SIM Ep 847 Pod 252: Welsh strength, weird stuff in boxes, and we-ellll…

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Our Mick is a big fan of strength training these days, and so she was delighted to jump on the Zoom with writer Rebecca F John to hear all about real-life Welsh strongwoman Kate Williams, aka Victorian music hall sensation, Vulcana. They talk strength, beauty, heroism, tragedy, Scotland Yard, Wales, and Rebecca’s new novel Vulcana, a fictional retelling of Kate's life. Jen catches up with professional organiser Jenn Jordan to talk about the cathartic powers of decluttering, and the unexpected things one finds in a Ryvita box. And in Jenny Off The Blocks we look back at a HUGE weekend in women's sport. This Is Spinal Tap quite rightly holds a special place in Hannah's heart – and Mick's. And the team all loved Christopher Guest's debut mockumentary, 1996's Waiting For Guffman. So what will they make of his 20-year-old foray into folk, A Mighty Wind? And how do you get a potato out of a paddywagon? 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	Standard issue for all women.
0:13.4	Hello and welcome to episode 252 of the Standard issue pod scene.
0:17.9	I'm Mickey Noonan, egg and spinach pudding for peasants across the land.
0:24.7	I don't understand.
0:25.8	Jenny, you're not going to be baking the coronation cake.
0:29.0	Is that the coronation cake?
0:30.3	I love egg and spinach, so to be fair, I'm on board.
0:33.5	How do you feel about coronations?
0:35.2	I probably watch it, to be honest, but my best friend is having a baby shower on that day,
0:40.1	which I'm sort of supposed to be organising.
0:43.0	So probably I'll probably be making some sandwiches around that time.
0:47.6	Well, the King Charlie Pollock's just one result of volunteer instead of having a day off.
0:52.0	Do you remember when I organized a baby shower?
0:54.4	Fortunately, it was in lockdown.
0:56.2	Yes, I was going to say my baby shower.
0:58.3	Crazy, I just sent a Zoom invite to people and said it's only so much we can do online.
1:02.9	I mean, Hannah's to be fair.
1:04.6	It was attended by like much better people than would ordinarily have been if they'd had to
1:08.7	like actually go somewhere.
1:10.3	So, you know, I wouldn't have had the scummy mummies at my baby shower.
1:14.2	And I organised a cake and present delivery to a character in the baby shower.
1:19.6	Cakes that I'd made.
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