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Aaaaaaaand we're back. After giving ourselves the summer off to watch the World Cup (and Love Island), we're returning to your podcast app to talk all things fatherhood. In this ep, the first of our unofficial second series, we find out how Seth and Jamie's summer holidays have shaped up with Eliza and Matilda in tow and we hear a cautionary tale on why potentially toxic liquids should not be left in reach of young children...in case you didn't already know! We also have a rather echoey chat with journalist and author, James Millar, about his new book 'Dads Don't Babysit: Towards Equal Parenting', which takes a new approach to tackling gender inequality in the home and at work, especially for anyone thinking of taking shared parental leave. Really glad to be back doing this podcast thing, hope you enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this month's FIRST AID SPECIAL episode, our guest is Sarah Kohn, mother of three and founder of Early Bird First Aid. From head injuries to burns, choking to drowning, Sarah takes Seth and Jamie through all the important stuff you NEED to know if you look after children. Sarah also offers great tips on baby-proofing your homes, so make sure you listen...this is all a bit terrifying but absolutely crucial knowledge to arm yourselves with. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're joined back in the studio by celebrity chef and founder of the revolutionary baby food company - Babease. Seeing as we have him in again, we thought we'd ask him the Big Question, which is - How much influence should Dad have in pregnancy and birth? I'm sure we all have a lot to say on this matter, which made it a question worth asking. Check it out! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we are joined by chef to the stars turned entrepreneur Tom Redwood as he talks to us about the disappointing encounter with baby food which inspired him to set up 'Babease', his own brand of 'vegetable-led' baby food, currently making waves in the industry. Tom also discusses his take on how to develop your baby's love for different (and nutritious) types of food from a young age...and tells us why he has a real problem with fussy eaters! We hear about how Tom's own culinary journey has seen him start life as a vegetarian and develop into a meat eating chef working in an upscale veggie restaurant in Brighton (go figure!), his time as a private chef for Simple Minds and Craig David, and his much more recent experience of becoming a dad for the first time. Seth and Jamie also catch up about what's new with Eliza and Matilda. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yes! We're back after a month off and we bring you a 'best of' episode. But unlike the 'best of' episodes of some of your favourite American sitcoms, our one is pretty entertaining. It's been a year since we started this podcast...and since Seth became a dad, but let's focus on the bigger picture here...so the four of us decided to sit down with a few (definitely too many) beers and celebrate the last 12 months of podcasts. So join the whole Good Dad Ugly team as we get progressively more hammered and reminisce over our individual favourite moments from our back catalogue of amazing guests, including Doc Brown, Matt Willis & Father of Daughters (FOD)...whilst accidentally electrocuting DJ Kojak in the process! Thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past 12 months and here's to another year of podcasting. We have some great guests already lined up for the next few eps, so stay tuned! Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ho ho holy crap it's another podcast! We're back on the tinsel-lined Dad Couch once again with Kerrang Radio's Alex Baker, to ask a Christmas themed Big Question - How much should you spoil your kids at Christmas? It's something that everyone has an opinion on and so who better to come up with the answer than us idiots? Have a listen to find out if we're more Scrooge than Santa! Thanks for listening, have a great Christmas and see you in the new year! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode we are delighted to be joined by the ‘New Artist Overlord' himself - Kerrang Radio's Alex Baker! Father to 1 year old Luna, Alex talks candidly about how it took him several months to really fall in love with her. He also confesses to ditching his beloved cats once Luna entered the world and that drinking gin straight from the bottle was the only thing that got him through the harrowing experience of sleep training his daughter. Not only that, but we may have inadvertently stumbled across the next best selling genre of music! Meanwhile Seth recalls a horrendous puking incident with Eliza as well as a close shave with a loaded mousetrap, and Jamie blames the influence of Producer Tom's youngest son for Matilda's impressive and relentless new talent! Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi everyone! This month's Big Question is not only for the dads and mums out there but also for the granddads and grandmas! We're joined in the studio again by founder of the Music, Football, Fatherhood website, Elliott Rae to debate the tricky and sensitive subject of the role of grandparents. We all need their support (obvs) but can they sometimes be a little bit too supportive? Enjoy and let us know what you think! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we are thrilled to welcome dad, founder of the 'Music. Football. Fatherhood.' website and general good egg, Elliott Rae onto the Dad Couch. Elliott talks about the under representation of "normal" black fathers in the media and advertising, why flexible working hours for women and men are the future if we really want gender equality in the workplace and he brings his daughter's favourite toy into the studio for our first ever Dad Tech Takeover! Meanwhile Jamie defends his decision to set up an instagram account for his baby daughter, Matilda, and admits to still not having got to grips with how to put her vests on. Seth on the other hand is back at Uni (did someone say fresher's week?!) and is struggling to balance the pressures of academia with his day job and being a dad. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you been teaching your kids their ABCs? Sure you have. But have you been teaching them like this?? Unlikely. Check out this week's Baby Bite episode, as our very own spin doctor - DJ Kojak, steps in as substitute teacher and brings you his unique way of learning the alphabet. If only all classes were like this. Sesame Street aint got nothing on Kojak. This one's for the little hip hop heads out there. