Distraction Pieces Podcast

The Distraction Pieces Podcast is a weekly conversational podcast created and hosted by English spoken word poet and hip-hop artist Scroobius Pip. The podcast began on 13 October 2014 and has been released weekly ever since.[1]

Distraction Pieces Podcast
Presentation
Genrecomedy podcast, news commentary podcast Edit this on Wikidata
LanguageEnglish
Production
No. of episodes662 Edit this on Wikidata
Publication
Ratings4.666666666666667/5 Edit this on Wikidata
Related
Websitewww.scroobiuspip.co.uk/distraction-pieces-podcast/

Format

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The podcasts are usually around one hour in duration and are released every Wednesday. Pip switched to this format from his radio show on Xfm after appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience and hearing other American long-form interview podcasters such as Marc Maron.[2] Speaking with The Observer's Killian Fox, Pip described the podcast as "interesting conversations with interesting people",[3] adding "obviously it's important to have some big names in there, such as Simon Pegg, Alan Moore and Billy Bragg, but we've also had people such as Dr Suzi Gage, who studies recreational drugs and their potential benefits and negatives, and the mortician Carla Valentine talking about the taboo of death. It can get incredibly heavy – we've had debates about race and mental health – but there's also a lot of silly nonsense".[4][5] Pip bookends each episode with monologues in which he mentions sponsors for the show, updates the listener on his work, and reflects on the conversations in the podcasts.

Awards

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  • Nominated for the Entertainment with Maple Street Studios award at the British Podcast Awards in 2017.[6]
  • Nominated by the Human Trafficking Foundation for their Anti-Slavery Day media awards for episode 86 (2016)[7]

Distraction Pieces Network

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The Distraction Pieces Podcast is the flagship podcast of the eponymous network organised by Pip. Other shows on the network include Brett Goldstein's Films to Be Buried With,[8] Suzi Gage's Say Why to Drugs,[9] Jason Reed's Stop and Search, in association with LEAP UK,[10] and Jim Smallman's Tuesday Night Jaw.

