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This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we look back at the Defund The Police two-part discussion, originally episode 330 from 2020-06-19.

Original writeup below:

A very timely and hugely informative one for you this week, as Pip is joined by two guests, one after the other. The first is Alex S. Vitale (professor of sociology at Brooklyn College, US), followed by Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper (University Of Greenwich, humanities and social science department).

With everything we’ve seen over the last month in most recent history, one sentiment and statement that’s been gaining traction is “Defund The Police”. On face value and without any further research or intrigue, this could come across in an entirely different way than it is supposed to. Pip did a good amount of digging, and after being passed along to appropriate potential guests, meetings were set up and he arrived at two people who are well versed and well equiped to speak on the issue. In the interest of balance, he speaks to Alex from the US, where the issue is very pertinent and pressing and also has very different implications for society there, and also Adam from the UK, who goes into what this means for the UK and the nuances involved.

It’s a complex matter for sure, but along with the accompanying links from Pip to break down what’s been talked about, and a comprehensive conclusion, you’ll hopefully be way more up on the subject than you might have been previously, and have a good understanding on what it means to say ‘defund the police’. Be informed, share, and enjoy.

ADAM ELLIOTT on TWITTER

ADAM ONLINE

ALEX VITALE on TWITTER

ALEX ONLINE

ALEX's ARTICLE in THE GUARDIAN

PIP TWITCH • (music stuff)

PIP INSTAGRAM

SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE

PIP TWITTER

PIP IMDB

POD BIBLE

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!

This week Pip is joined by the powerful duo and awesome individuals ELLIOT STEEL & JAMALI MADDIX!

Together they form the Drivetime Show podcast, but you will surely know each of them through past projects (be it Jamali's 'Hate Thy Neighbour' and time on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, or Elliot's standup). As such, this is the perfect pyramid of minds for a really engaging and constantlty moving episode which offers a fine balance of time between each of them, punctuated by some welcome eruptions of laughter. It's a full on chat and they come in hot, covering a HUGE amount of subjects stemming from society and politics and the many branches, and you know they've all got stories for days - so settle in and get ready for a full on and properly satisfying one right here folks.

PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature

DRIVETIME SHOW

ELLIOT • IG

JAMALI • IG

SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE

PIP TWITCH • (music stuff)

PIP INSTAGRAM

PIP TWITTER

PIP PATREON

PIP IMDB

POD BIBLE

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This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Brett Goldstein and Jon Drever, originally episode 62 from 2015-10-07.

This is a very early days episode right here, the chasm of time made only wider when you consider the career arcs of those involved in the time intervening... Jon is one of the OGs of production company Grain Media, the home of the wonderful Superbob (made by he and Brett), who has now gone on to focus on producing comedy and has been more solo since 2018 or so. Brett has always been doing comedy / writing / film, and since the huge success of Superbob has gone onto find the combination to the universe by way of Ted Lasso, Shrinking, All Of You, and indeed the (some might say) perfectly edited podcast Films To Be Buried With. Here is a snapshot of - at time of this Rewind - over a decade ago, which is such an interesting position from which to view this point in time. Enjoy, and catch all of their furture work too of course.

PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature

JON INSTAGRAM (links in bio)

GRAIN MEDIA

BRETT INSTAGRAM

FILMS TO BE BURIED WITH

ALL OF YOU

PIP TWITCH • (music stuff)

PIP INSTAGRAM

SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE

PIP TWITTER

PIP IMDB

POD BIBLE

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