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SIM Ep 437 IMD20#3: Michael Spicer is the man in the room (well, Zoom) next door

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Jen catches up with comedian and writer Michael Spicer, who you’ll know from his excellent The Man In The Room Next Door sketches (and if you don't, do check them out – they're pitch perfect), and now new book The Secret Political Adviser: The Unredacted Files Of The Man In The Room Next Door. They chat being a man online, being Matt Hancock online, and contemporary political heroes – spoiler alert, they’re a bit thin on the ground in the UK at the minute. 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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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Standard Issue for all women.

0:35.0

Hello Jen here to tell you about this episode in our International Men's Day

0:41.0

2020 Series.

0:43.0

Now if you've been listening and I'm sure you have, you already have heard Hannah,

0:47.0

chapter Sports Commentator Andrew Carter about what happened when he and his two very good dogs

0:52.0

became the toast of Twitter during lockdown.

0:54.3

How the World has felt the absence of sport and his new book,

0:57.2

Olive, Mabel and me.

0:58.7

She's also been chatting to actor and man of many other talents, Matt Fraser about Cripetales, a new series he

1:05.1

created for the BBC as part of their celebration of 20 years since passage of the

1:09.4

Disability Discrimination Act. You will also have heard Mickey catching up with comedian and I'll call

1:14.6

him legend of International Men's Day, Richard Herring, to find out about his new book,

1:19.7

The Problem with Men, When is International Men's Day and why it matters.

1:24.0

And she will also be chatting to some of the guys behind The Good Lad Initiative, a gender equality

1:28.8

charity working to tackle the root causes of inequality and to promote positive masculinity.

1:34.5

And that sounds like lovely stuff.

1:37.1

But in this episode, I catch up with comedian and writer Michael Spicer, who you'll know from

1:42.2

his excellent, the man in the room

1:43.7

next door sketches and now new book the secret political advisor the unredacted

1:48.4

files of the man in the room next door I chat to him about being a man online, being Mount Hancock and

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