Standard Issue Podcast

As her name might suggest, Marathon Max runs marathons. A lot of them. She’s also a running and fitness competition coach, and a professional champion of women moving their bodies. Whether you’re like our Jen and training for your next marathon, or just starting to *think* about Couch to 5k, Max is a brilliant source of expertise, advice and encouragement.

Her Instagram — @marathon_maxx — is full of smart advice delivered with warmth and humour, and she’s not one for gatekeeping her expertise. Look, she got our Mick through a Hyrox, so she’s pretty much Wonder Woman.

As ever, there’s extra chat for our £5 and above Patreons, which you can access by visiting patreon.com/standardissue.

Here are Max's tips for marathon events suitable for those who hate crowds and / or love a MASSIVE medal.

Phoenix Running - Dotted around the UK

Enigma Running - Milton Keynes

Saturn Running - North East and London based

And here's a link to Jen's marathon fundraising for the Samaritans: https://2027tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/jennifer-offord
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After her debut Edinburgh show sold out, writer and performer Hannah Reilly has brought it to the Soho Theatre. Roleplay is a darkly funny and disturbing look at influencer culture, the commodification of feminism, male violence against women and girls and much more besides. Jen jumped on the Zoom with Hannah to chat about all of this and the “wild ride” of her first time at the Fringe.

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It’s well done US electorate, who gave Trump’s Republicans a thorough drubbing in the midterms. All eyes on the Democrats: the 2028 presidential race starts now. Still behind the times are the UK’s justice system: Mick and Jen are looking at you, Ian Winter KC, and you, *spins chair* former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, seemingly both stuck in the 1800s. And in JOTB, place your bets and get your slurs ready for wildcards Offord and Noonan, potentially coming to a tennis tournament near you.
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Is Mark Herman's tale of a struggling mining community unappreciated? Does it give women a short shift? Does everyone love Pete Postlethwaite? And who is blowing their own *checks notes* Tom Jones? Make yourself a cup of tea, pull up a tuba and find out.

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As a major new exhibition - A Call To Art: William Morris and The Pre-Raphaelites - opens at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum, Hannah went to take a look and met the museum's deputy director (Masterplan, Exhibitions and Design), Karen Livingstone. They chat about the contrast between Morris's political views and the wealth of his customers, the enduring appeal of the Arts and Craft movement, and how Karen is shining a new light on the women responsible for much of William Morris & Co's work.

More information on A Call To Art can be found here: https://fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/plan-your-visit/exhibitions/a-call-to-art-william-morris-and-the-pre-raphaelites

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