Very Loose Women

Embarrassing and compelling in equal measure, the Dad Special from 2007 is the only surviving episode from the Very Loose Women, which aired on Oxide Radio during our second year of University. Edited down from two hours, our fathers discuss their hopes for our romantic lives and careers, and share their thoughts on their best and worst moments in life.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Katherine and Emma respond to last week's revelations from their interviews with their respective mothers, by taking a look at their own daughter-mother relationships. With bonus discussion of their experiences of Valentine's day.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Emma and Katherine interview their mums, Esther and Gill, in a special show dedicated to the trials and tribulations of mother-daughter relationships.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Very Loose Women, recorded at Port Eliot festival in the Summer of 2014, Jay discusses how and why she embarked on her seven year project, "Wild: An Elemental Journey", a book chronicling seven years spent travelling the globe living with indigenous people, and learning about their relationships with language, culture, and wildness. Jay also touches on the freedoms and constrains of childhood, as explored in her work "Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape" and the catharsis of Freida Kahlo's art, the subject of her 2014 fictionalised portrait; "A Love Letter From A Stray Moon." With music by Lux Harmonium.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Singer songwriter Merlyn Driver joins Emma and Katherine live in the studio to play the track Rain from his forthcoming EP, "Running and Singing". The aspiring ecomusicologist shares tales from growing up in Orkney, researching music in the Arctic, and the inspiration behind his London-based running and singing club; Soundtrack. Featured Music: Sámi joiker Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska performing with the Inuit throat singer Sylvia Cloutier. Rain, live. The rainforest of Northern Nicaragua. For more info: http://merlyndriver.com/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Very Loose Women puts the "36 Questions to Fall in Love" to the test, in a show dedicated to psychologist Arthur Aron's study which claims to have found a formula to make complete strangers fall in love. In this episode, a sceptical Emma and Katherine use the questions to analyse their 10 year friendship - can they know each other any better? Next month, they'll be sharing results from randomly assigned pairs of VLW listeners.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the second part of a show recorded in The Kings Arms in Borough with a live audience, Lili, Katherine and Emma open up Very Loose Women's longest standing feature: Gripe of the Week.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Katherine, Emma and Lili, share their early romantic forays in an episode dedicated to first kisses. Recorded in a pub off Borough High Street called the King's Arms, the presenters are joined by a live audience with their own kissing catastrophes and coups.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Linguist and Buffalo University PhD student Ali Mitchell appears as a special guest on Very Loose Women discussing the relationship between language and culture and shares her research into a Tanzanian minority language only spoken by women.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Katherine & Emma interview Tasha and Kirsty, creators of Fucked Zine: On Being Sexually Dysfunctional in Sex Positive Queer Scenes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's edition of the Very Loose Women podcast from ResonanceFM, Katherine, Lili, Emma and friends discuss fashion faux pas, their sense of personal style, favourite 90s trends and ask all the critical questions including: 'do you care what you wear?' and 'what are wet-look jeans?'  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's episode, the Very Loose Women discuss body modifications - from make up and jewellery, tattoos and piercings, to more extreme surgical changes including the rising trend in labiaplasty.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VLW discuss different ways to name periods (anyone riding the cotton pony?), talk about ways to keep clean when bleeding, and getting generally annoyed at the whole process. The episode a song about mooncups, and references to a 1947 film advising women that "going to extremes is wrong, and to be avoided." Referenced videos can be found here: http://veryloosewomen.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/episode-nine-menstruation/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this first episode, Very Loose Women discuss pre-app based internet dating. With stories of animals, psychic animals, animal psychic, a bell-jar (but why?) that is brought on a date, niche dating groups, as well as mishaps and successes of meeting people online.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Very Loose Women listen to a poem spoken word night Rhymes with Orange's Stevie Tyler, "Sixteen" which gets them talking about their own teen years. Lili met singer-songerwriter Sandra at a Camberwell Open Mic night and invited her into the Resonance studio to sing her song "Teenage Crush" about a mystery celebrity. Also discussed: scrunchies, MSN, teenage slang, pinging, and what we find on the ground.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.