Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 16 hours 27 minutes
Comedian Tom Ballard joins Leah Green and Freddy McConnell to talk about strength in all its forms: women’s strength and Hillary Clinton; male strength and the pressures of the gym; and the potentially patronising ‘super-humans’ coming out of the Paralympics
This week we’re talking about allies: white allies, straight allies, male allies - all the allies
Women relate better to gay people. Is there any truth in complimentary generalisations? And is it ok to have the conversation?
When curiosity oversteps the mark – trans man Freddy and black Jew Leah create an ‘offence-free’ zone to discuss. Prepared to be shocked
Hosts Leah Green and Freddy McConnell discuss the misogyny and homophobia that have hit the headlines, or rather have been the headlines, at Rio 2016. Should we be more forgiving and are these instances being dealt with properly?
Monica Tan and Michael Safi talk over recent unrest in Melbourne and why an anti-halal app has become a smash-hit with Muslim shoppers. Plus: what happened when a famous writer asked Monica if she was ‘from mainland China’?
Token host Monica Tan talks to Ijeoma Oluo about Beyoncé’s magnum opus, Lemonade, and why she is proof ‘you cannot be rich enough to escape your blackness’
Podcast regulars Monica Tan and Michael Safi are joined this week by the Egyptian-born Australian musician Joseph Tawadros, one of the world’s top oud players. They talk racism, multiculturalism and morning television – and if you hang on to the end, you can hear Tawadros play
‘You’re damn right Hollywood’s racist,’ said Chris Rock as he opened the Oscars. He went on to describe an exclusive club of very nice people who just don’t hire many African Americans ... So will things change now? Today’s hosts – Monica Tan and Miles Martignoni – are joined by Lanre Bakare from the Guardian’s New York office. Plus: special mentions for all the people of colour you may have missed in those Oscar-winning movies ...
Did our producer use his ethnicity to secure a lease? A survey has found minorities can be at a disadvantage when house-hunting but he may have found the exception