Distraction Pieces with Scroobius Pip is one of the UK's biggest and longest running independent podcasts. Previous guests include Michael Fassbender, Mary J Blige, Stephen Graham, Florence Pugh, Spike Lee, Lena Headey, Stewart Lee, Kathy Burke, Dizzee Rascal, Aisling Bea, Kano, Adam Buxton, Vicky McClure, Peter Capaldi, Michaela Coel, Louis Theroux, Tim Key and many more. Available on acast, iTunes and all podplaces. Download, subscribe, rate & review now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri ...
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The internet is full of misinformation about recreational drugs - both legal and illegal. Dr Suzi Gage, a psychologist interested in understanding associations between substance use and mental health, tackles one substance per episode - providing information about what we know - the harms, but also potential benefits of these substances. There's no hype, no spin and no judgement, just information. In the first series, she is in conversation with rapper Scroobius Pip. Hosted on Acast. See aca ...
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The Mum and Mummer Podcast was born out of Amy's desire to provide a positive insight into the world of single parenting. Season 1 saw Amy presenting with co-host Harry, chatting about their experiences being single/co parents, navigating the world of dating, home security and kids that don’t shut up. It features an array of guests including Kele Le Roc, Sarah Jane Mee, Scroobius Pip and Roska. Season 2 sees Amy going it alone and has evolved into a weekly chat with an array of inspirational ...
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Hey y’all, this is Huey, you know me, I’m that Fun Lovin’ Criminal rockin' your radio waves every weekend, The People’s Champ making sure you stay classy. Or maybe you don’t, but that’s cool ‘cos thanks to the miracle of modern media we can get better acquainted … Join me every week for my brand new podcast Huey: Off The Record where I’ll be talking to some of the most interesting people I know - some you mighta heard of - the likes of Ricky Gervais, Iggy Pop, Scroobius Pip - and some you mi ...
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The Pod Bible Podcast is the podcast podcast where podcasters talk to podcasters about podcasts and podcasting. Does it get anymore meta? Brought to you by the team behind Pod Bible magazine (the UK's first ever publication dedicated to podcasts) the show is hosted by editors Adam Richardson and Stu Whiffen and will occasionally feature Pod Bible co-founder, Scroobius Pip. Each fortnight we'll be bringing you a bite size, magazine style show featuring three guests talking about their show or ...
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Konnie Huq’s guests go cold turkey on social media for a week, and reflect on the experience. Did it change the way they saw the world? Will they go back?
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A podcast all about stammering, or stuttering, from STAMMA, the British Stammering Association. Hosts Gemma and Matty chat about life, careers, relationships and more, when you have a stammer.
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Lucy Pinder (model and actress) and Beth Granville (comedy writer and actress), talk about the quintessential British Sunday. Finding themselves single in their mid 30s after decade long relationships meant the end of the weekend had the potential to be rather a lonely affair; until they made the decision to move in together and make their Sunday’s smashing. With a different guest comedian, actor or musician each week, they discuss their most awful and most smashing Sunday’s to date: they ra ...
