

Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip
Scroobius Pip
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/privacy for more information.
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Mar 30, 2016 • 1h 16min
DrunkCast Part 2/3 - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #91
More welcomes, more booze, more banter - we're going in, people - Empire Strikes Back-ing it up in here... It's the DrunkCast part 2 of 3!!!Another few rounds of bar-room banterbrawl action, with your by now fairly steaming host and our liquored up cohorts, all in line with part 1 and perhaps even a little looser, but all awesome podcast entertainment and in places, podcast GOLD! Films, MMA, pop culture treats and perhaps a lil' more MMA crowbarred in for balance... Step aboard, stay aboard, do your thing - enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 29, 2016 • 52min
DrunkCast Part 1/3 - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #91
Welcome / Welcome / Welcome (rapped fast with a mouthful of scampi) to your first 0.3-recurring of episode 91 of the powerful Distraction Pieces Podcast! It's a DrunkCast! They're going in AGAIN!Join your - at this point in the trilogy - sober-ish host Scroobius Pip and his good mates Stu Whiffen (Pink Toothbrush, We.Are.Lizards) & Chris Glassen (Redshift Rebels, We.Are.Lizards) down in Stu's bar 'The Whiff Inn' as they recreate history in podcast form, by revisiting that magical harmony that we witnessed back at the end of year DPP specials! A fantastic back and forth and full on banter jam touching on all sorts - MMA (naturally), films, music, wrestling, podcasting, all that goodness. And it's only part 1! Go in. There are two more coming along. Be ready... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 23, 2016 • 1h 8min
Georgina Campbell - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #90
(welcome) WELCOME w-e-l-c-o-m-e (trying to match Pip's impulse to change that cadence at the start) to your 90th episode of the Distraction Pieces Podcast, featuring the wonderful and crazy skilled Georgina Campbell!A bright and breezy chat to match the time of year, with a super nice back and forth between Georgina and Pip covering all the good stuff, from her being talent-scouted in the street, to her earlier roles and influences, her awards win for 'Murdered By My Boyfriend', and the back catalogue of goodness as well as the - forward? - catalogue of greatness down the road... Such a nice, uplifting and inspiring chat from one of the UK's finest. Georgina Campbell is your new best friend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 16, 2016 • 1h 23min
Blindboy of The Rubberbandits - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #89
Here. Have a welcome. In fact, nah brother man, here have three. Okay fair enough, no Mr Wendall references going forward. Please welcome this week's truly unique and fascinating guest, it's Limerick's own Blindboy from The Rubberbandits!An absorbing and engaging chat with a very interesting character, who plays half of the Irish comedy music duo who perform and roam the earth with plastic bags over their faces. If you are unfamiliar with the two, let Blindboy take you through it himself as we become acquainted with the very deep thinking and articulate performer, and get an insight into the iceberg-like hidden depths of their songs, how their popularity became a weight on their shoulders which they shook off and refreshed, their forward thinking and evolved points of view and how they really work the humour as a trojan horse (outside) (you'll get it) for their progressive thinking. Oh and Baudrillard and Sartre get a shout out too yo. Excellent stuff. Also - sound note - it may sound scarily like... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 11, 2016 • 40min
LEAP UK special - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #88
All of the welcomes and a very merry Friday to you, and for making it to the end of the week here is a bonus Distraction Pieces Podcast to rock and shock your pre-weekend listening entertainment... It's a LEAP UK exclusive, and their formal introduction into the DISTRACTION PIECES NETWORK! (More on that particular nugget to come in due course...)All shall be made clear in Pip's introduction and indeed, outroduction, but essentially this is a fairly rough and ready recording snatched from a post-Houses Of Parliament appearance from the LEAP collective as they celebrated up in Waterstones in Tottenham Court Road, London! It was a worthwhile recording, as we hear from a number of LEAP affiliates and their experiences and hopes for future change on the whole, and what can be done / is being done toward that. A perfect addition to DPP episode 81 with Jason Reed of LEAP. Enjoy the weekend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 9, 2016 • 1h 45min
Stephen Graham - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #87
