', remedied by a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) (over 3.3 million Britons in England and Wales were claiming a PIP last year). And so we could go on. How the British Army is 'world-beating' also raises questions. Marlborough's Grand Alliance army at the beginning of the 18th century was bigger. Cromwell had more cavalry regiments. The country that invented the tank can today deploy and sustain one tank regiment (plainly, there must be a reserve or you would be unable to rotate troops). The British Army is effectively air defenceless. In one of the most painful sagas of many in recent times, the Army will finally be receiving a new armoured personnel carrier, 20 years late, and with no weapon beyond a machinegun. And personnel statistics, perhaps reflecting wider society, do not make happy reading. Just five years ago, around 4,500 service personnel brought claims against the MOD. Today the number has jumped to almost 7,000 - or roughly, one in every 17th serviceman or woman on a parade square is making a claim against the MOD. Is serving in the (smaller) non-operational Army really so dangerous? Has the MOD become more negligent in the last five years? We can't go on like this. The first thing we must do is face reality and drop the 'world-beating' delusion. Good, better, best In the early 1960s, Defence Secretary Robert McNamara - America's most talented holder of the post in the second half of the 20th century - coined the phrase 'Good, better, best', in an interview with LIFE magazine. The Ford 'whizz kid' ('human IBM machine' was his other nickname) had been recruited by Kennedy to reform the bloated Department of Defence. He did, against some opposition. 'Good, better, best' referred to defence kit. The majority of defence kit, McNamara argued, just needs to be good. A small proportion needs to be better. And the smallest proportion needs to be 'the best'. The reason was cost. If each of the services proposed the best kit, every time, the defence budget would be bankrupted. Who knows what McNamara would make of Washington's trillion dollar defence budget today. His wisdom is certainly missed. Or cheap is good enough Or, perhaps, we could shorten McNamara's dictum and simply state cheap is good enough, most of the time. We were good at cheap. It was the foundation for what today would be called 'success stories'. The Land Rover story began in 1947 with Rover responding to a War Department requirement for a cheap, jeep-like, utility vehicle. Millions have since rolled off the production line. In contrast, a recently procured patrol vehicle (this auth...
Lilian's finding lots of poignant reminders of Peggy while sorting through a box of her things. Tony doesn't understand how old shopping lists can evoke fond memories, but Lilian sees each of them as telling a story. Lilian points out that Tony's surrounded by his children and grandchildren, whereas hers are not only far away, but don't need her like Peggy did. She feels lost without her mum. When Henry arrives he's intrigued by a glass dolphin. Lilian declares he can keep it. Henry's in charge of the goats for Open Farm Sunday – he's planning on buying some leather halters for them when he gets his money. Tony asks what money he's expecting and Henry thinks it's from Peggy. Tony thinks Henry shouldn't be talking about inheritance money, but Lilian disagrees. It's only natural Henry should speculate. Besides, he's missing his great grandma as much as she is. Tony apologises for snapping at Henry; he thinks they would all benefit from a family outing. At Brookfield Rex wonders how David is after their ordeal at the abattoir. Pip maintains her dad's his usual grumpy, stoical self, unlike Rex, who proved himself strong, brave and capable. Pip's puzzled when Rex appears to defend Rochelle. He then questions what he's doing with his life, wishing it had worked out differently. Rex doesn't want to end up old and resentful, mulling over regrets. Later David surprises Pip by suggesting they need to do a major security audit at Brookfield, admitting he'd prefer it if they didn't do Open Farm Sunday at all.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by RHYS & EGGSY of GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN!Pip is joined by 2 remaining members of the Newport rap crew whose classic jam "Guns Don't Kill People (Rappers Do)" will surely be in your mind already... If you're unfamiliar, that would be a really good starting place to capture the vibe of these fun loving rap folks. For those of us who were around and present at the time the crew blew up, you'll have a mix of fond and irritating memories (through pure catchiness of said single), but it's all done with tongue in cheek and a good spirit of playfulness. Actually the beat on 'Guns...' is pretty tight tho... So enjoy this three-way chat covering many elements including working in retail, the road to music and fame, how's life in Newport, understanding accents, global success and even a bonus on-air scam call up top! The timing couldn't be more perfect. Have fun with, it's a nice revisit to a time a couple of decades ago, a time which is now on a nostalgia shelf but always worth looking back on.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureGLC PODCAST (and HERE)GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLEHOMEPAGEINSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this feedback-packed episode of Double Tap, Steven and Shaun open the inbox to highlight powerful listener stories and opinions that spark some of their most honest and passionate reactions yet. From questions about pursuing a cybersecurity career as a blind person to whether “blind” or “visually impaired” should be the default term — the discussion gets real, raw, and at times hilariously offbeat.Steven shares his own personal journey of proving doubters wrong in the media world, sparking an empowering message about determination in the face of discrimination. There's also strong commentary on digital accessibility, the blurred lines of language policing, and the impact of AI smart glasses from Meta and Google. Plus, listeners chime in on VoiceOver vs TalkBack, the future of Braille, disability benefits, and even a shocking tale about prosthetic eyes during a PIP assessment. It's an unfiltered, energizing episode that reminds us why your voices matter.
