If I Speak: 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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Novara FM: Read Some Effing Jameson!
Sianne Ngai and Matthew Beaumont unpack one of the great critics of our time as he turns 90.
If I Speak: 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.
ACFM: 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.
Novara FM: London’s Endless Appetite
What does a colonial metropolis have for dinner? Vittles founder Jonathan Nunn and writer Amardeep Singh Dhillon explain.
If I Speak: 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.
Novara FM: 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.
If I Speak: 08: How To Cultivate Optimism
How to stay hopeful when the future looks bleak, and marriage communication advice.
Novara FM: The Great Housing Crisis Debate
What's really causing Britain's housing crisis? Michael Walker debates Nick Bano, author of Against Landlords.
If I Speak: 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.
If I Speak: 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.
Novara FM: 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.
If I Speak: 05: Are We Trapped in a Fantasy?
Moya is joined by author Shon Faye to talk about the lure of political fantasies.
ACFM: Trip 41: Trust Your Gut
How did capitalism separate our minds from our bodies? Nadia, Jem and Keir investigate.
Novara FM: 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.
If I Speak: 04: Can You Teach an Adult to Have Empathy?
Ash and Moya tackle a Big Theory about how we punish criminals.
Novara FM: Not Westminster’s Whipping Boys
Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, the mayors of Manchester and Liverpool, set out their vision for the North.
If I Speak: 03: The Dating Trap
Is there such a thing as a sexual marketplace? Moya and Ash debate the dating trap for straight women.