Not one, not two, but THREE welcomes upon you as standard to episode 87 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast, with Kirby's own cinema superstar Mr Stephen Graham!Full on good time chatter goodness from Pip and Stephen as they get along like old pals (with one very important thing in common - no spoilers here yo, you'll find out), and we glean much from Stephen's diverse acting career. From his beginnings as a self proclaimed scally out on the streets to his acting school progressions right up to his well earned and crazy great roles in some gigantic cinema smashes like Snatch, Pirates Of The Caribbean, This Is England and starring in the massive Boardwalk Empire as none other than Al Capone. AND starring alongside our very own Pip too in the forthcoming 'Taboo'! A lovely chat, with a lovely guy. Distract yerself fully with this one folks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 2, 2016 • 1h 37min
Housing for Women special - Mira - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #86
Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 86 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast, a special with Housing For Women and guest Mira!Pip breaks down the full process of what it took to get to the interview/chat stage with guest Mira in the intro (including the discussions with Comic Relief/Sport Relief and Housing For Women), which will prime you perfectly for what follows. And indeed, what follows from guest Mira is awfully hard to take in but a truly valuable, and an ultimately inspiring tale of what can happen after being swept up in a wave of unfairness, abuse, incredible mistreatment and a web of terrible people. Heavy, unflinchingly honest and very upfront, but a story that might have otherwise gone unheard - and Mira is a wonderful, positive person to share a Distraction Pieces Podcast with. A truly encouraging story which shows how much projects like Housing For Women's 'Re-Place' initiative can help lives be rebuilt and restructured.Thank you to Comic Relief and Sport Relief, Housing For Women and the... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 24, 2016 • 1h 25min
Ryan Callanan aka RYCA - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #85
Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 85 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast, dripping with paint and resin and all manner of art materials, fresh from a visit to the studios of Ryan Callanan aka RYCA!Crazy inspiring stuff as Pip links up with RYCA to dig deeper into his works - but the focus today is, of course, the absolutely stunning Scroobius Pip toy!!! Beautiful. Catch the images while you listen on Acast! On top of that, get acquainted with RYCA as you hear his origins in 2D and 3D art, the Victorian signwriting scene and his 'Poptorian' take on it, his collaborations with many including Fatboy Slim, his own mad toy/model collection/obsession, hip hop, and generally just a unique insight into such an awesome but somewhat niche artistic field of toy/print/art making! So much ground covered. Get to it......and GET THAT PIP TOY!!! You WILL want one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 17, 2016 • 1h 24min
Saul Williams - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #84
Welcome, welcome, welcome to all of you over at Team 3W! Please enjoy episode 84 of the powerful, the almighty Distraction Pieces Podcast with this week's guest, Saul Williams!Heavyweight verbal artillery is locked and loaded as Pip goes head to head with Saul and covers more ground than the run-time allows, venturing topics including his massive and awesome new multi-media project 'Martyr Loser King' (and his body of work as a whole), the wide and scary world of technology and where the developments lead and leave us, anthropology and society as a whole from micro to macro, police violence in the US over the last couple of years and much further back, and - oh goddamn, just play the bloody thing. It's a brilliant one. You better call Saul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 2016 • 1h 26min
Jim Smallman of PROGRESS Wrestling - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #83
This right here is the WWW. Welcome Welcome Welcome. No WWE, no WWF. It's episode 83 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with comedian and 1/3 of PROGRESS Wrestling, Jim Smallman!Full on behind and in front of the scenes wrestling talk with Jim and Pip, and a huge amount of knowledge and science for the hardcore fan and the unacquainted. Hear about the humble beginnings of PROGRESS, the ups and downs of being a three-man UK indie wrestling company (and moving venue to venue), the process of 'booking' shows and the writing/planning process, and all manner of pure wrestling nerd greatness that will absolutely pin you - fan or pre-fan! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


