In this episode of 'Were the Motherfogging DJs', Shanaz & Emma are joined by Wildblood & Queenie — DJs, promoters, broadcasters, activists and lifelong champions of LGBTQ+ nightlife. From Brighton’s early-90s club scene and 'Shameless Hussies' to Candy Bar, Wild Fruit and beyond, they take us on a brilliantly honest trip through the highs, chaos and changing face of club culture. Their lives are basically a living history of queer club culture.

In this gloriously unfiltered episode they get into Brighton's club scene, wild nights, sobriety, sex and relationships, vinyl, Pride, female DJs, neurodiversity, accessibility & getting older in nightlife. There are topless DJs. There are bongos. There are fish fingers. There are hangovers. There are love notes. There are also some surprisingly profound thoughts about Jesus.

Amongst the laughs there's serious stuff too: creating genuinely inclusive dancefloors, making space for disabled and neurodivergent DJs, challenging all-male line-ups, and why sometimes talking to people gets further than shouting at them.

Expect big tunes, big laughs & big tangents. If you’ve ever wondered whether you can still rave, DJ, love music and cause a little trouble as you get older… this one’s for you.

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We’ve laughed, raved, overshared, questioned everything and had some seriously brilliant conversations… so it’s time to take a breath and look back at the Motherfogging journey so far.

In this special episode, Shanaz & Emma swap the guests for a change and sit down together to reflect on the series, the conversations that have stayed with them, the moments that made them laugh, and the stories that have surprised them.

From motherhood and midlife reinvention to ageing, confidence, music, female friendship and finding your way back to the dancefloor, the series has already taken us into some pretty honest (and occasionally chaotic) territory.

So what have Shanaz & Emma loved most? Which moments have stuck with them? What have they learned along the way? And has making this podcast changed the way they see themselves, their music and this whole glorious, messy midlife chapter?

Expect favourite moments, behind-the-scenes chat, plenty of laughs, a few surprises and a big fat celebration of everything the Motherfogging community has created together so far.

If you’ve been listening from the start, this is your chance to relive some of the best bits. And if you’re new to the Motherfogging party… what better way to find out what you’ve been missing?

Press play. Turn it up. And come have a little look back with us.

Because the party definitely isn’t over yet…

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Motherhood took the decks away. Midlife gave them back.

This week on We're the Motherfogging DJs, Shanaz & Emma are joined live at Wilderness Festival at The Clubhouse by three powerhouse members of Eves’ Drop Collective — the 13-strong all-female DJ, vocalist and selector crew who've become one of the most talked-about names in UK dance music and sound system culture.

Sweet P - takes us back to the Hacienda-era Manchester club scene of the early '90s, running a room at the legendary Home nightclub — before walking away from DJing entirely for 15 years to raise her kids. Sarah Sweeney shares her journey from bedroom decks in Southport, through the Southport Weekender and Chibuki Shake Shake, to residencies at Fabric and the Heavenly Social. And Duchy takes us through her roots as a teenage R&B and reggae vocalist, her time with United Vibrations and Underwolves, and how motherhood pulled the phone quiet for years — until it didn't.

Together they open up about:

- What it actually feels like to walk back into a booth after a decade-plus away — and relearning the craft on digital decks after a lifetime on vinyl

- The unfiltered truth about sexism, gatekeeping and the "get a sponsorship deal, sweetheart" advice women DJs were handed in the '90s and early 2000s

- Why We Out Here festival became the birthplace of Eves’ Drop Collective, and the one place they can bring all 13 members together

- Navigating menopause, HRT, ADHD and perimenopause while holding down five-hour sets, day jobs, ageing parents and grown-up kids — and the supplement stack keeping them upright

- The insta-follower generation of DJs versus decades of dues-paying — and why there's room for both

- Music as therapy, sisterhood as medicine, and why a dance floor can hold thirty years of grief and joy at once

Honest, hilarious and completely unfiltered — this is a love letter to every woman who stepped back from the thing she loved to raise a family, and found her way back to the decks anyway.

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