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Four people. One topic. No filter. Sex educators Reed Amber and Hannah Witton discuss kinks and fetishes with therapist Esther de la Ford and dominatrix Miss Marilyn. There are endless numbers of kinks and fetishes out there from bondage to foot fetishes. Kinks can be harmless but a fetish can be fundamental to someone’s sexual fulfilment and that can cause problems, especially if your partner does share it. So what can you do, get it satisfied elsewhere or try and push it down, never to be satisfied? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Rapper Nova Scotia the Truth and games journalist Jordan Middler discuss their fears for the future with drag artist Lawrence Chaney and poet Iona Lee. From climate change to AI the future can seem a scary place but is it in our nature to fear the future? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Drag Race’s Ellie Diamond and trainee priest Molly Boot discuss coming out with comedian Paul Black and porn performer Kayden Gray. Everyone’s story of coming out is different. For some it’s an anti-climax for others it’s a long, sometimes traumatic journey. What our panel have all learnt is that you have to do it at your own pace. Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Sex Educator Reed Amber, political commentator Dominique Samuels discuss if public figures should stay off social media with writer Alistair Heather and trade unionist Lewis Akers What’s the trade-off for public figures between being able to directly reach your audience and the criticism, abuse and distress that are the sad reality of using social media? And from footballers to politicians, if it starts to get in the way of you doing your job should you just give it up? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Activists Jay Hawkridge & Mercy Shibemba discuss living with HIV with Niamh Millar from the Terence Higgins Trust and porn performer Kayden Gray. What is the actual level of information out there about living with HIV; when it comes to new relationships, dealing with the medical profession and handling the stigma? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Twitch streamers Dando and Toastie discuss online gaming culture with journalist Jordan Middler and youtuber MarleyThirteen. With so many more people gaming now, especially because of lockdown has the online gaming environment got better or worse for women? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Politics students Dominique Samuels and Emily Hewertson discuss the future of capitalism with writer Alistair Heather and trade unionist Cat Boyd. In the face of catastrophes like climate change has free market capitalism run its course and if so are there any viable alternatives? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Actor and comedian Paul Black rapper, Nova Scotia the truth, podcast maker Sean McDonald and social media consultant Kumba Dauda discuss if we've become addicted to social media? We use it for news, keeping in touch with friends, even work. There’s no question how important social media has become but what can you do to stop it becoming all consuming? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Sex and relationship educator Esther de la Ford, dominatrix Miss Marilyn, doctor Cerys Barratt and Brenna Jessie of Rape Crisis Scotland discuss life after sexual assault. There’s so much missing from our conversations about living with such a traumatic experience; what does that life look like, how do you regain control of what’s happened to you and how do you reconnect with your body and feel sexual again? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Drag Race contestants Lawrence Chaney & Ellie Diamond discuss the rise of drag with fellow artists Cheddar Gorgeous and Alice Rabbit. The Ru Paul reality TV show has raised the profile of drag like never before but is it only certain aspects that are getting amplified? Drag is a much more diverse and disruptive scene than what makes it on to mainstream media might lead you to believe. Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Four people. One topic. No filter. Writer & journalist Charlie Peters, politics student Emily Hewertson, poet Iona Lee and creative director David Chukwujekwu discuss at what age you should be able to vote. The age when you can start voting varies across the UK. In England and Northern Ireland you can’t vote in any elections until you’re 18. But in Scotland and Wales you can vote in local and devolved parliamentary elections at 16. So should the voting age be lowered for all elections or as some people believe should it actually be raised? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4

Tricky is the place to discuss difficult questions away from the bear pit of social media. Politics students and commentators Dominique Samuels and Emily Hewertson discuss the importance of voting with writer Alasdair Heather and creative director David Chukwujekwu. In simple numerical terms your vote always counts but what if the party you favour have no chance of getting in or you can’t find anyone you can bring yourself to vote for? Is it worth casting your ballot? Producers: Myles Bonnar and Peter McManus Editor: Anthony Browne A BBC Scotland production for Radio 4