Best Peter Capaldi Podcasts (2025)

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Will Ospreay (professional wrestling royalty) • Friday Rewind 1:11:21

1h ago1:11:21

1:11:21

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Will Ospreay, originally episode 98 from 2016-05-17. Original writeup below: ––––––––––––––––––––––––– You are cordially welcomed, and tripley so, as we tiptoe ever closer to the Distraction Pieces milest…

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Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air 42:34

13m ago42:34

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Authors Matt Cain and Eimear McBride join Tom Sutcliffe to review a new remake of Ang Lee's 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet. They also discuss Isabel Allende's new novel My Name is Emilia del Valle and the play The Brightening Air, on at the Old Vic theatre in London. And the National Gallery is having a re-hang, we speak to Head of the Curatorial…

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Leni Riefenstahl, Queen Elizabeth Memorial, Keli 42:26

14h ago42:26

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Acclaimed German journalist and film producer Sandra Maischberger talks about her new documentary about Leni Riefenstahl, which re-examines the life and career of the filmmaker and Nazi propagandist who was one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Art historian and curator Sandy Nairne, a member of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Commi…

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Failing In Plain Sight (a solo Pip update) #617 1:02:47

1d ago1:02:47

1:02:47

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip catches you up on what's been developing in his section of the film making world. Saying 'Pip catches you up" is a very broad sweep of an expression actually. If you follow Pip on socials and have been charting the moves in his making of 'Area Of Oustandin…

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Hamlet Radiohead mashup, Stoke-on-Trent pottery in crisis 42:23

1d ago42:23

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In the wake of President Trump's proposed film tariffs, Jake Kanter, International Investigations Editor at Deadline, discusses what the impact could be for the British film industry. Last week Moorcroft became the latest heritage ceramic company to close its doors in Stoke-On-Trent. Emma Bridgewater, founder of the eponymous ceramics company, and …

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SOB 492 Features: Chuck Leavell, Steve Gadd, Jeff Golub & Percy Heath 4:01:51

3d ago4:01:51

4:01:51

Featured artists: Chuck Leavell, Steve Gadd, Jeff Golub & Percy Heath Artist Song Album Label Notes - Larry Coryell-Eddie Harris/Les McCann Higher Consciousness - Compared to What Barefoot Boy - 1971 & Swiss Movement - 1969 Flying Dutchman & Atlantic Records Latest SOB ID - Jeff Golub Mister Magic by Ralph MacDonald & William Salter w/Mitch Forman,…

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A snapshot of culture on VE Day 1945 42:08

3d ago42:08

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To mark the 80th anniversary this week, we explore British culture around VE Day in 1945, reflecting on the music, books, films and theatre that defined the moment and the complex emotional landscape that followed the war’s end. Songwriter and pianist Kate Garner joins us at the piano. Guests: Michael Billington, theatre critic; Ian Christie, film …

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The Girl Who Died 1:59:24

3d ago1:59:24

1:59:24

Become a Patron and receive three bonus episodes per month, as well as other cool stuff! https://www.patreon.com/c/StillGotLegs Join the Still Got Legs Discord https://discord.gg/stillgotlegs Follow the socials @StillGotLegsPod @NathanBower_ @laurence_hisee Email the show [email protected] Thank you to Dr Keyz on YouTube for providing t…

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Doctor Who: The Well and Lucky Day - REVIEWED! 1:15:23

4d ago1:15:23

1:15:23

Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! We've got not one, but TWO episode reviews for you this week! First up is The Well - we were both too busy to get this recorded and out last weekend (but our livestream hopefully made up for it!) but here it is now! After that is this weeks episode, Lucky Day which sees the return of Rub…

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Ryan Coogler on Sinners, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, Book Bans in the US 42:23

5d ago42:23

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US director Ryan Coogler on his supernatural horror film, Sinners. Anne Sebba discusses her new book, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, about the orchestra formed in 1943 among the female prisoners at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. And as a new report looking at so-called book banning in the United States is published, we talked to au…

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Mary J. Blige (What's The 411? / The Umbrella Academy / Queen of Hip Hop Soul) • Friday Rewind 44:38

6d ago44:38

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Mary J. Blige, originally episode 252 from 2019-02-13. Original writeup below: ––––––––––––––––––––––––– “…When you give your all, you win…” Absolute solid gold crown wearing greatness for you here, as Pi…

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Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical 41:51

7d ago41:51

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Critic Kate Maltby and Beatles author Ian Leslie join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss two documentaries about John Lennon remaking his life in New York - Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade and One to One: John & Yoko. They also discuss Tina Fey’s new series The Four Seasons, based on the 1981 film of the same name, which explores the relationships of thr…

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King James VI & I, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Extraordinary Miss Flower 41:59

7d ago41:59

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Jeff Pope on his new series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was killed by police on a London tube in 2005, which launches tonight on Disney+. James VI of Scotland & I of England is the subject of a major exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. We’re joined by the historical writers Lucy Hu…

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Grace Neutral: transcending the tattoo universe with inclusivity and safety (Femme Fatale Tattoo) #616 1:22:13