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - DJ Kojak Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Monday everyone!! This week we are joined on the 'Dad-Couch' again by fatherhood practitioner and domestic violence expert, Seany O'Kane, to ask another Big Question - Should you swear in front of your children? Seems like an obvious one, but we discuss some interesting takes on the issue and wonder what the best way to broach the subject with your kids is. Needless to say, there's some swearing in this one. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi everyone! We're back and this month we're delighted to sit down with award winning fatherhood practitioner, Seány O'Kane! We hear how the former Big Brother contestant turned his back on the celebrity life and embarked on the journey of becoming a leading expert in working with young dads in domestic violence situations - helping vulnerable dads become better engaged fathers. Seány also tells the incredible/hilarious story of how he became a dad and describes his son's modern parenting set-up...involving a dad and two mums. In other news, Jamie fills Seth in on a particularly messy poop incident with daughter Matilda, and Seth describes the trepidation of sending his little one, Eliza to the child minder for the first time. There's also a couple of great products reviewed in 'DAD TECH'! Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We think our kids stay in their bedrooms at night. For some of us, this is not true. Kojak’s daughter has been sneaking into his studio undetected to learn daddy’s craft of producing phat beats. She hasn’t mastered the art of using samplers and synthesisers yet but knows her way round egg shakers, triangles, recorders and xylophones. She might just be the youngest producer ever. Here is her first release, using one of her all-time favourite tunes. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back with another BIG QUESTION. This month, we're asking our guest from episode 9, male midwife and author - Mark Harris...'Is breastfeeding just for mums?' With the UK having the lowest breastfeeding rates in the WORLD after 1 year, we discuss how men can get more involved in breastfeeding and ask if there's more us men can do to help. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we're delighted to be joined by male midwife, author of 'Men, Love & Birth', founder of Birthing4Blokes, father of six and grandfather of nine, Mark Harris. As well as answering your questions (and debunking some myths) about pregnancy and birth, Mark tells us how in his early days his patients would mistake him for the hospital security guard as well as what oxytocin is and why it's so crucial to the birthing process. We also find out why he thinks that the concept of 'averages' is a load of bollocks and how at one stage he and is wife dealt with having five children under the age of six!! Meanwhile, Seth reflects back on his experience of joint parental leave and Jamie finally gets to grips with the importance of the 'routine'. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our 'Big Question' this month is - can fame come too early? Helping us tackle this tricky topic with his unique insights is our amazing guest from Ep 8, Ben Bailey Smith aka Doc Brown. As we heard on episode 8, Ben came to fame relatively late, but his two young daughters have already started to dip their toes into the world of entertainment. How has Ben dealt with managing their expectations, what advice has he for any parents out there in a similar situation and what are the perks of being an on-set chaperone?! Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi everyone! After an amazing episode with Ben Bailey Smith AKA Doc Brown last week (if you haven't heard it yet, we suggest you do!), we thought we'd get him back to do a special reading of his children's picture book, 'I Am Bear', just for you guys! With a beat supplied by our very own DJ Kojak, this is a little bit special and something both adults and kids can enjoy. So sit back, relax and let Doc Brown bring the pages of 'I Am Bear' to life....Jackanory style! Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - DJ Kojak Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month we are thrilled to be joined on the dad-couch by actor, comic, writer, rapper, creator of the hugely popular Children's BBC show - 4 O'Clock Club, and most importantly a devoted father of two...it's the one and only Ben Bailey Smith, AKA Doc Brown. In this episode he tells us how there's no money in children's books; how it was clear from a young age that his sister Zadie Smith was destined for literary greatness; how anxiety over his daughters' well-being keeps him awake at night and how their love has made him a better person. Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi everyone! Get your wellies out, your glittery face paint on and grab a pint of your favourite warm cider...we're off to a festival! In this Baby Bite episode Jamie turns roving reporter and heads to Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire (with his 7 week old baby, Matilda, in tow) to find out from other dads the best tips and tricks for surviving a weekend festival with your kids. We hear from a dad of twins, a new dad, an experienced festival going dad, Bad Dad, and celebrity chef dad - Yotam Ottolenghi, all giving you the low down on how they recommend you get through the weekend unscathed! Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - Benji Elimelech Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

By popular demand we have another instalment of the Daddy Cool Summer Mix! Part 3 sees Kojak digging in the crates and diving deeper down the rabbit hole to unearth the existential rhythm of fatherhood. Or to put it another way, he is throwing beats, cuts and samples into a cauldron of fatherhood soup for your audio-eating pleasure. Nom flippin' nom! Tracklist: Papa Was a Rolling Stone feat. Chris Rock Song for my Father Papas Got a Brand New Bag Daddy Cool Outro: Honourable Mentions Enjoy! Follow us on Twitter & Instagram - @gooddadugly Artwork - Nick Haill Sound Design & Music - DJ Kojak Producer - Tom Sabbadini And if you like what we're doing please share, rate and review. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.