If I Speak

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If I Speak episodes

April 29, 2025 62: I’m not sure I want to call myself a feminist anymore…
Ash and Moya confront their feelings after a bad fortnight for feminism, from Katy Perry in space to the Supreme Court’s anti-trans ruling. Plus: advice on divorcing parents and compulsive exercising.
PSA: We’re going live at EartH in London on 21st May! Special guest TBA! Tickets are available from Dice.
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Music by Matt Huxley.
57 min
April 22, 2025 61: Can friendships cross class lines? w/ Natasha Brown
Ash speaks to author Natasha Brown about the big questions raised by her acclaimed second novel Universality, a ‘whydunnit’ mystery about identity, class and how we (re)invent ourselves. Plus: a dilemma about selling your soul.
PSA: We’re going live at EartH in London on 21st May! Tickets are available from Dice.
Send your dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
57 min
April 15, 2025 60: Are we too addicted to convenience?
Ash and Moya answer a mystery question and wonder if our quest for a life of convenience was a mistake. Plus: advice for a listener dating a much, much older man. PSA: We’re going live at EartH in London on 21st May! Stay tuned for tickets next week.
Music by Matt Huxley.
52 min
April 08, 2025 59: Does my ex owe me money for the house we renovated?
Moya and Ash offer advice to a special one who’s lost everything after renovating a house with their ex. Plus: what if some of us are ‘relationship people’ while the rest are better off alone?
We’re now yapping on TikTok! Follow us @ifispeakpod. Send your dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 2 min
April 01, 2025 58: I want to be fun again. Help!
Ash has an intrusive thought that she thinks Moya can help with: make me fun again! Plus advice for a listener navigating the identity politics of the student council.
We’re now yapping on TikTok! Follow us @ifispeakpod
Send us your dilemmas: [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
58 min
March 25, 2025 57: Do you really want to know about your partner’s past mistakes?
Nicola Dinan returns to the show to talk about her second novel, Disappoint Me, and respond to Moya’s question about how to deal with a partner’s past mistakes. Plus, dilemmas about lip filler and bottom surgery. CW: Contains discussion of sexual assault.
We’re now yapping on TikTok! Follow us @ifispeakpod
Send us your dilemmas: [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 10 min
March 18, 2025 56: The one where Moya grills Ash on her new book
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Moya has a bone to pick with Ash about Minority Rule and the conversations sparked by her book tour, while posing the big question: why is it so hard to form your own opinions? Plus: what to do when a newly sober friend starts drifting away.
We’re now yapping on TikTok! Follow us @ifispeakpod
Send us your dilemmas: [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 4 min
March 11, 2025 55: Joy is an act of resistance… right?
Moya and Ash discuss the uses and abuses of self-care culture and its roots in Black feminism. Plus: how to get over homesickness.
Send us your dilemmas: [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 3 min
March 04, 2025 54: Forget the boycott, gimme that brand deal
Why did Stormzy delete his pro-Palestine posts just before unveiling a Happy Meal tie-in with McDonald’s? Ash asks Moya if big artists are all just businesses in the end. Plus: how to deal with a delusional friend.
Send us your dilemmas: [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
54 min
February 25, 2025 53: Getting ‘the ick’
When did we all start ‘getting the ick’? And why does it mainly seem to be women who get it? Ash and Moya unpack the gender politics behind the ‘ick-course’. Plus: when is the right time to have the big money chat with your partner?
Send us your dilemmas: [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
48 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.