Episodes

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Episode Release Date Subject
1 13 October 2014 Russell Brand
2 22 October 2014 Zane Lowe
3 29 October 2014 Alan Moore
4 5 November 2014 DJ Yoda
5 12 November 2014 Sage Francis
6 19 November 2014 Simon Singh
7 26 November 2014 Warren Ellis
8 3 December 2014 Jodi Ann Bickley
9 10 December 2014 B. Dolan
10 17 December 2014 Open Mike Eagle
11 24 December 2014 Simon Pegg
12 31 December 2014 Killer Mike
13 7 January 2015 Full Fact - Will and Phoebe
14 14 January 2015 Josie Long
15 21 January 2015 Stewart Lee
16 28 January 2015 Riz Ahmed
17 4 February 2015 Kae Tempest
18 11 February 2015 Rufus Hound
19 18 February 2015 Nick Frost
20 25 February 2015 Mike Skinner
21 4 March 2015 Frank Turner
22 5 March 2015 Billy Bragg
23 11 March 2015 Dylan Moran[11]
24 12 March 2015 Ask Pip
25 18 March 2015 Wes Borland
26 19 March 2015 Rob da Bank
27 25 March 2015 Rou Reynolds
28 26 March 2015 Sara Pascoe
29 1 April 2015 Paddy Considine
30 8 April 2015 Danny Wallace
31 15 April 2015 Eddy Temple-Morris
32 22 April 2015 Ricki Hall
33 29 April 2015 Howard Marks
34 6 May 2015 Dan Hardy [Part 1]
Dan Hardy [Part 2]
35 13 May 2015 Ask Pip
36 20 May 2015 Prince Charles Cinema (Paul Vickery)
37 27 May 2015 Michael Smiley
38 29 May 2015 Mr Heggie
39 3 June 2015 Gail Porter [Part 1]
Gail Porter [Part 2]
40 10 June 2015 Romesh Ranganathan
41 17 June 2015 Amanda Palmer
42 19 June 2015 Refugee Week Special - Ramelle
43 24 June 2015 Jon Ronson [Part 1]
Jon Ronson [Part 2][12]
44 1 July 2015 Flux Pavilion
45 8 July 2015 P.O.S
46 8 July 2015 Dessa
47 10 July 2015 B. Dolan
48 15 July 2015 Banquet Records - Jon Tolley
49 22 July 2015 Neil Maskell
50 29 July 2015 John Kennedy
51 3 August 2015 Birthday Special with Scroobius Pip's parents
52 5 August 2015 Greenpeace Special [Part 1]
Greenpeace Special [Part 2]
53 12 August 2015 Suzi Gage
54 19 August 2015 Huw Stephens
55 26 August 2015 Carla Valentine
56 2 September 2015 Frank Carter
57 9 September 2015 Tall Dark Friend
58 16 September 2015 Tom Davis
59 18 September 2015 Andrew Shim
60 23 September 2015 Preston
61 30 September 2015 Garth Ennis
62 7 October 2015 Brett Goldstein & Jon Drever
63 14 October 2015 Roots Manuva
64 21 October 2015 Tom Robinson [Part 1]
Tom Robinson [Part 2]
65 28 October 2015 Akala
66 4 November 2015 Adam Buxton
67 11 November 2015 DPP Live [Part 1]
DPP Live [Part 2]
68 18 November 2015 Chris Jericho
69 25 November 2015 Kurt Sutter [Part 1]
Kurt Sutter [Part 2]
70 2 December 2015 Richard Herring
71 4 December 2015 John Osborne
72 9 December 2015 Dale Vince
73 16 December 2015 Itch
74 23 December 2015 End Of Year Review [Part 1]
75 24 December 2015 End Of Year Review [Part 2]
76 30 December 2015 End Of Year Review [Part 3]
77 31 December 2015 End Of Year Review [Part 4]
78 6 January 2016 End Of Year Review [Part 5]
79 13 January 2016 Ask Pip [Part 1]
Ask Pip [Part 2]
80 20 January 2016 Robin Ince
81 27 January 2016 Jason Reed
82 3 February 2016 Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie
83 10 February 2016 Jim Smallman
84 17 February 2016 Saul Williams
85 24 February 2016 Ryan Callanan aka RYCA
86 2 March 2016 Housing For Women Special - Mira
87 9 March 2016 Stephen Graham
88 11 March 2016 LEAP UK Special
89 16 March 2016 Blindboy of The Rubberbandits
90 23 March 2016 Georgina Campbell
91 30 March 2016 Drunkcast
91 30 March 2016 Drunkcast [Part 1]
Drunkcast [Part 2]
31 March 2016 Drunkcast [Part 3]
92 6 April 2016 Ask Pip
93 12 April 2016 Carl Barât
94 19 April 2016 Ed Skrein [Part 1]
Ed Skrein [Part 2]
Bonus 24 April 2016 Bonus episode
95 26 April 2016 Michael Socha
96 3 May 2016 Kathy Burke
97 10 May 2016 Isy Suttie
98 17 May 2016 Will Ospreay
99 24 May 2016 David Earl & Joe Wilkinson
100 31 May 2016 Dan le Sac [Part 1]
1 June 2016 Dan le Sac [Part 2]
101 7 June 2016 Drunkcast [Part 1]
8 June 2016 Drunkcast [Part 2]
14 June 2016 Drunkcast [Part 3]
102 21 June 2016 Colin Murray [Part 1]
22 June 2016 Colin Murray [Part 2]
103 28 June 2016 Tom Rosenthal
104 5 July 2016 James Acaster
105 12 July 2016 Jordan Stephens (Rizzle Kicks)
