76: How Porn Went Mainstream and Changed Everything W/ Sophie Gilbert
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Ash and Moya talk to critic Sophie Gilbert about the pornification of pop culture during the ’90s and ’00s.
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75: The World Needs More Flirting. Here’s How
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash tackle a topic that turns up in the If I Speak mailbox every week. Plus: advice on a failed friendship.
Where Did Novara Media Come From?
Richard Hames Meets Aaron Bastani, James Butler and Ash Sarkar
Novara FM is dead. Long live Novara Media.
74: Can Your Racial Identity Change Over Time?
Ash Sarkar & Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya discuss where their sense of their racial identity comes from – is it their shade, their community, or how they’re treated?
Can We Escape the Obsession With Growth?
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle & Keir Milburn
A weird-left perspective on growth, from macroeconomics to personal productivity.
73: Where Did It All Go Wrong on the Dancefloor?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Having rekindled her appetite for fun, Ash now has a five-point plan to rescue the dancefloor from disaster.
Does the Palestine Action Ban Signal the Decline of Liberalism in Britain?
Richard Hames Meets Simon Childs
A decaying order grasping for its harshest weapons.
72: Why Does It Always Have to Be Me Taking Responsibility?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Ash and Moya descend into the guilt vortex for a conversation about family responsibility.
What’s the Hidden Unpaid Labour That Keeps the Economy Running?
Nadia Idle, Jeremy Gilbert and Keir Milburn
The ACFM crew explain how social reproduction gets us back into work, day after day.
ICE Is Ramping Up. LA Fought Back
Eleanor Penny Meets Harsha Walia
They’re spending $45 billion on deportations.
71: If I’m So Angry Then Why Am I Crying?!
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya presents an intrusive thought about rage and resentment. Plus: help for a listener whose friends have taken an anti-trans turn.
Is Cleanliness the Most Powerful Taboo?
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
Who’s doing the dishes in the communist utopia? ACFM investigate the politics of cleaning and cleanliness.
Israel-Iran War, Escalation Pauses
Richard Hames Meets Eskandar Sadeghi
“They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing”.
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.
How BlackRock and Global Finance Stole Your Future
Eleanor Penny Meets Michael A. McCarthy
It’s Finance Against Democracy.
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.
How to Redistribute the Globe
Eleanor Penny Meets Jo Guldi
It’s the Land, Stupid.
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.