Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip
Scroobius Pip 850 episodes Nov 11, 2026
Distraction Pieces with Scroobius Pip is one of the UK's biggest and longest running independent podcasts. It features interviews with a wide range of guests including actors, musicians, and comedians such as Michael Fassbender, Mary J Blige, and Stephen Graham. The podcast is available on Acast, iTunes, and all podcast platforms.
Episodes
LA ROUX • 'Old Flames' out now! (Quicksand / Bulletproof / In For The Kill) #695
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the fabulous music maker LA ROUX!La Roux joins Pip this week for a truly engaging conversation which goes into so much depth, and will delight those who consider themselves the day ones as well as the new members of the club. La Roux aka Elly Jackson has put out some absolute bangers since the
CHARLIE COOPER (See How They Run / This Country / Avenue 5) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with CHARLIE COOPER, originally episode 473 from 2022-09-14.Original writeup:A long awaited one right here, as long term listeners will already be aware of how big a fan Pip is of This Country... Charlie was one of those responsible for the whole thing (along
NATALIE IMBRUGLIA • 'Algorithm' out now! (Beth Brennan from Neighbours / Firebird / Torn) #694
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the star of stage and screen NATALIE IMBRUGLIA!For those of a certain age who grew up in a certain era, Natalie will be like a familiar friend or relative. Neighbours was one of the biggest Australian exports around the early 90's and essential after-school viewing on one of the 4 or 5 cha
AUNTY DONNA (Australia's favourite surrealist comedy group!) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with AUNTY DONNA, originally episode 357 from 2020-12-09.Original writeup:Have you heard of Aunty Donna yet? Chances are you are a diehard dyed in the wool Auntyhead, but perhaps you may have only just seen that Netflix square scrolling sideways in your field
HANNAH WALTERS • 'Amazing Grace' coming soon... (Matriarch Productions / A Thousand Blows / Adolescence) #693
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the wonderful actor, producer and all round legend HANNAH WALTERS!Hannah's appearance is a long time coming, some might even venture to say overdue, but this is someone who is of course always welcome. A really fun and also very focused chat which hits on so many of the points you would ho
KONNIE HUQ (Cookie & The Most Annoying Boy In The World / podcasts) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with KONNIE HUQ, originally episode 278 from 2019-07-17.Original writeup:The weather conditions at the time of podcasting (monsoon season) seem to make for a perfect sit down and chat session with Pip and Konnie, as the two hunker down and address a whole gang
STAMMA FEST PODCAST • a Q&A with Jessie Roux fielding questions from awesome young folks #692
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week is a celebration of INTERNATIONAL STAMMER AWARENESS DAY, recorded at Stamma Fest 2026!A wonderfully different episode this week, as Pip joins hosting duties with the glorious (previous guest!) JESSIE ROUX to answer questions and just have a nice hangout with some of the younger folks involved in Stamma Fest. Y
SUZY EDDIE IZZARD (The Tragedy Of Hamlet / Watson / Dr Jekyll) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with SUZY EDDIE IZZARD, originally episode 168 from 2017-09-13.Original writeup (for context, this is from 2017, and now it is 2026 - so what follows is 9 years old, at time of this Rewind publishing):This week Pip is joined by EDDIE IZZARD! Comedian, actor, m
LEILA FARZAD • bring the truth and unblock the emotion (I Hate Suzie / Black Mirror / The Decameron) #691
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the absolutely glorious actor LEILA FARZAD!Leila's been on a huge journey in carving her own path in the wide and weird world of acting, a journey that some might have simply clicked and saved at any part of it and called it a day. But it's a real treat to hear how it's all turned
KAE TEMPEST (Self Titled / Having Spent Life Seeking / The Line Is A Curve) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with KAE TEMPEST, originally episode 17 from 2015-02-04.This is an episode from a very, very long time ago, but an incredibly fascinating one which offers an insight into a past life of someone who is very near and dear to the Distraction Pieces Podcast! As yo
SOPHIE DUKER • new book 'DONG' in early 2027! (Taskmaster / Fringe / House Of Games) #690
