Very Loose Women

Leo and Soila summarise the ups and downs of their 2017. Forget Charlie Brooker, there's a new wipe in town.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Slang can tie groups closer together and also mark people out. This week the Very Loose Women discuss their relationship with slang, and Soila, still only 23, attempts to bring the others up to date. Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When antiques dealer and erstwhile TV personality Mike Melody was diagnosed with incurable motor neurone disease, he tasked his daughter Victoria with the responsibility of organising his funeral but a year later it transpired that doctors had misdiagnosed him and he wasn't facing death after all.Leo and Katherine caught up with Mike and Victoria as they prepared to take to the stage for the first time in their father-daughter comedy show Ugly Chief, at the Battersea Arts Centre, telling the story of Mike's misdiagnosis, Victoria's quest to train as a professional funeral director, and the darkly comedic industry of death they uncovered during their search for the perfect send-off.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Soila and Leo chat to new Belgian friend Naomi about the beginnings of relationships, both platonic and romantic. More details about Naomi's amazing work here.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Very Loose Women talk class and our experiences of class. Not so down and out in Paris and London, but more of a delve into the differences we've noticed.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do you pack when you go traveling? What do you need for a good night's sleep? What do you eat? Soila, Leo and friend Christina share their travel nightmares and others stories about holidaying and music festivals.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Leo and Soila meet Finding Rhythms, a charity that runs projects inside prisons with an aim to help fewer prisoners re-offend through music. Fearing award-winning songs from Finding Rhythms; Come My Way, Hurt, I Miss You, Mum, and Let It Go.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Comedian Jayde Adams joins Soila and Leo in the studio to talk about "les pops" - the popular kids in school and life, and moments when we've tried to be friends with them.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy joins the Very Loose Women in the studio to talk about cliques, best friends, and eating your lunch in the loo.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Behind The Scars photographer Sophie Mayanne speaks about scars and their stories. Sophie photographed our newest presenter Soila, who spoke about her experience as part of the project.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why did Sarah move to London? Was it thanks to Eastenders? This episode focuses on moving to and living in London, the ups and downs, and our experiences of living and growing in the city.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With Rihanna launching her Fenty Beauty range with 40 foundation shades, we got talking about how make up needs to be more inclusive for different skin tones.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A guided tour of Sh! - the women's adult store based in Hoxton, London. Learn about what Sh! have on sale, such a vibrators, lube and curious objects with Very Loose Women.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the last episode of this series, Katherine, Leo, Emma, and special guest Paola discuss sex drives; high, low and literal.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With guests Soila and Camilla, we talk about how our lives are affected by the menstrual cycle and how we've sought adapt around it. We share the year we started our periods and our encounters with doctors on the topic. Camilla's website is here, and you can find the article we discuss here.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We speak to author Clare Fisher about her book All The Good Things, published by Penguin. Clare talks about why she writes and how she researches her writing. We also share some of the tiny bad things we've done. Find out more about her book here.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have been making this show for over the decade, so we took a moment to chat about what we've learned from our twenties, and how we feel now they are gone (or for some, almost gone).Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marisa Carnesky speaks about her performance at Udderbelly. Carnesky first gained attention with performance collective Duckie's Olivier award-winning cabaret show. Her current show, Dr Carnesky's Incredible Bleeding Woman, approaches the theme of menstruation from new angles: reinventing rituals, with performances by amazingly skilled stars of the UK’s alt cabaret scene.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Very Loose Women discuss the world of "envy" with two Rachels: Rachel Mars and Rachel Weston. Rachel Mars is a writer and performer who is bringing her performance Our Carnal Hearts to the Southbank Centre's Chorus festival this July and to the Edinburgh festival in July. "Our Carnal Hearts is a celebration of envy, a joyous call for everyone we’ve ever wanted to be and everything we’ve ever wanted to own. A place to whoop at our own fragility and delight against our better nature. A toast to our competitive spirits and a rumbling dance for the ugly gutter-tramping parts of our souls. A show that seeks to prove that envy makes us better. That politicians are right: that its spirit runs through our hearts, lymph systems and bowels and it’s glorious and we wouldn't want it any other way." Rachel Weston is a singer and singing teacher performing in Our Carnal Hearts, as well as running radical Yiddish song workshops.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  

Author and Hausman's bookseller Catherine Barter chats about her first published novel, Troublemakers, and how family dynamics and political activism have influenced her young adult fiction.Follow us on Twitter @VLWRadio, Instagram VLWRadio and on Facebook.com/VeryLooseWomen.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.