106 19 July 2016 Thomas Coles
107 26 July 2016 Drunkcast [Part 1]
27 July 2016 Drunkcast [Part 2]
Drunkcast [Part 3]
Bonus 2 August 2016 Birthday Special
108 4 August 2016 Live from The Leicester Square Theatre [Part 1]
Live from The Leicester Square Theatre [Part 2]
109 9 August 2016 Live from the Edinburgh Fringe
110 11 August 2016 Live from Oran Mor, Glasgow
111 17 August 2016 Brendon Burns
112 24 August 2016 Marcus Brigstocke
113 31 August 2016 Limmy [Part 1]
Limmy [Part 2]
114 7 September 2016 Neil Woods
115 14 September 2016 Bestival Special [Part 1]
Bestival Special [Part 2]
116 21 September 2016 Edith Bowman
117 28 September 2016 Frankie Boyle
118 5 October 2016 Drunkcast [Part 1]
Drunkcast [Part 2]
Drunkcast [Part 3]
6 October 2016 Drunkcast [Part 4]
119 12 October 2016 Jack Gallagher
120 19 October 2016 John Bradley
121 26 October 2016 Dignity in Dying - Lloyd & Mick
122 2 November 2016 Geoff Lloyd
123 9 November 2016 Iain Lee
124 14 November 2016 UFC 205 Roundtable with Chris Glasson & Sam Marshall
125 16 November 2016 B. Dolan / Knowmore.org
126 23 November 2016 Distraction Pieces Network Special (Suzi Gage, Jim Smallman, Jason Reed)
127 30 November 2016 Lauren Laverne
128 7 December 2016 Robert Sheehan
129 14 December 2016 Michaela Coel
130 21 December 2016 Drunkcast Xmas Special [Part 1]
23 December 2016 Drunkcast Xmas Special [Part 2]
26 December 2016 Drunkcast Xmas Special [Part 3]
28 December 2016 Drunkcast Xmas Special[Part 4]
131 4 January 2017 Rob Parker
132 11 January 2017 Matt Willis
133 18 January 2017 James McAvoy
134 25 January 2017 Garth Jennings
135 1 February 2017 Homelessness Special [Part 1] - Mustard Tree
Homelessness Special [Part 2] - Haircuts 4 Homeless
136 8 February 2017 Wim Hof
137 15 February 2017 Ancilla van de Leest
138 22 February 2017 Katherine Ryan
139 1 March 2017 Dave Johns
140 8 March 2017 Holly Ross (The Lovely Eggs)
141 15 March 2017 Dan Hardy
142 17 March 2017 Rory Macdonald
143 22 March 2017 Susie Wokoma
144 29 March 2017 James Buckley
145 5 April 2017 Drunkcast [Part 1]
Drunkcast [Part 2]
6 April 2017 Drunkcast [Part 3]
146 12 April 2017 Polarbear (Steve Camden)
147 19 April 2017 Kelly Marcel
148 26 April 2017 Gemma Cairney
149 3 May 2017 Ask Pip [Part 1]
Ask Pip [Part 2]
150 10 May 2017 Andrew "Beef" Johnston
151 17 May 2017 Huey Morgan
152 24 May 2017 Living Room Spoken Word
153 31 May 2017 Sofia Boutella
154 7 June 2017 Neil Fitzmaurice
155 14 June 2017 Christopher Fairbank [Part 1]
Christopher Fairbank [Part 2]
156 21 June 2017 Goldie[13]
157 28 June 2017 Child Soldiers with Wayne Sharrocks
158 5 July 2017 Destiny 2 Special
159 12 July 2017 Drunkcast [Part 1]
Drunkcast [Part 2]
13 July 2017 Drunkcast [Part 3]
160 19 July 2017 Laura Dockrill
161 26 July 2017 Doc Brown
162 2 August 2017 Alice Lowe
Bonus 3 August 2017 Birthday Special
163 9 August 2017 Laurie Penny
164 16 August 2017 Sofie Hagen
165 23 August 2017 Ben & Jerry's Special - Rebecca & Melanie
166 30 August 2017 Aisling Bea
167 6 September 2017 Will Poulter
168 13 September 2017 Eddie Izzard
169 20 September 2017 Souad Mekhennet
170 27 September 2017 Hugo White of The Maccabees
171 4 October 2017 Helen Chamberlain
172 11 October 2017 Michael Fassbender
173 18 October 2017 Russell Howard
174 25 October 2017 Armando Iannucci
175 1 November 2017 S. Craig Zahler
176 8 November 2017 Live In Dublin [Part 1]
Live In Dublin [Part 2]
177 15 November 2017 Jean Grae
Bonus 17 November 2017 Ask Pip [Part 1]
178 22 November 2017 Jonny Lee Miller
Bonus 24 November 2017 Ask Pip [Part 2]
179 29 November 2017 Rick Edwards
180 6 December 2017 Films Of The Year 2017
181 13 December 2017 Alex Horne
182 20 December 2017 Drunkcast [Part 1]
22 December 2017 Drunkcast [Part 2]
27 December 2017 Drunkcast [Part 3]
3 January 2018 Drunkcast [Part 4]
183 10 January 2018 Lena Headey
184 17 January 2018 Paloma Faith
185 24 January 2018 Guz Khan
186 26 January 2018 We Need To Talk About Wrestling
187 31 January 2018 Vicky McClure
188 7 February 2018 Florence Pugh
189 14 February 2018 Don Letts
190 21 February 2018 Rutger Bregman
