17: Feeling Seen W/ Nicola Dinan
Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies, talks to Moya and Ash about why we crave external validation.
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Microdose: Notes on Camp
Has camp changed culture forever? The gang revisit Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay for an aesthetic Microdose.
16: How Do You Recover After Betrayal? W/ Chimene Suleyman
Moya and Ash talk to Chimene Suleyman, author of The Chain, about uncovering her ex-boyfriend’s secrets.
The Right Is Getting Real on Climate. Can We?
It’s time to turn our collective exhaustion into another form of climate politics, says Ajay Singh Chaudhary.
15: Dissociation Is My Superpower
Does the body keep the score? Ash and Moya explore the border between grief and trauma.
Trip 43: Cool
What’s cooler than being cool? The ACFM crew find out, with help from Miles Davis, the Stooges and Pierre Bourdieu.
The Dolls Hold All the Receipts
Jules Gill-Peterson, author of A Short History of Trans Misogyny, points to the richness of life beyond gender norms.
14: What Does It Mean to Live Authentically? W/ Oisín McKenna
Ash and Moya talk to Evenings And Weekends author Oisín McKenna about living authentically.
Living Through the Chinese Miracle
Should we romanticise China? Yuan Yang fills us in on the human costs of its rise.
13: I’m the Problem, It’s Me
Ash has a big theory about how we behave in relationships and Moya responds to an anxious people-pleaser.
All Of Which Are American Dreams…
Know Your Enemy hosts Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman analyse the state of conservatism across the Atlantic.
12: How to Be a Good Friend
Moya and Ash get deep and meaningful before helping a listener who’s dating a “normie”.
Microdose: Reactionary Democracy
How do politicians and pundits end up normalising the far-right? Aaron Winter and Aurelien Mondon explain in a Microdose interview.
Your Neighbour Kills Puppies
Imprisoned animal rights activist Tom Harris tells Rivkah Brown about a campaign that inspired Palestine Action.
11: Help! My Partner’s Too Posh
Ash and Moya dream of life on the commune and help a listener dealing with class envy.
Read Some Effing Jameson!
Sianne Ngai and Matthew Beaumont unpack one of the great critics of our time as he turns 90.
10: Do I Have to Be Nice to My Friend’s Partner?
Is honesty the best policy when it comes to our friend’s partners? Plus: an important new personality test.
Trip 42: Fascism
The ACFM gang investigate the use and abuse of the F-word, with help from Hannah Arendt, Antonio Gramsci and Black Sabbath.