If Destroyed Still True

The Imposters Club

30 something best friends search for wisdom in their teenage memories. If Destroyed Still True is hosted by Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock. 

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    The Special K Diet

    Content note: this episode contains discussions of diets, disordered eating and body image.  Sinéad and Mel are cracking open a can of Diet Coke and diving headfirst into the 2000s diet industrial complex. It’s time to revisit the era of size zero, Heat magazine’s ‘circle of shame’, and the relentless pursuit of thinness.  From ‘concerned’ paparazzi shots of Nicole Richie and the Olsen twins to the time they tried to convince us that Bridget Jones was fat, the 2000s sold us a single aspiration: be small. We’re talking weird maple syrup concoctions, ‘fridge pickers wear bigger knickers’ magnets, and glossy magazines promising you could drop a dress size by the weekend. Behind every aspirational celeb photo was a punishing routine and a generation of millennial women quietly absorbing it all. While the buzzwords have changed from thinness to wellness, the pressure remains today. The bodies we see may be curvier, the marketing subtler, but the message still hums beneath it all: control, shrink, filter, perfect. This episode, we’re asking: how did the 2000s obsession with thinness shape our bodies, our appetites, and our sense of self? And can we ever stop mentally counting calories? This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self: what would you tell her? Hit follow, share your own teen chaos memories with us @IDSTpod, and get ready to laugh, cringe, and be a little kinder to yourself. If Destroyed Still True is a Morley Radio and The Imposters Club production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to If Destroyed Still True and a whole host of exciting shows.

    48 min
  2. 25 SEPT

    Sexting Pioneers

    Content note: this episode contains adult themes and discussions of sex Sinéad and Mel are charging up their Nokia 3310s and delving back into those early sexting attempts: it’s finally time to talk about the FIRST time. From the Louise Rennison snogging scale (IYKYK), to house parties fuelled by WKD Blue and getting off with each other in the kitchen, teenagers in the 2000s were sex-obsessed and information-starved.  Forget school sex ed: late night TV, poring over Heat magazine for hints and wild rumours kept us going. Add in impossibly glossy sex scenes in rom-coms, we were left with wildly unrealistic ideas about what intimacy should look like. Fast-forward to adulthood, and millennial women know how to fake enthusiasm but not how to ask for what we actually WANT in the bedroom. This episode we’re looking back at those early experiences of ‘everything but’, the sexual politics of being a teenager and asking how all that teenage chaos shaped our relationship with sex, pleasure and intimacy today. This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self: what would you tell her? Hit follow, share your own teen chaos memories with us @IDSTpod, and get ready to laugh, cringe, and remember your first time. If Destroyed Still True is a Morley Radio and The Imposters Club production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to If Destroyed Still True and a whole host of exciting shows.

    46 min
  3. 9 SEPT

    Back 2 School

    It’s September, and Sinéad and Mel are zipping up their new backpacks and heading straight back into that 2000s back-to-school feeling. From the scent of fresh homework diaries to the big reveal of pencil cases and the belief that this would be the year of total reinvention, teenage Septembers were a mix of anxiety, excitement and chaos. Between frantic catch-ups on who kissed who, surprise maths tests, and the politics of the lunch table, the school year felt like an entire new social season. And even now, the shift from summer to autumn takes us right back to those corridors. But have we really changed? These days it’s less about school uniforms and box hair dye, and more about office wear and covering greys. We’ve swapped essays and MSN gossip for Slack notifications and trying to pin down a dinner date with your bestie sometime before Christmas. Turns out, once you’ve had that back-to-school feeling, it never really leaves. This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self: what would you tell her? Hit follow, share your own teen chaos memories with us @IDSTpod, and get ready to laugh, cringe, and remember your back to school essentials. If Destroyed Still True is a Morley Radio and The Imposters Club production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to If Destroyed Still True and a whole host of exciting shows.

    45 min
  4. 12 AUG

    She’s gonna blow!

    Content note: In this episode we talk about some sensitive topics, including pregnancy and miscarriage. We refer to women, girls  and female reproductive systems a lot, as we’re talking about menstrual cycles, but we don’t believe that’s the defining characteristic of womanhood. Protect the dolls! Sinéad and Mel are heading straight for the downstairs department: that’s right, we’re talking first periods, school sex ed, and all the weird/genius names we had for our “bits” in the early 2000s. Tampons were flying, and so were the rumours about Toxic Shock Syndrome. From that one chaotic day the entire school learned about reproductive systems, to being handed the pill without much conversation, we’re unpacking how our understanding of our bodies was shaped early on. And how, after nearly two decades on hormonal contraception, we’re feeling a bit disconnected from our bodies. This is If Destroyed Still True: the podcast where millennial best friends Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock rewind the mixtape of their teenage years and press play on the moments that shaped who they are today. We ask ourselves: how does this show up in our lives now? And if you could talk to your teenage self: what would you tell her? Hit follow, share your own teen clique chaos with us @IDSTpod, and get ready to laugh, cringe, and remember exactly where you sat at lunchtime. If Destroyed Still True is a Morley Radio and The Imposters Club production. Head to morleyradio.co.uk to listen to If Destroyed Still True and a whole host of exciting shows.

    45 min

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30 something best friends search for wisdom in their teenage memories. If Destroyed Still True is hosted by Sinéad Kennedy Sklar and Melissa Murdock. 

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