Noted
By The News Movement & Persephonica
Are your drugs safe? Should you book plastic surgery via your DMs? Do you still need to come out?
Mary Mandefield makes sense of the talking points that matter to you… meeting the people who really know their stuff and the ones who have lived it too. New episodes every Wednesday.
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Noted is an original podcast production from The News Movement and Persephonica.
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Latest episode
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Fast fashion: “Enough clothes to dress the next six generations”
I’m on a first-name basis with the people who work in my local charity shops. I love them. In fact I’d say nearly all of my wardrobe is second hand. And it’s not just me, studies suggest the market for ‘pre-loved’ items could even become bigger th… -
DJ Target: “We didn’t know Grime would be this big"
Grime is the UK genre which has led to worldwide stars. Now over twenty years later, its origins are being told on our screens. It’s Mary here, and on this episode of Noted we’re exploring and celebrating Grime music and culture. I… -
How will dating look in 2024? With Anna Williamson
I love dating! But I’ll be the first to say that sometimes it’s long.It’s Mary here and luckily, I heard that in 2024 it could be different… The dating app Bumble has surveyed thousands of its users about how they date. … -
Pressing pause on babies. Is egg freezing the answer?
Have you ever thought about egg freezing?Almost half of Gen Z say they’re worried about their future fertility, in a report from fertility benefits company Apryl. Egg freezing is the fastest growing fertility treatment in the UK. F… -
Is winter making me depressed?
If the winter months leave you feeling pretty low then maybe you’re suffering with something that around 2 million others in the UK are going through too. It’s called Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. It’s a kind of depression linked… -
Caster Semenya - race, gender and being herself
When Caster Semenya sprinted to victory in the 2009 World Championships, it should have marked her place as an athlete on the global stage. Instead, it opened the door to questions about whether she should be allowed to compete at all. -
The flight that didn’t take off: the UK’s Rwanda policy
In April 2022, the government announced a new policy to reduce migration to the UK that involved sending asylum seekers who reached British soil without permission to have their claims processed in Rwanda. The Rwanda policy h… -
An appetite for Ozempic: is skinny back in?
Elon Musk, Amy Schumer and even our ex-prime minister Boris Johnson have openly said they’ve tried Ozempic, a diabetes drug that can also be used for weight loss. I’m Mary, and in this episode of Noted, I want to understand what Oz… -
“You can buy a knife through TikTok”
You can buy knives through snapchat and TikTok, and offences with a sharp instrument are up, 4.7% higher than 2021-2022.It’s Mary here, and I want to understand why knife crime is an issue that never seems to go away.Faron Al… -
I’m a man changing how we face toxic masculinity
Andrew Tate - we’ve all heard the name. He’s a self-described misogynist and what’s more worrying, is that he has a huge influence. Eight in ten boys aged between 16 and 17 have seen his content, according to charity Hope Not Hate. They als…
