Four people. One topic. No filter. Sex educators Reed Amber and Hannah Witton discuss kinks and fetishes with therapist Esther de la Ford and dominatrix Miss Marilyn. There are endless numbers of kinks and fetishes out there from bondage to foot fetishes. Kinks can be harmless but a fetish can be fundamental to someone’s sexual fulfilment and that can cause problems, especially if your partner does share it. So what can you do, get it satisfied elsewhere or try and push it down, never to...

Four people. One topic. No filter. Rapper Nova Scotia the Truth and games journalist Jordan Middler discuss their fears for the future with drag artist Lawrence Chaney and poet Iona Lee. From climate change to AI the future can seem a scary place but is it in our nature to fear the future? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Drag Race’s Ellie Diamond and trainee priest Molly Boot discuss coming out with comedian Paul Black and porn performer Kayden Gray. Everyone’s story of coming out is different. For some it’s an anti-climax for others it’s a long, sometimes traumatic journey. What our panel have all learnt is that you have to do it at your own pace. Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Sex Educator Reed Amber, political commentator Dominique Samuels discuss if public figures should stay off social media with writer Alistair Heather and trade unionist Lewis Akers What’s the trade-off for public figures between being able to directly reach your audience and the criticism, abuse and distress that are the sad reality of using social media? And from footballers to politicians, if it starts to get in the way of you doing your job should you...

Four people. One topic. No filter. Activists Jay Hawkridge & Mercy Shibemba discuss living with HIV with Niamh Millar from the Terence Higgins Trust and porn performer Kayden Gray. What is the actual level of information out there about living with HIV; when it comes to new relationships, dealing with the medical profession and handling the stigma? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Twitch streamers Dando and Toastie discuss online gaming culture with journalist Jordan Middler and youtuber MarleyThirteen. With so many more people gaming now, especially because of lockdown has the online gaming environment got better or worse for women? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Politics students Dominique Samuels and Emily Hewertson discuss the future of capitalism with writer Alistair Heather and trade unionist Cat Boyd. In the face of catastrophes like climate change has free market capitalism run its course and if so are there any viable alternatives? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Actor and comedian Paul Black rapper, Nova Scotia the truth, podcast maker Sean McDonald and social media consultant Kumba Dauda discuss if we've become addicted to social media? We use it for news, keeping in touch with friends, even work. There’s no question how important social media has become but what can you do to stop it becoming all consuming? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Sex and relationship educator Esther de la Ford, dominatrix Miss Marilyn, doctor Cerys Barratt and Brenna Jessie of Rape Crisis Scotland discuss life after sexual assault. There’s so much missing from our conversations about living with such a traumatic experience; what does that life look like, how do you regain control of what’s happened to you and how do you reconnect with your body and feel sexual again? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter...

Four people. One topic. No filter. Drag Race contestants Lawrence Chaney & Ellie Diamond discuss the rise of drag with fellow artists Cheddar Gorgeous and Alice Rabbit. The Ru Paul reality TV show has raised the profile of drag like never before but is it only certain aspects that are getting amplified? Drag is a much more diverse and disruptive scene than what makes it on to mainstream media might lead you to believe. Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony...

Four people. One topic. No filter. Writer & journalist Charlie Peters, politics student Emily Hewertson, poet Iona Lee and creative director David Chukwujekwu discuss at what age you should be able to vote. The age when you can start voting varies across the UK. In England and Northern Ireland you can’t vote in any elections until you’re 18. But in Scotland and Wales you can vote in local and devolved parliamentary elections at 16. So should the voting age be lowered for all...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Politics students and commentators Dominique Samuels and Emily Hewertson discuss the importance of voting with writer Alasdair Heather and creative director David Chukwujekwu. In simple numerical terms your vote always counts but what if the party you favour have no chance of getting in or you can’t find anyone you can bring yourself to vote for? Is it worth casting your ballot? Producers: Myles...

