SIM Ep 427 Pod 128: Protest, progress and some classic Bette Davis

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Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

We've not one, but two, great chats about fascinating books in this week's podcast. Mickey talks to Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest novel, This Mournable Body, has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and who was recently arrested for taking part in a peaceful protest about government corruption. Meanwhile Hannah's been on the Zoom to Westboro Baptist Church apostate and author of new book Unfollow, Megan Phelps-Roper about leaving her family and her religion behind and what the world can learn from her experience. In Rated or Dated, we finally find a film we both love, 70-year-old Bette Davis classic All About Eve. And in BT, Joan makes a bid to finally seize control of the whole podcast. More news as it happens. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.0	Hello and welcome to episode 128 of the Standard Issue Podzine.
1:10.0	I'm Mickey Noonan and if you haven't already watched David Attenborough's a life on our planet documentary
1:15.8	then please do. Tissue's at the ready though because not only is what Attenborough terms his
1:20.8	witness statement vital watching if we're to save ourselves from destruction,
1:25.5	but it also feels a bit like he's saying goodbye.
1:29.2	Sad face.
1:30.2	It's a cheery note to start on.
1:31.8	Yeah, hi everyone, How's your eating?
1:34.0	I'm Hanazon Levy and if you saw that clip of Kate McKinnon from Saturday Night Live this weekend doing the rounds then you'll get it if I say that I am absolutely
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