Zuckerbergs große Vision: Mehr KI-Freunde als menschliche. Wie war Pips Keynote und was war das Fazit zur OMR 2025? Fidji Simo kommt von Instacart zu OpenAI und Meta belebt umstrittene Gesichtserkennung wieder. Reddit kämpft gegen KI-Bots, Musk's xAI nutzt Tesla-Batterien am Memphis-Supercomputer, und Baidus KI-Patent könnte bald das Miauen von Katzen entschlüsseln. Facebook testet gezielt Werbung für Teenager-Mädchen. Bill Gates plant, bis 2045 fast sein gesamtes Vermögen zu verschenken und Pip findet das gut. Earnings von Cloudflare, Affirm und Coinbase. Unterstütze unseren Podcast und entdecke die Angebote unserer Werbepartner auf doppelgaenger.io/werbung. Vielen Dank! Philipp Glöckler und Philipp Klöckner sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) OMR2025 Tag 2 Recap (00:32:30) Apple KI Suche (00:38:45) OpenAI Fidji Simo (00:40:15) Meta Gesichtserkennung (00:49:40) Reddit Verifizierung KI Bots (00:50:50) Musk xAI Tesla Batterien (00:51:50) Baidu KI Tierlaute Übersetzung (00:55:20) Affirm Earnings (00:56:30) Coinbase Earnings (00:59:00) Cloudflare Earnings (01:00:00) Meta Stablecoins Pläne (01:00:50) Zollverhandlungen Musk (01:02:20) Gates Foundation (01:08:20) David Sacks KI 1,000,000x in vier Jahren Shownotes Pips Keynote - LinkedIn Doppelgänger Golf Club – doppelgaenger.io/golf Apple plant Umstieg auf KI-Suche – bloomberg.com OpenAI erweitert Führung mit Fidji Simo – openai.com Meta erneuert Arbeit an Gesichtserkennungstechnologie – theinformation.com Warum Elon Musks DOGE sensible Regierungsdaten sammelt – washingtonpost.com Reddit verschärft Verifizierung gegen KI-Bots – techcrunch.com Musk's xAI nutzt Tesla-Batterien am Memphis-Supercomputer – bloomberg.com Chinas Baidu will KI-System zum Entschlüsseln von Tierlauten patentieren lassen – reuters.com Mark Zuckerbergs große Vision: Mehr KI-Freunde als menschliche – wsj Facebook erkannte angeblich gelöschte Selfies von Teenagerinnen für Beauty-Anzeigen – futurism.com Meta Stablecoin – fortune.com Länder unter Druck, Starlink von Elon Musk zu genehmigen – washingtonpost.com Bill Gates plant, bis 2045 fast sein gesamtes Vermögen zu spenden –cbs AI-Entwicklung David Sacks – x.com
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Will Ospreay, originally episode 98 from 2016-05-17.Original writeup below:–––––––––––––––––––––––––You are cordially welcomed, and tripley so, as we tiptoe ever closer to the Distraction Pieces milestone, the centenary, the HUNDREDTH EPISODE... But enough about that - let's concentrate on episode 98 and be present in the moment shall we... It's Essex's wrestling superstar Mr Will Ospreay! Ever since Pip had a chance meeting outside a Progress Wrestling event at the Electric Ballroom in Camden and then witnessed Will rip it up, it's been a matter of time until the two got together in the podcast ring and got their verbal grapple on and talk pure wrestling goodness, which will be a joy to wrestling and non-wrestling fans alike... A great chat with a very grounded and humble professional, who has made it up the ladder and continues to ascend, all the while keeping himself down to earth while working a DIY job. Career, personal life, goals, lessons learned, Progress, New Japan, and pure positive energy right here - get in!!!PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureINSTAGRAMLUCHA BRITANNIAPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this episode of GoalChat, host Debra Eckering talks about Food and Productivity with Sarah Nathan, Megan Porta, and Babette Pepaj. Sarah is founder of NOOISH, a Jewish comfort food brand that has instant matzo ball soup as its first product; Babette is founder of BakeBot.ai, among other food ventures; and Megan is founder of the Pip and Ebby food blog and host of the Eat Blog Talk podcast. The panel talks about their shared love of food and cooking, as well as favorite food hacks and appliances: instant pot, air fryer, mixer, and oven. They also shard food lessons, cooking disasters, and more. Why They Love Food Babette: Every memory has a tie to food Sarah: Every food in the Jewish culture is tied to a holiday and tradition Megan: It's a good medium/excuse to bring people together Goals Sarah: Take an ingredient you think you don't love and try cooking it a different way Babette: Ask a good cook in your life teach you a recipe Megan: Take a food that is perceived unhealthy and healthify it by creating your own version Final Thoughts Sarah: Take advantage of soup season Babette: Tap into what people are talking about food-wise on social media, enjoy the creativity you see online Megan: Go get an artichoke, boil it, and enjoy it. Learn More About: Sarah Nathan: NOOISHFoods.com Babette Pepaj: BakeBot.ai Megan Porta: PipandEbby.com Debra Eckerling: TheDEBMethod.com/blog 52SecretsBook.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip catches you up on what's been developing in his section of the film making world.Saying 'Pip catches you up" is a very broad sweep of an expression actually. If you follow Pip on socials and have been charting the moves in his making of 'Area Of Oustanding Natural Beauty' (the short-turned-long film backed by many on Kickstarter), you'll have seen him opening up in raw, emotional honesty about the decision to shelf the project. Shelf does not mean disappear. But it's a really sad position to be in, as the leader and instigator of the project. The feeling of responsibility, the feeling of letting multiple people down, not to mention the reality of a project not being realised to full potential after so much work being put into it. As well as the co-existing reality of the state of affairs of working class art being almost impossible to make right now.Let's let Pip take the stage on this one though, and you'll also get a moment to hear the Instagram video which caught Pip at the most publically vulnerable stage of what you could call the creative grieving process. We are so used to hearing about the wins. The successes. The 'killing it' mindset. We don't often hear about the projects and ideas which didn't make it. Maybe we can find a way to celebrate them all as one... Join Pip to hear about the journey.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mary-Ellen McTague is a chef based in Manchester. She is the culinary driving force behind Aunbury, 4244, the Creameries and her newest venture, Pip at the Treehouse Hotel. Mary-Ellen is also the co-founder of Eat Well MCR, which has delivered almost 100,000 meals across Greater Manchester since 2020 to those sidelined by poverty. On the podcast, she tells Liv and Lara why, as a child, she would only eat orange cheese, why Lancashire hotpot is so nostalgic, her Eureka moment when she decided to become a chef – and where you should eat in Manchester.
Mary-Ellen McTague is a chef based in Manchester. She is the culinary driving force behind Aunbury, 4244, the Creameries and her newest venture, Pip at the Treehouse Hotel. Mary-Ellen is also the co-founder of Eat Well MCR, which has delivered almost 100,000 meals across Greater Manchester since 2020 to those sidelined by poverty. On the podcast, she tells Liv and Lara why, as a child, she would only eat orange cheese, why Lancashire hotpot is so nostalgic, her Eureka moment when she decided to become a chef – and where you should eat in Manchester.
