50: The Return of the Slur
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
Moya and Ash debate the limits of language policing and help a listener with a horrible housemate.
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How Does Sovereign Debt Work?
Keir Milburn & Nadia Idle meet Heidi Chow
How and why do countries borrow money? Heidi Chow, executive director of Debt Justice, provides the big picture on ACFM.
Time For a New Left Party?
Richard Hames asks Oliver Eagleton, Rachel Godfrey Wood and Joe Todd
A new hope?
49: We Need to See More Wrinkles on Screen!
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya tackle the intensifying obsession with ageing and give advice to a listener searching for friendship.
Trip 49: Debt
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn & Jem Gilbert
From easy credit to debt jubilees, what does it means to owe and be owed? The ACFM gang find out.
What Will ‘Technoking’ Elon Musk Do in the White House?
Eleanor Penny Meets Quinn Slobodian
How the richest man in the world became Trump’s new best friend.
48: Is It Time to Cut Off My Lying Dad?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Ash and Moya tackle a mailbag full of your dilemmas, including a committed couple disagreeing over money and a daughter considering cutting off her dad.
47: Is the Era of Public Shaming Over? W/ Yomi Adegoke
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Recorded live at London Podcast Festival, Ash and Moya are joined by Yomi Adegoke, author of The List, to discuss the politics of online pile-ons.
46: Porn Is Everywhere. How Damaging Is It Really?
Moya Lothian-McLean and Ash Sarkar
What happens when sex becomes an online stunt? Ash and Moya discuss OnlyFans and ubiquitous porn.
Reading the Communist Manifesto
Jeremy Gilbert, Nadia Idle & Keir Milburn
The ACFM gang gather for a midwinter reading of Marx and Engels’ endlessly quotable 1848 tract.
Why the Left Needs to Care About Crypto
Richard Hames Meets Sam Hart
A blockchain for the local economy?
45: Surviving End-of-Year Burnout
Ash and Moya reflect on a year of discomfort and grief, from personal challenges to political setbacks.
The Parallel Political Universe of Love Actually
From the war on terror to the looming social care crisis, Richard Curtis’ festive romcom is a counterfactual vision of ’00s Britain. Nathalie Olah investigates.
44. How to Deal With People Who Can’t Deal With You
Moya and Ash get a few things off their chest in a Christmas episode recorded together in London.
Die Hard and the Fate of American Empire
What can Bruce Willis’ shoeless cowboy cop tell us about American corporate power? James Butler explores a Christmas favourite.
43: How Far Would You Go to Be Yourself? W/ Amrou Al-Kadhi
Moya and Ash talk to Amrou Al-Kadhi about their debut film, Layla, and the pursuit of self-expression.
We Need a New Wikileaks
Richard Hames Meets Stefania Maurizi
Who will take up the mantle for the age of livestreamed genocide?
42: Why Won’t They Just Break Up?
Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean
Moya has a theory for Ash about couples who will do anything except pull the plug. Plus, advice for a special one dealing with guilt.