In this episode of The Pokes and Jokes Podcast, Grace Neutral and Jen Nolan are joined by drag artist and visual creator Charity Kase for an open and deeply honest conversation about identity, drag, HIV, gender, and learning when to let go of something that once saved you.

Charity talks about losing the spark for drag, the pressure of making creativity pay the bills, and the reality of burnout after Drag Race. They reflect on British drag culture, camp, femininity, and how mainstream success can smooth the edges off something that was never meant to be polished.

The conversation moves into Charity’s experience of being diagnosed with HIV at 18, the stigma that still exists today, and why modern treatment has completely changed what living with HIV looks like. Charity speaks openly about shame, survival, chosen family, and why education matters more than fear.

There is also a candid discussion about gender expression, masculinity, body image, relationships, marriage, and learning not to make yourself smaller just to be accepted.

Funny, raw, uncomfortable, and affirming in equal measure, this is a powerful episode about being unapologetically yourself and knowing when it is time to evolve.

💍 This episode is sponsored by @regalrose — deadly detailed jewellery with a dark & dreamy twist. Use code JOKES20 for 20% off → regalrose.co.uk

Chapters

00:00:00 Cold open

00:01:41 Meeting Charity

00:03:52 Burnout and drag

00:05:10 British drag culture

00:06:13 Drag as therapy

00:07:44 HIV diagnosis

00:09:55 Chosen family

00:11:26 365 days drag

00:13:35 Going viral

00:14:25 Circus work

00:15:40 HIV stigma

00:16:48 Living with HIV

00:17:55 Education and pride

00:22:43 Drag Race reality

00:23:53 Being boxed in

00:29:50 What drag is

00:32:29 Where is the camp

00:34:30 Charity and Harry

00:38:03 Gender expression

00:41:40 Breaking binaries

00:45:28 Being palatable

00:46:24 Marriage regret

00:54:07 Health and insecurity

01:04:33 Future projects

01:09:17 Piercings and body mods

01:10:21 Sponsor shoutout

01:10:59 Final thoughts

#PokesAndJokesPodcast #CharityKase #BritishDrag #DragPodcast #QueerVoices #DragCulture #GenderExpression #LGBTQPodcast #HonestConversations

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Episode 23 of The Pokes & Jokes Podcast is one of our most open and important conversations to date.

In this episode, Grace and Jen reflect on Grace’s recent trip to New Zealand — reconnecting with tattoo culture, trust, and what it feels like to be held in a tattoo space that feels genuinely safe. The conversation then turns to a much heavier topic: safeguarding, accountability, and the growing call for DBS checks within the tattoo industry.

Grace speaks candidly about online abuse, intimidation, and what can happen when boundaries are set and not respected. It’s an honest discussion about power dynamics, safety, and why these conversations are long overdue.

This episode contains sensitive subject matter, but it’s shared with care and intention.

If you work in tattooing and have experiences you’d like to share — or if anything discussed resonates with you — our inbox is open. You can reach us confidentially at podcast@ff-tv.com

We also encourage you to check out Draw the Line Project, who are raising awareness and pushing for better safeguarding and accountability within the tattoo industry. And sign the petition! Links below.

https://www.instagram.com/drawthelineproject/

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/747281?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnYJkISlsS1tiGTk8Px9VvY2jmgqP7dXdcLDilUSwqzCMrGmrMkdNAy8fQiSs_aem_-aj0mL2uLDAxC2pTZgDj8w

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Chapters

00:00 Intro & New Year energy

02:30 New Zealand trip reflections

04:10 Travel exhaustion & long flights

04:45 Missed flight chaos in Doha

07:25 Visa issues & airport meltdown

08:55 Airport smoking area solidarity

10:20 Returning home & emotional reset

10:30 Reconnecting with tattoo culture

11:00 Māori tattoo experience

14:10 Feeling safe in a tattoo space

15:40 Food, culture & healing moments

19:05 Jet ski & “biscuit” chaos

22:35 The blood-stained biscuit

24:45 Jen’s comedy gigs & crowds

27:45 Sponsor message – Regal Rose

30:10 Trigger warning

30:30 DBS checks explained

32:40 Accountability in tattooing

34:15 Safeguarding & power dynamics

36:45 Why DBS checks are a starting point

38:00 Past industry experiences

39:40 Long-standing abusive behaviour

42:50 Setting boundaries online

46:05 Threatening messages & escalation

49:40 Why this behaviour is frightening

51:50 No one is exempt from abuse

53:00 Why women don’t feel protected

55:30 The need for real accountability

57:00 Final thoughts & speaking out

#PokesAndJokesPodcast #TattooPodcast #TattooIndustry #Safeguarding #DBSChecks #WomenInTattooing #CreativeIndustries #OnlineAbuse #TattooCommunity #UKPodcast

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This week on The Pokes & Jokes Podcast, Grace and Jen are joined by Lilly Statham, aka Mystic Primrose — a practising witch with over a 2 million followers online.