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Mary J. Blige, originally episode 252 from 2019-02-13.Original writeup below:–––––––––––––––––––––––––“…When you give your all, you win…”Absolute solid gold crown wearing greatness for you here, as Pip sits down with the phenomenal Ms. Blige for a thoroughly entertaining and uplifting chat. She's been making the rounds in promotion of her new starring role as ‘Cha-Cha' in the amazing ‘The Umbrella Academy', an adaptation of an equally amazing graphic novel, and she spent some time breaking down the whole experience with Pip in this rare interview. They get to cover a HUGE amount of goodies, ranging from her love of the script and its connections to real life, being educated in how to correctly beat up a person and do a ton of crazy stunts (until things got a touch too insane), the madness of the costumes, her love of learning and growth through roles, how she killed it in a Christmas play as a kid, growing up in the projects and how that didn't allow much room for dreaming, her non-braggy style and, of course, her illustrious and celebrated music career (including her friendship and career beginnings with a young Notorious BIG!). From music to acting but without ever losing sight or sound of her backgrounds, it's a heartwarming one here folks as you might expect from a true veteran of the entertainment industry. You'll love it.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureONLINEXDISCOGRAPHYIMDBPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We continue our discussion about Ravensbrück concentration camp and to reflect on the 80 year anniversary of its liberation with Pablo aka Berlin con Pablo, who's been guiding Spanish language vistiors to Berlin for many years!We each bring a story of an individual woman's survival of Ravensbrück: Neus Català, Yevgenia Lasarevna Klemm, and Odette Sansom.This was a tough one to record because of the sheer horror of the content and apologies everyone, it's not our best audio quality. But we hope you get something from these incredible and at moments truly devestating stories of endurance, survival and bravery.CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of concentration camp, torture, death.Sources:Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women, Sarah HelmKL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus WachsmannAshes in the Sky by Carme Martí++++++You can get in touch and book Jonny or Pip for a tour of Berlin via www.whitlams-berlin-tours.com.Don't forget to subscribe for more Berlin history every two weeks!++++++Donations keep us running. If you like the show and want to support it, you can use the following links:Donate €50 •• Donate €20 •• Donate €10 •• Donate €5++++++You can find Jonny online on YouTube, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok!++++++Mixed and Produced by Alex Griffithshttps://www.instagram.com/alexgriffiths_music/https://alexgriffiths.bandcamp.com/++++++
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by GRACE NEUTRAL, founder of FEMME FATALE TATTOO!Of course, as with all intros, it is impossible to sum up Grace by a role or a title. Grace is also a force of energy and natural spring of positivity in the wide world of the tattoo, as you will hear in this in person chat with Pip. Positivity and new ways of thinking aren't always a given though, sometimes these are things that need to happen through experience and ultimately wisdom, all of which Grace has in abundance. Among other subjects including the one that you would indeed expect, Grace and Pip catch up on the joy of dogs and animals, how Grace founded Femme Fatale, the unfortunate side of tattoo work and the humans who contribute to it, humble origins, how misogyny can generate among women in toxic male environments, being a boss and how to do that, surviving abusive relationships in enabling towns, and fostering safe inclusive spaces for those who would benefit. It's fun, it's deep, it's light, and it's heavy. It has it all.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureINSTAGRAMFFTV INSTAGRAMGRACE YOUTUBESTORIES & INKSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of "Disabled and Proud," Brooke talks with Scott Whitney in a thought-provoking discussion about the recent reforms to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and universal credit in the UK. He highlights the misconceptions surrounding disability benefits, particularly the unfounded belief in widespread fraud, and emphasises the importance of PIP as a means to maintain independence rather than merely an out-of-work benefit. The conversation delves into the challenges faced by disabled individuals in navigating the assessment process, the potential dangers of tightening benefit structures, and the urgent need for businesses to adapt their hiring practices to be more inclusive. Scott also shares insights from his own journey as a disabled person and discusses the initiatives of his organisation, All4Inclusion, which aims to reduce loneliness within the disability community by fostering safe spaces for open conversations. The episode concludes with a powerful reminder that being proud of one's disability should translate into action and advocacy for change. KEY TAKEAWAYS PIP Reforms and Misconceptions : The discussion highlights the misconception that Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is often fraudulently claimed. Research indicates that only 0.04% of all benefit fraud is related to disability benefits, suggesting that the focus on tightening PIP is misguided. Importance of Training for Assessors : Many decisions regarding PIP claims are made by individuals without adequate medical training. This can lead to incorrect assessments, as seen in personal experiences where medical evidence was overlooked. PIP as a Means of Independence : PIP is not an out-of-work benefit; rather, it is designed to help individuals maintain their independence, whether they are working or not. The removal of such support could lead to severe consequences for those who rely on it for daily living. Impact of Reforms on Vulnerable Populations : The potential reforms could disproportionately affect individuals with invisible disabilities, such as mental health conditions, who may struggle to prove their need for support. This could lead to increased poverty and destitution among disabled individuals. Community and Activism : There is a call for collective action, emphasizing the need for both disabled and non-disabled allies to advocate for the rights of disabled individuals. Engaging in conversations, writing to MPs, and participating in protests are essential steps to address the challenges faced by the disabled community. BEST MOMENTS "The only way we're going to get disabled people into work is by training, supporting businesses to go, well, actually, this is how we need to interview people." - Scott "PIP isn't an out-of-work benefit; it's something that people use to allow them to go to work." - Scott "The ultimate danger is that people die... it would be because people... wouldn't be able to eat, my diet would be worse." - Scott "Hundreds of thousands more women than men will end up going into poverty and out of the workforce." - Interviewer "If we're proud, what are we doing about it? It's time... to do actions, not words." - Scott VALUABLE RESOURCES https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/disabled-and-proud/id1621152878 HOST BIO Disabled and Proud is the show that brings listeners a different perspective on disability. Each week this podcast highlights an awesome disabled guest speaking about their own disability; why they are proud to be disabled and why they are proud to be themselves. The conversations in this show will look at what challenges these amazing people face socially, mentally, physically and life in general. This show is raw, open, honest, funny, welcoming and educational. Disabled & Proud does exactly what it says on the tin! And whilst we are creating this space for disabled people to be unashamedly themselves, without the need to conform to society, this is also not about toxic positivity. This show will be shining a big, bright light on disability without it being “Paralympic or pity”. As you will hear disability is WHOLE, COMPLETE & PERFECT and whilst the topic of disability can be quite heavy - and we definitely don't shy away from the bad days - this podcast is also about having fun too! Our aim is to play a part in reclaiming the word disability - turning it from inadequacy to perfection!INSTAGRAM! https://www.instagram.com/disabledandproudpodcast/?hl=en: https://www.instagram.com/disabledandproudpodcast/?hl=en
