We need to talk about postpartum psychosis, with Catherine Cho
So many women experience a postpartum mental disorder after having a baby. For me, it was postnatal depression. For Catherine Cho, it was po...
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Doing It Right with Pandora Sykes
A weekly interview series created and hosted by Pandora Sykes, about the myths, anxieties and trends of modern life - from sex to sadness to self-care. (Spoiler: there‘s no such thing as the...
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20 of 31 episodesWhy you might be languishing, with Corey Keyes
Feeling demotivated? Aimless? Without meaning, or purpose? According to sociologist and psychologist Corey Keyes, you could be languishing....
How tech flattened personal taste, with Kyle Chayka
The homogenisation of popular culture is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. In my 2020 book, How Do We Know We’re Doing It...
The myth of the sociopath, with Patric Gagne
What does the term ‘sociopath’ mean to you? Serial killer? Social outcast? Or wait - is that a psychopath? Patric first told her story in a...
Decolonising beauty, with Afua Hirsch
I’m really interested in talking about the gnarly parts of the beauty industry - where things like tanning and hair removal actually come fr...
How to have a more meaningful social life, with Priya Parker
Welcome to the last episode of Series 3! I really hope you have enjoyed the series and it’s given you some pause for thoughts. Don’t forget...
The expectation effect, with David Robson
Can the way you think about your body, change the way it works? Can a positive outcome about ageing, actually cause you to live longer? I’ve...
The myth of the ‘baby brain’ with Chelsea Conaboy
Did you find yourself scrambling for words, losing your keys, forgetting basically everything, when you had a baby? Perhaps you witnessed it...
What we get wrong about sleep, with Russell Foster
Tired all the time? Worried you’re not getting the fabled ‘8 hours’ ? You’re not alone: we’ve become a nation of orthosomniacs. But panic no...
The many myths of fast fashion, with Venetia La Manna
I’ve been wanting to do an episode on the many myths of fast fashion since I wrote an essay titled Get The Look, for my 2020 essay collectio...
What we get wrong about knife crime, with Gary Younge
What do you know about knife crime? It’s something that happens in gangs and on the streets. It’s something you’ve never had to worry about....
The myth of gendered emotion, with Praga Agarwal
Professor Pragya Agarwal is a data and behavioural scientist, a visiting professor of social inequities and injustice at Loughborough Univer...
What we get wrong about dementia, with Wendy Mitchell
There are 50million people living with dementia worldwide. By 2050, it’s likely to rise to 152 million. But how much do you know about demen...
The myth of good skin, with Jessica DeFino
Jessica DeFino is not your regular beauty journalist. After finding her pieces were regularly rejected from newspapers and magazines for bei...
The nuances of grief, with Cariad Lloyd
I'm so pleased to bring you this s2 bonus episode sponsored by Sage Appliances, with Cariad Lloyd, which we recorded in front of a live audi...
How to be sad, with Helen Russell
Helen Russell is a journalist, podcaster and author of How To Be Sad, a part memoir/ manifesto which argues that we can’t talk about happine...
Re-thinking self-care, with Pooja Lakshmin
Pooja Lakshmin MD is a psychiatrist and writer, specialising in women's mental health. The founder of digital women's health platform Gemma,...
The lonely economy, with Noreena Hertz
Noreena Hertz is an economist and thought leader and the author of The Lonely Century, a fascinating and sprawling study of the epidemic of...
Introverts and Extroverts, with Arthur Brooks
Arthur Brooks is a social scientist, Harvard professor and author of multiple books, who writes a column for The Atlantic about happiness. A...
What the law gets wrong, with Alexandra Wilson
Alexandra Wilson is a criminal and family law barrister, the founder of Black Women In Law and the author of Black & White: a young barriste...