Lilly talks openly about her path into witchcraft, the difference between spiritual practice and spirit work, and why she avoids crossing certain boundaries. The conversation drifts into genuinely unsettling territory, including sleep paralysis, night terrors, bad energy, and experiences that made all three of them rethink what they believe.

From creepy encounters in old houses to stories that still don’t quite have an explanation, this episode sits somewhere between spiritual curiosity and “maybe let’s not go there”.

Expect honest stories, dark humour, and a few moments that linger longer than they should.

💍 This episode is sponsored by @regalrose — deadly detailed jewellery with a dark & dreamy twist. Use code POKESANDJOKES20 for 20% off → regalrose.co.uk

Chapters

00:00 – Welcome & introducing Mystic Primrose

05:30 – Becoming a witch by accident

12:00 – Witchcraft, films & pop culture myths

18:30 – Early paranormal experiences

24:00 – America, the doll & bad energy

31:00 – The drawings in the garden story

40:00 – Spirits, fear & boundaries

46:30 – Sleep paralysis, addiction & dark experiences

57:00 – Grief, pets & spiritual signs

1:06:00 – Writing the book & oracle deck

1:14:00 – Love spells, ethics & free will

1:22:00 – Social media, followers & final thoughts

#PokesAndJokesPodcast

#Witchcraft

#MysticPrimrose

#SpiritualStories

#SleepParalysis

#ParanormalTalk

#PodcastUK

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In Episode 21 of The Pokes & Jokes Podcast, Grace and Jen settle in for a long, honest, emotional rollercoaster of an episode. After catching up on life—Grace’s New Zealand tattoo-convention trip, running sunrises, and Jen’s new short-film role—they dive head-first into a special Love & Dating edition of the podcast.

Listeners sent in some of the most raw, heartfelt dilemmas yet. Grace and Jen talk openly about love-bombing, insecurity traps, losing yourself in relationships, and how heartbreak can warp your sense of worth. They unpack a powerful letter about body image, comparison culture, the gym, and how to rebuild confidence from scratch.

It’s funny, unfiltered, supportive, chaotic, and vulnerable in all the best ways. Grab a brew and settle in.

💍 This episode is sponsored by @regalrose — deadly detailed jewellery with a dark & dreamy twist. Use code POKESANDJOKES20 for 20% off → regalrose.co.uk

Chapters

00:00 – Cold Open: “Is this thing on?”

00:40 – Grace on illness and seasonal burnout

02:00 – New Zealand trip plans

04:00 – Running, sunrises, and race training

07:30 – Doing a future Pokes & Jokes in NZ

08:40 – Jen’s short film with Michelle De Swart

11:00 – Acting ambitions and self-taping

14:00 – Christmas plans and Brexit frustrations

16:00 – Regal Rose sponsor segment

17:30 – Introducing the Love & Dating special

18:00 – On giving advice while failing to take your own

21:00 – Listener Letter #1: Brazilian guy & body insecurity

25:00 – Love-bombing, dysregulation & red flags

30:00 – Losing yourself in relationships

33:00 – Body image, the gym, and comparison culture

38:00 – Self-love and rebuilding confidence

43:00 – Why heartbreak feels like worthlessness

47:00 – Breaking negative relationship cycles

55:00 – Listener Letter #2: 44-year-old man post-divorce

58:00 – Don’t rush into the next relationship

1:02:00 – Accountability in toxic patterns

1:07:00 – Closing reflections on healing

#graceneutral PokesAndJokes #GraceNeutral #JenNolan #TattooPodcast #PodcastLife #StorytimePodcast #DatingTalk #LoveAdvice #HealingJourney #BodyImage #WomenWhoTalk #UKPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #YouTubePodcast #MentalHealthChat #RealTalkPodcast #BreakupAdvice #RelationshipChat #GirlTalkPodcast #SelfLoveJourney

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Comedian Luke Nixon joins Grace Neutral and Jen Nolan for a warm, funny and very Pokes & Jokes conversation.