This is a preview of the Zombie Survival Savage Worlds Adventure Edition arc that Realms of Peril& Glory did, along with the fine folks at What Am I Rolling. To hear the rest of the episodes, head to www.WAIRpodcast.com or search What Am I Rolling wherever you listen to podcasts. LISTEN TO THE REST OF THE EPISODE HERE Original Show Notes: Content Warnings: Severe Graphic Bodily Harm to PC, Sudden death and betrayal of PCs, Harm to animals and young adults, Gun and weapon violence, Explosions and Zombies. Show Notes To tied us over to the next session of Savage Worlds, the players catch up and debrief after their first session and give some recommendations for zombie films! Realms of Peril & Glory is an Actual Play podcast of big laughs and big heart! They jump from one setting to another and devour as many game systems as they can get their hands on. RPG is packed with gorgeous original music and glorious sound design that sweeps listeners up into the stories of their incredible cast. Check out Realms of Peril and Glory on their website or wherever you listen to podcasts! Credits The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat. The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat. This episode's players were Liv, Liz, Jess, Pip and and special guest game master Zack from Realms of Peril and Glory This episode's RPG was ''Savage Worlds: Adventure Edition' by Shane Lacy Hensley, with Clint Black and published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Grab your copy on the Pinnacle Entertainment Group's website. The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License. Additional music in this episode: 'Heartbeat of the Wind' by Asher Fulero. If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com. Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at WhatAmIRollingPodcast@gmail.com. Follow the podcast on social media (@WAIR_Podcast) for the latest news on episodes. Linktr.ee: WAIR Podcast #AdventurersNeedNotApply Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Alan Moore, originally episode 3 from 2014-10-29.A huge episode in the Distraction Pieces canon, as Pip caught up with Alan - at time of publishing - over a decade ago in Alan's house. It was the early days of the podcast and of course the style and flow of the show was developing, but this was a fabulous sign of things to come and that even when the show was a toddler, it was looking at a mountain of greatness. AND HERE WE ARE! Alan is an immense figure in the world of comic books and writing, and whether or not this is a world in which you dabble, it's a really great one to pick up on if you missed it back then (and if so you are indeed forgiven). Jump in and reminisce with us.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureWIKIIMDBARTICLEPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is part 4 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'.Our fourth guest is climate activist ROSIE HAMPTON.Hopefully by now, if you've caught all four of the episodes in this miniseries (which will have slotted in seamlessly into your regularly scheduled listening), you'll have heard about how climate action - while not the most uplifting subject - can be a very positive and accessible universe to engage with. At times of course the whole subject can seem intimidating as, for sure, individually we can't solve this one. BUT - when we work together and realise the powers we do have, and work with what we can in the realms of our imediate surroundings first, there is a huge amount to be positive and hopeful for. This episode with Rosie will surely add to that feeling, and among so much more you'll hear how she found herself in this area and how career paths merged and blended, how to work with fossil fuel companies in a way which can make things better for the world in general as well as the employees, the idea of death by a million paper cuts when it comes to greedy and careless corporations, being strategic with movements and working with available skills and potential, the many shades of community action, and how ultimately we all get better through linking in our communities. As always, get a notebook or open the notes app, you'll do well to scribble some bits down! PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureLIVING RENTFRIENDS OF THE EARTH ARTICLEXSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pip sagt ihr dürft Bitte und Danke zur KI sagen. Wieso beeilt sich DeepL mit IPO? Bietet Palantir die Infrastruktur eines Polizeistaats? Trump drängt die Fed zu drastischen Zinssenkungen. Paris zeigt, wie der Verzicht auf Autos die Luftqualität einer Metropole transformieren kann. Hat die EU strategisch ihre Sanktionen gegen Apple und Meta verschoben, um Handelsgespräche mit den USA nicht zu gefährden? Unterstütze unseren Podcast und entdecke die Angebote unserer Werbepartner auf doppelgaenger.io/werbung. Vielen Dank! Philipp Glöckler und Philipp Klöckner sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) Unsicherheit US Märkte (00:06:10) Cluely (00:16:30) Paris Luftverschmutzung Verkehrsbeschränkung (00:26:10) FTC Klage Uber Abonnement Einwilligung (00:27:55) Airbnb Gebühren Transparenz & US Tourismus (00:31:20) Neue Signal Chat Affäre (00:33:00) Palantir Polizeistaat (00:38:45) EU Antitrust Maßnahmen Pause (00:43:30) Google Monopol Chrome Verkauf (00:48:00) Firmen Größe Begrenzung (00:53:00) Höflichkeit Künstliche Intelligenz Strom (00:59:20) Euro Anstieg Investoren Anleihen (01:03:30) Aktienverkäufe Insider Zuckerberg Dimon (01:06:00) Yale Universität Verkauf Private Equity Portfolio (01:09:35) DeepL Börsengang Übersetzungstechnologie Investoren (01:19:00) Bluesky Verifizierungssystem Wachstum Plattform Checkmark (01:23:30) Earnings Season Ausblick Shownotes Trump kritisiert Fed-Zinspolitik – link.cnbc.com AI macht Gesetze in UAE – ft.com Paul Graham über Palantir – techcrunch.com Cluely – twitter.com Paris sagt Autos au revoir – washingtonpost.com Tempo 30 in Bologna: Weniger Verkehrstote – geo.de Google Gemini – theinformation.com Mehr reiche Amerikaner eröffnen Schweizer Bankkonten – cnbc.com Zuckerberg, Dimon unter Top-Verkäufern vor Aktienrückgang – bloomberg.com Airbnb zeigt Gebühren in Preisanzeige – bloomberg.com FTC verklagt Uber: Gebühren für Uber One ohne Zustimmung – cnbc.com Justizministerium will Google-Monopol durch Chrome-Verkauf aufbrechen – washingtonpost.com Bluesky führt Verifizierung ein – wired.com Deutsche Anleihen steigen, Euro als sicherer Hafen. – ft.com Yale erwägt Verkauf eines Teils des Private-Equity-Portfolios – yaledailynews.com Hegseth-Team: Neue Vorwürfe zu Signal Chat – washingtonpost.com Höflichkeitskosten für AI – techcrunch.com KI-Startup DeepL könnte 2026 an die Börse gehen – sifted.eu Exklusiv: EU verzögerte Strafen für Apple, Meta vor Handelsgesprächen – wsj.com Thellmann et al., 2024 – arxiv.org GPT-4 in der Radiologie: Englisch deutlich stärker (Harigai et al., 2024) – Publikation in European Radiology (via PubMed Central) Trainingsdatenanalyse: 93 % der Tokens sind Englisch (Li et al., 2024) – arXiv-Link Englischer Einfluss auf nicht-englische Antworten (Rigouts Terryn & de Lhoneux, 2024) – aclanthology.org ARR Conference 2024 – openreview.net OpenAI – GPT-4 Technical Report – Download PDF
In this episode, I share how love can be the most potent healing force for trauma. Drawing from my decades of experience as a relationship expert and therapist, I share deep insights about how paying attention with care - which is my definition of love - can transform trauma healing, whether it's in therapy, relationships, or self-love.Tune in and you'll discover:- Why having someone who loves and truly sees you during traumatic experiences can prevent PTSD, and how you can be that person for someone else- The powerful connection between self-love and healing, especially in cases of relationship trauma and infidelity- How to become a "Partner in Pain" (PIP) and meet loved ones where it hurts - a crucial skill for supporting someone through traumaWhether you're healing from your own trauma, supporting a loved one through theirs, or simply want to understand the transformative power of love, this episode offers practical wisdom and heartfelt guidance. Join me as we explore how attention with care can create breakthrough moments of healing and help people return to their healthy selves.Ready to harness the healing power of love? Listen now and learn how to make your relationships a safe haven for healing trauma. Because together, we're making the world safe for love.TAKE ACTION:Todd Creager, LCSW, LMFTTodd is a sex expert and therapist in Huntington Beach. He provides relationship counseling to couples throughout Orange County including Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Seal Beach and Long Beach. (714) 848-2288.You can find more tips and resources from Todd Creager at: https://toddcreager.com Need Help with Healing From Trauma?How most people deal with trauma won't help you heal and have the life you want. Todd has created a guide…the 5 Keys to Healing From Trauma. Follow these 5 simple steps that will help you go from surviving to thriving.
