Journalist Hannah Dunleavy wants to talk about alcohol - what we drink, when we drink and why we drink it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Long-time friends and even longer-time telly reviewers, Paul Kirkley and Hannah Dunleavy, finally force each other to watch the stuff the other has been studiously avoiding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S1 Band of Brothers Episode 8 The Last Patrol
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We're back - after a short break - to chat about Episode 8, The Last Patrol. Paul reckons it's his favourite episode so far, and he and Hannah chat nepotism, revenge, insubordination, Webster's lovely clean hair and why Dexter Fletcher might be the king of the Paddington hard stare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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S1 Band of Brothers Episode 7 The Breaking Point
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This time, Hannah and Paul watch episode 7, The Breaking Point, and we're talking decision-making, disaster and Donnie Wahlberg. Hannah's got some big claims about the best hour of TV HBO's ever made, so we ponder the other candidates. Plus there's contributions from the ever-reliable James Holland and Matthew Leitch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com…
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S1 Band of Brothers Episode 6 Bastogne
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We're back with episode six, just in time for the WORST CHRISTMAS EVER. We talk medics, mistakes and magical snowscapes as things start to look brass monkeys for Easy Company. Plus, we chat to James Holland about camaraderie and his new book Brothers In Arms and - check out the history on us - Martin King tells us about the nurse Augusta Chiwy. Hos…
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S1 Band of Brothers Episode 5 Crossroads
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This week, Hannah and Paul chat about Dick Winters, officers and episode five, Crossroads. Plus Hannah's talking women's history again, learning a whole lot about Marlene Dietrich from actor Peter Groom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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S1 Band of Brothers Ep 4 Replacements
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This week, Hannah and Paul tuck into episode four, Replacements, and talk about fresh meat, retreat and mob retribution against women. And, maybe surprisingly, Abba. Plus, James Holland is on hand to tell us what went so wrong with Operation Market Garden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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3: S1 Band of Brothers Ep 3 Carentan
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This week, we're watching episode three of Band of Brothers, Carentan. We'll be talking about Blithe's fear, Speirs' speech and what Band of Brothers teaches us about men and manhood. Plus Hannah's been on the phone to Matthew Brown from American Battlefields and Monuments Commission about how thousands of American servicemen came to be buried in C…
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S1 Band of Brothers Ep 2 Day of Days
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This week, Paul and Hannah tuck into episode two, and chat about D-Day and how those effects look 20 years later. There's more from historian James Holland on whether historical accuracy is necessary in war drama and Hannah chats to actor Matthew Leitch, aka Floyd Talbert, about fandom, cast reunions and a whole lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast…
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Band of Brothers might be one of TV's most beloved series, but Paul's never bothered to watch it. Before now. Hannah, on the other hand, is a huge fan. In this first episode they chat about big budget TV, whether Paul can identify a single character under those helmets, and whether Sobel's overbearing style might turn out to be good thing. They're …
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Ep 14: A cup of tea with Jane Hill
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This week Hannah meets author and comedian Jane Hill to talk about what led her to conclude she was an alcoholic, how she gave up and why booze is so intrinsically linked to fun. Spoiler alert: Contains more stories about how Hannah broke stuff when she was drunk. Like bones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Ep 13: Shit-Faced (not shit-faced)
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This week, Hannah goes for a cup of tea with Isobel Wroe Wright from Shit-Faced Showtime and David Ellis from Shit-Faced Shakespeare, to talk being drunk on stage, looking after your mates and drinking LOTS OF WATER. Spoiler alert: Contains an anecdote about being drunk in a sand-trap with a guitar. What more do you people want? Hosted on Acast. Se…
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This week, Hannah meets comedian Tiernan Douieb for a lunchtime pint to find out how diabetes can affect what you drink and what you're like when you're drunk. Plus, they chat the perils of absinthe and you can find out which one of them ended up in a skip. SPOILER ALERT: It's both of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio…
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Ep 11: Windy London with Femi Oluwole
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This week Hannah meets Our Future Our Choice's Femi in a very windy London to talk being teetotal, how Nigel Farage has used alcohol to present himself as a man of the people and why you should always make your kids drink if you've bought a new car. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Ep 10: Lunch time drinking with Nick Miller
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This week, Hannah indulged in a spot of lunch time drinking with sports journalist Nick Miller, to chat booze and sports fandom, the horrors of waking up in a tent with a hangover and why he never chooses the wine. Hannah also pretends to know stuff about sport. She's fooling no-one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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This week, Hannah meets comedian Olga Koch to talk drunk dialling,the perfect number of pints and how not to ruin your Uber rating. Plus Hannah pretends to know stuff about Champagne. It doesn't suit her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ep 8: Confusing coffee with Evelyn Mok
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This week Hannah attempts to buy coffee for the Swedish comedian Evelyn Mok. Which is more of a drama than it sounds. But they did manage to have an interesting chat about the "Asian Flush", crying on the night bus and knowing the right time to leave a party. So it all worked out well in the end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info…
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Hannah meets comedian and quizzer Paul Sinha to talk drunken weeping, the best and worst kind of stag do, and the art of pacing yourself. Plus there's a small quiz. Because of course there is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 6: Dry January with Taylor Glenn
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Hannah meets American comedian, former counsellor and one third of the Drunk Women Solving Crime podcast, Taylor Glenn to talk interventions, dry counties and parenting with a hangover. Plus the good way to be pissed at work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Drink Episode 5: Pre-show with Sam Avery
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In this week's episode, Hannah talks to comedian and parenting author Sam Avery about drinking in the park, knock-off spirits and drunken sleepwalking. Warning, contains drunk nans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Drink Episode 4: G&T with Lou Conran
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This week Hannah has comedian Lou Conran round for a few gin and tonics and a chat about how booze mixes with mood and how it mixes with grief. And about what happens when you drink too many cocktails when you've only eaten a jacket potato. Spoiler alert, it's not pretty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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The Drink Episode 3: Wetherspoons with the Scummy Mummies
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This week, Hannah goes for a pint with comedians Helen Thorn and Ellie Gibson, AKA The Scummy Mummies, to talk "reward" drinking, drunk audiences and a 300-mile pub crawl. Definitely contains swearing. Possibly contains a lingering smell of singed pubic hair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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The Drink Episode 2: A cup of tea with Greg Jenner
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In this episode, Hannah goes for a cup of tea with historian Greg Jenner to find out why he's teetotal, why Prohibition didn't work and what happens when you jump over a hedge without checking what's on the other side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Drink Episode 1: Me, Mickey and the best part of a bottle of bourbon
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Hannah Dunleavy kicks off The Drink by getting her Standard Issue co-host Mickey Noonan to ask some questions about when she drinks, what she drinks and why she drinks it. They chat about being the child of an alcoholic, why notions of "ladylike" drinking can do one and why you should always take care when getting on a train. Contains anecdotes. An…
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