Standard Issue started as an online magazine in September 2014, becoming a podcast in 2017. But what are we? And why did legendary comedian Sarah Millican decide to found a magazine by women for women about everything?
The Standard Issue team – Mickey Noonan, Hannah Dunleavy, Jen Offord and the boss Sarah Millican – grabbed some time on Sarah's Late Bloomer tour to talk about why they do what they do, what's changed in the past ten years, the power and joy of women, and who's calling Take A Break's custard hotline.
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What's on our latest podcasts
Lucky boys with Chloe Hadjimatheou
If an adult male grooms a teenage girl into a sexual relationship, we're increasingly likely to call it abuse. But reverse the sex of the perpetrator and victim and attitudes are very different.
In her latest podcast, Lucky Boy, journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou investigates one such case. She chats to Hannah about why female abusers are judged less harshly and their victims are often not seen as victims at all.
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