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with John Cooper Clarke, originally episode 240 from 2018-11-21.Original writeup below!–––––––––––––––––––––––––“If I was a band I would have split up years ago…”Hopefully you are aware of the fellow and his work, but if that's not the case, well you have a glorious road ahead of you… Pip sits down with the legendary punk poet to comb through all the good stuff - being the force of nature he is, most of the heavy lifting is done by John himself but as you'll hear, this is not a problem in the slightest. Just tune in and take a ride with the story telling genius and indulge in those sweet Northern tones. From history to now, it all gets covered - his inspirational teacher who encouraged him in all kinds of ways, cultivating his own style from the cast in his life and picking up little elements from everyone he appreciated, the cerebral of poetry vs the immediate of rock and roll, his love and adoption of American style and trends, aiming to be an ‘artist as professional citizen', having the door to success opened to him by none other than Bernard Manning of all people, NO FLARES, gigging with The Fall, Chickentown, Arctic Monkeys, Michael Madson, and as you can imagine - AN IMMENSE AMOUNT MORE! So, so great. You'll like this one.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureINSTAGRAMALL JOHN LINKS HERECHICKENTOWN ON THE SOPRANOS!PIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Spring 2025 marks the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II. We're kicking off this season, focused on WWII, by discussing Ravensbrück concentration camp, the only camp purpose built for women under the Nazi regime. In this first of two parts, we take a look at whom this camp was built for, who ran it day to day, and how it changed dramatically over the course of it's life. We also discuss the concentration camp system more generally, contextualising it along side our knowledge as guides of the former concentration camp Sachsenhausen.(ALSO, apologies Pip mixed up Sylvia Salvesen, who was from Norway not Sweden!)CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of concentration camp, torture, death.Sources:Ravensbruck: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women, Sarah HelmKL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann++++++You can get in touch and book Jonny or Pip for a tour of Berlin via www.whitlams-berlin-tours.com.Don't forget to subscribe for more Berlin history every two weeks!++++++Donations keep us running. If you like the show and want to support it, you can use the following links:Donate €50 •• Donate €20 •• Donate €10 •• Donate €5++++++You can find Jonny online on YouTube, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok!++++++Mixed and Produced by Alex Griffithshttps://www.instagram.com/alexgriffiths_music/https://alexgriffiths.bandcamp.com/++++++
It is Spring and time for the Annual Hop-a-Thon. Thistle, Pip, Hopper, and Dr. Fluff are hoping to win, so they head off to a self-help conference to improve their hops but come away with something even better. Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark ❤️
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is part 3 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'.Our third guest is Greenpeace CEO AREEBA HAMID.A really great chance to hear from someone who could not be more involved with Greenpeace, in a capacity which has Areeba overseeing all that is happening in the company and from a vantage point which allows views into the - let's face it - incredibly shady world of oil companies. Companies which have seemingly taken notes from cartoon supervillains and considered it a good look. Areeba goes into really awesome depth with facts and knowledge (attributes which these days are not always celebrated) about such topics as the eternal bête noir of Shell, the doubling down of companies on all the bad behaviour, hiding research, greenwashing and sportswashing and public image, the David and Goliath energy of huge corporations chasing down movements like Greenpeace, how Greg from Succession foretold an event in Greenpeace's day to day, Shell's PR disaster, and how companies will always lose to humour and comedy. With the echo of the motto 'Stop Drilling And Start Paying' ringing in our ears, enjoy this episode with someone who can help shed some light on such sour times.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureGREENPEACESO MANY GREENPEACE LINKS TO EXPLOREINSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this episode of The MMA Fan Podcast, Stu is joined by special guest co-host Mr Scroobius Pip who popped into the studio to step in for Blake who is filming overseas at the mo.Pip and Stu chat about what went down last weekend at UFC 314
Pip erklärt seine Long-Short Strategie und wie der Anleihenmarkt funktioniert. Es kommt eine neue Vision Pro und Katy Perry war (kurz) im Weltall. Unterstütze unseren Podcast und entdecke die Angebote unserer Werbepartner auf doppelgaenger.io/werbung. Vielen Dank! Philipp Glöckler und Philipp Klöckner sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) Long-Short Strategie (00:01:40) Anleihen (00:16:25) ChatGPT (00:24:35) Apple Vision Pro 2 (00:28:10) Amazon (00:33:45) Palantir (00:38:00) Nvidia (00:44:33) DOGE (00:54:25) Meta (01:04:05) AI Lieferkettenrisiko (01:08:00) Trump ist nachtragend (01:13:20) Astronautinnen Shownotes Apple bereitet ein Paar Headsets vor und blickt dennoch auf Brillen voraus Bloomberg ChatGPT erreicht 1 Milliarde Nutzer? In nur wenigen Wochen verdoppelt“, sagt der CEO von OpenAI Forbes Carneys Schachmatt: Wie Kanadas stilles Anleihenspiel Trump zum Verzicht auf Zölle zwang Dean Blundell Amazon testet angeblich den Einsatz von Zustellern für die Notfallhilfe PYMNTS Cybersecurity-Industrie verstummt, als Trump den Zorn auf SentinelOne richtet Reuters ByteDance entwickelt AI Smart Glasses The Information Meta holt ehemaligen Trump-Berater und Stripe-CEO in den Vorstand The Information Mark Zuckerberg, der Kronzeuge, steht wieder auf dem heißen Stuhl New York Times KI-halluzinierte Code-Abhängigkeiten werden zum neuen Lieferkettenrisiko Bleeping Computer Nato erwirbt KI-Militärsystem von Palantir Financial Times Carole Cadwalladr: This is what a digital coup looks like TED Christopfer Krebs Press Release Trump's attacks on law firms are an attack on law itself The Guardian Bipartisan Deficit Tracker
We're back! This excellent book includes so many siblings: Patrick and Julia, Pip and Emma, Lettie and Lottie... not to mention actual gays and a cat! Tune in to discover Amanda seems to have inexplicably grown up in the 30s while Portia grew up in the 80s.
