Best Wes Cherry Podcasts (2026)

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Episode 166 | Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994) 2:13:18

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🦖 With this being Eddie's last month co-hosting the podcast, we wanted to finish off one of his favorite franchises that we have been covering... I mean, technically, we haven't covered the remake yet, but The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise would not be complete without Wes Craven's super meta, high concept sequel, which also happens to be the c…

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2025 Roundup w/Joe Talbot & Grace Neutral • Part 2 of 2 #651 57:55

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the fabulous duo of JOE TALBOT (Idles) and GRACE NEUTRAL (tattoo legend)! Part 2 of 2! Folks used to the yearly custom of the DrunkCast need not go thirsty, for this is the season of powerful teamups on the podcast in order to celebrate the ye…

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2025 Roundup w/Joe Talbot & Grace Neutral • Part 1 of 2 #651 1:08:46

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the fabulous duo of JOE TALBOT (Idles) and GRACE NEUTRAL (tattoo legend)! Part 1 of 2! Folks used to the yearly custom of the DrunkCast need not go thirsty, for this is the season of powerful teamups on the podcast in order to celebrate the ye…

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Show 384. Ryan Wain 58:29

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This is class. Ryan is the Director of Policy and Politics at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. What are the problems we'll face in the future? What are the answers? And what's Tony Blair like as a boss? THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE 26 January: Special VIP Guest 16 February: David Miliband 9 March: Zack Polanski 30 March: Lisa Nandy https://n…

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Christmas Drinks w/Musa Okwonga & Polarbear • Part 2 of 2 #650 52:07

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by friends of the podcast and friends in life MUSA OKWONGA and POLARBEAR! Part 2 of 2! Otherwise known as the 'elevated' Drunkcast with 100% less rowdiness and very little if any drunkenness! So an entirely respectful affair all in all (shoutouts…

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Christmas Drinks w/Musa Okwonga & Polarbear • Part 1 of 2 #650 55:46

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by friends of the podcast and friends in life MUSA OKWONGA and POLARBEAR! Part 1 of 2! Otherwise known as the 'elevated' Drunkcast with 100% less rowdiness and very little if any drunkenness! So an entirely respectful affair all in all (shoutouts…

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Episode 169 | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) 2:15:40

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🎀 Here we are, Eddie's final episode as co-host! This week is also our Patreon's choice episode for the month, and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? has emerged victorious. Join us as we say goodbye to Eddie and have some fun fan-casting feuding duos to star in a hypothetical Baby Jane remake. Also, as always, we've picked out the most loathsome cha…

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Show 383. Tom McTague 1:00:51

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Keynes. Woolf. Hitchens. The New Statesman has an illustrious history and editor Tom McTague is the latest custodian of that grand tradition. But how does a centre-left magazine pitch itself in the ferocious world of social media and hot takes? What's its relationship with the Labour Party? How does it handle disagreements on the Left? And, more im…

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Stephen Merchant (The Office / Logan / Fighting With My Family) • Friday Rewind 1:25:58

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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 Stephen Merchant, originally episode 255 from 2019-02-27. Original writeup below: “…you realise you’re sort of somewhere between Rocky and A Star Is Born” An absolute legend right here, in not only TV, st…

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TV Of The Year 2025 w/John & Joel (of The Dream Factory podcast) #649 1:22:23

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by John & Joel of the wonderful Dream Factory podcast to talk TV of the year for 2025! Not a "top 10" as such, this is more of a run-down of a lot of the incredible TV that we have been blessed with this year, in what has turned out to be a very …

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Episode 168 | My Soul to Take (2010) 2:06:09

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🦅 Released 15 years ago, My Soul to Take was Wes Craven's second to last film, and one that is notoriously maligned. But is it that bad...? Well, you will have to hear what we say about it, because this is one of those movies where the conversation surprised us. Also, as always, we've picked out the most loathsome characters from the film, so join …

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Show 382. Gordon McKee 59:00

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It's the biscuit man! Gordon is a viral sensation thanks to his novel way of explaining the national debt using Custard Creams and Bourbons. This is an entertaining analysis of how to use social media and the wider political pressures that Labour face. As a member of the Labour Growth Group, Gordon tells us what the group actually does and how we g…

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Bill Bailey (Vaudevillean / Black Books / Buzzcocks) • Friday Rewind 1:03:44

