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This episode originally aired March 13, 2025 Sarah is back from tour with fresh takes from the studio! She gives us the full story behind the podcast’s theme song by Ben Folds, including how they first became friends. Plus she reminds us to touch grass and explains why you can pu ...  Show more

This episode originally aired October 17, 2024 Sarah shares a quote she can’t get out of her head. Plus, she explains how the ‘F@#ing Matt Damon’ video came to be, recalls an old app idea, and gets a tip on a new way to shave her pubes. You can leave a voice memo for Sarah at spe ...  Show more

This weeks episode isn't like the usual episodes but its something that is close to Anna & Mandis hearts. Last week Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Kurdish Iranian girl was taken my morality police and beaten to death because her hijab wasn't on properly. At the moment the people ...  Show more

Women in Iran are leading an unprecedented movement for human rights. Protests have broken out across the country following the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the Islamic Republic’s morality police for allegedly violating the country’s strict dress code for ...  Show more

“In that moment, I was not, as a journalist or as a woman, going to put a headscarf on and somehow bind myself…” CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour discusses the recent protests in Iran following the death of a 22-year-old woman who was detained by the morality ...  Show more

This week we speak with Shirin Neshat, one of the most famous contemporary artists from Iran, about the protests in her home country. Shirin’s work focuses on the lives and struggles of Iranian women. The protests have been raging for a month, which, as Shirin says, makes them ...