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17/7 - How To Be A Dad, part 12

“You need to teach them before you are ready to teach them. Because the fact that you are not ready to teach them means they're vulnerable to finding out from someone else.”

Tom Price and Stuart Goldsmith return to compare parenting notes with Olly, their sons now having reached the age of 10½.

Up for discussion: how to make friends with your kids’ parents, the dangers of ‘backdoor’ YouTube exposure, and the challenges of coping with impromptu sex education...

Plus, the appealing fraternity of teenage skateboarding, the toxicity of ‘Jordan and Salish’, and the big question of the Summer: should they make their kids try for grammar school?

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This is the twelfth instalment of our annual ‘How To Be A Dad’ series. Catch up with all previous episodes HERE.

🎧Tom’s podcast is My Mate Bought A Toaster; and Stuart’s is The Comedian’s Comedian. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

🎤 Stuart's show "Canary" is at the Edinburgh Fringe from 17-30th of August, then on tour.

📖 "You Know, Sex" by Cory Silverberg is out now

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Meanwhile, in The Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart heads to Olly’s house to cook up some BBQ barnstormers: ‘Swicy’ Korean Chicken Burgers, Gochujang Wagyu, and Logan Moffitt’s viral cucumber salad.

What are the flavour trends making their way on to our menus this Summer? And can Olly’s Ninja FlexFlame compete with a charcoal barbeque?

🫕 Check out all of Ollie’s recipe’s here.

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Elsewhere, down the Foxhole, Alix Fox assists a listener who wants to know how to keep sex fun.

Why is laughter a bedroom taboo? And how can you lighten the mood whilst staying sexy?

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Finally, our record of the month is ‘Nosedive’ by Man/Woman/Chainsaw, out now 👇

Tom Price, Olly Mann and Stuart Goldsmith, July 2026

Ollie's Swicy Chicken Burgers

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16/8 - How To Be A Dad, part 11

“ I think I was always a Dad with no kids. Having kids has made sense of me.”

Tom Price and Stuart Goldsmith return for their annual catch-up with Olly, comparing notes on the pleasures and pitfalls of parenthood.

With their boys now aged 9½, the Dads’ latest life advice includes how to remove a games console from the sitting room (without triggering a row); splitting Summer holidays into ‘manageable blocks’; giving their sons feedback without it sounding like criticism; and the joy of re-discovering The Simpsons.

Plus, why singing out instructions can be more effective than shouting; how NOT to make a good impression at a posh playground; and the pressures of the Obligatory Back To School Photo…

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This is the tenth instalment of our annual ‘How To Be A Dad’ series. Catch up with all previous episodes HERE.

🎧Tom’s podcast is My Mate Bought A Toaster; and Stuart’s is The Comedian’s Comedian. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Meanwhile, in The Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart considers the soaring cost of getting away, and breaks down what a ‘holiday’ really means.

Can a ‘staycation’ provide an equivalent wellbeing boost to travelling abroad? Maaaaaaaybe, says Ollie, if you plan your time off, lock away your laptop, and hire a cleaner.

Along the way, he uncovers the trends for “noctourism”, “fakeations”, and “set-jetting”. It’s certainly a break from the grind…

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Stuart Goldsmith, Olly Mann and Tom Price; July 2025

The Zeitgeist, but outside. Holiday vibes?

Elsewhere, down The Foxhole, Alix Fox - fresh from discovering a new kind of ‘Big D’ in her work at Deaf Rave - has advice for pleasuring ladies with longer labia.

Not every culture is squeamish about flappiness: some Eastern and African traditions celebrate and even enhance labia length.

Whether you’re solo or partnered, Alix has a treasure chest of toys and techniques, from floral-shaped vibrators that flutter like a butterfly, to massage oils that pamper your folds. The goal is worship - not just stimulation.

With the help of sexual wellness educator Tami Rose, sexpert Jess Wilde, professional long-lipped pleasure seeker Crista Anne, and pro piercer Mike Hill, Alix celebrates sensory exploration, and offers clever tricks with toys, casting kits, and knickers.

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Finally, our record of the month is Mogwai’s re-version of ‘Endsong’, plucked from The Cure’s brand new remix album, Mixes of a Lost World 👇

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We’ll see you with something new on 10th September!

x Olly, Ollie, Alix and Producer Matt

15/8 - How To Be A Dad, Part 10

“Most of what I do is to try and NOT be like he was. To NOT have the same relationship that I had with my Dad.”

Playing with knives, navigating the ‘Dad Race’ at Sports Day, and getting a ‘backstreet assessment’ for dyslexia - that’s the conversational menu as comedians Tom Price and Stuart Goldsmith reunite with Olly to discuss the pleasures and pains of parenthood.

Now aged 8, their boys are dealing with TikTok addiction, grappling with the instant gratification of Amazon deliveries, and trying to hack the marble jar.

Meanwhile, our trio of Dads are learning how to transition from ‘performative parenting’, moderating the YouTube content on their smart TVs, and facing the inevitable spectre of turning into their own fathers...

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This is the tenth instalment of our annual ‘How To Be A Dad’ series. Catch up with all previous episodes HERE.

🎧Tom’s podcast is My Mate Bought A Toaster; and Stuart’s is The Comedian’s Comedian. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Meanwhile, in The Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart is off to Harley Street to investigate the trend for hair transplants.

What do they cost, how do they work, and do they last?

Also, how can you tell if you’ve got decent ‘donor hair’ in your ‘harvest area’? Why do a million men per year travel to Turkey to look like Wayne Rooney? And can you ever regain the hair you had as a teenager?

With the help of The Wimpole Clinic’s Consultant Neurosurgeon Dr. Ismail Ughratdar, Ollie investigates…

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Elsewhere, down the Foxhole, Alix Fox assists a Mann-fan who can’t explain why - each time he reaches climax in bed with his wife, and only then - he visualises a HOUSE 🏠.

Could it be… repressed trauma? A Freudian sense of self coming to the fore, in an unguarded moment? Or, er, a supernatural glimpse of his future?

With input from behavioural optometrist Bhavin Shah, longevity mental health coach Susie Masterson, and spiritual psychotherapist Melissa Amos, Alix is on the case…

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Olly Mann, Stuart Goldsmith, Tom Price. August 2024.

Finally, our Record of the Month marks a hands-in-the-air return for The Offspring, whose new track Make It All Right comes from their 11th studio album, Supercharged, out this October 🤘

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