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the always excellent writer and comic SOPHIE DUKER!A mere couple of years since Sophie's previous visit to the podcast but so much has happened - but this is someone who frankly has a backstage laminate and is always welcome. A really lovely chat and catchup after what was a pretty tough E
PETER CAPALDI (Local Hero / The Thick Of It / Doctor Who) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with PETER CAPALDI, originally episode 555 from 2024-02-21.Original writeup below:Depending on where you caught Peter on his timeline, you may know him as Malcolm Tucker, Dr Who, or even Oldsen if you've seen Local Hero. Point is - Peter's been busy fo
SHABANA AZEEZ • "My job is empathy" (The Pitt / The Airport Chaplain / Lesbian Space Princess) #689
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the truly fabulous actor SHABANA AZEEZ!A perfect behind the scenes of stage and screen chat with Shabana, fresh from Emmy celebrations and ready to get into it all. For some, this might be your first time hearing from Shabana especially if you're only just familiarising yourself with The P
JAMES BUCKLEY (The Inbetweeners / White Gold / Mother's Pride) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with JAMES BUCKLEY, originally episode 144 from 2017-03-29.A fun one from way back in the day now, which Inbetweeners heads will love and newcomers (if such a thing is possible) will enjoy equally. Tons of goodness and fun in this one, which at time of publish
RALF LITTLE • exploring where the processes of acting and being a human being combine (Hunting Alice Bell / Two Pints Of Lager... / Royle Family) #688
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the brilliant actor of stage and screen RALF LITTLE!Fresh from a huge theatre round of 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold', Ralf joins Pip for a long overdue chat which seemingly goes off on a bunch of tangents, but on closer inspection you'll hear how connected each strand really is. Of cours
RICHARD E GRANT (Withnail & I / Savage House / Gosford Park) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with RICHARD E GRANT, originally episode 250 from 2019-01-30.Original writeup below:Hopefully you will have caught his perfect video reaction to being nominated for an Oscar, which is of course well overdue but greatly deserved, or maybe you will have read abo
THE CATCH UP • ...with Buddy & Pip! #687
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip and Buddy check in and catch up, with a little Q&A to round things off!PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting natureSPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTOREPIP TWITCH • (music stuff)PIP INSTAGRAMPIP TWITTERPIP PATREONPIP IMDB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HIMESH PATEL (The Odyssey / Bait / Tenet) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with HIMESH PATEL, originally episode 342 from 2020-09-02.Original writeup below:A very nice chat which encompasses everything in Himesh’s inspirational rise to well earned fame and recognition, from those early days in acting school and his relationship with
DENZEL CURRY • new album 'ii' out now (with Kenneth Blume) #686
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by acclaimed rapper DENZEL CURRY!A lovely episode to catch you up to speed on all things Denzel, as he and Pip get involved in an expansive chat which goes into not only his current album with Kenneth Blume (fka Kenny Beats), but his life surrounding the album rollout as well as all things back i
ALISTAIR GREEN (Don't Think So Somehow / The Big Idea) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with ALISTAIR GREEN, originally episode 482 from 2022-11-09.Original writeup below:This week Pip is joined by the hilarious and great comic ALISTAIR GREEN!You could also add actor to that list of accolades as Alistair is busy in front of the camera too, as you
ROMESH RANGANATHAN • a very necessary dose of Romesh for your Autumn (podcasts / comedy / TV) #685
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by national treasure ROMESH RANGANATHAN!Weirdly it's been a long time coming, this one. It feels like Romesh has never been far away but in reality it's been a bunch of years since he was last on - and that appearance was a stone cold classic (which has come up more than a few times before). Well
KSI (musician / social media kingpin) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with KSI, originally episode 395 from 2021-07-14.Original writeup below:Pip is joined by a Youtube veteran, and definitely someone with an admirable work ethic. Inspired by the likes of Childish Gambino and early adopters, KSI has carved out his own unique spa
