The Paranormal Gapcast

This week on the Generation Gapcast, we’re diving under the duvet to explore one of the biggest issues affecting every generation — sleep. Joined by sleep expert Louise Berger and autism and anxiety sleep specialist Kelly-anne Riley-Smith, we unpack common sleep myths, teenage night owl habits, sleep paralysis, lucid dreaming, screen time, health trackers, and why we might actually be sabotaging our own rest. From growth hormones and gaming to anxiety and neurodivergent sleep challenges, this episode is packed with practical advice for parents, teens, and anyone lying awake at 3am wondering why they can’t switch off. Expect myth busting, honest generational debate, and simple, realistic tips to help you finally get the best night’s sleep of your life.

This week on the Generation GapCast, we put nostalgia to the test. Literally. As GCSE exam mock season hits, Yoni challenges his dad to sit  'basic' foundation exam questions in Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Maths… live, with no Googling and no mercy! From bacterial cells to bus-stop division, with self-heating tea mugs and thermal conductivity, the episode turns into a hilarious and surprisingly thoughtful look at how exams, education standards, and “useful knowledge” have (or haven’t) changed across generations. Are today’s exams easier, harder, or just different? How much of what we learned at school actually sticks? Expect laughs, mild panic, parental pride, and a healthy dose of generational perspective.

In this episode of The Generation Gapcast Rick and Yoni  sit down with clinical psychologist Danielle to unpack one of the biggest modern parenting dilemmas: social media. From doomscrolling and viral hoaxes to comparison culture, peer pressure, and screen-time boundaries, the trio explore how social media really affects young people’s mental health, and when it doesn’t. With plenty of laughs, real-life examples, and practical advice for both parents and teens, this episode cuts through the panic headlines to focus on balance, communication, and understanding life on (and off)  the screen.

New year, fresh promises, and absolutely no intention of keeping them. In the first Generation GapCast episode of the year, Rick and Yoni tackle New Year’s resolutions through two very different generational lenses. From Christmas mishaps and Secret Santa confusion (yes, including unwanted vegan chocolate) to whether anyone actually sticks to their goals past January, the pair unpack health, fitness, mental wellbeing, money, exams, and the pressure to “have it all figured out”. Along the way, the conversation detours through Christmas chaos,, modern gym culture, AI in schools, and a surprisingly passionate breakdown of ABBA Voyage  the high-tech “concert” experience that’s part spectacle, part cinema, and part existential crisis. Warm, witty, and gloriously off-track, this episode captures the strange in-between feeling of early January, where motivation is high, energy is low, and everyone is quietly rethinking their goals. Expect honest takes, playful arguments, cultural quirks, tech talk, and plenty of laughs, plus a reminder that whether you’re 16 or significantly not, New Year’s resolutions might just be the biggest tradition we all pretend works.

Reindeer antlers, jingling bells, and one very patient dad. This festive episode of The Generation Gapcast descends into chaos almost immediately. Rick and Yoni head to London to buy a guitar, argue about the ’80s, Stranger Things, and whether life was better before Wi-Fi, all while dodging Christmas crowds and dad complaints. There’s nostalgia, teenage philosophy, musical ambitions, and a truly heroic amount of steak and white chocolate cheesecake. Expect festive nonsense, generational sparring, and the miracle of a dad surviving a full meal out without complaining (much). A noisy, funny, end-of-year episode you definitely shouldn’t listen to while hungry.   Ho Ho Ho!

We dive into the weird, the wild, and the wonderfully spooky. We talk to a psychic medium who claims she died, toured the afterlife, and came back with receipts (and always get a parking space at the mall), a teacher who walked into a living room and found a Victorian ghost relaxing in an armchair, and a Floridian ghost hunter who’s seen shadow-children creeping across lighthouse floors.    This paranormal special has everything!   We explore ghosts, demons, angels, hauntings, sleep paralysis, mirrored portals, pets who see too much, and whether TikTok is basically a digital Ouija board. All while parents and teens argue about which generation is the most terrified.   Funny, creepy, and occasionally mind-melting — this is the supernatural episode you didn’t know you needed.

The holidays are coming! It's the first Generation GapCast’s festive special. An episode that starts with a failed trailer, descends into a five-minute laughing fit, and somehow gets worse from there.   Rick opens by flooding the house during a DIY plumbing attempt (shocking no one), while Yoni provides live commentary on why his dad should legally be banned from touching tools. The pair dive into a spirited debate about Christmas: Yoni loves the lights, the food, the joy,  Rick loves… February.   Expect heated opinions on tinsel (Rick thinks it’s pure evil), overpriced “festive menus,” and whether supermarkets rebranding Christmas trees as “Evergreen Trees” is fooling anyone. There’s also a brief detour into Blackpool Illuminations, a disturbing tooth-fairy story, and Yoni revealing he believed in Santa despite not celebrating Christmas.   Add several unnecessary Liam Gallagher impressions, a rant about Christmas movies, a Hanukkah latke confession  and you’ve got a holiday special that’s equal parts festive spirit and a jar of bah humbugs.    Perfect for anyone who loves Christmas and the festive season, or hates it as much as Rick.

Buckle up! Rick and Yoni take The Generation GapCast on the road for a full-throttle day of chaos, carbs, and questionable life choices. It all kicks off in on their way to a demolished shopping centre. From there, it’s a downhill grease slide to a burger joint that are a little on the oily side, milkshakes thicker than mud, a Wingstop review leaving Rick with blue cheese sauce over his face and the debate over fizzy Vimto versus unbranded cola rages on. Between sugar highs, football memorabilia, and an Apple Vision Pro demo that messes with their senses, the lads somehow end up singing Blue Moon (and shouting at the referee) at the Etihad Stadium, but not before circling the stadium four times to find the gift shop. Add a nostalgic detour past Rick’s old school, visiting Manchester University student halls, a Tesco “altercation” that was really just polite British muttering, and a triumphant Funko Pop haul featuring Liam and Noel Gallagher, and you’ve got one gloriously daft day out. It’s father and son banter at its finest — part food review, part nostalgia trip, part Manc fever dream. Tune in, turn it up, and maybe grab a napkin… it’s about to get messy.

Rick (proudly bald) swears life was tougher when “streaming” meant rain down a drainpipe, whilst Yoni (Wi-Fi native) argues modern kids have it harder because Snapchat might delete them any second. Between arguments about slippers-as-weapons, Nanny Plum, and existential panic at 3% battery, the Generation Gap has never been this entertaining—or this chaotic. They battle it out to see which generation really had (and has) it harder.

Rick (the dad who still burns CDs) and Yoni (the teen who thinks Wenzels is “posh Greggs”) Turn to the age old debate - does the North or South of England reign supreme? Rick waxes poetic about chip butties and Vimto while Yoni defends Tottenham cake like it’s a national treasure. They argue about accents (“bath” vs “baaaath”), football (“the North wins because banter”) and after multiple failed sound checks, fizzy drink interludes, and a tragic man-flu update, they finally agree on one thing... You can’t beat a chippy tea. It’s like Top Gear, but with less horsepower and more digestive issues.