191 28 February 2018 Chris Ramsey
192 7 March 2018 Mother's Day Special
193 9 March 2018 Walk Like A Panther Special
194 14 March 2018 Steve McNeil
195 21 March 2018 Patrisse Cullors
196 28 March 2018 Top 5 Songs That Make You Cry [Part 1]
Top 5 Songs That Make You Cry [Part 2]
197 4 April 2018 Allen Hughes & Jimmy Iovine
198 11 April 2018 Alexis Okeowo
199 13 April 2018 Charlotte Hatherley
200 18 April 2018 Jess Thom (Tourettes Hero)[14]
201 25 April 2018 Cedric Bixler-Zavala
202 2 May 2018 Beans On Toast
203 4 May 2018 Nick Halkes
204 9 May 2018 Jamali Maddix
205 11 May 2018 Coralie Fargeat & Matilda Lutz
206 16 May 2018 Marc Goddard
207 23 May 2018 Angles 10th Anniversary w/Dan Le Sac [Part 1]
Angles 10th Anniversary w/Dan Le Sac [Part 2]
208 30 May 2018 Martin Freeman
209 6 June 2018 Live @ Wells Comedy Festival
210 8 June 2018 Ask Pip (Portugal edition)
211 13 June 2018 Headway special with Natalie Clapshaw
212 20 June 2018 Jamie Demetriou
213 27 June 2018 Kate Nash
214 4 July 2018 Stephen Graham, Neil Fitzmaurice & Dan Cadan
215 11 July 2018 Joe Cole
216 13 July 2018 Stuart Whiffen
217 18 July 2018 Simon Pegg
218 25 July 2018 Dan Skinner (Angelos Epithemiou)
219 1 August 2018 Chilly Gonzales
220 3 August 2018 Birthday Party!
221 8 August 2018 Tony Law
222 10 August 2018 Why I Love Wrestling (Roundtable) with Russell Lissack, Sam Duckworth and Stuart Tourle
223 15 August 2018 Professor Green
224 22 August 2018 Example
225 24 August 2018 Spike Lee
226 29 August 2018 Bart Layton & Barry Keoghan
227 5 September 2018 Kae Tempest
228 12 September 2018 Drew Pearce
229 19 September 2018 Angel Giuffria
230 23 September 2018 Eddie Dennis
231 26 September 2018 Dominic Monaghan
232 3 October 2018 Josh Weller
233 10 October 2018 Desiree Akhavan
234 17 October 2018 Dr Kate Devlin
235 19 October 2018 Gizzi Erskine
236 24 October 2018 Epic Beard Men (Sage Francis & B. Dolan)
237 31 October 2018 Liam Howlett [Part 1]
Liam Howlett [Part 2]
238 7 November 2018 Michaela Coel
239 14 November 2018 Michael "Venom" Page
240 21 November 2018 John Cooper Clarke
241 23 November 2018 Matt Palmer
242 28 November 2018 David Lowery
243 5 December 2018 Boots Riley
244 12 December 2018 Russell Kane
245 19 December 2018 Drunkcast [Part 1]
20 December 2018 Drunkcast [Part 2]
26 December 2018 Drunkcast [Part 3]
2 January 2019 Drunkcast [Part 4]
Bonus 25 December 2018 The King's Speech - Christmas Bonus
246 9 January 2019 Films of the Year 2018
247 16 January 2019 Eddie Marsan
248 23 January 2019 Mark Millar
249 25 January 2019 Adam McKay
250 30 January 2019 Richard E. Grant
251 6 February 2019 Joel Edgerton
252 13 February 2019 Mary J. Blige
253 15 February 2019 Joe Cornish
254 20 February 2019 Lolly Adefope
255 27 February 2019 Stephen Merchant
256 6 March 2019 Steven Knight
257 13 March 2019 PC Leon McLeod
258 20 March 2019 Johann Hari
259 22 March 2019 Winston Duke
260 27 March 2019 Jayde Adams
261 3 April 2019 Jamie East
Bonus 5 April 2019 Secret Club Bonus
262 10 April 2019 Ron Perlman
263 17 April 2019 Zawe Ashton
264 24 April 2019 Nish Kumar
265 1 May 2019 Ed Gamble
266 8 May 2019 Tim Clare
267 12 May 2019 ME Awareness Special w/ Jason Reed
268 15 May 2019 Norman Cook AKA Fatboy Slim
269 22 May 2019 Dexter Fletcher
270 29 May 2019 Jo Hartley
271 5 June 2019 Nick Helm
272 7 June 2019 Two idiots talking MMA in Greggs (with Stu Whiffen)
273 12 June 2019 Mark Grist & Ross Sutherland
Bonus 17 June 2019 DPP Flashback - Refugee Week Special w/ Ramelle (Ep. 42)
274 19 June 2019 Jed Mercurio
275 26 June 2019 Charlie Brooker
276 3 July 2019 Danny Boyle
277 10 July 2019 Inua Ellams
278 17 July 2019 Konnie Huq
279 24 July 2019 Greg Jenner
280 31 July 2019 Cariad Lloyd
281 7 August 2019 Matt Richards
282 14 August 2019 Sara Pasoce
283 18 August 2019 Stu Wiffen & Adam Richardson
284 21 August 2019 Joseph Gilgun
285 28 August 2019 Serge Pizzorno
286 4 September 2019 Tez Ilyas
287 11 September 2019 Frank Turner
288 18 September 2019 Kano
289 25 September 2019 Louis Theroux
290 2 October 2019 Jack Sexsmith [Part 1]
Jack Sexsmith [Part 2]
291 9 October 2019 Ricky Wilson

