In this episode we reconvened remotely to catch up on our quarantine antics. We discussed the recent changes set out by the UK government with regards to lifting the lockdown and also how we've kept ourselves busy during these uncertain times.

Men's Mental Health with Ben West

Apr 7th, 2020 42m 52s

For a special lockdown episode this week we were joined by mental health campaigner Ben West. He's campaigning to get mental health first aid to become a compulsory part of teacher training in the UK. We think this is hugely important, so in th

The Gender Pay Gap

Mar 14th, 2020 47m 15s

Last Sunday it was International Women's Day and so this week we decided to explore some of the inequalities that still exist between men and women by debunking the gender pay gap. We compared different gender pay gaps across a variety of count

The Cultural Significance of Food

Feb 29th, 2020 46m 25s

Food and eating is a unique fusion whereby humans behave both biologically and socially. The practice can be deeply embedded within one's upbringing and culture. We talked about our own relationships with food, and the significance of it in our

Electoral Reform

Feb 23rd, 2020 43m 33s

Electoral reform has been a ubiquitous topic in politics for some time now. We discussed the different types of voting systems in relation to the UK's first-past-the-post, which has come under criticism for failing to attribute any power to min

Expectations

Feb 15th, 2020 46m 4s

What are expectations and how do they affect us? We take a more personal approach to this topic, drawing from our diverse backgrounds and experiences to analyse how expectations differ across cultures, countries and religions - from ‘wife kidna

LGBT+ History Month: Sex Ed & Consent

Feb 8th, 2020 48m 29s

February is LGBT+ History Month and to celebrate we decided to talk about sex education and consent within the community. We discussed what seemed to be highly biological and heteronormative personal experiences with sex education, where sexual

The Australian Bushfires

Feb 1st, 2020 48m 55s

Australian Bushfires have been occurring for centuries, but the fires of 2019 and 2020 met the public with unprecedented force, and they're still burning. With two student journalists from Warwick's The Boar, we discussed what's been happening

Childhood

Jan 25th, 2020 45m 8s

This week we were joined by Chathu to discuss childhood and its significance on our future lives. By drawing on our own experiences, we explored the problematic notion of the heteronormative 'nuclear family' whereby we expect men to be breadwin

Virginity

Jan 18th, 2020 49m 44s

Sexual liberation is so important - for both our physical and mental health. Virginity is a concept that remains to hold some pretty retrogressive assumptions - girls are told to hold on to it whilst boys are told to get rid of it as soon as th

Ethical Dilemmas

Jan 11th, 2020 47m 26s

For our first episode of the new year we decided to try and answer some ethical dilemma questions. School and university teaches us a lot of useful and useless things but sometimes real life surprises us with some far more complex problems. In

Social Media

Dec 1st, 2019 47m 10s

It can be so easy to blame a huge portion of contemporary issues on social media, whether it's mental health, false news, or cult political groups. We discussed the paradox of social media's attempt to connect us in the face of increased loneli

Greenwashing

Nov 24th, 2019 43m 44s

This week we spoke about the deceptive powers of greenwashing and how the 'trendiness' of sustainability has motivated companies to attempt to appear greener than they actually are. We honed in on greenwashing in fashion and political campaigni

Call-out Culture

Nov 17th, 2019 46m

Dealing with conflicting opinions is part of what it means to be human. But it seems that social media has hindered our ability to understand the fact that sometime people get things wrong. Call-out culture has made it socially acceptable to ca

Political Ignorance

Nov 3rd, 2019 49m 2s

We seem to live in a political climate where an election always seems to be around the corner, and this week, with the announcement of a December General Election, we thought it necessary to discuss voting behaviour. With social media narrowing

Voluntourism & Poverty Porn

Oct 27th, 2019 46m 27s

More people than ever spend their summers volunteering in developing countries. We used this episode to talk about the potential harms of voluntourism and the way that it has perpetuated the voyeuristic notion of 'poverty porn'.

Privilege

Oct 15th, 2019 47m 51s

This week we spoke with Tom about privilege, unpacking what it means and why it seems to have become a dirty word. We gained insights into how acknowledging one's privilege is imperative in overcoming the social stigma attached to it.

Mental Health

Oct 15th, 2019 50m 27s

This week we spoke with Mo about mental health. Firstly, we spoke about what exactly our mental health is, and why to some level it is perceived as a trivial matter. We ended the discussion by establishing how 'good' mental health doesn't neces

Changing Diets for the Environment

Oct 15th, 2019 46m 11s

Amidst the growth of the Extinction Rebellion protests we've been seeing, we decided to discuss the climate crisis and its link to the food that we eat. We talked about why going vegan is beneficial for the planet, and how we can go about doing

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