This week on the SheerLuxe Vodcast, Charlotte Collins is joined by Hodge and Federica Labanca. First they catch up on everything they're loving on TV right now – from the new season of The White Lotus to Apple TV's The Studio and Amazon Prime's Last One Laughing. They also share some other cultural recommendations, including Emily Austen's book, Smarter, Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister and the new Grayson Perry exhibition at The Wallace Collection. The three then go on to discuss the recent BTS at NET-A-PORTER and a SheerLuxe April Fool's prank that involved Pip getting a tattoo… Finally, they dissect this week's hot topics and share their takes on the latest film releases, including the Beatles biopics, Anora, The Brutalist and Black Bag… Subscribe For More | http://bit.ly/2VmqduQ Get SheerLuxe Straight To Your Inbox, Daily | http://sheerluxe.com/signup Congratulations to Lauren Pluguez for winning the Our Place bundle. Please email podcast@sheerluxe.com with your details and colour choice so we can send it your way!COMPETITION | Fenty BeautyTo enter, please leave a comment below stating why you love the SL podcast! We will then pick a winner. Please read the T&Cs before entering.* Terms & Conditions: The entrant must be 18 or over to enter, and it is only valid to UK entrants. Only one entry per person. No alternative cash or otherwise to the stated prizes are available. SheerLuxe is not responsible for and will not offer any compensation, financial or otherwise, for any loss, damage or disappointment arising if the prize is not fulfilled by the providing company for any reason whatsoever. PANELCharlotte Collins | @charlotteleahcollins | https://www.instagram.com/charlotteleahcollins/ Federica Labanca | @federica.labanca | https://www.instagram.com/federica.labanca/ Hodge Templeman | @sarahjtempleman | https://www.instagram.com/sarahjtempleman/ AD | Dune London | https://www.dunelondon.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Sofia Boutella, originally episode 153 from 2017-05-31.A great catchup to - at time of typing - like 8 years ago, when Pip and Sofia met up in LA for this really nice conversation. A great time capsule type listen as the two have done so much since - always a treat to hear these back in the day episodes! Enjoy.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureINSTAGRAMONLINEIMDBPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is part 2 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'.Our second guest is climate journalist DAISY DUNNE.A really fascinating and inspiring chat here with Pip and Daisy, following on from last week's episode with James Skeet of Just Stop Oil. Daisy is the associate editor of Carbon Brief, and is well equipped to deliver fact-based information in an accessible way, and has been working in the field for a minute. You'll hear about how it is to reconcile one's life while being entrenched in this area of expertise, what Carbon Brief is exactly, her beginnings as a science journalist, secret manilla envelopes and a real life spy movie premise, being on assignment in the arctic, attribution science, her very own 'polar bear moment', and working for the Independent - among a huge amount of other climate related gems and jewels. The perfect second part of this month long series. Grab a notebook and get yerself involved.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureDAISY DUNNECARBON BRIEFSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Part Two: Matthew remembers the snow job of “The Sound of Music.” Also: more on Sophie Scholl, introducing the Edelweiss Pirates, the “adult gaze”, what trusting kids means, notes from Emma Goldman and Janusz Korczak, and excerpts from a poem by Aku Päiviö, father of Jules, who traveled from Northern Ontario to Spain in 1937 to volunteer in the International Brigade. ____ When fascism rises, and some young people are drawn into its orbit, because everyone from Jordan Peterson to Andrew Tate has figured out how to exploit resentment at the failures of capitalism, we have an opportunity to give our kids a lot more than moralistic calls for a return to normalcy, compliance, warnings about screen time, striving to be better students, doing more sports, and not making too much of a ruckus. The kind of parenting that limits itself to restoring the status quo for younger people in an age of fascism is not engaged parenting. It's not enough to be a good boy or girl. Antifascism takes more than that. Show Notes Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions Death toll since Israel's aggression on Gaza on October 7 rises to 31,819 (March, 2024) Austerity Has Always Been a Project to Empower Capital at the Expense of Workers It's Not Them; It's Us: Thoughts on the Show Adolescence Adolescence is a really well made depiction of misogyny that fails to critique it | by Mallory Moore | Mar, 2025 Netflix's ‘Adolescence' Taps Into the Latest Moral Panic Jonathan Haidt's Claims On Kids & Tech Crumble Under Scrutiny From Top Expert, Candice Odgers | Techdirt UK government's own estimate says welfare cuts to push 250,000 into poverty | Reuters Labour's cuts to PIP will drag a quarter of a million people into absolute poverty, DWP figures show – Disability News Service 55: Games Against Humanity (w/ Thi Nguyen) — Conspirituality 207: Gaming Realities (w/Thi Nguyen) — Conspirituality Reminder to the media: Research video games before reporting on them Out of the Ruins:The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces Anarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader The People's Republic of Neverland: The Child versus the State Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work Teaching Resistance: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Cultural Subversives in the Classroom TRUST KIDS! Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy Refusing Complicity: The Bravery of Sophie Scholl - Radical Tea Towel Sophie Scholl and the youth resistance against the Nazis – DW – 02/22/2023 The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds An Unclaimed Country: The Austrian Image in American Film and the Sociopolitics of The Sound of Music The politics of The Sound of Music | Peter Levine Edelweiss Pirate Walter Mayer The Edelweiss Pirates: A Story of Freedom, Love and Life Walter Meyer describes his 1943 trial for looting, and the impact of his role in the Edelweiss Pirates on the sentence he received | Holocaust Encyclopedia The Edelweiss Pirates The Child and Its Enemies | The Anarchist Library —Emma Goldman DECLARATION OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS—Janusz Korczak The King of Children: A Biography of Janusz Korczak - Betty Jean Lifton Sophie Scholl – The Final Days Remember the Mac-Paps - rabble.ca The Canadians In The Spanish Civil War 'Gentleman Jules' lived for just causes | Sudbury Star Poetry – Friends and Veterans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
