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Lockdown Dads
James Millar and Ian Dinwiddy are recording a weekly ‘show’ exploring the impact of lockdown, self isolation and social distancing on working dads. We’ll share tips, thoughts and stories with special guests, discuss our hopes for the future and the opportunities that all this represents, especially for dads who want to be more active and involved fathers but who until now have struggled with the expectations of what it means to be a man in the workplace.:https://www.inspiringdads.co.uk/lockdown-dads
Episodes
46 episodes
The Final One with James and Ian
In this, the last episode of Lockdown Dads, James and I reflect on 18 months of pandemic podcasting as England celebrates "Freedom Day."The truth is that the fear of catching Covid, home school disruption, and getting through the days ar...
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Episode 46
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Will McDonald - The Job Share Dad
Our final guest on Lockdown Dads is Will McDonald, Group Sustainability and Public Policy Director at Aviva plc aka "The Job Share Dad."As one half of the most senior male job share in the UK, Will is a bit of a hero in the dad space, sh...
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Episode 45
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Olga Fitzroy - Self Employed Parent Campaigner
Olga Fitzroy, award winning sound engineer and parental pay equality campaigner joins us to discuss inequalities faced by the self employed. We discover her role in Pregnant Then Screwed's legal challenge against the government and discus...
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Episode 44
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Simon Gregory - Talking About Dad Returners
Simon Gregory, Managing Partner of GPS Return joins us to talk about parental return to work and we explore the differing challenges faced by men and women.We discuss how societal expectations influence the opportunities to return to wor...
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Episode 43
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Dr Jeremy Davies - The Fatherhood Institute's Untold Story
To mark the publication of the Fatherhood Institute's new report "Lockdown Dads - the Untold Story", we sat down with Dr Jeremy Davies, Head of Communications, to discuss fatherhood, the opportunities presented by the pandemic and what ex...
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Episode 42
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Ethan Salathiel - Normalising Different Pathways to Fatherhood.
Coach, consultant and 'living system', we talk to Ethan about his journey from googling 'male trapped in female body' to father of two, including a lockdown baby.We discuss the power of flexible working as an enabler for Ethan to be the ...
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Episode 41
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36:47
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Simon Kettlewell - The Eternal Dad
Eternity Leave is a wry, semi autobiographical novel about being a stay at home dad, and the author, Simon Kettlewell, joined James and Ian to talk about his inspiration from over 20 years as primary carer to his four children. It's story that ...
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Episode 40
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37:08
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Looking Back at Lockdown Dads Season 3
We look back at the guests, the stories and the tips that caught our eye since January.00:30 Weathermen, Ian’s course development, Covid scare at school and Couch to 5k 03:00 James finally gets physio on his ba...
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Episode 39
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37:28
Rhian Mannings MBE - 2 Wish Upon A Star
In 2012 Rhian Mannings’ life suddenly and tragically changed when first her young son George died, followed 5 days later by her husband Paul.In this important and uplifting conversation, we explore how support was missing for bereaved pa...
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Episode 38
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Brian Ballantyne - Why Men and Inclusion Matters
Brian Ballantyne, Co-Founder of Men for Inclusion, author of “Confessions of a Working Dad”
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Episode 37
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Nicki Seignot - Author, Coach and Working Parent
Nicki Seignot, Author of 'Mentoring New Parents at Work' and founder of The Parent Mentor talks to James and Ian in episode 36 of Lockdown Dads.We discuss why supporting new dads matters, the role single dad Phil played to broadening Nic...
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Episode 36
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Will Champion - Coldplay's drummer
The musician who doesn’t read music, the drummer who didn’t play the drums and a calming, pragmatic influence in Coldplay. In this episode of Lockdown Dads, we discover how a focu...
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Episode 35
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Jamie Beaglehole - Daddy and Dad
A trailblazer for same sex adoption, Jamie is the Daddy of Daddy and Dad. What started as an exploration of the highs and lows of Jamie and Tom’s story of adopting two young brothers from foster care...
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Episode 34
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Dan Stanley - Becoming Better Men
Dan Stanley - Becoming Better MenIn a powerful discussion about masculinity, purpose, and self awareness, ex Army Commando Instructor Dan describes how, far from being a magical time, becoming a new dad led to a 8 month separation...
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Episode 33
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Nigel Clarke, CBeebies TV Presenter and Dadvengers founder.
There’s just not enough time! Nigel Clarke, CBeebies presenter, explains how Dadvengers started from an all Dads episode of
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Episode 32
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Nathan McGurl, Founder of The Study Buddy
As a newly married 23 year old, apprehensively mulling over his thoughts about impending fatherhood while driving the A39 to and from Bristol, Nathan McGurl, founder of
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Episode 31
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Paul Bulos - Executive, Leadership & Wellbeing Coach
Time to ponder… what colour are you today and why? Paul Bulos, Executive, Leadership & Wellbeing Coach and publishing professional joins us for this and other profound questions on the Lockdown Dads podcast. We dig into the benefits of lock...
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Episode 30
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Steve Myall - Journalist and Podcaster
Living 50m from Central Park in Upper West side Manhattan sounds incredibly glamorous but not if you've swapped a house for a pandemic apartment in lockdown. This week's guest Steve Myall, former deputy features Editor of the Daily Mirror and c...
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Episode 29
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Louise Goss - Founder of The Homeworker Magazine
One time self employed journalist based in Australia, we discover how interviewing and profiling home working entrepreneurs for a tech start up was the start of the idea that became The Homeworker magazine. Louise Goss joins us for ...
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Episode 28
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Looking back at 2020 with James and Ian
A look back at 26 episodes of Lockdown Dads - the good, the bad and the ugly as we ponder the "annus horribilis" that was 2020. We talk guests and the tips that inspired us and the tips that shocked us, it's all here as we discuss what 2021 has...
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Episode 27
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Martin Robinson - Founder of the Book of Man
From lad mag to expert on modern masculinity. This episode is loaded with content "for him" as Martin Robinson, editor of digital magazine, the Book of Man, gives us the lowdown on why it was time for con...
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Episode 26
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36:33
David Willans - Founder of Being Dads
David Willans, founder of the website Being Dads joins the show as we discover what is behind his thoughtful and informative weekly emails. We learn how a typical dad moment - losing your rag with your kids, and lacking role models the re...
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Episode 25
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35:55
Nadia Nagamootoo - Coach, Consultant and Psychologist
Nadia Nagamootoo, founder & CEO of Avenir Consulting Services, speaker, chartered psychologist, coach and expectant mum joins Lockdown Dads to talk about her path to "complete inclusion" and how her own experiences of shared parental leave ...
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Episode 24
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Ady Griffiths - The Mindful Dad
Ady Griffiths, author of Mindful Thoughts for Fathers joins James and Ian to explain how mediation and mindfulness have helped him to cope with 3 core aspects of fatherhood - worrying about becoming a dad, being a stressed dad and relating to h...
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Episode 23
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Dr Laura Radcliffe - Focusing on Dads at Work
This week’s guest is Dr Laura Radcliffe, Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at the University of Liverpool Management School. We explore why a focus on dads in the workplace is of vital importance and how society needs to see the...
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Episode 22
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