They get into aggressive goldfish, mint-stick feeding, Luke’s tragic teenage rap phase, growing up with a comedy icon for a mum, late-night Crystal Palace memories, who actually has any fight-or-flight in them, Southwest accents, and some impressively awful chat-up lines.

https://www.instagram.com/graceneutral

https://www.instagram.com/itsjennolan

https://www.instagram.com/lukenixoncomedy

💍 This episode is sponsored by @regalrose — deadly detailed jewellery with a dark, dreamy twist. Black Friday offer: use code POKESANDJOKES30 for 30% off → regalrose.co.uk

Chapters

00:00 Intro & goldfish chaos

00:48 Meet Luke Nixon

01:20 How Jen & Luke met

03:30 Early comedy memories

06:20 East London stories

08:40 Bow vs Isle of Dogs

10:45 School fights

11:50 Luke’s upbringing

13:00 Moving back home

14:10 Sponsor: Regal Rose

15:45 Growing up with Felicity Montagu

17:00 Comedy beginnings

18:20 Open mic disasters

20:20 Loyalty in comedy

22:00 Failed secret podcasts

23:00 Anxiety podcast story

25:00 World’s Worst Game Show

27:00 Rage-bait sketches

29:00 Train guy meltdown

31:00 Crackhead stories

33:20 Supermarket theft chaos

35:00 Jim Midge origin

36:00 Tragic old rap songs

38:00 Edinburgh reactions

40:00 Live show differences

41:00 Poo story segment

44:00 Hopes & dreams in comedy

46:00 Script ideas & industry chat

48:00 Building material online

49:30 Dating disasters

51:00 Sweaty first dates

53:00 Tinder & Hinge chaos

55:00 Pokémon shop romance

57:00 Opening lines discussion

59:00 Pokémon card flirting

01:01:00 Plug: Luke Nixon Comedy

01:02:00 Grace & Jen invited on his show

01:03:00 Catastrophe Cabaret

01:04:00 Final thanks & wrap-up

01:11:00 Post-show chat and outro

#PokesAndJokes #GraceNeutral #JenNolan #LukeNixon #Podcast #ComedyPodcast #FFTV #FYP #UKComedy #UnderYourSkin

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Grace and Jen are back—sick, delirious, and funnier than ever. Episode 19 dives into everything from dodgy massages in Crete and killer Thai spa stories to Game of Thrones’ prosthetic dicks, working-class comedy, sobriety, and sex positivity. The duo reflect on the Under Your Skin shoots with Christian Nairn, Aaron Crascall, Professor Green, and Danny Beard, celebrate working-class wins, and unpack toxic men, independence, and reclaiming power. There’s chaos, candour, and contagious laughter as they prove again why Pokes & Jokes is the most brutally honest podcast on the internet.

New episodes every Friday on Grace’s YouTube channel.

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Chapters

00:00 – Corned beef vs. bacon & cabbage

00:02 – Grace’s nightmare massage in Crete

00:04 – Dangerous Thai massages and sepsis horror stories

00:05 – Jen’s comedy gigs, hecklers & Top Secret nights

00:07 – Regal Rose sponsor chat

00:09 – Shooting Under Your Skin with Christian Nairn

00:10 – Pronouncing French and Irish words badly

00:12 – The Guinness documentary & Peaky Blinders crossover

00:14 – Talking about Christian Nairn’s prosthetic Game of Thrones dick

00:16 – Stinky medieval sex and HBO realism

00:18 – Carrying Bran for six years on set

00:19 – Shooting Aaron Crascall’s episode & the “Homer in the bushes” moment

00:21 – Comedy, trauma & vulnerability

00:23 – Sobriety and cutting out toxic habits

00:25 – Working-class culture, drugs, and growth

00:27 – Professor Green’s comeback & class journey

00:30 – Working-class envy and celebrating others

00:31 – Danny Beard & queer creativity

00:34 – Christian Nairn’s drag days and DJ past

00:35 – Reflecting on Under Your Skin’s growth and roster

00:39 – Healing old friendships and accountability

00:42 – OnlyFans, sexual confidence & self-expression

00:44 – Toxic men, red flags & female independence

00:48 – Reclaiming peace and doing life solo

00:50 – Drug dealers as kryptonite and female empowerment

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This episode of The Pokes & Jokes Podcast sees Grace Neutral and Jen Nolan sit down with the one and only Emily Malice — tattoo artist, model, designer, and all-round creative powerhouse. Together they dive deep into the realities of running a tattoo studio, the chaos of early London tattoo culture, the rise of two-week tattoo courses, the crossover between sex work and tattooing, and why boundaries, power, and self-expression matter. Expect honesty, filth, laughter, and stories from the underground that shaped them all.