SCROOBIUS PIP performs the album 'DISTRACTION PIECES' as a spoken word set! (recorded in Canada 2021) #684
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week is the digital debut of Pip's live spoken word rendition of the DISTRACTION PIECES album in full!For total clarity, the order of events was the solo album 'Distraction Pieces', and then this podcast. So it makes total sense that in this whole podcast ouroboros and infinity loop we have in front of us, the podc
NIAMH ALGAR (Calm With Horses / The Virtues / Raised By Wolves) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Niamh Algar, originally episode 315 from 2020-03-04.Original writeup below:You can tell even like 5 minutes in that Pip was proper excited about this one… And naturally he was right to be, as Niamh is fantastic if you didn’t already know! You may have see
20 YEARS OF PIP (Part 3) • featuring Chris Glasson & Buddy Peace! #683
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by Hardcore Listing homie and long term real life homie CHRIS GLASSON, and podcast producer / DJ / beatmaker BUDDY PEACE for the finalé of a 3 part series of celebration episodes!The third side of the pyramid is finally here, as we close in on the three part celebration featuring, indeed, three p
STEVEN KNIGHT (Peaky Blinders / Taboo / Serenity) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Steven Knight, originally episode 256 from 2019-03-06.Original writeup below:Chances are that if you are a Distraction Pieces Podcast listener (god bless you), you will be fully versed on Steven’s work. Pip references his work with a great and contagious
20 YEARS OF PIP (Part 2) • featuring Chris Glasson & Buddy Peace! #683
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by Hardcore Listing homie and long term real life homie CHRIS GLASSON, and podcast producer / DJ / beatmaker BUDDY PEACE for the second in a 3 part series of celebration episodes!The continuation in the three part saga, on some Lord Of The Rings / Back To The Future / Godfather type ishh but righ
SOUAD MEKHENNET (I Was Told To Come Alone / The Eternal Nazi) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Souad Mekhennet, originally episode 169 from 2017-09-20.Original writeup below:You may have heard Pip hyping this one up for a minute, and quite rightly so - ladies and gentlemen, please welcome journalist, author, writer, Souad Mekhennet! A huge episode
20 YEARS OF PIP (Part 1) • featuring Chris Glasson & Buddy Peace! #683
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by Hardcore Listing homie and long term real life homie CHRIS GLASSON, and podcast producer / DJ / beatmaker BUDDY PEACE for the first in a 3 part series of celebration episodes!To be exact, a celebration of 20 years of Scroobius Pip, dating back to the first musical output and initial starting p
WIM HOF (Wim Hof Method 🥶) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Wim Hof, originally episode 136 from 2017-02-08.Original writeup below:Don't get all wrapped and warm for this one - it's going to get incredibly frosty up in here... Chances are you may not already have made Wim's acquaintance - that's fine, for after th
BLAINE HARRISON (MYSTERY JETS) • 2 decades & counting of perfect indie music (A Hole To See The Sky Through / 20 yrs of 'Making Dens'!) #682
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by Mystery Jets OG BLAINE HARRISON!Mystery Jets are a total indie band sureshot, who are currently in the 20th anniversary year of their debut 'Making Dens' debut. They've been total crowdpleasers since the first days, rocking any venue they've graced (including Banquet Records to name one, who g
FRANK TURNER (Campfire Punkrock / Tape Deck Heart / Undefeated) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Frank Turner, originally episode 287 from 2019-09-11.Original writeup below:…and about time too, as it’s been over 250 episodes since they last had a proper chat! As you can hear, the gap immediately disappears as they pick up effortlessly and gain quick
CHRIS, STU & KUNT • Hardest Kids In School (Hardcore Listing / Off The Beat & Track / Kunt & The Gang) #681
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by longtime podcast and life friends CHRIS & STU & KUNT for a roundtable episode!Quick catch-up if you're new to the show (trigger warning for repeated "kunt" usage): Chris & Stu host the Hardcore Listing podcast, Stu does Off The Beat & Track and a ton of others, and Kunt is the
ISY SUTTIE (film / theatre / TV / podcast) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Isy Suttie, originally episode 97 from 2016-05-10.Original writeup below:A slammer of a show lies ahead of you ready for your listening enjoyment, as we welcome one of the UK's finest acting/writing/musical talents, the multi-threat herself, ISY SUTTIE! A
