Reliable Sauce with Kirsty and Jonelle

Jonelle and Kirsty speak to the 24-year-old left with life-changing injuries after a dog attack, and discover how social media magnified her trauma. Plus, is the UK getting gayer? And which celebrity would you want as your chatbot cheerleader?Let us know your thoughts on any of this week’s stories by emailing reliablesauce@bbc.co.uk.Technical producer: David Kwan | Editorial Advisor: Chris Flynn | Producers: Tom Roles and Madeleine Drury | Editor: Nicky Birch00:00 Boy math 1:47 Intro 2:35 Is the UK getting gayer? 7:19 Dog attack interview 16:51 Shrinkflation 23:31 AI celeb chatbots 29:36 Outro

Kirsty and Jonelle chat TikTok "frenzies" with the BBC's Marianna Spring, Elon Musk's brain implant and a first of its kind undergraduate degree in social media influencing.Let us know your thoughts on any of this week’s stories by emailing reliablesauce@bbc.co.uk.Editorial Advisor: Sam Bonham | Producers: Luke Eldridge and Madeleine Drury | Editor: Nicky Birch0:00 Usher 3:00 Marianna Spring 12:31 Influencer degree 17:56 Elon's brain implant 23:11 So much good TV

Jonelle and Kirsty on the Russell Brand allegations, the phenomenon that is Tube Girl, and some extraordinary extra-terrestrial "evidence". Plus, why are so many TikTokers talking about the Roman Empire?Let us know your thoughts on any of this week’s stories by emailing reliablesauce@bbc.co.uk. Technical producer: Rafael Bujosa | Editorial Advisor: Chris Flynn | Assistant Producer: Madeleine Drury | Producer: Tom Roles | Editor: Nicky Birch 0:00 How often do you think about the Roman Empire? 3:03 Russell Brand allegations 11:22 NASA's UAP (UFO) report 16:05 Tube Girl 20:19 Fashion icks

Jonelle and Kirsty on the man whose nudes were used to blackmail him on Snapchat, the Wandsworth prison escape, and why the government’s going to ban the possession of NOS by the end of the year. Plus, new stats reveal the UK's dirty home-hygiene secrets.Let us know your thoughts on any of this week’s stories by emailing reliablesauce@bbc.co.uk.Technical producer: Chris Edwards | Editorial Advisor: Chris Flynn | Producer: Tom Roles | Editor: Nicky Birch0:00 All Wilko stores are closing 2:51 The NOS ban 4:55 Wandsworth prison escape 9:13 Blackmailed with Snapchat nudes 16:05 Revealing the UK's dirty home-hygiene secrets

Jonelle and Kirsty on escaping a festival mud bath, why everyone's worried about school buildings collapsing, and who'd be on your list of biggest Love Island stars? Plus why are more retail staff wearing bodycams?Hit us up! reliablesauce@bbc.co.ukTechnical Producer: Christina Cuevas | Producer: Tom Roles | Editorial Advisor: Sam Bonham | Editor: Nicky Birch0:00 Intro 1:30 Love Island All Stars 5:14 The Crumbly Concrete Crisis 14:37 More bodycams for retail workers 20:53 Stuck in the Mud: festival edition

Every Wednesday, Jonelle and Kirsty will be here to serve up the week’s biggest stories, with the perfect amount of sauce