134: Try, Fail and Fail Again? How Embarrassing!

Ash has a big theory about our growing fear of cringe. How does the internalisation of secondhand...

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133: What If We Explained Ourselves a Little Less?

A weird interaction on the dancefloor gets Ash thinking about ambiguity. How do we balance the need...

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132: Is There Such a Thing As Healthy Competition?

After quitting Instagram, Moya wonders if the concept of ‘healthy competition’ is a...

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131: Is There an Upside to AI-Generated Porn?

Ash and Moya talk about porn, sex work, desire, ‘duty sex’ and more in a conversation...

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130: The Inconvenient Truth About Convenience Culture

Moya and Ash get their nerd on with a conversation about the rise of convenience culture and the...

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Are We Still Living in Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle?

Following their recent Trip episode on Situationism, the gang offer a close reading of The Society...

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129: How Did the Pandemic Change You?

What if we still haven’t processed what the pandemic did to us? Was Covid a permanent turning...

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128: Does a Widening Income Gap Spell Trouble Between Friends?

Moya and Ash think about how money changes our priorities. Should rich friends should pay for their...

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What Did the Situationists Achieve?

In this Trip episode, Nadia, Jem and Keir look back on the antics and manifestos of the socialist...

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127: Help! I Think My Friend Is in Love With Me?!

Moya is worried about status – and so are increasing numbers of men in therapy, according to...

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126: What If You Don’t Have to Feel Anxious 24/7?

Ash has had life-changing experience for only £38. Has she found the key to escaping her...

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How Britain’s Fragile Coastal Communities Are Reclaiming Power

Nadia visits reporter and author Hazel Sheffield in her Hastings beach hut to talk about the...

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125: Is the Era of Conspicuous Consumption Nearly Over?

Have we finally had enough of hyper-consumerism? Moya and Ash confront the political crises that...

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Why Do British Seaside Towns Vote Reform?

Despite the cold winds, sewage spills and ouch-y pebbles, British people love the beach. But if the...

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124: Are You Afraid of Being Ordinary?

Trapped in the attention economy, Moya wonders if our reading habits are affecting our sense of...

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123: How Can I Get Better at Dealing With Rejection?

Ash dreams up a whole new category – Disasterclass – in order to talk about...

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122: Can You Change Who You’re Attracted To? W/ Annie Lord

Former Vogue agony aunt Annie Lord joins Ash and Moya to talk about what happens if you let go of...

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121: Is It Time to Stop Height-Shaming Men?

Ash and Moya answer a not-so-mystery question about men’s self-image and whether short kings...

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What Does Self-Knowledge Look Like? Reading Marcus Aurelius

The Meditations of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius are perhaps the best-selling self-help book of all...

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120: Help! I’m Dreading Moving to the Suburbs With My Partner

Ash and Moya get stuck into your dilemmas. Featuring: a POC friend whose new boyfriend votes...

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119: I Know I Should Forgive My Enemies… But What If I Don’t Want To?

A brush with an old enemy brings up big questions about letting go and moving on. What does...

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Are You Resilient Enough to Face the Future?

When revolution fails, when the resistance crumbles, what’s left? The ACFM crew consider the...

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118: Can a Hen Party Ever Be Chic?

‘Tis the season! Moya and Ash explore the etiquette of the modern wedding, from cringey hen...

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117: Is Screen Addiction Ruining Our Connection to Art?

Moya has a big theory about why wealthy elites seem to have stopped caring about culture, which...

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116: I Can’t Stop Worrying About Money. Is There a Way Out?

Moya tunes into the background hum of money worries. Does our upbringing predict our attitude to...

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