SIM Ep 451: Games, Hope and charity this Christmas

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Our Christmas interview special has light, shade, laughs and a slice of Hope. Ellie Gibson – games journalist, co-host of the Extra Life podcast, and "the common one " (her words) from the Scummy Mummies – is here to tell you all about the joys of gaming. She chats to our Mick about navigating the uber-male world of gaming, letting your kids loose online, and the strangely therapeutic powers of virtual farming. Meanwhile, our Jen chats to Liz Scowcroft, head of research and evaluation at Samaritans, about loneliness at Christmas and what can be done to keep an eye on those that might be struggling, and she also catches up with mental health campaigner and writer Hope Virgo, about something to look forward to in January – finally! – with the charity's Brew Monday, and new book How To Listen. You'll also hear our Hannah with a reminder that anyone feeling lonely on Christmas Day should definitely check out the boss's excellent Twitter love-in #JoinIn, which will be bringing people together online for the tenth year running. 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	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.
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, Hannah here and welcome to episode 136 of the Standard Issue
0:40.0	podcast. Coming up, Mick catches up with Ellie Gibson, you know, Games journalist, co-host of
0:46.8	the Extra Life podcast and the Common One from the Scummy Mummies. To be clear, that's very much
0:52.1	her words. And by by her I mean Ellie not Mick.
0:55.6	Anyway they chat the joys of gaming how the gaming world treats women keeping it
1:00.7	safe for kids and the sanity saving power of virtual farming.
1:04.0	And Jen is talking to Liz Scowcroft, head of research and evaluation at Samaritans
1:10.0	about loneliness at Christmas and what we can all do to keep an eye on people who might be struggling.
1:15.1	She also catches up with mental health campaigner and writer Hope Virgo,
1:19.3	about something to look forward to in January, finally as the charity launches Brew Monday, as well as new book How to Listen.
1:27.9	There's no Bush Telegraph or rated or dated this week, but we will be back with a full spectrum of standard issue goodies on January the 6th,
1:35.8	when we will be rating or dating dangerous lines if you'd like to join us.
1:40.6	But that doesn't mean there won't be any standard issue podcasts between now and then.
1:45.0	On Sunday there will be a festive edition of Outside the Box when Mickey and I will be chatting Christmas
1:49.7	viewing and our TV of the year. And next Wednesday, that's December the 30th, we'll have a review of the year for you when we chat about what we've learned about Big P and small P politics in 2020. with top women, Helen Lewis and Aisha Hazarika.
2:07.0	And if you want to make sure you don't miss any of that stuff, you know what to do.
2:11.5	And if you don't, it's subscribe to standard issue wherever it is that you listen to your
2:16.9	podcast now given that this is the last time we will speak to you before Christmas
2:22.1	I'm gonna to say Sarah, Mickey, Jen and I.
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