Featuring:

Grace Neutral (@graceneutral)

Jen Nolan (@jen_nolan_comedy)

Emily Malice (@emilymalice666)

New episodes every Friday on Grace’s YouTube channel.

💍 This episode is sponsored by Regal Rose — Deadly detailed Jewellery with a dark & dreamy twist.

Use code POKESANDJOKES for 20% off → https://www.regalrose.co.uk

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Chapter List

00:00 – Intro / Welcome to Season 2

01:00 – Emily Malice joins the sofa

01:25 – Running a tattoo studio: stress, lessons, and survival

03:30 – The myth of the “utopian” tattoo shop

05:40 – New-school tattoo courses and industry frustration

07:25 – Paying your dues & respecting the craft

08:40 – The reality for women in tattooing

10:10 – Coming up at Into You & London’s old tattoo legends

13:30 – Early days: eccentric artists & chaotic apprenticeship life

15:00 – Opening Femme and Scorpio Mars — studio management madness

17:00 – Shop politics & micromanaging chaos

19:00 – Online personas vs reality — parasocial expectations

21:00 – The “hippie” stereotype & Grace Neutral’s real personality

22:00 – Pranks, cages & chaos at Emily’s studio

24:00 – Regal Rose sponsor shoutout

24:30 – OnlyFans: lockdown hustle & discovering power through creativity

27:00 – Boundaries, fantasies & control online

30:00 – Weirdest fan requests — from giantess fetishes to fart offers

33:00 – Creepy clients & how OnlyFans changed tattoo interactions

35:00 – Tattooing kinks & BDSM-themed body art

37:00 – Prolapse porn & the madness of old tattoo shops

40:00 – How women reshaped the tattoo industry

44:00 – Creating safe queer-led studios

46:00 – Male energy in tattoo spaces — where it goes wrong

47:00 – Sex work is work — Emily’s flash days & activism

49:00 – Sex work, empowerment & the crossover with art

50:30 – Final reflections & chaotic laughter

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Grace and Jen are back for another hilarious and chaotic catch-up — from Grace’s wild countryside stories (including a man with a goat on a leash and a pub crossbow fight) to Jen’s tales of Edinburgh Fringe madness.

They get into everything from kids today vs. 90s kids, farting during tattoos, pissing on the Glastonbury bus, small-town weirdness, and Grace’s wholesome new Bristol life — complete with run clubs and weed-friendly beer gardens.

Grab a cuppa, roll one up, and settle in for an episode that’s equal parts filthy and feel-good.

💍 This episode is sponsored by Regal Rose — Deadly detailed Jewellery with a dark & dreamy twist.

Use code POKESANDJOKES for 20% off → https://www.regalrose.co.uk

→ www.instagram.com/regalrose

🎧 New episodes every other week!

👉 Like, comment, and share your confessions for a shout-out in the next one!

Chapters

00:00 – Welcome back

01:00 – Grace’s new Bristol life

03:00 – Kids breaking into her house

05:00 – When kids grew up too fast

08:20 – Regal Rose sponsor chat

10:10 – Countryside vs city life

13:00 – Racism in rural Britain

16:30 – Jen’s Irish roots

18:00 – DNA & fingerprint paranoia

20:00 – Robbery stories

22:00 – Crossbow pub fight

23:30 – Weird village locals

25:00 – Drug culture in small towns

25:45 – Jen’s Edinburgh Fringe recap

28:00 – Signed to Off The Curb

30:00 – Party girl rehab

32:00 – Still raving in your 30s

33:30 – London vs Bristol vibes

36:00 – Grace’s gym & self-growth era

38:00 – Run club

40:20 – Eye twitch & burnout

41:00 – Sponsor love (Regal Rose)

42:30 – Confession: The fart face tattoo

44:00 – Jen's Glasto bus disaster

47:00 – Confession: Mouse, baby & nappy chaos

50:00 – Listener emails & follow-ups

55:00 – Grace’s animal encounters

58:00 – Grace’s worst tattoo request ever

01:01:00 – Bad tattoos

01:04:00 – Listener shout-outs

01:08:00 – The oversharing segment

01:16:00 – Random chat & chaos

01:20:00 – Outro & final laughs

#PokesAndJokes #GraceNeutral #JenNolan #TattooPodcast #ComedyPodcast #UnderYourSkin #RegalRose #BristolLife #TattooStories #FunnyConfessions #Glastonbury #BritishHumour

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