ELIS JAMES • Thinking big, like Royal Albert Hall-big (Elis & John / Socially Distant Sports Club / standup) #680
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by frankly long overdue comic and podcaster ELIS JAMES!Elis is something of a missing piece in the Distraction Pieces puzzle, one of those guests whose appearance was only a matter of time (a long time, sure, but inevitable). It's a pleasure to have him, and as you'd expect/demand, so much ground
GUZ KHAN (Bait / Man Like Mobeen / Walk Like A Panther) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Guz Khan, originally episode 185 from 2018-01-24.Original writeup below:Mad entertaining from start to end, as Pip sits down with Guz for a truly matey chat but which brings out the best of both! They were first acquainted back around a year ago on set on
TOMO CAMPBELL • Live @ Harry Styles' Meltdown (Southbank Centre, London) #679
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined live on stage at the Harry Styles-curated Meltdown Festival by incredible artist TOMO CAMPBELL!To quote London's Cob Gallery, "[Tomo's] abstracted depictions of 'traditional' subjects such as hunting, parades and explorers are, as he puts it, 'never quite solid or whole', yet they exude an extrao
POM KLEMENTIEFF (Mission Impossible / Guardians... / Westworld) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Pom Klementieff, originally episode 521 from 2023-07-12.Original writeup below:An absolute treat of an episode as we meet Pom in full fighting form, ready for a full on packed conversation branching out onto so much of her inspiring career but leaving eno
MARK WATSON • "You must be tired!" (Before It Overtakes Us / Murder Of A Famous Bastard / No More Jockeys) #678
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the very hilarious comic, writer and podcaster MARK WATSON!You can go ahead and add "long overdue guest" somewhere in the salutation there too, as Mark is someone who's been missing from the DPP alumni for way too long. Mark's been busy performing comedy all around the globe for a minute, and
DAVID EARL & JOE WILKINSON (Chatabix & much more) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with David Earl & Joe Wilkinson, originally episode 99 from 2016-05-24.Original writeup below:Welcome, welcome, welcome to your 99th - NINETY NINTH - Wednesday-fresh instalment of the powerful, the savage, the almighty Distraction Pieces podcast. This week
ABUBAKAR SALIM • conducting a perfect symphony of acting and game design (House Of The Dragon / Raised By Wolves / Tales Of Kenzera) #677
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the awesome actor and now also game designer ABUBAKAR SALIM!What an absolute gem of an episode you have before you right here, as Pip checks in with Abubakar, one of the most power-move making-est actors in the game. You'll likely/surely recognize him from House Of The Dragon (Alyn of Hull), o
PROFESSOR GREEN (rap / TV & film / mental health advocacy) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Professor Green, originally episode 223 from 2018-08-15.Original writeup below:As always with the Distraction Pieces Podcast, the chat does most definitely NOT focus on the main aspect you might be expecting, but covers a crazy amount of ground in the tim
RYAN CONDAL • how to train your house of dragons, or, flight of the Condal (House Of The Dragon / Colony / Rampage) #676
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the fabulous writer and director RYAN CONDAL!A genuine treat for anyone in the least bit invested in all things Game Of Thrones and House Of The Dragon lore. Pip catches up with someone who is dealing with one of the tasks in recent times, which is showrunning a series with much expectation on
RAHUL KOHLI (Citadel / We Were Liars) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Rahul Kholi, originally episode 355 from 2020-11-25.Original writeup below:An ALMOST in person DPP right here - well, Pip and the guest being in the same city, in a country far far away from their respective homesteads anyway - please enjoy a brilliantly
MARK JENKIN • a Cornish Affirmative from an audience of one (Bait / Enys Men / Rose Of Nevada) #675
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by Cornwall's finest and UK film making royalty MARK JENKIN!A total gem of an episode here, whether you are a heavyweight devotee of Mark's film output or if this is the first time you're hearing about him. Mark's got many years in the game, and in an era where almost every single thing feels dig
