If I Speak: 17: Feeling Seen
Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies, talks to Moya and Ash about why we crave external validation.
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ACFM: Microdose: Notes on Camp
Has camp changed culture forever? The gang revisit Susan Sontag's 1964 essay for an aesthetic Microdose.
If I Speak: 16: How Do You Recover After Betrayal?
Moya and Ash talk to Chimene Suleyman, author of The Chain, about uncovering her ex-boyfriend's secrets.
Novara FM: The Right Is Getting Real on Climate. Can We?
It's time to turn our collective exhaustion into another form of climate politics, says Ajay Singh Chaudhary.
If I Speak: 15: Dissociation Is My Superpower
Does the body keep the score? Ash and Moya explore the border between grief and trauma.
ACFM: Trip 43: Cool
What's cooler than being cool? The ACFM crew find out, with help from Miles Davis, the Stooges and Pierre Bourdieu.
Novara FM: The Dolls Hold All the Receipts
Jules Gill-Peterson, author of A Short History of Trans Misogyny, points to the richness of life beyond gender norms.
If I Speak: 14: What Does It Mean to Live Authentically?
Ash and Moya talk to Evenings And Weekends author Oisín McKenna about living authentically.
Novara FM: Living Through the Chinese Miracle
Should we romanticise China? Yuan Yang fills us in on the human costs of its rise.
If I Speak: 13: I’m the Problem, It’s Me
Ash has a big theory about how we behave in relationships and Moya responds to an anxious people-pleaser.
Novara FM: All Of Which Are American Dreams…
Know Your Enemy hosts Sam Adler-Bell and Matthew Sitman analyse the state of conservatism across the Atlantic.
If I Speak: 12: How to Be a Good Friend
Moya and Ash get deep and meaningful before helping a listener who's dating a "normie".
ACFM: Microdose: Reactionary Democracy
How do politicians and pundits end up normalising the far-right? Aaron Winter and Aurelien Mondon explain in a Microdose interview.
Novara FM: Your Neighbour Kills Puppies
Imprisoned animal rights activist Tom Harris tells Rivkah Brown about a campaign that inspired Palestine Action.
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.
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.