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Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit / Black Light Burns / Big Dumb Face) • Friday Rewind
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1:28:44emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Wes Borland, originally episode 25 from 2015-03-18. A very cool early episode featuring the guitarist of Limp Bizkit and many other groups besides. This was about 6 months into the evolution of Distractio…
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Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip: don't call it a comeback! (Live In Places / Repent Replenish Repeat / The Logic Of Chance) #633
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1:25:10Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by long term groupmate and music making legend DAN LE SAC! Together of course, they form Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip though - a duo name of which you will be abundantly familiar. To celebrate the release of their 'Live In Places' live recordings …
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Ashley Walters (Adolescence / Top Boy / So Solid Crew) • Friday Rewind
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53:41emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Ashley Walters, originally episode 317 from 2020-03-18. Original writeup below: Okay - in case you don’t recognise that name right there immediately, let’s bring you up to speed. ASHER D FROM SO SOLID. Ri…
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Rhys James: writing the honest behind the scenes life story of a comedian (You'll Like It When You Get There / Spilt Milk / Mock The Week) #632
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1:12:40Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by hilarious comic and now author RHYS JAMES! An immediately bubbly and scattered catchup with Pip and Rhys, as they transmit in podcast-time from Rhys's equivalent of what Adam Buxton refers to as his 'nutty room'. On top of all things book rela…
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Kaitlyn Dever (The Last Of Us / Booksmart / Dopesick) • Friday Rewind
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40:21emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kaitlyn Dever, originally episode 475 from 2022-09-21. Original writeup below: If you are unaware of Kaitlyn in your adventures through the wide world of broadcast media, prepare to make fast friends with…
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Xelia Mendes-Jones: self-tapes and screens of all sizes (Fallout / Havoc / The Wheel Of Time) #631
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1:04:42Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible actor XELIA MENDES-JONES! Such a great episode as Pip and Xelia catch up over everything involved with life on and off screen (I mean, mainly on-screen - but there's huge amounts on both sides). Xelia has led a unique journey fr…
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Stewart Lee (VS The Man Wulf / Comedy Vehicle / Jerry Springer The Opera) • Friday Rewind
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1:24:04emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Stewart Lee, originally episode 15 from 2015-01-21. A VERY early episode from the back catalogue but one that is hugely important in the DPP canon. This episode is refered to to this very day, and has rem…
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Michael Socha (Part 2): a classic two parter for the books with the brilliant actor (The Gallows Pole / Toxic Town / This Is England) #630
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37:44Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the glorious actor MICHAEL SOCHA! Part 2 of 2! Drop right into this really lovely chat with Michael and Pip, who previously chatted in podcast form all them years back in 2016! Verging on a decade. Time marches on doesn't it. It's lovely to he…
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Michael Socha (Part 1): a classic two parter for the books with the brilliant actor (The Gallows Pole / Toxic Town / This Is England) #630
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43:18Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the glorious actor MICHAEL SOCHA! Part 1 of 2! Drop right into this really lovely chat with Michael and Pip, who previously chatted in podcast form all them years back in 2016! Verging on a decade. Time marches on doesn't it. It's lovely to he…
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Louis Theroux (documentaries / podcasts / television) • Friday Rewind
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1:11:04emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Louis Theroux, originally episode 289 from 2019-09-25. Original writeup below: The conversation starts right up top with pseudonyms and nom-de-plumes the moment Louis joins Pip, and things don’t let up fr…
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Lauren Lyle: forging a unique path to primetime, brick by brick (Karen Pirie / Outlander / The Outrun) #629
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1:02:50Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by fabulous actor LAUREN LYLE! A perfect piece of acting-focused chat but of course, not limited to...! Lauren is a very welcome guest, who has been on a proper mission on her way to securing bigger roles and ones that would find those huge audie…
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Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr Banks / Cruella / Venom) • Friday Rewind
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1:22:57emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kelly Marcel, originally episode 147 from 2017-04-19. Original writeup below: This week your host Scroobius Pip is joined by none other than his old pal and script/screenwriter Kelly Marcel! A crazy story…
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Ralph Ineson: ascending and adjusting, and being a larger than life character, literally (The Fantastic Four / The Office / Nosferatu) #628