But the parents? Meh. When fascism rises, and some young people are drawn into its orbit, because everyone from Jordan Peterson to Andrew Tate has figured out how to exploit resentment at the failures of capitalism, we have an opportunity to give our kids a lot more than moralistic calls for a return to normalcy, compliance, warnings about screen time, striving to be better students, doing more sports, and not making too much of a ruckus (as Marco Rubio calls it). The kind of parenting that limits itself to restoring the status quo for younger people in an age of fascism is not engaged parenting. It's not enough to be a good boy or girl. Antifascism takes more than that. In this Part One, Matthew previews our main feed discussion of Adolescence (coming this Thursday), parses a speech by Gareth Southgate, wonders why Jonathan Haidt knows nothing about gaming, and remembers Sophie Scholl. Show Notes Op-ed: Try again, President Kumar: Renewing calls for Tufts to adopt March 4 TCU Senate resolutions Death toll since Israel's aggression on Gaza on October 7 rises to 31,819 (March, 2024) Austerity Has Always Been a Project to Empower Capital at the Expense of Workers It's Not Them; It's Us: Thoughts on the Show Adolescence Adolescence is a really well made depiction of misogyny that fails to critique it | by Mallory Moore | Mar, 2025 Netflix's ‘Adolescence' Taps Into the Latest Moral Panic Jonathan Haidt's Claims On Kids & Tech Crumble Under Scrutiny From Top Expert, Candice Odgers | Techdirt UK government's own estimate says welfare cuts to push 250,000 into poverty | Reuters Labour's cuts to PIP will drag a quarter of a million people into absolute poverty, DWP figures show – Disability News Service 55: Games Against Humanity (w/ Thi Nguyen) — Conspirituality 207: Gaming Realities (w/Thi Nguyen) — Conspirituality Reminder to the media: Research video games before reporting on them Out of the Ruins:The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces Anarchist Education and the Modern School: A Francisco Ferrer Reader The People's Republic of Neverland: The Child versus the State Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work Teaching Resistance: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Cultural Subversives in the Classroom TRUST KIDS! Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy Refusing Complicity: The Bravery of Sophie Scholl - Radical Tea Towel Sophie Scholl and the youth resistance against the Nazis – DW – 02/22/2023 The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds An Unclaimed Country: The Austrian Image in American Film and the Sociopolitics of The Sound of Music The politics of The Sound of Music | Peter Levine Edelweiss Pirate Walter Mayer The Edelweiss Pirates: A Story of Freedom, Love and Life Walter Meyer describes his 1943 trial for looting, and the impact of his role in the Edelweiss Pirates on the sentence he received | Holocaust Encyclopedia The Edelweiss Pirates The Child and Its Enemies | The Anarchist Library —Emma Goldman DECLARATION OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS—Janusz Korczak The King of Children: A Biography of Janusz Korczak - Betty Jean Lifton Sophie Scholl – The Final Days Remember the Mac-Paps - rabble.ca The Canadians In The Spanish Civil War 'Gentleman Jules' lived for just causes | Sudbury Star Poetry – Friends and Veterans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Mike Skinner, originally episode 20 from 2015-02-25.Mike and Pip caught up - at time of typing - over a decade ago (!) to check in on all things Streets, music, labels, life, the whole thing. A wide ranging chat and really interesting to listen to stuff in the not that distant past to give a bit of grounding to where things are these days. Cast your mind back! Enjoy.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureINSTAGRAMMUSICSPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fall asleep fast to the continuation of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Pip pays another visit to Miss Havisham. Support the podcast and enjoy ad-free and bonus episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts. For other podcast platforms go to https://justsleeppodcast.com/supportOr, you can support with a one time donation at buymeacoffee.com/justsleeppodIf you like this episode, please remember to follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favourite podcast app. Also, share with any family or friends that might have trouble drifting off.Goodnight! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is part 1 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'.Our first guest is JAMES SKEET of JUST STOP OIL.You likely had an instant reaction when you saw 'Just Stop Oil'. You may have also felt something when you saw the name of the miniseries centred around climate. But is it something you've heard about first hand? And - like many of us - has it just been too much to take on board?What's important to know is that nothing you'll hear this month in this selection of episodes will be a constant tell-off-athon or be led by people shaking their heads at you in judgement. For one thing that would suck and be no fun whatsoever for anyone, but for another that simply achieves nothing either. In this episode, you'll hear from James who is fighting a fight, believe it or not, for the good of all of us and the world.There will be points including how oil companies infiltrate their way into laws which affect us all, how social change requires discomfort, and the situation we're currently in.Of course it's an immensely difficult and bundled up layer-heavy conversation with a huge amount of feelings, thoughts, opinions and perspectives. But without listening to James, you're missing out on a really crucial voice in all of this. So please, wherever you stand on the issue (no judgement, as said), take this episode on board. It's fascinating and you're also hearing him in a context not often offered either - this isn't James in defence mode. This is information delivery combined with conversation. Listen, share if you feel it, and let's see what we can do with all this.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureJUST STOP OIL ONLINEINSTAGRAMXSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pip Stehlik, affectionately known as Pip Squeak thanks to his family's playful nickname, brings stories full of humor and heart from his childhood as the youngest of six siblings. His tale is a testament to the unexpected ways childhood experiences can shape our professional journeys. Pip recounts his incredible experience from working in grocery stores and stand-up comedy to achieving real estate success. His path was inspired by the likes of Zig Ziglar and Lou Holtz, leading to significant investments and the acquisition of numerous properties without personal financial resources. As we reflect on Pip's life, we honor the legacy of his heroic parents and their profound influence on his values and aspirations. From tales of World War II bravery to heartfelt poems and personal anecdotes, Pip's narrative embodies the spirit of building something lasting and meaningful. It's another episode filled with laughter, inspiration, and insights, celebrating the rich tapestry of experiences that guide our personal and professional lives. Connect with Pip Stehlik on instagram at @pipstehlik Connect with Kevin Dairaghi! Website: www.kevindairaghi.com Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/kdairaghi Instagram: @thekevindairaghishow Facebook: www.facebook.com/kdairaghi Get free access to some of the tools we talked about at www.kevindairaghi.com/tools You are who you surround yourself with. Join the Tribe! RATE & REVIEW this episode on Apple and Spotify. SHARE this episode with someone. SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any new episodes!
