What Is This Hot Mess?
Episodes
A Mess of Unequal Exchanges, Lessons in ‘Ubuntu’, and Recycling (Not Really) with Ruth Nyambura
17 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this messy episode, Tiff dives into the deep/shallow waters of the climate crisis with Ruth Nyambura, an eco-feminist and thinker at large. Togethe...
A mess of pleasure as liberation, judgey gynaes, stolen lubes and magical vulvas with Dr T. a.k.a Tlof Tlof (Part II)
04 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this messy episode we sit down and discuss the Dr Tlof Tlof's villain origin story as a pleasure positive medical practitioner, the pursuit and pol...
A mess of witches or doctors, femme pain, birthing on your back and Uniting Nations with Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng aka Dr. T.
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this messy episode we return for season II and sit down THE Dr Tlaleng to help Tiff unpack her obsession with misogyny in medicine, because as Dr T...
A hot mess of a new season: feminist fornication, climate group chats, witchy medicine and more w/ Tiffany Kagure Mugo
19 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this season we shall cover trad wifery, the silence of the global majority in the Climate Group Chat, how navigating the medical field is an extrem...
A mess of (un)serious struggles, s*x workers for president and fighting joyless feminism with Ishtar Lakhani
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tiffany Kagure Mugo sits down with Ishtar Lakhani, and they decide that the pool is a front because sometimes it's OK not to make bad...
A mess of shady feminism, pressure for perfection and the ferocious fightback of facism with Lebo Mashile (Part II)
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Part II of this pair of messy episodes Tiffany Kagure Mugo continues to chat to Lebo Mashile about how feminists can sometimes be horrible, th...
A mess of misogynoir, revolutionary thinking and mid podcast therapy sessions with Lebo Mashile (Part I)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Part I of this pair of messy episodes, Tiffany Kagure Mugo sits down with Lebo Mashile, poet extraordinaire, playwright, recording artist, performe...
A mess of A.I mania, funding feminist tech and silicon valley scams with Jac sm Kee
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this messy episode Tiffany Kagure Mugo sits down with Jac sm Kee to chat about feminist tech and Silicon Valley Syndrome, the scam that is an 'equa...
A mess of menopause, dating and the isms of the medical world with Mona Eltahawy
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this messy episode, Tiffany Mugo sits down with Mona Eltahawy to talk about transitioning into menopause, figuring out love and dating and how the ...
Seriously...What Is This Hot Mess?: A mess of a trailer.
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to What Is This Hot Mess? a podcast looking at all the ways the world is hot trash right now and the ways some brilliant feminists are cleanin...