Speak On Podcast

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Yolanda speaks with Dafina Malovska who after surviving Stage 2 womb cancer has become a campaigner on a mission to improve women's health in the UK. This is her enlightening story. 

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Speak On is a podcast, event series and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and follow us on socials to stay updated on new episodes, live events and more.

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/speakon_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@speakon_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@speakon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Host, Creator & Executive Producer: Yolanda Copes-Stepney: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/yokics⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Dafina Malovska:

www.instagram.com/dafina_mental_strength

⁠Produced by: Speak&Do Productions:

⁠⁠⁠⁠www.speakanddoproductions.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Executive Producer: Abigail Weaver:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver⁠⁠⁠

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We spoke to Dr Brad Sagarin back in 2021 about the science

of pleasure and pain.

Yolanda speaks to Dr Brad Sagarin, a professor of psychology at Northern Illinois University and the head of the Science of BDSM Research Team, about the science and psychology behind BDSM.

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Speak On is a podcast, event series and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and follow us on socials to stay updated on new episodes, live events and more.

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/speakon_⁠⁠⁠⁠
• TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@speakon_⁠⁠⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@speakon⁠⁠⁠⁠

Host, Creator & Executive Producer: Yolanda Copes-Stepney: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/yokics⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Dr Brad Sagarin

⁠⁠https://www.scienceofbdsm.com/⁠⁠

Produced by: Speak&Do Productions: ⁠⁠⁠www.speakanddoproductions.com⁠⁠⁠

Executive Producer: Abigail Weaver:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver⁠⁠⁠

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We spoke to Dr Matt Winning back in 2021 about the reality of climate change.

Dr Matt Winning is a stand-up comedian and expert environmental researcher who performs live climate change comedy shows. He is also an Author, Broadcaster and Keynote Speaker.

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We're back for another season! This time, our theme is 'Shit You Should Care About'. For this first episode, Yolanda speaks with environmental researcher at the University College London, climate change comedian, podcaster and author of the book 'Hot Mess: What on earth can we do about climate change?', Dr Matt Winning. We highly recommend Matt's TEDx talk! Together, Yolanda and Matt explore how the climate crisis is a people problem, rather than a planet problem.

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Speak On is a podcast, event series and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and follow us on socials to stay updated on new episodes, live events and more.

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/speakon_⁠⁠⁠
• TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@speakon_⁠⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@speakon⁠⁠⁠

Host, Creator & Executive Producer: Yolanda Copes-Stepney: ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/yokics⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Matt Winning:

www.instagram.com/mattywin85/

Produced by: Speak&Do Productions: ⁠⁠www.speakanddoproductions.com⁠⁠

Executive Producer: Abigail Weaver:  ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver⁠⁠⁠

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We spoke to Ceecee back in 2021 about her experiences as a trans woman.

Yolanda speaks to public speaker and content creator Ceecee Jacobsen about her experience as the first trans person in her entire country.

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Speak On is a podcast, event series and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and follow us on socials to stay updated on new episodes, live events and more.

• Instagram: ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/speakon_⁠⁠
• TikTok: ⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@speakon_⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@speakon⁠⁠

Host, Creator & Executive Producer: Yolanda Copes-Stepney: ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/yokics⁠⁠

Guest: Ceecee Jacobsen www.instagram.com/ceeceejacobsen/⁠

Produced by: Speak&Do Productions: ⁠www.speakanddoproductions.com⁠

Executive Producer: Abigail Weaver:  ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver⁠⁠

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We spoke to Maisha back in 2022 about her experiences with Domestic Abuse/Intimate Partner Violence.

TW: Abuse, suicide, mental health. Yolanda speaks with Maisha Sumah, a domestic violence survivor and award-winning public speaker who advocates against domestic abuse. We had some recording issues with this episode, but do not be put off. Maisha's story is harrowing but very important. 

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Speak On is a podcast, event series and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and connect to Speak On’s social media channels.

• Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/speakon_⁠
• TikTok: ⁠www.tiktok.com/@speakon_⁠
• YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/@speakon⁠
  

Guest: Maisha Sumah: www.instagram.com/maishasumah__

Host, Creator & Executive Producer: Yolanda Copes-Stepney: ⁠www.instagram.com/yokics⁠

Produced by: Speak&Do Productions:  www.speakanddoproductions.com

Executive Producer: Abigail Weaver:  ⁠www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver⁠

Yolanda Copes-Stepney, the creator and host of Speak On, is back with a new season for 2025. After a well-earned break, Speak On returns to continue exploring culture, society and wellbeing through honest, inclusive, and empowering conversations. 

To kick things off, we're re-releasing some past episodes that speak to current events and online discourse - powerful conversations worth revisiting.

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Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and follow us on socials to stay updated on new episodes, live events and more.

• Instagram: ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/speakon_⁠⁠
• TikTok: ⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@speakon_⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@speakon⁠⁠

Host, Creator & Executive Producer: Yolanda Copes-Stepney: ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/yokics⁠⁠

Produced by: Speak&Do Productions: ⁠www.speakanddoproductions.com⁠

Executive Producer: Abigail Weaver:  ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver⁠⁠

Yolanda speaks with Ben Butler, a Childcare Paralegal and newly graduated Barrister about why the surrogacy laws here in the UK have a lot of room for improvement.

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Speak On is an event series, podcast and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and connect to Speak On’s social media channels.

Speak On Instagram: www.instagram.com/speakon_ | #SpeakOn

Presented & Created by Yolanda Copes-Stepney: www.instagram.com/yokics

Guest: Ben Butler

Producer: Abigail Weaver: www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver

Production Assistants: Paige Walters & Sian Monforte

Yolanda speaks with Sarah Jones, a board member at SurrogacyUK who has been a surrogate five times! They speak on what it's actually like to be a surrogate, the misconceptions and why the laws around surrogacy have a lot of room for improvement. 

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Speak On is an event series, podcast and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and connect to Speak On’s social media channels.

Speak On Instagram: www.instagram.com/speakon_ | #SpeakOn

Presented & Created by Yolanda Copes-Stepney: www.instagram.com/yokics

Guest: Sarah Jones: https://www.instagram.com/sarahjsuk/

Producer: Abigail Weaver: www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver

Production Assistants: Paige Walters & Sian Monforte

Yolanda speaks with clinical psychologist Dr Haben Ghezai and trainee clinical psychologist Candice Williams about what makes a psychologist, the issues with TV psychologists and if therapy is for everyone.

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Speak On is an event series, podcast and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and connect to Speak On’s social media channels.

Speak On Instagram: www.instagram.com/speakon_ | #SpeakOn

Presented & Created by Yolanda Copes-Stepney: www.instagram.com/yokics

Guest: Haben: https://www.instagram.com/drhaben_ghezai/?hl=en Candice: https://twitter.com/Cand_45

Producer: Abigail Weaver: www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver

Production Assistants: Paige Walters & Sian Monforte

TW: Domestic abuse, mental health. Yolanda speaks with the Worlds 3rd Strongest Woman, the incredible Sam Tayloe. Sam is also a domestic violence survivor and advocates against DV. For this episode, Yolanda and Sam talk about how domestic abuse exists within LGBTQ+ relationships too and how this doesn't get discussed enough. 

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Speak On is an event series, podcast and panel show that explores culture, society and wellbeing.

Please rate, review, like, share and subscribe and connect to Speak On’s social media channels.

Speak On Instagram: www.instagram.com/speakon_ | #SpeakOn

Presented & Created by Yolanda Copes-Stepney: www.instagram.com/yokics

Guest: Sam Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/sam_taylor_welsh_strongwoman/

Producer: Abigail Weaver: www.instagram.com/_abigailweaver

Production Assistants: Paige Walters & Sian Monforte