Understanding Tourette's with Jess Thom

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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If the ongoing furore surrounding last week's Baftas has proved anything, it's how poorly understood Tourette Syndrome still is. Hannah chats to campaigner, comedian and the woman behind Touretteshero, Jess Thom, about living with oppositional tics, why everyone supports the disabled community (until they don't), and how the vital Access to Work scheme is being neglected. Find out more about Touretteshero here: https://www.touretteshero.com/about/ And more about supporting Standard Issue here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For more than 2,000 years, they've stood at the crossroads of art, history, and intense debate.
0:07.0	It killed 300 people, blew out the roof, and much else.
0:11.0	One of the most powerful symbols of the ancient world, a monument to ambition and empire.
0:17.0	The scale was enormous. The detail was just incredible.
0:20.0	The Parthenon sculptures, masterpieces
0:23.0	crafted in ancient Athens, icons claimed by more than one home. In this three-part special,
0:29.5	we travel from the sunlit ruins of the Acropolis to the quiet, polished halls of the world's
0:35.3	most famous museums. They would become some of the most controversial pieces of art in history.
0:41.4	Who do the Parthenon sculptures truly belong to?
0:44.6	And what does their future mean for cultural heritage around the world?
0:49.1	Join us for the Parthenon sculptures.
0:51.6	A journey through art, power, and identity. Listen now. Search for forbidden history
0:57.5	wherever you get your podcasts. Standard issue for all women. Hello and welcome to Tuesday's podcast.
1:05.6	Lots more good stuff to come this week, including rated or dated, in which we're going to be watching Silence of the Lambs,
1:12.5	the Bush Telegraph, in which we will be talking about the news, Lord Help Us.
1:16.6	And on Friday, Jim will be chatting to Paula Varjak about 916th, her play about the infamous Nipplegate Super Bowl scandal.
1:27.6	Now, talking of outrage, on to today's podcast,
1:32.0	which is about what happened at last week's BAFTA's,
1:35.4	when John Davidson, the subject of the BAFTA winning film, I swear,
1:40.4	and perhaps the country's best-known person with Tourette syndrome,
1:43.7	had involuntary ticks causing him to use what I think we can all agree
1:48.0	is among one of the worst words you can use
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