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PIG CORE, RIOT GIRL POLITICS IN OUR 30’S & 40’S, GEEZING OUT, ABSURDLY SOFT CORE, REFUSING TO BE GAY FOR PAY, TIPPED IN GARBAGE, SEVERE FROG FACE, HUMILIATION AT EVERY CORNER BUT WE JUST COME OUT CLOSER, COOLER & MORE RADICAL Time Stamps:  1:57 THORN ZINE  24:30 ‘OnlyFans: Inside the Machine’  53:50 The EHRC (Equality & Human Rights Commission) Code of Practice  1:04:35 Wankers Corner...

Welcome to our April episode of Radio AvA! Made possible by a collaboration between Kiran & Vanita from VAMP & Saheli Sangh & Jo Hemlatha.  Real Radio AvA heads will know we previously released an introduction to this episode back in October 2025, well this is the interview we primed you for & know you have been waiting for.  We were joined by Kiran & Vanita who are both sex wo...

This month we were delighted to welcome Pisces back (after a very long hiatus) to discuss the vast subject of sex work & fatness.  In the age of Ozempic fuelled body fascism we came together as fat babes to talk about exactly what it means to be fat & selling sex. We talked about all the not so fun stuff like fatphobia in the industry, larger bodies being pushed out of public life & wh...

Welcome to the February episode of Radio AvA! In Honour of St Valentines Day we talked about sex worker art and anti-ICE action in Minneapolis! Longstanding regular Jamie returned to the radio for a third time (over the span of 10 years, which is so impressive) to talk about all thing Cosey Fanni Tutti. We talked about her career making music, as an artist, glamour model and performer, her unique...

✨🌹Are you ready for the THORN takeover episode? 🌹✨It’s well into 2026 & despite the never ending horrors. Lolly, Julian & Alex from @thornonline gathered together to bring you some trans h00ker angst & absurdity. After processing some of the recent global affairs & updating our listeners on THORN’s resent progress (events, socials, activism oh my!) we moved on to a few hot topi...

Welcome to our final episode of Radio Ava for 2025! We were honoured to be joined by Stoness (@stoness______) a writer, comedian and deeply introspective hustler to discuss all things sex work and care. What a way to end the year! The conversation between Lolly & Stoness goes down a whole host of digressions including hooking part time (allegedly allegedly), the potential/imminent/current gent...

Hello from the depths of London’s winter! What a fascinating delight we have for you this month. Writer, anthropologist & facilitator Jo Hemlatha joined Lolly in the studio for an introduction (yes, this is only part 1!) to upcoming interviews with activist from the sex workers rights movements in Northern India VAMP & Saheli Sangh. Jo provides an extremely comprehensive introduction to th...

Welcome to our September episode of Radio AvA!Please join Lolly, first time guest Lotte & Radio AvA regular Alex for a riotous conversation that covers the current syphilis outbreak, the rise in fascism, past relationships & more! Lotte Latham also treats us to a reading of her new work Maternal Potential, a punchy & poetic cum punk literary piece on the subjects of abortion, sex work...

Welcome to our (very, very, very late) August episode of Radio AvA! A little audio memory of summer to tantalise you as we head firmly into autumn. Jack Parker & Sapphire (as well as gorgeous baby Amber) joined us in the studio to discuss everything from sperm donors to transition and pregnancy to how and if to talk to your child about your sex work status. It's a gripping conversation th...

Welcome to our July episode of radio AvA. This month we were delighted to welcome Angel into the studio to talk about everything sex work & nightlife related. We talked about the current scene in London, changing career, the meaning of FLINTA & much much more! Please do yourself a favour & follow Angel on IG @angel_in_a_cage_80 & the two nights she puts on are Catnip- @catnip_produ...

CW: Su!c!de & s£lf h@rm  Welcome to our June episode of Radio AvA!  Get educated as Alex deep dives into the Online Harms Bill, she truly tells you everything you need to know about it from its origins to present day and how exactly it will effect you with with your online advertising platforms. We were also delighted to have Rosalind in the studio for her fist time! She told us all about the...

May 2025: Louise Weard on Castration & Sex Work & Magic with The Empress Mirage by RadioAvA

Due to the terrible Supreme Court ruling on the "definition of a woman" Lolly saw fit to call the besties from THORN in for an emergency episode to discuss what exactly this means for our community, how we can support transwomen & transfemmes & what support is out there. Julian & Alexandra joined Lolly in studio to rage, grieve and most importantly look towards the future. It...

CW: bodily fluids & SA We have an extra special March episode for you listeners to celebrate (hopefully) the end of the long winter in London. Angel B.H joined us to read from her debut novel, All Hookers go to Heaven. We talked about a number of the pressing themes. We were also joined by four professional submissives to talk about this highly stigmatised form of sex work and how we can build...

Radio AvA presents a Valentines special episode about dating and matchmaking as a sex worker. CW SA

This episode is co-facilitated by our comrade Julian along with our co-host and Radio AvA regular Grey. Race and sex are perpetually intertwined realms of human life. We wish we could talk about everything today but the items we will be discussing now are the things we feel impact our current work. Being: a promiscuity associated with POC workers, age perceptions in different races, the racialisat...