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Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Youtuber Kirstie Bryce and Muslim convert Aisha Murray join cancer survivor John McGrogan and embalmer Kelly McBride to consider whether we need to change how we talk about death. They’ve all had to make peace with their feelings about it, whether it be through their profession, faith or personal experiences and can’t understand why it remains such a taboo. For all of them the only way to draw...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Content creators Aisha Murray & Harleen Nottay join trainee paralegal Amanda Calley and yoga instructor Finlay Wilson to discuss our obsession with body image and how to resist the pressures of the latest trends. They’ve a broad range of experience when it comes to body image; from working in the fitness industry and modelling, to growing up black in rural Scotland or converting to Islam and...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Creative director David Chukwujekwu, Trainee paralegal Amanda Calley, Youtuber Kirstie Bryce, and North Lanarkshire councillor Meghan Gallacher discuss the effectiveness of online activism. Whether it’s Black Lives Matter, Marcus Rashford's crusade over school meals or the global campaign EndSARS drawing attention to police brutality in Nigeria online is steadily becoming the place where people are...

Political commentator Dominique Samuels, Relationship educator Esther De La Ford, Ph.D. student Bec Wonders and artist Ruby Streek discuss the acronym TERF (Trans-exclusionary radical feminist). Some of our panel consider it an insult while for others it’s a factual term for transphobic behaviour. They all agree that it’s a source of division and tension amongst feminists. Is it being used to shut down those who have concerns about unintended consequences of trans-activism or a valid way of...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Writer and podcaster Russell Miller, actress Amy Leith, political commentator Dominique Samuels and gaming journalist Jordan Middler discuss the boom in conspiracy theories. Everyday seems to bring a new one whether it’s about COVID, 'the deep state' in the US or what people in power are really up to. Our panel all have conspiracy theories that they believe to be true but at what point does not...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Musician James Alexander Graham, film maker Harleen Nottay, yoga teacher Findlay Wilson & artist Ruby Streek discuss the stigma around depression and what people don't get about it. Despite more information being available than ever, depression is still a subject people are reluctant to talk about. Our panel explore why that's still the case and how they live with depression. They've all had...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Gray Crosbie (they/them), Lawrence Chaney (she/her), Katy Montgomerie (she/her) and Victor Lockhart (he/him) discuss the importance of pronouns. Our panel represent a diverse range of gender identities, including trans men and women and non- binary. For all them being addressed with the correct pronoun, be it he, she or they is a basic demonstration of respect and acceptance. So how do they handle...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Drag artist Vanity Von Glow, poet Iona Lee, relationship & sex educator, Esther De La Ford and actor Karen Bartke discuss the 'Karen' meme. Karen is a slang term for an obnoxious, angry, entitled, and often racist middle-aged white woman, who uses her privilege to get her way or police other people's behaviours. It’s similar to the male term 'Gammon' in that they both refer to furious...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Gaming journalist Jordan Middler, poet Iona Lee, drag queen Lawrence Chaney and visual artist Sekai Machache discuss lockdown. As restrictions tighten again across the UK we ask if young people are being blamed for the latest surge in cases of COVID 19 while also suffering the most economic hardship. The first lockdown devastated hospitality and retail as well as the arts and entertainment sectors,...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Musician Ransom FA, visual artist Sekai Machache, writer Vanessa Kisuule and David Chukwujekwu from Intercultural Youth Scotland discuss where Black Lives Matter goes from here. The needless death of George Floyd seemed to signal a new phase for those campaigning to end racism both in the US and here in the UK. As a hashtag and a slogan Black lives Matter is the latest in a long succession of...

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Online sex worker Amber Reed, dominatrix Megara Furie, Onlyfans content creator Ross and retired 'full service' sex worker 'Lucy' discuss the cons and surprising pros of sex work. Working in the sex industry comes with a lot of stigma. And while there are many dark aspects to it there's a much wider range of experiences than you might expect. Our panel all made the deliberate choice to become sex...