The Dad Cave Podcast

Stephen and Mark are joined by Corin Morgan-Armstrong, Director of Invisible Walls, an organisation which helps to rehabilitate prisoners through strengthening relationships with their families and communities.   Corin discusses the realities of prison life, the impact of prison on families, and how it’s still possible to be a good dad whilst behind bars.

Ian Henderson from the Naked Truth Project, a UK charity working to open eyes and free lives from the damaging impact of porn, joins Stephen and Mark in The Dad Cave. They discuss the growth of the porn industry since the advent of the smart phone, it’s impact on young people, and how as dads, you can start to talk to your children about this difficult topic.

Tony Sharp joins Stephen and Mark in the Dad Cave to talk all about Who Let The Dads Out? – A network of toddler groups just for Dads that was set up by Mark and Tony over twenty years ago.

We talk football and fatherhood with Swansea City Head Coach, Luke Williams. Stephen and Mark do a deep dive into his career to date and unpack the reality of juggling a high-pressure job with being a dad of two young boys.

Motivational speaker and dad of four, James Shone, joins Stephen and Mark in The Dad Cave to talk about how a routine health check in 2012 led to him needing emergency surgery for an advanced brain tumour which left him partially sighted. This experience changed the course of his life, forcing him to give up work to adapt to life with a disability, before going on to start the charity “I Can & I am”.

Stephen and Mark are joined in The Dad Cave by Luke Meates to discuss the realities of facing burnout whilst parenting two young children, and what you can do when life gets a bit too much.

Simon Guillebaud, author speaker and charity founder, joins Mark and Stephen in The Dad Cave to discuss his experience of giving up the safety of the UK to live and work as a missionary in Burundi. He shares his perspective on choosing to bring up his children in a place once considered the most dangerous country on earth.

Ian Soars, CEO of Spurgeons, the organisation behind Dad.info, joins Stephen and Mark in The Dad Cave to discuss the eye-opening results of their nationwide survey of dads.

Guest Gerrit Bantjes joins Stephen and Mark in the Dad Cave to share his experience of being a stepdad.

Mark Madavan visits The Dad Cave this month to talk to Stephen and Mark about losing his sight and overcoming the pressure to always be a ‘Super Dad’.