JO WHILEY (music radio royalty) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Jo Whiley, originally episode 446 from 2022-04-06.Original writeup below:You can file this one under "Always on the cards / finally happened", if you're keeping scores. Jo's earned her place in the broadcasting hall of fame without a doubt, having been a
IAIN LEE • a life working in and coping with the media (Impostor Syndrome / The Living Room Tour / 11 O' Clock Show) #674
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by host, presenter and returning guest IAIN LEE!Iain is a welcome, familiar face to a lot of us - someone who's been involved with some really great things, and it's a great chance to catch up and check in on where life's been leading him for the past handful of years (or more fairly, where's he'
DJ SHADOW (Endtroducing / Quannum Projects) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with DJ Shadow, originally episode 298 from 2019-11-13.Original episode intro:"Guess who’s coming… IT’S… Guess who’s coming… IT’S j-j-j-just your favourite DJ saviour / using and confusing beats that you never heard / since / 1990… Ladies and gentlemen, he’ll
AJA MONET • the surrealist blues poet defines the colour of rain ('The Color Of Rain' • 22 May on Drink Sum Wtr) #673
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the incredible musician and poet AJA MONET!To use a couple of words to sum up the essence of someone is a strange thing indeed, and this subject comes up in this chat too. The idea of indentity versus what one strives for. This is most definitely an episode for the appreciators of the craft of
MATT WILLIS (Busted) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Matt Willis, originally episode 132 from 2017-01-11.A lovely chat with Matt, who talked at length about the behind the scenes aspects of being in a huge pop punk band back in the day, as well as the very much in front of the scenes aspects too. Lovely stu
AMAR CHADHA-PATEL • the sacred arts of world building and world burning (Willow / The Creator / The Decameron) #672
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the fabulous acting talent that is AMAR CHADHA-PATEL!Bar after bar on this one, folks. You'll really enjoy it and that goes for everyone including those not necessarily focused on the world of the moving picture. Amar's been steadily building steam on his career path and as you'll hear here, i
SAFDIE BROTHERS (Uncut Gems / The Smashing Machine / Marty Supreme) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with the Safdie Brothers, originally episode 307 from 2020-01-15.Original writeup below:You may know them from the fantastic ‘Good Time’ (featuring a tightly wound Robert Pattinson), or maybe ‘Heaven Knows What’, but for sure you will be seeing much more of th
TOM GEORGE • the beauty of unmotivated camera movements (Two Weeks In August / Bait / See How They Run) #671
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the awesome director and writer TOM GEORGE!A true nerd-out for the film heads right here, as Tom and Pip get it cracking from the beginning and do not let up. Tom's been ultra busy in recent times and all of this busy-ness is discussed, and it's really fascinating of course... Mixed in with th
STEPHEN FRY (thou shalt not question Stephen Fry) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Stephen Fry, originally episode 440 from 2022-05-02.Original writeup below:Simply using the term ‘national treasure’ doesn’t do any kind of justice whatsoever to who or what Stephen is, does and has done, of course. But it’s pretty tough to dispute. Long
IZUKA HOYLE • the life and times of an immaculate action hero (Prisoner / Boiling Point / Big Boys) #670
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the absolute superstar of screens of all sizes IZUKA HOYLE!A super delightful pick-me-up of an episode, featuring a true action star but someone who is infinitely capable of delivering whatever the role requires. Izuka and Pip share many mutual friends and this is where the chat excels, as thr
RUTGER BREGMAN (Utopia For Realists / Humankind / Moral Ambition) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Rutger Bregman, originally episode 190 from 2018-02-21.Original writeup below:An absolutely massive episode covering - as said - some big topics and issues, which are immensely interesting and made a lot easier to understand with Rutger’s able guidance an
ADEEL AKHTAR • "dig where you stand" (Mass / Four Lions / Down Cemetary Road) #669
