It's episode 20 and as Elijah is away this week we welcome back a good friend of the podcast on co-hosting duties. You may remember Macey from episode 4: BYOO on Legalising Weed and this time she's back with Mims to discuss all things egg freez

#19: BYOO on The UK Porn Ban

Jul 28th, 2019 43m 28s

The UK is set to be the first country to introduce a law whereby anyone accessing porn online will need to verify that they are over 18 years of age. Due to come into effect on July 15th, it has been postponed yet again as there have not been s

#18: BYOO on Harvey Weinstein

Jul 14th, 2019 46m 55s

Episode 18 focuses on the recent Sky News documentary 'Harvey Weinstein: Fall of the King of Hollywood' in which victims and previous co-workers are interviewed about their experiences with the now disgraced film producer. From there being a sy

#17: BYOO on Reality TV

Jun 9th, 2019 44m 46s

British broadcaster ITV has come under increased scrutiny in recent weeks after the death of a guest on the long running reality show, Jeremy Kyle. Steve Dymond committed suicide after failing a lie detector test on the show about cheating on h

#16: BYOO on Male Abuse Victims

May 27th, 2019 51m 10s

Episode 16 of the podcast focuses on a recent BBC Three documentary, "Abused By My Girlfriend" which tells the story of 23-year-old Alex Skeel who survived an extremely abusive relationship with his ex-partner Jordan Worth.A recent Crime Surv

#15: BYOO on Multi-Level Marketing

May 12th, 2019 45m 23s

'Multi-Level Marketing' operates through direct selling, whereby individuals sell a company's products through their own networks. On the surface, it seems like an easy way to make money whilst working from home and being your own boss. The com

#14: BYOO on Trump: The Confidence Man

Apr 28th, 2019 44m 41s

Evidence suggests that confidence plays a huge role in how we identify leaders. However, at what point does confidence become more important than competence? If overconfident men are being promoted into leadership positions, what does that mean

#13: BYOO on Sugar Babies

Apr 7th, 2019 45m 32s

This week's episode is all about the unique world of sugaring; sugar babies, sugar daddies, sugar mommas and even sugar coaches! So what is sugaring? Typically it's a relationship between an older man and a younger woman in which there is a fin

#12: BYOO on Paedophile Hunters

Mar 24th, 2019 45m 41s

Recent reports have claimed that paedophilia is on the rise in the UK. This combined with government cuts to local police forces has led to the creation of over 75 paedophile hunter groups across the country. Are these vigilante groups helping

#11: BYOO on Beauty & Disability

Mar 3rd, 2019 48m 13s

The Miss Arc Broward pageant is specifically for girls with disabilities. Do these types of beauty pageants help remove the stigma attached to having a disability or do they further reinforce societal beauty norms? This is just one of the que

#10: BYOO on Teen Influencers

Feb 17th, 2019 46m 13s

The teenage influencer market is already worth a billion dollars and this is set to double in the next year. What are the implications for these teens who shoot to internet stardom so quickly and how does the role of their parents change when m

#9: BYOO on Keyboard Warriors

Feb 3rd, 2019 46m 30s

Who are the people that get so angry online and what drives them to use such abusive and threatening language? Episode 9 is all about these people, the ‘Internet Warriors’. We watched a documentary of the same name by The Guardian, in which Dir

#8: BYOO on Sexbots

Jan 20th, 2019 48m 28s

2018 saw the launch of Harmony, the first ever commercially available AI- enabled sex doll. By using an app, the user can customise her personality to suit their taste. Is this the future of sex?For this episode we watched 'Follow This: Sexbo

#7: BYOO on Botox

Jan 6th, 2019 49m

BYOO on Botox: With the increase in Botox treatments in the UK and the average age of those receiving these treatments lowering, how safe are these procedures and would you ever consider getting them? On this week's episode, we focus on the rec

#6: BYOO on Drill Music

Dec 9th, 2018 49m 9s

Should drill music be blamed for the increase in knife and gang crime in London recently? Are drill, and grime, artists glamorising violence or simply reflecting their reality? These are just some of the questions we try to untangle in this we

#5: BYOO on Polyamory

Nov 25th, 2018 52m 47s

Episode 5 focuses around the highly anticipated new documentary from Louis Theroux and BBC TWO, ‘Altered States: Love Without Limits’.As polyamory becomes more prevalent in our society, Elijah and Mims discuss the different types of relations

#4: BYOO on Weed

Nov 11th, 2018 1h 2m

For episode 4 we welcome our special guest Macey to discuss documentary maker Professor Green's BBC 3 Documentary on legalising weed. We examine the dark side of the weed industry as well as the changing attitudes toward the drug in the UK and

#3: BYOO on Matriarchy

Oct 13th, 2018 1h 10m

For episode 3 we watched two documentaries, giving us a glimpse into two very different worlds that live under a matriarchy: ‘The Land of No Men: Inside Kenya's Women-Only Village’ and ‘The Land Where Women Rule: Inside China's Last Matriarchy’

#2: BYOO on Online Dating

Oct 13th, 2018 59m 28s

For episode 2 we welcome our first guest to the podcast and discuss all things online dating in VICE’s documentary ‘The Mobile Love Industry’.We discuss the highs and lows of Tinder, whether it’s still possible to meet someone in the ‘real wo

#1: BYOO on Divorce

Oct 13th, 2018 1h 10m

For our very first episode we watched the documentary ‘Inside America’s Billion Dollar Divorce Industry’ by VICE.With 50% of marriages in America now ending in divorce, the industry is estimated to be worth $50 billion annually. From divorce

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