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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 Bill Bailey, originally episode 292 from 2019-10-16. With Bill’s new appreciation of the early morning start, and enjoying those gems that are the early hours of the day, he joins Pip for some ace earlier…

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Show 381. Nick Clegg - LIVE 1:38:21

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This. Is. Phenomenal. Nick Clegg has been one of the most powerful people in the UK and in Silicon Valley. He takes us inside the crazy world of Meta and the tech bros. What is Mark Zuckerberg really like? Should we fear AI? Does he still speak to David Cameron? All this and more are contained within! THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE 26 January: Special VI…

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Infinite Coles: show me to your crowd (son of Ghostface Killah / Black Girl Magic / SweetFaceKillah) #648 59:59

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the fabulous musician and icon INFINITE COLES! For those unfamiliar, yes Infinite Coles is the son of Ghostface Killah of Wu Tang - just to address that particular genetic detail! Though Infinite is in no way staying in what we now know as the…

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Episode 167 | Cult of Chucky (2017) 1:51:09

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❄️ Just three episodes left for Eddie, so we are wrapping up another long-covered franchise this week. Cult of Chucky was the last feature film in the official Chucky franchise (before he went over to television), and we have some very opposing thoughts on the movie. We also have our franchise rankings, so there's lots of spicy takes to be had in t…

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Jordan Gray (Transaction / Tall Dark Friend / Edinburgh Fringe) • Friday Rewind 1:18:18

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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 Jordan Gray, originally episode 57 from 2015-09-09. Jordan's been a long term friend (and Tall Dark Friend) of the podcast and Pip for many years, and seeing their development in not only career but perso…

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Bilal Zafar: can't knock the hustle, or the day job (Got A Problem Mate podcast / Cakes special / Twitch) #647 1:03:36

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by show pal, comic and podcaster BILAL ZAFAR! A return mission for Bilal who is always welcome aboard, and a lovely chance for anyone less acquainted to become fast friends. Bilal's carving out a really special and unique path in comedy, mixing t…

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Show 380. Peray Ahmet 54:01

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Peray is the Labour leader of Haringay Council. They are leading the way when it comes to building council homes. But why? This is a fascinating, entertaining insight into leadership in local government, including how to manage disagreement and where to go for the best kebabs. THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE 8 December: Nick Clegg 26 January: Special VIP …

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Self Esteem (A Complicated Woman / Prima Face / Prioritise Pleasure) • Friday Rewind 59:26

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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 Self Esteem, originally episode 455 from 2022-06-01. Original writeup below: A huge episode right here, spraypaint-style in content in that it contains so much more than the runtime might suggest. The mag…

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Ben Foster: the quest to find the character vibration (Christy out 28th Nov) #646 38:02

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the fabulous actor BEN FOSTER! Ben's been making a huge amount of power moves out there on the big screen, and carries an unmistakeable presence which makes each role totally unique. Whether you started off on the marvelous Hell Or High Water,…

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Episode 165 | The Top 10 Horror Movies of the 21st Century 2:31:50

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🔟 For this month's Patreon's Choice episode, we are sifting through the 21st century (2001-Present) to pick out our top 10 horror movies. This episode will include Zack's list, Eddie's list... and just because we like some variety, we will also be looking at Letterboxd's Top 10 Most Popular horror movies, as well as the Top 10 Highest Rated. Be sur…

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593: Jurassic World / Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom / Jurassic World Dominion 14:58

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Henry tackles the Jurassic World trilogy! This episode covers Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Jurassic World Dominion. 0:00 - Review: Jurassic World 6:34 - Review: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 11:25 - Review: Jurassic World Dominion NOTE: You can also purchase / stream these episodes at FilmBuds.Bandcamp.com! Follow Film Buds: Lin…

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Show 379. Izzy Conn 42:38

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Izzy is a political historian and host of the excellent 'Leading Labour' podcast that you can listen to here: https://leadinglabour.podbean.com/ It's a series analysing every Labour leader from Attlee to Corbyn. So which Labour leader from history is Keir Starmer most like? And which one can he learn from the most? THE POLITICAL PARTY LIVE 8 Decemb…

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Benjamin Zephaniah (writer / poet / actor / 1958-2023) • Friday Rewind 1:03:07

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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 Benjamin Zephaniah, originally episode 353 from 2020-11-11. Original writeup below: Pure enjoyment from the Birmingham legend as he and Pip catch up and talk about all things poetry but so much more… Begi…

