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Dave Berry recently became a father for the first time, which is why he wanted to create a place for all people to come and celebrate the wonderful, exciting, sometimes scary, but absolute joy of fatherhood!Join Absolute Radio's Dave Berry as he chats to a different guest each episode to talk about all things involved in being a dad, sharing their experiences of fatherhood (or motherhood in some guests' cases), their relationship with their own fathers, as well gathering some advice (or 'Dad-vice') along the way.
A fourth birthday wish is a week in a taxi; suddenly your child's requests seem quite reasonable.
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A comic, practical conversation about cooking with children, building independence and sometimes wanting the kitchen back.
Parenting lands as a practical kitchen lesson in this Dadpod conversation with writer, actor and comedian Jack Dee, a father of four. Dee makes the case for involving children in making and preparing food where possible, and the reward is easy to understand: his children now…
Anthony Horowitz makes a warm, personal case for keeping books at the heart of family life.
Anthony Horowitz's conversation with Dave Berry works best as a warm, domestic argument for keeping books close to family life. Berry comes in as a parent who has already read Horowitz's latest mystery and is carefully keeping its secrets from a house of fans, which gives the…
Tom Chaplin reflects on family boundaries, The Masked Singer, and sharing that television moment at home.
Tom Chaplin brings a clear family thread to a conversation that ranges across lockdown creativity, parenting, and The Masked Singer. The Keane frontman and father of two talks plainly about why he keeps work and home life apart, including his view that taking children around the…
A loose, affectionate Father's Day scrapbook of family details, dad stories, and one unforgettable taxi birthday wish.
Dave Berry's Father's Day special treats parenthood as a loose scrapbook of jokes, nerves, affection, and hindsight. He reads tributes from social media, revisits Tim Minchin on Casper's instinct for finding the joke, and returns to the idea that a third child can make parenting…
An easygoing parenting conversation moves from childproofing chaos to family history, Nigerian ancestry, and shared travel hopes.
Parenthood comes through as a bright, slightly chaotic discussion of raising a young child, with the focus on everyday risks: sudden running, grabbing at things, unscrewing anything within reach, and trying to plug things in.
A warm, reflective episode on fatherhood, confidence, family pride, and nerves that never fully disappear.
Dominic Holland's conversation with Dave Berry is warmest when it treats fatherhood as part confidence, part candour, and part learning to live with the nerves that never quite leave.
Jason Manford brings six children, a noisy home and memories of growing up to the Dad Pod.
Jason Manford's six-child household gives this Dad Pod episode its lively center. He talks about the reaction he gets when people hear he is a father of six, then opens up the cheerful disorder of a home that rarely seems quiet.
Parenthood and bodies, told one honest story at a time.
Jack Dee tells Dave Berry that a 19-year-old who still refuses vegetables is already 'a man baby', and he links the problem to delivery apps and convenience food.
Anthony Horowitz and Dave Berry spend this DadPod episode on The Twist of a Knife, the fourth Hawthorne novel, which Horowitz says is out on 18 August.
Dave Berry’s My Dad Pod conversation with Tom Chaplin centers on Keane, fatherhood, touring, and sobriety.
["Dave Berry marks a Father's Day special of My Dad Pod with clips from Tim Minchin, Jason Manford, Rob Beckett, Matt Dyson, Chris and Rosie Ramsey, Tyson Fury, Chris Kamara, and Steve.", "Tim Minchin and Jason Manford both say family stories have to be specific to their own children and still broad enough for other parents to recognise, with Minchin also recalling a pregnancy loss and the moment he found out he was going to be a father.", "Rob Beckett, Matt Dyson, and the listener tributes turn the focus toward everyday parenting details, from loo breaks and lie-ins to Chinese takeaway, stepdad support, and the value of showing up.", "Tyson Fury links fatherhood to boxing, Chris Kamara talks about grandparenting with Solomon and Billy, and Steve says becoming a father immediately changed how he thinks about dangerous work and risk."]
Ade Adepitan describes his toddler pushing his wheelchair away, locking the lift, and laughing through the window while Dave Berry compares it with Evie's airplane behaviour.
Dave Berry interviews comedian and author Dominic Holland about Eclipsed, his account of Tom Holland’s rise from Billy Elliot performer to Spider-Man actor.
Jason Manford tells Dave Berry how having six children shaped his comedy, including stories about setting fire to a friend’s garden and stealing neighbours’ milk to put it out.
Griff Rees-Jones tells Dave Berry how grandparenting differs from fatherhood, including sitting on a tractor with two-and-a-half-year-old Owen and handing children back to their parents.
Dave Berry interviews Mo Farah about raising Rihanna, Aisha, Amani, and Hussein while elite athletics kept him away from home for roughly six months each year.
Dave Berry interviews Chris and Rosie Ramsey about raising Robin and four-month-old Rafe while touring Shagged Married Annoyed across the country.
Dave Berry interviews Ben Shepherd about his experiences as a father, sharing memories and advice on parenting toddlers.
Dave Berry interviews actor Joe Swash about his experiences as a father of multiple children during a national lockdown.
Dave Berry interviews Howard Donald about his experiences as a father and his pandemic-era children's story readings.
Dave Berry interviews Jeff Brazier about fatherhood, parenting challenges, and the joy of raising children.