The Writers Advice Podcast is bought to you by Booksprout. Booksprout is my go-to platform to share my stories with readers to engage with reviewers before they are launched with the rest of the world. Head to booksprout to increase your online reviews today!This week on the Writers Advice Podcast I am joined by author Pip Fioretti:On this episode Pip and I talk about:- Her journey to writing and publishing- Changes in the publishing landscape-Getting paid for your work-Writing a murder mystery-Creating immersive stories-The two best attributes for a writer- and all of her advice for up and coming writers-Check out Pip's brand new book hereBILLIONAIRE ISLAND PAPERBACKBILLIONAIRE ISLAND KINDLEGet your copy of the Limited-Edition WRITERS JOURNALJOIN THE WRITERS ADVICE FACEBOOK GROUPBecome a part of my ARC TEAM HEREJoin us on Instagram:@writersadvicepodcastContact Me:Website: oliviahillier.comInstagram: @oliviahillierauthorTikTok: @oliviahillierauthorContact Pip:Website: pipfioretti.com
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Martin Freeman, originally episode 208 from 2018-05-30.Original writeup below!–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––From those younger, earlier days where we first met Martin in his classic role as Tim in The Office, right up to the present day where we join him in the modern zombie thriller Cargo, he has held it down with skill and good choices from role to role. From Ali G, to Hitchhikers Guide, to The Hobbit and Black Panther, he and Pip manage to fit in a WHOLE lot in this condensed episode, running down the career highlights while branching out to wider subjects like art, tribalism and the reductiveness within, being the ruler of your own palace and master of your destiny, the early days to the present and all manner of other goodness for you to discover yourself! Enjoy - it's a goody, and for Freeman fans and non-familiars alike, this will satisfy for sure.PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureIMDBCAREER BREAKDOWN FROM MARTINPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by ALEX HORNE of TASKMASTER & THE HORNE SECTION!Looking back over Alex's previous appearance on Distraction Pieces, all those years ago back in 2017, it looks like this encore meetup happens in exactly the same way - in the caravan, under a revolving cast of airplanes. But all is well! The planes are not intrusive (apart from to the sunlight), and the chat is not a simple rehash of old things, because how could it be? So much has happened since, though one thing remains - Taskmaster is the immovable object and we are all much better for it. So enjoy this catchup which hits upon all the things you would hope for, including much behind the scenes gold and some hints at what might be on the horizon with the (at time of typing) forthcoming season. It's not all Taskmaster though, as Alex breaks down a lot of what else has been happening and will be happening in a solo and group capacity. So much to enjoy - and you shall!PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureALEX'S 2017 APPEARANCENO MORE JOCKEYSTASKMASTERTHE HORNE SECTIONINSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kathy Burke, originally episode 96 from 2016-05-03.Original writeup below!–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Such a nice chat with Pip and Kathy, as we get to join and listen in on all aspects of Kathy's diverse and strong-willed career, from her beginnings and early days in the Harry Enfield show and of course as half of Kevin & Perry, her enthralling role in the heavy Gary Oldman directed 'Nil By Mouth', and right up to her changes in path and the refinement of her journey as she takes it - with a healthy element of theatre too. Inspiring throughout as we hear not only her shining glories but her regrets too, as well as her take on the social media universe (and her place within it!). Great stuff. Now listen!PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureIMDBWHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAKEONLINEPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITTERPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After weeks of speculation, Liz Kendall has confirmed what benefits are to be axed in order to save £5 billion from the welfare bill - but at what cost for sick and disabled people?Keir Starmer says the rising benefit bill is “devastating for public finances” and has “wreaked a terrible human cost”. But many of his own Labour MPs have accused him of selling cuts as compassion and in the words of Clive Lewis “causing pain for millions”. Zoë Grünewald steps in for Nish to survey the fallout with Coco. And the cuts don't stop there - NHS England's abolition and unprecedented cost-cutting could see up to 30,000 jobs lost. Zoë and Coco discuss the “high-stakes” move, which the Institute of Fiscal Studies has said is “not fully thought through”.Next up, the Tories and Reform are trying to seize the news-agenda with a pair of not-so special special announcements. And Coco has one of her own… CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS VOY https://www.joinvoy.com/psukSHOPIFY https://www.shopify.co.uk/podsavetheuk GuestsMikey ErhardtZoë Grünewald Audio CreditsSky NewsBBC Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.Contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.ukBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.comInsta: https://instagram.com/podsavetheukTwitter: https://twitter.com/podsavetheukTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheukFacebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheukYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by JOE TALBOT of IDLES for an encore episode!An in person episode for this follow up appearance, as the first time round was a Zoom-er in the heat of the lockdown times. So much has changed, for the band, for Joe himself, and the world on the whole. The last 5 years or so has been a cyclone of all sorts, and living through it while keeping a cool and level head is an insurmountable goal. Thankfully creation and art and music are not in short supply, no matter what some of the highers might want us to think, and Joe is proof of that. A wide ranging chat but with an anchor of sorts, which addresses many heavy hitting subjects including class, poverty, politics, socials, reading, mental health, touring, being in a band in general and of course, tinned fish. The amount of times I find myself typing that, good god. Enjoy, it's a goody...PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureDANCERGIFT HORSEJOE INSTAGRAMIDLES INSTAGRAMIDLES LINKSSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDBPOD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This afternoon we had Liz Kendall's long-awaited address in the Commons on Labour's plans for welfare reform. The prospect of £5 billion worth of cuts to welfare has split the party in two, with fears of a rebellion growing over the weekend and into this week. Her announcement was a mixed bag, including: restricting eligibility for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) so that only those who have the highest level of disability can claim the benefit and – to sweeten the deal for backbenchers – announcing that the government will not bring in vouchers for disability benefit or freeze PIP. One of the new lines that had not been trailed in advance was that under 22s would not be eligible for the health top-up of Universal Credit (UC). What's the politics of all this? Will Labour MPs stomach Liz Kendall's benefits crackdown? Katy Balls speaks to The Spectator's new economics editor Michael Simmons and Stephen Bush, associate editor at the Financial Times. Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Cindy Yu.
True Crime Tuesday presents: You Are Fatally Invited with Author, Ande Pliego No crime writing retreat is complete without a murder... A legendary author's murder mystery writing retreat on his private island turns lethal when one of the writers is murdered in this twisty debut novel. When renowned anonymous author J. R. Alastor hires former aspiring writer Mila del Angél to host a writing retreat at his private manor off the coast of Maine, she jumps at the chance—particularly since she has an ax to grind with one of the invitees. The guest list? Six thriller authors, all masters of deceit, misdirection, and mayhem. Confess the crimes, survive the tropes. Alastor and Mila have masterminded a week of games, trope-fueled riddles, and maybe a jump scare or two—the perfect cover for Mila to plot a murder of her own. But when a guest turns up dead—and it's not the murder she planned—Mila finds herself trapped in a different narrative altogether. One by one, you'll lose your turn. With a storm cutting off the island, and the body count rising, Mila must outwit a killer who knows literally every trick in the book. Until only one of us remains… On Today's TCT, Pip Drysdale joins us to talk about her beginnings, the inspiration for "The Close-Up", The psychology of human beings and the duality of personalities that go into this novel. and, the scenarios that lead to the shocking ending of "The Close-Up!" Get your copy of "The Close-Up" here: https://bit.ly/49lfYwV Learn more about Pip and her other works here: https://pipdrysdale.com/ PLUS DUMB CRIMES AND STUPID CRIMINALS W/JESSICA FREEBURG! Check out Jessica Freeburg's website and order her new books: https://jessicafreeburg.com/books/ There are new and different (and really cool) items all the time in the Darkness Radio Online store at our website! . check out the Darkness Radio Store! https://www.darknessradioshow.com/store/ #crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #andepilego #youarefatallyinvited #mila #crimefiction #thriller #rodrigo #olivia #jralastor #cassandra #ashtoncarter #surpriseendings #gamenight #kidnapping #assault #murder #fletcher #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #jessicafreeburg #paranormalauthor #floridaman #drugcrimes #foodcrimes #stupidcrimes #funnycrimes #airplanecrimes #sexcrimes #peepeedoctor
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