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Nyla and Chris chat about the biggest far-right march in recent UK history. Ant Middleton and his London Mayor bid. Were there really 3 trillion people there? What do they actually want, and why are they shy about saying it? Are they bothered about racist crime and crimes committed by 'their own'? Check in again for more lively analysis.

In this wide-ranging conversation with actor and comedian Janice Connolly, we explore how freedom of speech, comedy, and community have all been affected by rising online hate, Islamophobia, and social division. We ask: Can we still disagree without dehumanising each other? Has comedy lost its edge — or its empathy? And what happens to working-class solidarity when fear and isolation take over? Fr...

I talk with dynamic Laura Liptrot about her experience as a bigger actor. Is sizism okay in acting? Or have ground-breaking productions such as Bridgerton made size a non-issue? How realistic is what we see on screen anyway when it comes to 'normal' people? Our discussion covers the reality of being big in an increasingly aesthetic industry, stereotyping, coping strategies and being resili...

The Nowsville discussion group talked about the report that made a link between  following  misogynist influencers like Tate and mainstream extremist thinking. In the first episode we talked about the attraction of Tate. For those not versed in his rhetoric, Tom reads out part of the Tate manifesto of women needing to spend all day making themselves ‘pretty’ and ‘always smiling’ without troubling...