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by acting great ADEEL AKHTAR!There's no doubt that this is a very special episode, as you have rightfully come to expect from Distraction Pieces. But there's a feeling of almost meditation on this one, a sense of two people building a very detailed structure of conversation and being in total flo
BOOTS RILEY (Sorry To Bother You / I Love Boosters / rap legends The Coup) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Boots Riley, originally episode 243 from 2018-12-05.Original writeup below:“…as I went on I realised the main thing that I needed to give people was passion…”Pip’s been lining this one up for a GOOD long while, before the hype was bubbling in the UK for B
GEMMA CAIRNEY • pre-order 'The Immortal Sisterhood' to ensure a gift of future happiness (radio / media / all things great) #668
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the necessary ray of light that is GEMMA CAIRNEY!A return mission from Gemma, as the last meeting was a good 9 years ago... Also "necessary ray of light", while a lovely sounding complement, doesn't actually inform you of what Gemma's up to at the moment or has been up to over those interveini
NORMAN COOK (aka FATBOY SLIM!) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim, originally episode 268 from 2019-05-15.Original writeup below:“Fatboy Slim? Just a band…”It’s so great when these music based episodes come around, especially when Pip has had previous dealings with the guest in question which
ED GAMBLE • get your tickets now for his 2027 'Fresh Hell' tour (Off Menu / Traitors: Uncloaked / Taskmaster) #667
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the always welcome and always funny ED GAMBLE!Ed Gamble in the building! It's always a great day when Ed comes knocking. This is one of those episodes where topics could have been randomly picked out of a hat and it would have still been fantastic, but of course that's not how things went down
JAMIE DEMETRIOU (Stath Lets Flats / Fleabag / Paddington 2) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Jamie Demetriou, originally episode 212 from 2018-06-20.Original writeup below:You’re going to be seeing a LOT more of Jamie over the next month or two as he’s about to unveil his new series ‘Stath Lets Flats’, which is part of Channel 4’s ‘Comedy Blaps’
DAVID DASTMALCHIAN • the LA vampire with an attitude of gratitude (Late Night With The Devil / One Piece / Oppenheimer) #666
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the excellent and truly unique actor DAVID DASTMALCHIAN!The perfect guest for this episode 🤘 as the Iron Maiden classic spins in the background... David is a fantastic presence who has awesome stories but it's not just that, it's the whole vibe. Some might say "essence", if they're feeling sno
GEORGINA CAMPBELL (Barbarian / Cold Storage / Black Mirror) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Georgina Campbell, originally episode 90 from 2016-03-23.Original writeup below:(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 wonde
ONE DRINK w/ Kae, Polar & Musa • a flashback to 2011 in 3 movements #665
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week we have a rare throwback recording to 2011 (pre-Distraction Pieces Podcast) with Pip, Kae Tempest, Musa Okwonga and Polarbear!The Mount Rushmore of spoken word right here folks, captured in a recording Pip uncovered while late-night trawling through the vaults by candlelight. This was originally recorded on ca
FULL FACT.org (independent fact checkers & campaigners) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Will & Phoebe of FULL FACT.ORG, originally episode 13 from 2015-01-07.As Pip mentions on the intro, it is quite a weird episode. This is of course not down the awesome guests representing FullFact, but more down to how drastically the media and basic
ANSON BOON • 'The Good Boy' in cinemas now! (MobLand / Pistol / 1917) #664
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the force of acting posititivity (and good boy) that is ANSON BOON!As stated in the episode title, 'The Good Boy' (aka 'Heel' in the US) is out and about now, in which Anson plays alongside the powerful duo of Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough. Anson is capable of playing characters who ar
SHAGGY (It Wasn't Me / Boombastic / Oh! Carolina) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Shaggy, originally episode 528 from 2023-08-23.Original writeup below:Very broadly speaking, a lot of you will know Shaggy as Mr Boombastic, or the guy who did Oh Carolina and It Wasn't Me. But dig a little deeper and there are worlds of releases and show
FATIHA EL-GHORRI • 'Cockney Stacking Doll' tour happening now near you! #663
