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No Straight Answers

Suran Dickson and Clayton Carrick-Leslie
No Straight Answers
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  • No Straight Answers

    A Handshake, a Half-Sister, and Running with the Bulls

    10/06/2026 | 50 mins.
    Clayton and Suran are back, and this week the co-parenting wars come to the hockey pitch. Fraser's wife is a Black Sticks player with strong opinions about sportsmanship. Fraser thinks his eight-year-old was mid-cry and in pain. Both of them are a little bit right, which is the most annoying possible outcome.

    Then Vickie has found her biological half-sister Donna, they get on brilliantly, and she is visiting London later this year. The problem is her adoptive sister Rachel also lives in London, has an immovable husband, and assumes Vickie is staying with her. Blood versus time, obligation versus wanting a decent night's sleep.

    In the AMA, Clayton almost soils his pants running with the bulls, and Suran describes the friendship she's most proud of.
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    Swearing, Porn, and Your Boss Seeing Your Browser History #4 Season 2

    03/06/2026 | 41 mins.
    Clayton and Suran are back, and this week things get a little ungodly.
    A listener writes in about the person she becomes the moment she gets behind the wheel, she's calm, patient, reasonable by day; full swears unleashed the second someone pulls out in front of her car. Her seven year old heard everything then went home and repeated it to Dad...

    Then there's the story of a houseguest who accidentally broadcast porn through his hosts' Bluetooth speaker at increasing volume, after which everyone sat down for toast and said nothing. Ouch.

    And in the AMA, Clayton faces a choice: would you rather your boss could see your browser history, or every text you've sent in the last year?
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    Ethical Vegetables, Dating in Grief, and a Hooters Trophy #3 Season 2

    27/05/2026 | 47 mins.
    Clayton and Suran are back and, if anything, sitting on the fence even more than last time.
    Sarah has a problem: her favourite fruit and veg shop has the best produce in the neighbourhood, and possibly some employment law concerns. She doesn't want to shop at Shein, but is Dave at the corner dairy actually the same thing? What can one customer do?
    Then Benjamin writes in four months after losing his wife to a long illness. He's developed feelings for one of her closest friends, someone who was there through all of it. They've talked about it, agreed it's too soon, and left it there. He just wants to know if he's a terrible person.

    In the AMA, Clayton confesses what he got catastrophically wrong about women (wrong hole anyone?), and Suran resurfaces a story involving a trophy, boobs, and a Hooters restaurant.
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    Transgender Kids, Pass-Ag Bosses, and Prince Alberts #2 Season 2

    20/05/2026 | 48 mins.
    Clayton and Suran are back and already proving their ineptitude.
    A parent writes in about their child coming out as transgender - the love is not in question, but the grief is real and they're struggling to process it all.
    David has a problem with his boss's email sign-off. "Thanks for your cooperation." Four patronizing, authoritarian words. Worth saying something or not?
    In the AMA, Suran reveals her piercing history (including a Prince Albert. Impossible? That'll make you listen to the end...), and Clayton contemplates what he'd do with fifteen million dollars (basically lie to everyone).
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    Losing Friends, Lighting Candles, and a Long Overdue Return #1 Season 2

    13/05/2026 | 48 mins.
    Clayton and Suran are back after six months away, with updates, a new puppy, and the usual inability to give a straight answer about anything.
    Matt quit drinking two years ago and hasn't looked back - except at his social life, which quietly disappeared along with the bottles. It turns out a lot of his friendships were basically just shared drinking habits, and now he's 51 and starting over. How do you find your people when the thing that used to connect you is gone?
    Karen told a small lie about candles to a new friend and is now four candles deep with no exit strategy. Are candles really worth getting worked up about? Karen thinks so, what do your resident (in)experts think?
    In the AMA, Clayton reveals the words that make his skin crawl ('panties' makes its show debut), and Suran confesses to her worst ever fashion moment.
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About No Straight Answers
The agony-aunt podcast where your hosts, Clayton and Suran, dive deep into dilemmas and conundrums. With thirty years of friendship, almost a century of life experience and zero years of relevant training, they’ll hopefully make you feel less alone. Each week they tackle the big, small and ridiculous questions - from parenting meltdowns and partner clashes to dopamine addiction, workplace disasters, midlife crushes - always with humour, honesty and no straight answers. Send your comments, conundrums or AMAs to dilemma@nostraightanswers.org
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