8d ago1:22:13

1:22:13

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by GRACE NEUTRAL, founder of FEMME FATALE TATTOO! Of course, as with all intros, it is impossible to sum up Grace by a role or a title. Grace is also a force of energy and natural spring of positivity in the wide world of the tattoo, as you will …

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Noddy Holder of Slade, Stephen Rea and Simone de Beauvoir 41:53

9d ago41:53

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In 1975, at the height of their fame, British band Slade made a feature film, Slade in Flame. The film was a critical and commercial failure at the time, but has built up a cult following over the years. Now it's being re-released in cinemas and on DVD. Frontman Noddy Holder and film director Richard Loncraine spoke to Samira Ahmed in studio. With …

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Al Murray 41:42

9d ago41:42

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The Pub Landlord himself, comedian turned Historian Al Murray joins Rebecca to talk about the three people who have changed his life! Get to know another side of The Guv with some very lovely picks for Past, Present and Future as he talks teachers, podcast partners and family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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SOB 491 Features: Steve Gadd, Freddie Hubbard, Groove Holmes & Gene Ammons 4:08:27

10d ago4:08:27

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Artist Song Album Label Notes - Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling + Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme" 40th Anniversary Twilight Zone - 1st Season - 1959 Silva Treasury - 4CD's 2024 Twilight Zone Theme - Count Basie Orchestra w/Deborah Silver Fly Like An Eagle by Steve Miller Featuring Bill Frisell Basie Rock…

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Universal Theme Park, Olivier award-winning play Giant, Two to One 42:18

10d ago42:18

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Mark Rosenblatt on Giant, his Olivier award-winning play starring John Lithgow as Roald Dahl. As Universal Studios announce plans for a major new theme park in Bedfordshire, what does this mean for the UK entertainment industry? Samira is joined by entertainment journalist Ella Baskerville and Gareth Smy from Framestore to discuss its signficance a…

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Before the Flood 1:49:03

11d ago1:49:03

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Become a Patron and receive three bonus episodes per month, as well as other cool stuff! https://www.patreon.com/c/StillGotLegs Join the Still Got Legs Discord https://discord.gg/stillgotlegs Follow the socials @StillGotLegsPod @NathanBower_ @laurence_hisee Email the show [email protected] Thank you to Dr Keyz on YouTube for providing t…

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WHOC2C Livestream April 2025 1:29:08

11d ago1:29:08

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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! *This is the audio from our YouTube Livestream* For our first ever livestream, we're joined by our friend Al Dewar and a number of listeners as well! We talk about lots of things including... Season 2 of Doctor Who the Thirteenth Doctor Avatar (of course) Blakes 7 Action figures Summer m…

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Alan Moore (Swamp Thing / V For Vendetta / Watchmen) • Friday Rewind 1:30:18

13d ago1:30:18

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Alan Moore, originally episode 3 from 2014-10-29. A huge episode in the Distraction Pieces canon, as Pip caught up with Alan - at time of publishing - over a decade ago in Alan's house. It was the early d…

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Review: Self Esteem's album A Complicated Woman; RSC's Much Ado About Nothing; Julie Keeps Quiet tennis film 42:30

14d ago42:30

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Journalist Siân Pattenden & critic Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Self Esteem's third album A Complicated Woman, which features collaborations with Nadine Shah and Moonchild Sanelly. Ahead of the release, Self Esteem AKA Rebecca Lucy Taylor showcased the album by staging a five-night theatrical presentation at London's Duke of York theatre. …

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The ethics of publishing posthumous diaries, Pianist Igor Levit, and Memorials to great women. 42:06

15d ago42:06

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As the journals of the American writer Joan Didion (based on conversations with her psychiatrist) are published, writer and journalist Rachel Cooke and Alan Taylor, editor of actor Alan Rickman's diaries, discuss the challenges, responsibilities and ethics of posthumously publishing the diaries of great writers, artists and actors. Acclaimed German…

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Climate activist ROSIE HAMPTON (Climate Solutions For Realists miniseries Part 4) #615 55:30

15d ago55:30

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is part 4 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'. Our fourth guest is climate activist ROSIE HAMPTON. Hopefully by now, if you've caught all four of the episodes in this miniseries (which will have slotted in seamlessly…

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Dante's Inferno in Jamaica, Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time re-examined, Shakespeare's first theatre 42:32

16d ago42:32

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Jamaica's former poet laureate, Lorna Goodison, on setting Dante's Inferno on the island of her birth; Journalist Joanna Moorhead on Pope Francis' relationship with the arts; Poet and librettist Michael Symmons Roberts on writing a form-breaking book to re-examine French composer Olivier Messiaen's form-breaking masterwork - Quartet for the End of …

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JMW Turner: 250th anniversary of Britain's greatest painter 42:24

17d ago42:24

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Mr. Turner director Mike Leigh, art historian Charlotte Mullins and senior curator at Tate Amy Concannon join Tom Sutcliffe to celebrate the life and work of JMW Turner, as we approach the 250th anniversary of his birth. Also in this edition, David Hockney on Turner's skill as an artist, Alvaro Barrington talks about his continuing influence on art…

