Reality Check
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Reality Check is a space for your hosts, Jess and Sophie, to chat about contentious and complicated topics that dominate the social and political society that we live in. Issues such as climate change, feminism and mental health sometimes feel too complex to fully engage with. By deep-diving into smaller aspects of these huge problems on a weekly basis we hope to give our audience the opportunity learn alongside us.

Quarantine Diaries

In this episode we reconvened remotely to catch up on our quarantine antics. We discussed the recent changes set out by the UK government with regards...
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Men's Mental Health with Ben West

For a special lockdown episode this week we were joined by mental health campaigner Ben West. He's campaigning to get mental health first aid to becom...
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The Gender Pay Gap

Last Sunday it was International Women's Day and so this week we decided to explore some of the inequalities that still exist between men and women by...
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The Cultural Significance of Food

Food and eating is a unique fusion whereby humans behave both biologically and socially. The practice can be deeply embedded within one's upbringing a...
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Electoral Reform

Electoral reform has been a ubiquitous topic in politics for some time now. We discussed the different types of voting systems in relation to the UK's...
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Expectations

What are expectations and how do they affect us? We take a more personal approach to this topic, drawing from our diverse backgrounds and experiences ...
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The Australian Bushfires

Australian Bushfires have been occurring for centuries, but the fires of 2019 and 2020 met the public with unprecedented force, and they're still burn...
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Childhood

This week we were joined by Chathu to discuss childhood and its significance on our future lives. By drawing on our own experiences, we explored the p...
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Virginity

Sexual liberation is so important - for both our physical and mental health. Virginity is a concept that remains to hold some pretty retrogressive ass...
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