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the proper hilarious and lovely comic and actress FATIHA EL-GHORRI!Consider this your membership to the Fans Of Fatiha club, as after this listen you're officially signed up. Of course a good amount of you will know Fatiha extremely well at this point, having seen her on Taskmaster, Rochard Os
SIMON PEGG from 2014 (Mission Impossible series / Star Trek / Hot Fuzz) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Simon Pegg, originally episode 11 from 2014-12-04.Simon's a good pal of the podcast (and indeed Pip himself), and this is an episode you might have either missed entirely or heard so long ago you've completely blanked it from your memory. But with so much
LENA HEADEY • how to navigate the maze of the acting world #662
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by one of the greatest to do it, please welcome LENA HEADEY!Lena is a very esteemed colleague of the podcast and a treasured member of the past guests club (her debut on here was back in January 2018 no less) - and so it is a fabulous thing when there is chance of a reunion. And that is what we h
JOE CORNISH (The Kid Who Would Be King / Attack The Block / Adam & Joe) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Joe Cornish, originally episode 253 from 2019-02-15.Original writeup below:Consider this the counterpart to the much earlier Adam Buxton episode, if you will, what with Joe being Adam long term co-conspirator and collaborator! Between them they very much
HERO FIENNES TIFFIN & DONAL FINN • Young Sherlock premiers on Prime from March 4! #661
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the fabulous actors HERO FIENNES TIFFIN & DONAL FINN!What with Young Sherlock premiering on Prime TODAY (at time of publishing, that is) - or for those listening later - March 4th, what better pairing than Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty (and our man Scroobius Pip who also stars in the
LUCY PINDER (Smashing Sundays / Me Myself & Di) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Lucy Pinder, originally episode 438 from 2022-02-23.Original writeup below:A delightful chat bringing in loads of feelgood action, with a dash of triumph over adversity in there for good measure. From her days back in Winchester, we hear about her path to
JOEL FRY • further proof that The Bill & Casualty might be acting university (Stitch Head / Our Flag Means Death / Cruella) #660
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the proper acting talent that is JOEL FRY!A delightful chat here with Joel, who we catch mere months into the second child bubble (and is holding up impressively). A quick glimpse at his IMDB will reveal an absolute avalanche of great projects that you're likely to have peeped over the years,
TARON EGERTON (Rocketman / Tetris / Kingsman) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Taron Egerton, originally episode 350 from 2020-10-21.Original writeup below:As with so many of these episodes featuring the UK acting crew, there is an over-riding spiritual link by way of Stephen Graham, so props must be given to him first off! This one
JESSIE ROUX • the power of representation & hitting the floor running post-Traitors (Traitors Series 4) #659
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by the Traitors-starring legend JESSIE ROUX!An episode for the books right here! Those of you who love and appreciate the how Traitors will have surely also come to love and appreciate the recent breakout superstar Jessie. Jessie's awesome from the start of course but it's a weirdly rare thing to
EMERALD FENNELL (Wuthering Heights / Saltburn) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Emerald Fennell, originally episode 540 from 2023-11-15.Original writeup below:An excellent chat with the very awesome Emerald, whose work you will likely have caught up with over the past few years in any one of her many capacities. Playing Camilla on Th
CORIN HARDY • the horror movie whistle-blower (Whistle / The Nun / Gangs Of London) #658
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This week Pip is joined by film-maker and director CORIN HARDY!Corin's new film 'Whistle' aptly drops on Friday 13th, which will surely be on the radar of the horror heads among you but if not, it might form part of your forthcoming movie schedule after listening to this one... Corin's served many years in the game, fro
FEARNE COTTON (Happy Place / Top Of The Pops) • Friday Rewind
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Fearne Cotton, originally episode 295 from 2019-10-30.Original writeup below:This is the mirror side of a two podcast deal the two of them struck up, where Pip appeared on her ‘Happy Place’ podcast, so as you’ll witness, the driver is often interchangeabl
