If I Speak

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If I Speak episodes

July 23, 2024 23: Surviving your Saturn return
Moya and Ash debate the power of astrology and explain how they survived their ‘Saturn return’ era. Plus: Ash’s best anti-procrastination techniques.
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Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 6 min
July 16, 2024 22: How will I know if I really want kids? w/ Renay Richardson
Ash and Moya are joined by podcast entrepreneur and single mum Renay Richardson to talk about the realities of solo parenting, from being blocked from adopting to the shortage of Black sperm donors. Plus: a harrowing faux pas.
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Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 22 min
July 09, 2024 21: What does it take to be effortlessly cool?
Ash has a theory of cool that involves nonchalance, style and timing – but Moya’s not so sure. Plus, advice for one listener who wants respect in their situationship, and someone dealing with a newcomer to the family.
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Music by Matt Huxley.
55 min
July 02, 2024 20: Skinny is back in fashion. FFS!
The return of low rise jeans was a harbinger of something worse: being seriously thin is back in fashion. But why now? Moya and Ash have a Big Theory. Plus: the brown girl moisturising protocol.
CW: weight, dieting, eating disorders, cosmetic procedures.
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Music by Matt Huxley
57 min
June 25, 2024 19: We’re boiling with rage
Moya has a big theory about why everyone’s on such a short fuse these days and Ash responds to a listener with a debilitating crush. Plus: science or magic?
We’re going to Glastonbury! Moya will be joined by Shon Faye and a LEGENDARY special guest a live recording of the show, and will host two Radical Connections sessions to get you matched up. Find us on the Nomad stage in Shangri-La.
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*Gossip, elevated.*
Music by Matt Huxley
1 hr 3 min
June 18, 2024 18: Why does everything feel so disposable?
Ash presents a big theory about disposability and social shame prompted by a wardrobe clearout, and Moya responds to a dilemma about dating while living with parents. Plus: spot remedies.
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*Gossip, elevated.*
Music by Matt Huxley
59 min
June 11, 2024 17: Feeling seen w/ Nicola Dinan
Moya and Ash talk to Nicola Dinan, author of Bellies, about why we crave external validation yet hate to be perceived. Plus: advice for a listener who got engaged while drunk.
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*Gossip, elevated.*
Music by Matt Huxley
55 min
June 04, 2024 16: How do you recover after betrayal? w/ Chimene Suleyman
Moya and Ash talk to Chimene Suleyman, author of The Chain, about uncovering her ex-boyfriend’s secrets and why society lets abusive men get away with it again and again. Plus: a listener needs help with their sexless relationship.
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*Gossip, elevated.*
Music by Matt Huxley
1 hr
May 28, 2024 15: Dissociation is my superpower
Does the body keep the score? Ash and Moya explore the border between grief and trauma and how to embrace being emotionally messy when disaster strikes. Plus: an “accidental incel” writes in.
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*Gossip, elevated.*
Music by Matt Huxley
1 hr 5 min
May 21, 2024 14: What does it mean to live authentically? w/ Oisín McKenna
Ash and Moya talk to Evenings And Weekends author Oisín McKenna about living authentically, intense female friendships, and how financial precarity limits our self-exploration. Plus: compulsory heterosexuality and suspicious new boyfriends.
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*Gossip, elevated.*
Music by Matt Huxley
1 hr 12 min

About If I Speak

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Ash Sarkar and Moya Lothian-McLean sort the personal from the political, tackle listener dilemmas and air their opinions on the frustrations of modern life.