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.
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A New Era for the World’s Billion Catholics
Richard Hames Meets Matthew Sitman
An American Pope!?
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.
Was Prison Worth It?
Episode 4
The series concludes with a burning question for Just Stop Oil cofounder Roger Hallam.
How Does It Feel When They Choose Activism Over You?
Episode 3
Our podcast about Just Stop Oil prisoners continues.
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.
Should Revolutionaries Fall in Love? Reading Alexandra Kollontai
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
The ACFM gang read a classic communist text by Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai.
How Do Climate Activists Cope in Prison?
Episode 2
Our new podcast goes behind bars with Just Stop Oil.
What Kind of Person Goes to Prison for Their Politics?
Episode 1
A new podcast going behind bars with imprisoned Just Stop Oil activists.
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.
How the West Tried to Co-opt Iranian Feminism
Eleanor Penny Meets Bahar Noorizadeh
Kurdish, Baloch and Palestinian feminists are fighting to be heard.
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.
How Forensic Architecture Mapped the Gaza Genocide
Eleanor Penny meets Samaneh Moafi
Truth Will Out.
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!
Why Leftwing Politics Still Needs ‘Acid’
Jem Gilbert, Nadia Idle and Keir Milburn
On their 50th Trip, the gang wonder why ‘acid’ has retained its potency in politics and culture.
Geoengineering Is Coming Whether We Like It or Not
Richard Hames Meets Laurie Laybourn
Time to start cooling down the planet?
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.