If I Speak

By Novara MediaSociety & Culture Relationships

Favorites
22
Followers
Typical duration
62 min
per episode

Based on Podcast App listening data

If I Speak episodes

February 18, 2025 52: Happy birthday IIS! Now ask us anything…
One whole year of If I Speak! Moya and Ash celebrate with an #AMA, tackling your questions on career growth, love songs, role models, Irish politics and whether they’re friends in real life. Plus: listener feedback on last week’s “return of the slur”.
Send us your dilemmas: [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 7 min
February 11, 2025 51: Am I feminine enough for you?
Ash and Moya respond to a mystery question about femininity with a conversation about desire, agency and sexual politics. Plus: advice for a listener tangled up in their in-laws’ finances.
Send us your dilemmas: [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 1 min
February 04, 2025 50: The return of the slur
After hearing the R-word on a comedy podcast, Moya offers an intrusive thought about the limits of language policing. Plus: what to do about a horrible housemate.
Send in your questions for If I Speak’s birthday AMA episode on 18th February! [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 4 min
January 28, 2025 49: We need to see more wrinkles on screen!
Ash and Moya discuss women’s changing faces on screen and the intensifying obsession with ageing. Plus: tough love for a Special One who’s getting in their own way.
Email your dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 1 min
January 21, 2025 48: Is it time to cut off my lying dad?
Ash and Moya tackle a mailbag full of dilemmas, including a committed couple arguing over money, a daughter considering cutting off her dad, and a student struggling to overcome the trauma of rape. Plus: Ash blushes her way through your emails about gay porn.
CW: suicide, rape.
Resources: https://thesurvivorstrust.org/support-in-your-area
Email your dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 2 min
January 14, 2025 47: Is the era of public shaming over? w/ Yomi Adegoke at London Podcast Festival
Recorded live at London Podcast Festival last September, Ash and Moya are joined by Yomi Adegoke – author of The List and Slay In Your Lane – to talk about public shaming. Is the era of the online pile-on over? Plus, our audience of special ones help to solve some listener dilemmas.
Email your dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 23 min
January 07, 2025 46: Porn is everywhere. How damaging is it really?
What happens when sex becomes an online stunt? Ash and Moya discuss OnlyFans creator Lily Phillips, who challenged herself to have sex with 100 men in one day, and wonder if the radical feminists were right about porn. Plus: advice for a listener struggling to build deeper friendships.
Email your dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 16 min
December 31, 2024 45: Surviving end-of-year burnout
What has 2024 taught us? Ash and Moya reflect on a year of discomfort and grief, from personal challenges to political setbacks. Plus: what classic dance track does Ash have stuck in her head?
Email your dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 7 min
December 24, 2024 44. How to deal with people who can’t deal with you
Moya and Ash swerve the fuzzy festive feelings in order to get some things off their chest. Plus, advice for a listener who feels trapped in their happy relationship.
Email your missed connections and dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 1 min
December 17, 2024 43: How far would you go to be yourself? w/ Amrou Al-Kadhi
Moya and Ash talk to writer and director Amrou Al-Kadhi about their brilliant debut film, Layla, which follows a young drag queen in chaotic pursuit of self-expression. Plus, advice on how to handle a partner with a porn addiction.
Email your missed connections and dilemmas to [email protected]
Music by Matt Huxley.
1 hr 1 min

About If I Speak

From the publisher's feed

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.