What Does the Green Party Really Want?
Nadia Idle, Jem Gilbert and Keir Milburn
Will Zack Polanski’s party become the main political vehicle of the radical left?
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103: Will Getting Back to Nature Heal My Feelings of Burnout?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Ash wants to cultivate a relationship with nature, but Moya detects a deeper problem with burnout. Plus: a listener who’s lost sexual interest in her partner.
102: I’m Not Ready for A Relationship – but I Don’t Want Him to See Other People
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Tough love for a listener in a situationship. Plus: Ash and Moya sink their teeth into Wuthering Heights discourse.
How to Think Ecologically
Jeremy Gilbert, Keir Milburn and Nadia Idle
Are humans distinct from nature?
101: Her Toxic Ex Returned and Now Our Friendship Is Ruined
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
It’s a dilemmas special! (Because our listeners have a lot of problems.)
100: We’re 100 Episodes Old – Ask Us Anything!
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian McLean
Our audience of Special Ones ask us anything – from the personal to the political to the completely potty.
99: How Do You Know When It’s Time to Quit?
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya asks Ash how to trust your gut when it comes to leaving or staying in a job, friendship or romance.
98: Are We Obsessed With Having Our Feelings Validated?
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
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.
97: When Will I Start Feeling Like a Grown-up?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Ash has a big theory about what makes someone into a proper adult. Plus: can you make a casual hook-up turn serious?
96: Why Are Women Choosing Looks Instead of Books?
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya start the year with a tough conversation about the beauty regime that rules over us all.
95: Does British Culture Need Saving? W/ Lanre Bakare
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Culture writer Lanre Bakare talks to Ash and Moya about the precarious state of culture in post-Covid Britain, live in Manchester.
94: Resentment, Hostility, Scarcity… Is This Modern Dating? W/ Jordan Stephens
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya are joined by Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens to talk about changing attitudes to gender and relationships.
Who Are the ‘Radical Realists’ of Mainstream, the Labour Party’s New Faction?
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jeremy Gilbert
An ACFM update on the inner workings of your favourite political party.
93: I’m Addicted to Guilt. What’s Wrong With Me?
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya debate the pros and cons of feeling shame and advise a listener whose best friend has a mean streak.
92: Should We Say Something About Women’s Shrinking Bodies?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya wonders if politeness is stopping us from seriously addressing women’s shrinking bodies and changing faces.
Is There Anything Left of the Mainstream?
Jeremy Gilbert, Keir Milburn & Nadia Idle
Is Stranger Things the last remnant of the ‘mainstream’? The gang explore the political meanings of a multifaceted term.
91: If There’s No ‘Ethical Consumption’, Can I Just Buy What I Want?
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya talk about the urge to beautify and shopping as a numbing mechanism.
90: Are Rightwing Politics Affecting My Sex Life? W/ Dr Annabel Sowemimo
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash talk to Dr Annabel Sowemimo about STI stigma, period trackers and how to afford another baby.