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Zainab and Alisha
Join Alisha and Zainab every week as they talk about everything and anything on their minds, ranging from fashion trends to current affairs to the struggles of being a teen. New episodes every Friday, enjoy!!
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Want to get all 9s in your GCSEs?! In this episode we let you in on all of our secrets to acing exams and achieving the highest grades you can! We cover revising pretty much every subject from the sciences to languages. This is definitely an episode worth listening to especially with exams around the corner!!
This week we talk about the challenges we face as young women, small things we do to feel safer on the street and our thoughts on the murder of Sarah Everard Important note: If you have experienced any form of sexual harassment, whether that be emotional or physical, please reach out and seek help! If you feel comfortable, we recommend talking to family, friends, members of your school’s pastoral team, Women’s aid as well as the police. For more information on where you can help, check out the “Women’s Aid” website.
In the wake of Meghan and Harry’s tell all Oprah interview, we take a sip of the royal tea ☕️. We give our OPINIONS on Megan, Harry and their story, Prince Andrew’s scandals as well as Piers Morgan’s yet again crazy comments. This is defo worth a listen!!
This episode features a very special guest: Lydia Jin!! Lydia spills the tea about life in New York , whether it really is like the movies and about how a certain Stranger Things actor goes to her school.... This ep is definitely worth a listen ! Have a great half term everyone, and happy Valentine’s Day!!
In this episode we talk about all things periods, body hair, improving your relationship with your parents and some of our waxing horror stories! This is a super chill episode (but quite a long one) so grab a blanket & some hot chocolate and enjoy ...
This episode is ... Fashion Trends 2.0. We look over this year’s fashion trends, how our opinions have evolved and how to make a trend into a style! Thank you to all our listeners, happy holidays 🎅🏼
In this week’s episode we are joined by Gray and Beth (U6th) to discuss the popular question: can your career be your passion? We have a fun chat about the highs, lows and even embarrassment of being an arts student, that awkward moment when someone says ur A levels aren’t ‘real’ subjects and the stress of applying to unis in U6th.
Listen to this week’s episode for some GIRL TALK!!!! We discuss feeling embarrassed about your period, dealing with body hair and how we shouldn’t feel as though we “have to” shave/wax etc. (particularly for those dreaded swimming lessons!) and how we should celebrate our differences instead of comparing ourselves to others.
Disclaimer: if you find body image a sensitive topic you can skip 19:15-24:00
( We are currently experiencing a TECH DIFFICULTY on this episode! ) When was last time you saw a disabled person on Netflix? What is ableism? This week Alisha and Zainab are joined by Nuhaa who talks all about her experience of using a wheelchair, weird comments she has received and how we can educate ourselves to be more inclusive of the disabled community!
Q & A episode! Tips for year 7s? How to deal with strict parents? How to not care what other people think? Your questions are answered!
This week’s theme is failure! Alisha and Zainab chat about dealing with bad exam results, dreaded chemistry tests and everything in between
This week Alisha and Zainab are joined by our new headmistress!! Press play for an interesting conversation about pursuing a degree in the arts vs “the academics”, the advice she would give to us as teens and all about her experience at Cambridge! - sorry about the background noise in this episode, but after about 5 mins it does subside.
(Disclaimer: just our opinions + we are by no means right! all for fun so don’t take it too seriously ) Listen to Alisha and Zainab as they chat about all of the latest fashion trends, from tennis skirts and Y2K fashion to leather blazers!