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Alex Winter: a lifelong excellent adventure (Bill from Bill & Ted / Lost Boys / Adulthood) #645 45:22

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the legendary actor and director ALEX WINTER! As you will of course know, Alex was Keanu's co-star in the Bill & Ted series which is something he does not shy away from, but there is a whole lifetime of being a fully rounded person since then.…

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Episode 164 | Thanksgiving (2023) 2:27:13

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🦃 We love slashers here at The Cherry Picker, and with the holiday right around the corner, we figured it was a good time to visit a newer entry in the genre with Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. In this episode we will discuss the original "Grindhouse" trailer that started it all, and how it evolved into a feature film 16 years later. This is a fun episod…

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The Matt Forde Focus Group Returns! 0:34

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The Matt Forde Focus Group (BBC RADIO 4) is returning! Sign up to my mailing list for exclusive access to free tickets for the Christmas Special recording of The Matt Forde Focus Group on Wednesday 17 December at 7:15pm. Tickets will be released on Wednesday 19 November. https://www.mattforde.com/focus-group Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f…

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Show 378. Marie Tidball 59:16

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Marie is one of Labour's rising stars of the 2024 intake and was recently awarded 'Parliamentarian of the Year' by The Spectator. It's easy to see why. She is a formidable campaigner and has had to overcome various barriers in her life in order to succeed. An immense talent, Marie could easily have ended up in law or broadcasting, but politics was …

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Liam Howlett (The Prodigy) • Friday Rewind 1:43:12

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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 Liam Howlett, originally episode 237 (a 2 parter) from 2018-10-31. Original writeup below: “…I like tension in music… and I think the stage is where it manifests itself…” A rare one right here folks, as L…

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Edgar Wright: the man behind The Running Man returns! (The Running Man / Baby Driver / Scott Pilgrim) #644 1:04:48

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined once more by the phenomenal director and true film lover EDGAR WRIGHT! Edgar is what we call a friend of the podcast. He can come and sleep on the couch at a moment's notice, we'll help him move house, drive him to the airport, whatever he wants.…

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Episode 163 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) 1:57:58

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🛍️ Reaching way back to the early 90s with this one! Before it was a hit television series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Buffy was a wacky offbeat movie which was heavily meddled, resulting in a tonally different version which flopped hard, but has since become a cult classic. Join us as we mine the comedy gold, and draw comparisons to what the s…

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592: Weapons / A Minecraft Movie adr mixer Greg Crawford 35:31

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With 1000+ Film & TV credits to his name, legendary Additional Dialogue Replacement mixer Greg Crawford joins Henry to chat about his career beginnings and all things sound! Thanks again to Greg for taking the time! 0:00 - Intro 0:31 - Career Beginnings / Current State of Film Industry 9:29 - The Process of ADR & Frequent Challenges 25:18 - Major L…

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Show 377. Jack McConnell 1:07:08

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This is PHENOMENAL. Jack was First Minister of Scotland 2001-2007. It was a tumultuous global time and he found himself at the centre of it at the Gleneagles summit. His stories about George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin are incredible. But there's loads more in this. Jack became the leader of a local authority at just 29. He'd joined the SNP at 16, b…

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Helen Chamberlain (Soccer AM / animal rescue hero) • Friday Rewind 1:13:39

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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 Helen Chamberlain, originally episode 171 from 2017-10-04. Original writeup below: A real lovely one this week as Pip properly catches up with his old mate and TV presenting legend Helen Chamberlain! "No-…

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Harry Baker: your poet best friend! (pre-order the new book 'Tender' now / Something Borrowed podcast) #643 1:11:08

2M ago1:11:08

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the absolute whirlwind of joy and good vibes, the poet HARRY BAKER! A meeting which is also a reunificiation, as Pip and Harry go back a good many years in the scene. Admittedly their time has been separated over the years, but that's the beau…

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Episode 162 | Curse of Chucky (2013) 2:15:06

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🥣 It’s been a while since we’ve talked about Chucky, so we’re starting to make our way through the last few entries of the franchise. Also, Eddie has an announcement to make, so make sure not to miss this one. Also, as always, we've picked out the most loathsome characters from the film, so join us at the end of the episode in voting for which one …

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Show 376. Bethany Dawson 1:04:04

2M ago1:04:04

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Well this is about way more than politics... Bethany is one of the stars of the Politico Playbook morning email. It's the must-read morning briefing which mixes top-level political analysis with plenty of juicy gossip. We talk about gossip, why it's important and how to get it... but we also talk about health and the importance of patients really p…

