This week we're joined by the hilarious writer and comedian Russell Kane. Expect chat about Ernest Hemingway, state schools, and how to take the piss of of lefties.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trigger warning: Suicide. In this episode topics like suicidal ideation and suicide are mentioned. Roman Kemp is a radio presenter and TV personality who recently made a BBC documentary about the suicide of his best friend Joe. In this episode we talk mental health, having a famous father, and what its spending Christmas with George Michael.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Alastair and Grace are joined by the most important person in both of their lives. Fiona Millar is a journalist, political aide, and campaigner on education and gender issues. She is also Grace's mum and Alastair's partner. In this episode the family talk about Fiona's life, and love, and Skye, the dog, also features, loudly snoring throughout.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a week with news dominated by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah, we're joined by political commentator, comedian, and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika to discuss the royals, racism in the UK, the Labour Party, and Ayesha and Alastair's time prepping Ed Miliband for the leadership debates.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anthony Scaramucci is an American entrepreneur, and served as the White House Director of Communications under Donald Trump from July 21 to July 31 in 2017, later going onto campaign against President Trump's politics. This week, Grace and Alastair talk American politics, the media, Donald Trump, and what happens when the ego takes over.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Grace and Alastair are joined by the MP for Tottenham David Lammy. David is critical of Jose Mourinho and Boris Johnson, two leaders of things he cares about. He joins us from lockdown, where he is longing for a long walks in the English countryside.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Grace and Alastair are joined by the wonderful novelist and broadcaster Kate Mosse. Kate is a novelist who has sold millions of books and is best known for her 2005 novel Labyrinth, which has been translated into more than 37 languages. Kate's a hoot, and in this episode the gang talk growing old, love, caring for family members, and how to write.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back with big news!!!! Books! Babies! No more depression! And swimming!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back for another heavy week. This is an episode focussed on mental health, less politics, and we are still continuing the conversation around #blacklivesmatter.  Enjoy!

We took a week out last week to listen and learn and offer our platforms to the #blacklivesmatter movement. This week we're back and talking about BLM, the end of lockdown, and JK Rowling's comments about transgender people. 

We're back with an episode mainly talking about the Dominic Cummings saga which unravelled this weekend. Plus some football, and a bit of feminism. 

#mentalhealthawarenessweek Alastair and Grace are back for another week. They discuss mental health, what life was like for Grace when they had protestors outside her house growing up, swimming and MORE. 

Another week in lockdown and another week of no football and some feminism. This week we're discussing The Eddy, Kier Starmer (and his hair), football, and what we're grateful for. Enjoy. And apologies for the momentary sound issues, hopefully you can forgive us!

Grace and Alastair are back with an incoherent but riveting conversation about Normal People, After Life, gratitude lists, Boris Johnson, why we shouldn't forgive him because he's had a baby AND you guessed it some Football & Feminism. Enjoy. 

Grace and Alastair are back with their podcast, brought to you from isolation. They discuss Miss World, how they're coping without football and comedy, and Alastair's obsession with trees. 

*BONUS EPISODE ALERT* The legendary, Golden Globe winning actor Brian Cox was in town and we had to get him on the podcast!! If you listen to this podcast, you'll know we obsessively discuss Cox's most recent hit show Succession all the time. Cox plays media mogul Logan Roy on the show & his catch phrase is 'Fuck Off' so he couldn't be bette than that. His career has spanned almost 60 years as an actor. Cox is very political, and has never held back his opinions when it comes to Scottish...

This is our season finale! Sorry for the very long Christmas hiatus! Thank you so much to everyone who has listened this season, we love you all! This week we have journalist, author, and incredible powerhouse Poorna Bell. Poorna's story is a unique one. Poorna's book Chasing The Rainbow was a game changer in talking about male suicide and depression, inspired by Poorna's own experience losing her husband Rob to suicide. In this episode we talk mental health, addiction, fitness, and Ru Paul!...

Here is part two of our interview with Joey Barton. In this episode Grace takes on Barton when it comes to women's football, Ched Evans, and feminism. This is our last episode before Christmas, thank you so much for listening to our podcast this year. Merry Christmas from Alastair and Grace!

Our first footballer this season. And we know he is a controversial one. Joey Barton's career has seen him play at multiple clubs. From Manchester City, Newcastle, QPR, Marseille, Burnley & Rangers, and now he is manager of Fleetwood Town. But Barton's career has transcended football because Joey has been involved in one too many controversies. Our interview with Joey ended up being much longer than expected, and it is split into two parts. Part one is football, and part two is feminism....

Jack Lowden is an actor but more importantly he's our first guest on the podcast who is a die hard junior football fan!! Jack starred in Mary Queen Of Scots, Dunkirk, A Long Song, War & Peace and much more. In this podcast we discuss male feminists in the film industry, junior football matches, and Scottish independence. 

We travelled to Kingston, Jamaica, to interview one of the greatest athletes of our times, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce!! Shelly-Ann has too many medals to count, and she's not done yet. In this episode we discuss her entry into athletics, her religion, football in Jamaica and the work she does on it, and why the upcoming Tokyo Olympics will be her last. This episode was recorded with low-tech equipment so the sound isn't perfect, but the guest is so we make up for it with that.  Please rate,...

Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a retired Danish politician who was the first woman to lead the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015, and the first female Prime Minister of Denmark from from 2011 to 2015. Helle's career has been an interesting one. And even now she continues to influence in politics, feminism, and football! In this episode, we discuss Helle's famous selfie with Barack Obama and David Cameron, her remarkable and yet so modest attitude to her career, Borgen, and what Grace was like as...

In this episode we have our first ever Prime Minister on the podcast. Julia Gillard was the first woman to be Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party in Australia from 2010-2013. Julia was born in Barry, Wales and migrated to Australia as a child. In this podcast we discuss not getting married, Julia's famous speech on misogyny in politics, and Julia's rocky end to being a Prime Minister.