70: Can You Ever Change What You Want?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya and Ash talk about what to do with their impossible desires and offer advice to a listener whose female bestie has ditched him.
If I Speak...
If I Speak is a podcast from Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar where the personal meets the political. Every week they tackle social dilemmas, cultural phenomena and the frustrations of modern life.
69: Is Marriage a Hard Border? W/ Jeremy Atherton Lin
Ash Sarkar and Jeremy Atherton Lin
Is marriage like an island, or more of an open house? Ash talks about state-sanctioned relationships with memoirist Jeremy Atherton Lin.
68: Help! My Housemate Is a Pig
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya and Ash deal with your dilemmas, including a daughter who wants to give away her inheritance and a renter whose housemate is a total pig.
67: What’s Up With Generation Alpha?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash think about how kids these days are shaped by parenting, advertising, social media and anxiety.
66: I’m Right, You’re Wrong, End Of!
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya has a thought about our need for certainty, and Ash responds with a claim about polarised thinking.
65: Has Your Smartphone Broken Your Brain?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya face up to all the ways their smartphone has warped their minds.
64: What Is the Female Gaze?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
What do straight women find attractive? Ash has a big theory about sensuality. Plus: what to do when your boss is a bigot.
63: Do People Just Want to Be Told What to Do?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya has a big theory about our susceptibility to authoritarianism.
62: I’m Not Sure I Want to Call Myself a Feminist Anymore…
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya confront their feelings after a bad week for feminism.
61: Can Friendships Cross Class Lines? W/ Natasha Brown
Ash Sarkar
Ash speaks to Natasha Brown about the big questions raised by her second novel, Universality, before tackling a dilemma about selling your soul.
60: Are We Too Addicted to Convenience?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya answer a mystery question and wonder if our quest for a friction-free life was a mistake.
59: Does My Ex Owe Me Money for the House We Renovated?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Are some people just ‘relationship people’? Plus, advice for a listener who’s lost everything after doing up a property with their ex.
58: I Want to Be Fun Again. Help!
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash has an intrusive thought that she thinks Moya can help with: make me fun again!
57: Do You Really Want to Know About Your Partner’s Past Mistakes?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Nicola Dinan returns to the show to talk about her second novel, Disappoint Me, and respond to your dilemmas.
56: The One Where Moya Grills Ash on Her New Book
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya has a bone to pick with Ash about her debut book, Minority Rule, plus advice for dealing with a newly sober friend.
55: Joy Is an Act of Resistance… Right?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash discuss the uses and abuses of self-care and help a listener struggling with homesickness.
54: Forget the Boycott, Gimme That Brand Deal
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
After Stormzy’s Happy Meal tie-in, Ash and Moya wonder if all artists have their price.
53: Getting ‘The Ick’
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya unpack the gender politics behind the “ick-course” and advise a listener whose partner hasn’t been honest about money.