If I Speak: 100: We’re 100 Episodes Old – Ask Us Anything!
Our audience of Special Ones ask us anything – from the personal to the political to the completely potty.
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If I Speak: 99: How Do You Know When It’s Time to Quit?
Moya asks Ash how to trust your gut when it comes to leaving or staying in a job, friendship or romance.
If I Speak: 98: Are We Obsessed With Having Our Feelings Validated?
Ash and Moya offer their own strategies for worrying less about what other people think. Plus: an ex who’s found God and turned rightwing.
If I Speak: 97: When Will I Start Feeling Like a Grown-up?
Ash has a big theory about what makes someone into a proper adult. Plus: can you make a casual hook-up turn serious?
If I Speak: 96: Why Are Women Choosing Looks Instead of Books?
Ash and Moya start the year with a tough conversation about the beauty regime that rules over us all.
If I Speak: 95: Does British Culture Need Saving? W/ Lanre Bakare
Culture writer Lanre Bakare talks to Ash and Moya about the precarious state of culture in post-Covid Britain, live in Manchester.
If I Speak: 94: Resentment, Hostility, Scarcity… Is This Modern Dating? W/ Jordan Stephens
Ash and Moya are joined by Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens to talk about changing attitudes to gender and relationships.
ACFM: Who Are the ‘Radical Realists’ of Mainstream, the Labour Party’s New Faction?
An ACFM update on the inner workings of your favourite political party.
If I Speak: 93: I’m Addicted to Guilt. What’s Wrong With Me?
Ash and Moya debate the pros and cons of feeling shame and advise a listener whose best friend has a mean streak.
If I Speak: 92: Should We Say Something About Women’s Shrinking Bodies?
Moya wonders if politeness is stopping us from seriously addressing women’s shrinking bodies and changing faces.
ACFM: Is There Anything Left of the Mainstream?
Is Stranger Things the last remnant of the 'mainstream'? The gang explore the political meanings of a multifaceted term.
If I Speak: 91: If There’s No ‘Ethical Consumption’, Can I Just Buy What I Want?
Ash and Moya talk about the urge to beautify and shopping as a numbing mechanism.
If I Speak: 90: Are Rightwing Politics Affecting My Sex Life? W/ Dr Annabel Sowemimo
Moya and Ash talk to Dr Annabel Sowemimo about STI stigma, period trackers and how to afford another baby.
If I Speak: 89: Am I Doomed to Get More Conservative As I Get Older?
A mystery question leads Ash and Moya into conversation about whether their politics are changing as they age.
If I Speak: 88: What Are the Ethics of Oversharing?
After listening to the new album by Lily Allen – the patron saint of oversharing – Moya and Ash debate the ethics of spilling your guts in public.
If I Speak: 87: I’m Losing Interest in My Fiancée. Should She Make More Effort?
Moya and Ash tackle a quiz about the culture that shaped them, and offer advice to a fiance who's losing interest in his partner.
ACFM: What’s Going on Inside Your Party?
Is this Corbynism 2.0 or something else? The ACFM crew analyse the predicament facing the new leftwing party.
If I Speak: 86: Why Do We Lap up Other People’s Horror Stories?
Moya and Ash offer a thought for spooky season and solve a dilemma about a mentoring relationship.