Dad La Soul Sessions Podcast

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Dad La Soul Sessions Podcast

Monthly expert guests chatting about all sorts of dad-related topics, from mental health to time management, talking to your kids about pornography to winding up The Sun. These interviews provide real dad chat rather than laddy nonsense. We delve deep to find out how better to support dads and eradicate social isolation for fathers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  1. 24 APR

    Stand-Up Comedian Patrick Monahan on Life in Comedy and Making Kids Laugh

    Who better to ask how to up the dad joke game than Patrick Monahan, who has performed comedy all over the world. A well-respected stand-up comedian, Patrick gives us a glimpse into the comedy world, including what it's like to tour and how to deal with tough crowds.

    42 min

  2. 17/10/2023

    Chris Humphris on the Male Survivors Partnership

    TW: Sexual abuse Chris Humphris talked to us about the Male Survivors Partnership and how it supports men and boys who have been the victim of abuse. It's an important conversation about how we make it easier to talk about these subjects and what the partnership does to facilitate that.

    40 min

  3. 22/08/2023

    Dave Chawner on Joking about Mental Health

    Can you joke about mental health? Should you joke about mental health? Award-winning stand-up comedian Dave Chawner thinks you can and should. He told us about his eating disorder and how he used comedy to express himself. He also supports people with experience of bad mental health learn comedy skills to help them build confidence, communication and connections with other people. Find out more about Dave at https://www.davechawner.co.uk/stand-up

    34 min

  4. 14/07/2023

    Ben Moorhouse Returns to Talk About What We Don't Talk About

    Ben Moorhouse is the first returning guest on the Dad La Soul Sessions. He's off on another huge extreme challenge to raise money to save babies' lives and he tells us why he's struggling to raise money. Why won't people talk about stillbirth in the press? Do they think not mentioning it will make it go away? These are the issues that Ben faces, trying to raise money and trying to support dads who have been through a similar experience. One journalist sent him a shocking message. Find out about it in this episode. Support Ben's challenge: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/manchester206

    31 min

  5. 09/06/2023

    James MacDonald on Supporting Your Partner and Your Mental Health in Pregnancy

    James MacDonald is an author and has written a book for new dads called First Time Dad. It's all about looking after your mental health as you support your partner through the pregnancy. James talks about his own mental health struggles, his coping mechanisms and how dads can support each other. He also plays an amazing parody of the Proclaimers' 500 Miles about parenting, on the ukulele! Get James' book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Time-Dad-Confident-Pregnancy-ebook/dp/B0BX4NSDD1

    38 min

  6. 28/04/2023

    VIDEO: Susie Kahlich on Supporting Women With Self Defence

    TRIGGER WARNING: We discuss violence against women in this episode. Susie Kahlich is our Dad La Soul Sessions main guest. She's the founder of Pretty Deadly Self Defense and she talked about how someone tried to kill her and set her on the path to learning about martial arts and self defence. She told us about how we can support the women and girls in our life with learning self defence as well as offering insights into women's fears and concerns that men might not otherwise know about. This is essential for any dad with a woman or girl in their life.

    42 min

  7. 07/03/2023

    Jonnie Jensen on Helping Dads Be the Best They Can Be

    Jonnie Jensen from Team Super Dad understands what it is like to be at rock bottom because he has been there. He worked out how to lift himself back up and now he is dedicated to helping men do the same, be great dads, be happy humans and get to where they want to go. To find purpose.  Find out more about Jonnie here:  https://www.teamsuperdad.com/ And find out more about Dad La Soul here: https://www.dadlasoul.com/

    37 min

  8. 01/02/2023

    Sam Delaney on Sorting Your Head Out

    Sam Delaney is a journalist, broadcaster and podcaster who has written books, wrote for the lads mags back in the day and was editor of Heat. He's got some tales to tell from those early days, but also you need to hear what happened with his mental health. After becoming a dad, he tried to keep up his drinking and drug taking but it led to him spiralling. Find out how he battled through it, how he wish he'd battled through it and a load of other stories that are just a fraction of  the content for his new book Sort Your Head Out https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sort-Your-Head-Out-bollocks/dp/1408717085

    39 min
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Monthly expert guests chatting about all sorts of dad-related topics, from mental health to time management, talking to your kids about pornography to winding up The Sun. These interviews provide real dad chat rather than laddy nonsense. We delve deep to find out how better to support dads and eradicate social isolation for fathers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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