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If I Speak

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About the show

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.

Latest episodes

  • 131: Is there an upside to AI-generated porn?

    October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Ash and Moya talk about porn, sex work, desire, ‘duty sex’ and more in a conversation sparked by a mystery question. Is AI-generated porn driving viewers to more extreme content? Has OnlyFans made it harder to be a woman on the internet?…

  • 130: The inconvenient truth about convenience culture

    September 29, 2026 · 59 min

    Moya and Ash get their nerd on with a conversation about the rise of convenience and the loss of enchantment. How can we access feelings of wonder in a world of quick fixes? Is friction the spice of life? (With reference to LOTR, Jaws and…

  • 129: How did the pandemic change you?

    September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    What if we still haven’t processed what the pandemic did to us? Was Covid a permanent turning point for our social lives and mental health? Ash and Moya identify an ongoing yearning for connection amid the scare stories and the manic…

  • 128: Does a widening income gap spell trouble between friends?

    September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    Moya and Ash think about how money changes our priorities. Should rich friends should pay for their poor friends? And how do income gaps affect our romantic relationships? Plus: what to do when your partner reveals an addiction. Get…

  • 127: Help! I think my friend is in love with me?!

    September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    Moya is worried about status – and so are increasing numbers of men in therapy, according to a recent report. So what does status look like in this economy? How are men adapting to not being guaranteed breadwinners? Can you be both…

  • 126: What if you don’t have to feel anxious 24/7?

    August 18, 2026 · 52 min

    Ash has had life-changing experience for only £38. Has she found the key to escaping her fight-or-flight response? And what’s the best way to process anxiety? Plus: how to respond when your partner’s porn habit makes you feel weird. Get…

  • 125: Is the era of conspicuous consumption nearly over?

    August 11, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Have we finally had enough of hyper-consumerism? Moya and Ash confront the political crises that are changing our attitudes to spending, and what that’s got to do with the World Cup and cerulean sweaters. Plus: what to do when you’ve lost…

  • 124: Are you afraid of being ordinary?

    August 4, 2026 · 60 min

    Trapped in the attention economy, Moya wonders if our reading habits are affecting our sense of self, and Ash offers a feminist analysis of ‘main character’ versus ‘NPC’. Plus: what to do when your politics drift away from your…