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Under the Lake 1:44:48

18d ago1:44:48

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Become a Patron and receive three bonus episodes per month, as well as other cool stuff! https://www.patreon.com/c/StillGotLegs Join the Still Got Legs Discord https://discord.gg/stillgotlegs Follow the socials @StillGotLegsPod @NathanBower_ @laurence_hisee Email the show [email protected] Thank you to Dr Keyz on YouTube for providing t…

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Doctor Who Lux : REVIEWED! 1:00:05

18d ago1:00:05

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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! Welcome to the latest episode in the long line of Who Corner to Corner episodes, with your hosts, with the most, Ding Dong Paul and Rinky Dink Geoff and in this instalment of this podcast, the dynamic duo take a look at the spectacular episode entitled Lux from that science fiction show …

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SOB 490 Features: More Clapton, Larry Carlton, Larry Coryell, Ronnie Earl, Carl Verheyen, Mick Taylor & Dave Stryker 4:03:38

19d ago4:03:38

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Artist Song Album Labe Notes - Kinks Gallon of Gas - ID Low Budget - 1979 & 45 RPM Single Arista Records 2023 Gasoline & Oil ID - Eric Clapton, David Sanborn & M. Kamen Meet Martin Riggs by Eric Clapton & Michael Kamen Lethal Weapon 1 - 1987 Warner Bros More for Clapton's 80th - Eric Clapton, David Sanborn & M. Kamen Riggs by Eric Clapton & Michael…

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John Cooper Clarke (The Bard Of Salford / The Luckiest Guy Alive / Chickentown) • Friday Rewind 58:00

20d ago58:00

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with John Cooper Clarke, originally episode 240 from 2018-11-21. Original writeup below! ––––––––––––––––––––––––– “If I was a band I would have split up years ago…” Hopefully you are aware of the fellow and h…

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Review: Alex Garland's film Warfare, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Shanghai Dolls by Amy Ng on stage 42:20

21d ago42:20

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Alex Garland's latest film Warfare, which is co-directed by US military veteran Ray Mendoza turns back the clock back nearly twenty years to reconstruct a real-life surveillance mission in Iraq. Film critic Tim Robey and journalist Zing Tsjeng give their verdict on the analysis of the theatre of war, which unfolds in real time. They've also been to…

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Photographer Susan Meiselas, The Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Musical Instrument Manufacturers, Author Ewan Morrison. 42:18

22d ago42:18

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American documentary photographer and President of the Magnum Foundation Susan Meiselas speaks about her fifty-year career, as she receives the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award at the Sony World Photography Awards 2025, and as her work goes on display at Somerset House in London. We hear how President Trump's economic tariffs are affec…

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Greenpeace CEO AREEBA HAMID (Climate Solutions For Realists miniseries Part 3) #614 46:12

22d ago46:12

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is part 3 of an April-long miniseries curated by Pip entitled 'Climate Solutions For Realists'. Our third guest is Greenpeace CEO AREEBA HAMID. A really great chance to hear from someone who could not be more involved with Greenpeace, in a capacity which has Areeba…

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Sue Cleaver 40:38

24d ago40:38

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Coronation Street legend and loose woman Sue Cleaver, breaks the format of the show! Expect Sue to talk about finding her biological family via working with a famous comedic actor, dealing with anxiety and a conversation that will make you think and feel, and hopefully make you question the thoughts you may have... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr…

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Muriel's Wedding the Musical, Dr Who, Anthony Horowitz on Marble Hall Murders 42:17

24d ago42:17

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Director and Screenwriter PJ Hogan, creator of the 1994 comedy Muriel's wedding, speaks to Samira Ahmed about the new musical adaptation of his film. With lead actors leaving, and ratings down, there are questions about the future of Doctor Who. Author John Higgs, and entertainment writer Caroline Frost, talk about the past, present and future of t…

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SOB 489: Eric's 80th - A Clapton 4-hour birthday tribute 4:03:04

25d ago4:03:04

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Artist Song Album Label Notes - Wales, Saunders w/Garcia & Roberts Wales & Saunders w/Garcia + Twilight Zone Theme w/Howard Roberts guitar TV Classic Tunes - 25th Anniversary Edition - 2CD's Breakable Records + SOB Twilight Zone Theme - Bernard Herrmann & Rod Serling + Rod Serling Opening Monologue - Season One w/Bernard Herrmann's "Dream Theme" 40…

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The Witch's Familiar 1:57:54

26d ago1:57:54

1:57:54

Become a Patron and receive three bonus episodes per month, as well as other cool stuff! https://www.patreon.com/c/StillGotLegs Join the Still Got Legs Discord https://discord.gg/stillgotlegs Follow the socials @StillGotLegsPod @NathanBower_ @laurence_hisee Email the show [email protected] Thank you to Dr Keyz on YouTube for providing t…

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Doctor Who The Robot Revolution: REVIEWED! 28:49

25d ago28:49

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Send us a text and let us know what you think of our podcast! A new season of Doctor Who means new episodes and new podcast reviews! We're back and kicking off an 8 week run of episodes with a look at the first episode of Ncuti Gatwa's second series as The Doctor - The Robot Revolution! One of us liked this episode and one did not...but who had wha…

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