63: Do people just want to be told what to do?

Update: 2025-05-06

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Moya has a big theory and you’re not going to like it: most of us would rather be told how to live our lives by someone else than work it out ourselves. Could it be? Plus, advice for a broken-hearted student.

Seats for our live show in London are going fast! Join Ash, Moya and special guest Monica Heisey – comedian and author of Really, Good Actually – at EartH in East London on 21st May. Get tickets on Dice.

Send your dilemmas to ifispeak@novaramedia.com

Music by Matt Huxley.

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