11: Help! My Partner’s Too Posh
Ash and Moya dream of life on the commune and help a listener dealing with class envy.
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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.
London’s Endless Appetite
What does a colonial metropolis have for dinner? Vittles founder Jonathan Nunn and writer Amardeep Singh Dhillon explain.
09: Should You Ever Shag a Tory?
Ash and Moya tackle the politics of sex appeal in response to the show’s first ever Mystery Question.
Colonial Capitalism Has Made Us Sick
Rupa Marya and Raj Patel prescribe the “deep medicine” of decolonisation to cure our bodies, societies and the planet.
08: How To Cultivate Optimism
How to stay hopeful when the future looks bleak, and marriage communication advice.
The Great Housing Crisis Debate
What’s really causing Britain’s housing crisis? Michael Walker debates Nick Bano, author of Against Landlords.
07: What Do Straight Men Know About Dating?
Matt Kendall from The Love Cupboard podcast talks about how straight men perceive the women in their lives.
06: Do You Owe Your Parents Anything?
Ash has a big theory about chosen families and Moya responds to a listener’s dilemma about their parents.
Critical Theorists Hate This One Weird Trick
Anna Kornbluh, author of Immediacy, talks to Richard Hames about the vibes of a just-in-time world.
05: Are We Trapped in a Fantasy?
Moya is joined by author Shon Faye to talk about the lure of political fantasies.
Trip 41: Trust Your Gut
How did capitalism separate our minds from our bodies? Nadia, Jem and Keir investigate.
The Untold Histories of Black Gay Britain
Jason Okundaye goes behind the scenes of Revolutionary Acts, an intimate queer history that dismantles stereotypes of Black Britishness.
04: Can You Teach an Adult to Have Empathy?
Ash and Moya tackle a Big Theory about how we punish criminals.
Not Westminster’s Whipping Boys
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, the mayors of Manchester and Liverpool, set out their vision for the North.
03: The Dating Trap
Is there such a thing as a sexual marketplace? Moya and Ash debate the dating trap for straight women.