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46:15Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Leeds acting legend RALPH INESON! We join Ralph in that limbo state of him being wrapped on a film but us, the public, having not yet seen it (at time of broadcast) - but playing the role of Galactus must be quite a trip, and certainly quite a…
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Vicky McClure (This Is England / Insomnia / Line Of Duty) • Friday Rewind
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1:06:25emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Vicky McClure, originally episode 187 from 2018-01-31. Original writeup below: Surely you will have seen Vicky's acting greatness on the big and small screen, having a HUGE part to play in the filmography…
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Harry Trevaldwyn: the life and times of a fully fledged Drama King (How To Train Your Dragon / The Acolyte) #627
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59:57Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor and comic HARRY TREVALDWYN! A wonderful episode which is a joyous celebration of all things actorial, but certainly not limited to... Harry and Pip have shared screen time by way of The Acolyte (albeit in very different roles) aka the wo…
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Joe Gilgun (This Is England / Preacher / Brassic) • Friday Rewind
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51:21emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Joe Gilgun, originally episode 284 from 2019-08-21. Original writeup below: Indeed - this is the week, people. Pip’s been hyping it up for a while now, rightfully so, as Joe is an awesome guest who fits r…
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Kae Tempest • Polarbear • Hollie McNish • Musa Okwonga • Jodi Ann Bickley! #626
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1:10:41Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by a full assortment of UK spoken word and poetry excellence - KAE TEMPEST, POLARBEAR, HOLLIE MCNISH, MUSA OKWONGA & JODI ANN BICKLEY! Listeners who got on board in more recent years might not be aware of the incredible XFM radio show that Pip us…
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Bob Vylan (...Presents The Price Of Life / Humble As The Sun) • Friday Rewind
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1:07:22emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Bob Vylan, originally episode 561 from 2024-03-27. Original writeup below: Speaking of rays of light, the Bobby Vylan album 'Humble As The Sun' comes out on April 5th, so keep that on your agenda. As you …
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Jordan Gray: showrunning, compartmentalising, and loving the craft again (Transaction / Is That A Cock In Your Pocket... / Is It A Bird?) #625
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1:02:24Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by national treasure, showrunner, comic and musician JORDAN GRAY! Pip and Jordan have been pals for a lot of years, and many of you will likely have heard Jordan appear on this very podcast since the 20-teens. The first episode was a pivotal one …
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Goldie (Timeless / Metalheadz / D&B legend) • Friday Rewind
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1:17:45emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Goldie, originally episode 156 from 2017-06-21. Original writeup below: A proper filfy drum n' bass banger right here this week too as Pip is joined FINALLY after a long bout of scheduling and planning by…
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Danny Boyle: a chat at Curzon, Soho (28 Years Later / Slumdog Millionaire / Trainspotting) #624
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33:15Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the UK film titan in town on business for 28 Years Later, it's DANNY BOYLE! An immense amount of cinematic greatness can be packed into a smaller episode, as you shall witness with this awesome episode with Danny. This was recorded as part of …
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Kano (Top Boy / Hoodies All Summer / Made In The Manor) • Friday Rewind
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1:14:52emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kano, originally episode 288 from 2019-09-18. Original writeup below! A really fun and engaging sit-down with the two, as Pip catches Kano in the midst of a promo run which leads us nicely into the whole …
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Domhnall Gleeson: the acting continuum and spectrum just about covered in about an hour (Echo Valley / Ex Machina / Frank) #623
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58:28Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by a long awaited guest and general acting legend, DOMHNALL GLEESON! Business first - if Percy Pigs want to come through and sponsor the podcast we're all on board (you're welcome Percy for the free plug btw 🐽). More importantly though of course,…
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James McAvoy (Speak No Evil / Split / His Dark Materials) • Friday Rewind
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28:30emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with James McAvoy, originally episode 133 from 2017-01-18. Original writeup below! A true smash of an episode right here as we welcome aboard the man with many faces, James McAvoy! Pip was able to snag some ti…
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Childish Gambino • Run The Jewels • Danny Brown • Open Mike Eagle • Jean Grae! #622
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1:03:49Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the nicest Hip Hop cast you could assemble in one place - CHILDISH GAMBINO, RUN THE JEWELS, DANNY BROWN, OPEN MIKE EAGLE & JEAN GRAE! Note: you might hear a different episode number in the intro - pay no mind - this is episode 622! ✌️ Listener…
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