References

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  1. ^ "ITunesCharts.net: 'Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip' by Scroobius Pip (British Podcasts iTunes Chart)".
  2. ^ "Scroobius Pip – Pod Bible Interview – Part 1". Pod Bible. 2019-02-10. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  3. ^ Fox, Killian (2016-08-07). "Scroobius Pip: 'With podcasting, you can give a platform to unexpected people'". The Guardian.
  4. ^ "Taboo's Scroobius Pip Discusses His First BBC Drama Role and Working with Tom Hardy". 2017-02-10.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Nowah (31 August 2015). "New podcast Retail Nightmares finds its stride discussing the insanity of Yelp". AUX.
  6. ^ "Nominations".
  7. ^ http://podbiblemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/PodBible_001_Feb2019single.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ Pearce, Tilly (December 9, 2018). "Podcast Of The Week: Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein".
  9. ^ Gage, Suzi (2016-07-14). "What are the effects of ketamine?". The Guardian.
  10. ^ "[Listen] Drugs: Think of the Children - New Podcast". January 2017.
  11. ^ Hawkins, Kathleen (2015-05-07). "Scroobius Pip and the benefits of a stutter". BBC News.
  12. ^ Jacobs, Nowah (29 June 2015). "Podmass explores Ménage Á Trois, discovers another Simpsons podcast". AUX.
  13. ^ Rife, Katie (23 June 2017). "A British DJ may have just revealed Banksy's identity". News.
  14. ^ Club, A. V. (30 April 2018). "The New York Times' new podcast, Caliphate, illuminates ISIS for a Western audience". AUX.
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