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Akala (rapper / poet / activist / author) • Friday Rewind 1:44:23

2M ago1:44:23

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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 Akala, originally episode 65 from 2015-10-28. Original writeup below: Pip and Akala cover lots in this in depth and honest chat, including the history of racism throughout Shakespearean text, the developm…

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Craig Mazin: delivering script notes and dropping science on the small and big screen (Chernobyl / The Last Of Us / Scriptnotes Podcast) #642 1:14:56

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible screenwriter, showrunner, producer and dungeon master CRAIG MAZIN! Craig is a self proclaimed Pipster! Which bodes incredibly well as an opening gambit right there... This is such a treat of an episode which anyone possessing an…

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Episode 161 | Trick 'r Treat (2007) 1:40:12

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🍭 Happy Halloween, folks!!! This month's Patreon's Choice movie is the anthology film, Trick 'r Treat. Eddie is off this week, so we brought in special-ghost, Tim, to chat about the movie, as well as the the new I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, and the SCREAM franchise. Also, as always, we've picked out the most loathsome characters from the film, …

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591: Western Movies / The Lone Ranger / Slow West / The Ridiculous 6 / The Harder They Fall / Horizon: American Saga - Chapter 1 16:46

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Henry tackles western films! This episode covers The Lone Ranger, Slow West, The Ridiculous 6, The Harder They Fall, and Horizon: American Saga - Chapter 1. 0:00 - Western Genre Intro 0:20 - Review: The Lone Ranger 3:33 - Review: Slow West 7:35 - Review: The Ridiculous 6 10:46 - Review: The Harder They Fall 13:51 - Review: Horizon: An American Saga…

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Show 375. Harriet Cross 51:21

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Harriet is a rare thing: a new Conservative MP who won her seat at the last election. In Scotland. She's already been made a whip. So how come she's rising so fast and what's it like entering the Commons when your party has suffered a historic defeat? And how has living in rural communities shaped her particular brand of conservatism? THE POLITICAL…

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Armando Iannucci (The Death Of Stalin / In The Loop / Veep) • Friday Rewind 49:04

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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 Armando Iannucci, originally episode 174 from 2017-10-24. Original writeup below: Responsible for an insane amount of some of the greatest UK comedy since the 90's, including the writing and production of…

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Dissecting Disfluency (w/ Cherry Burns) #641 1:11:12

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip discusses the broad topic of disfluency with journalist CHERRY BURNS! Those of you familiar with Pip's Twitch channel and the community within might well be familiar with Cherry, but if not, all is well as here is your formal introduction! Although their r…

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Episode 160 | Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers 2:57:48

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📐 The Halloween franchise marathon comes to its conclusion this week with a supersized episode where we will be talking about 2 MOVIES IN 1 with the Theatrical and Producer's Cuts of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. We do our best to rationalize the crazy thorn cult stuff. We will also provide our rankings of the Halloween franchise so far (o…

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Show 374. Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE 59:49

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This is a powerful lesson in campaigning, pragmatism and processing grief. Rosamund's daughter Ella died in 2013 at the age of nine. She is still the only person ever in the UK to have air pollution registered as a cause of death. Since then, Rosamund has been a relentless campaigner for improving air quality. She has helped change policy here in t…

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Kevin Smith (Mallrats / Chasing Amy / Clerks) • Friday Rewind 49:58

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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 Kevin Smith, originally episode 302 from 2019-12-04. Original writeup below: SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES! What a joy this is… While it is a slightly shorter episode, Pip could hardly turn Kevin down now could he…? …

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Miranda Sawyer: contextualising the music scene of an entire decade (Uncommon People / Talk 90's To Me) #640 1:09:14

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by legendary writer, journalist, critic and cultural treasure MIRANDA SAWYER! A natural fit in the Distraction Pieces jigsaw, Miranda is someone who was pretty much destined to eventually join Pip for an episode. As a necessary firm fixture in mu…

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Episode 159 | Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) 2:36:11

3M ago2:36:11

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🍪 Of all the over-hated horror movie sequels known to existence, you won't find another one that we staunchly defend more than Halloween 5! So major TRIGGER WARNING!!! We will be having a good time unpacking all the bad things (that we love so adoringly), as well as all the great things (which are unfairly overlooked). Join us if you love or love t…