The Just Checking In Podcast

In episode 381 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with Jide Ehizele. Jide is a writer and the Founder of the SubStack South East London Psalms , where he writes about class, race, politics and faith. Jide first came on in JCIP #252 in August 2024.  In Part 1 we discussed a range of topics, including growing up in South London in the mid-2000s, navigating gang culture in his school...

In episode 380 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Luke Slater. Luke is the Founder and CEO of Modern Tribes Collective C.I.C. and is a Wilderness Psychotherapist in training at time of recording.  Before he was a would-be psychotherapist, Luke used to work in sales for luxury brands, but didn’t find fulfilment in it. He went travelling for 3-4 years on and off, teaching English to...

In episode 379 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Hannah Stallard.  Hannah is Head of Community for an organisation called Looseheadz , which combines the sport of rugby with mental health. They started at the end of a bar in a rugby club, and their goal is to make this a conversation at the end of every rugby club bar in the world. LooseHeadz uses the power of rugby to start conve...

In episode 378 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Conor Warren. Conor is the Co-Founder and CEO of an organisation called Spark UK .  Founded in 2020, Spark UK is a youth-led mental health charity that offers free mental health resources, campaigns, and support to empower young people across the UK. Conor is also the Director of We Are Prysm , a Gen Z-led consultancy helping brands...

In episode 377 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Danny Grady.  Danny is part of Mandem Meetup Wolves (MMUW), the Wolverhampton branch of Mandem Meetup , a grassroots charity promoting, correcting and improving the conversation around men’s mental health and wellbeing. Danny became part of MMUW in February 2024 when he went to his first Mandem Talking Circle. Now he is a facilitato...

In episode 376 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Jamie Hall. Jamie is part of Mandem Meetup Wolves, the Wolverhampton branch of Mandem Meetup (MMU) , a grassroots charity promoting, correcting and improving the conversation around men’s mental health and wellbeing. Jamie became part of MMU Wolves (MMUW) in 2023 when he messaged the Founder of the Wolves branch, Christian if he cou...

In episode 375 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Arthur Colquhoun.  Arthur is the Founder of YES Club , an invite-only network for London’s mission-led, early-stage founders. They host intimate, highly curated in-person experiences built for depth, peer learning, and meaningful connection. He is also the Founder’s Associate of The Fifth , who bill themselves as “a high-performance...

In episode 374 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Dr Rebekah Wanic. Rebekah is an academic, leadership consultant, life coach and the Founder of ‘ Vent To Reinvent ’. She is also the Founder of the SubStack ‘ PsychSkeptics ’. We came across Rebekah through an article she wrote on a publication called Minding The Campus called ‘The Disappearing Male Student’ which friend of the pod...

In episode 373 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Sarah Roberts.  Sarah is a communications professional and has over 25 years of experience in global communications and business strategy. She is currently Senior Managing Partner at PR agency Vane Percy & Roberts, which she co-founded, and is also Executive Director of Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute (RGHI). We came across Sar...

In episode 372 of The Just Checking In Podcast our Founder Freddie flew solo for a one-off episode investigating a men's mental health organisation we had previously been big supporters and champions of, Men's Sheds.  We even interviewed former CEO of the UK Men’s Sheds Association, the body who oversee all Men's Sheds in the UK, Charlie Bethel in JCIP #249 , in July 2024.  Men’s Sh...

In episode 371 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Joe Giles. Joe is an artist and creates, in his words, intuitive abstract paintings rooted in emotional expression rather than planned composition. We came across Joe through his interview on friend of the pod JD and his platform, ‘What’s On Your Mind?’ . Joe’s life story is not what you’d expect. He was born in Sussex in the South...

In episode 370 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Carolyn Gorman.  Carolyn currently works as a Fellow for an organisation called the Manhattan Institute .  The Manhattan Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank whose scholars and journalists are dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in America and its great cities.  They cover a rang...

In episode 369 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with David Harper.  David is a freelance journalist, presenter, producer and reporter. David is currently host of LBC News’ Saturday Breakfast Show, and is a regular presenter of the BBC’s World Business Report. Growing up in the small North Wales village of Penyfordd, David left his state comprehensive at 16 years old with very little q...

In episode 368 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with Sunil Jindal.  Sunil is the former Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Magic AI, a fitness-technology company which produces a Fitness Mirror, completely powered by AI.  Sunil and our Founder Freddie went to the same sixth-form college and have been friends for over 15 years. We first checked in with Sunil in November 2023...

In episode 367 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with friends of the pod Dean Corney and Jason Reeves.  Dean is a firefighter in the London Fire Brigade who has worked in the service for over 20 years.  Dean is also the Co-Founder of Walk & Talk 999, a men's walking group in the UK for any man in the emergency services to walk and talk about their mental health, if they w...

In episode 366 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with Jamie Dennis.  Jamie Dennis is the Founder and CEO of Mandem Meet Up, a grassroots charity which promotes, corrects and improves the conversation around men’s mental health and wellbeing. They provide an open, inclusive community for all men, integrating a range of social, holistic and more ‘traditional’ forms of clinical suppo...

In this episode of Behind The Decks we checked back in for a third time with Australian DJ and producer, Jafunk.  Lachy was the very first special guest on Behind The Decks when we launched the series all the way back in June 2020!  Lachy then came back on again in May 2023 , and three years later he has joined the esteemed group of guests who have checked in for a hat trick of appearances! Since...

In episode 365 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with academic Dr Emily Setty. Emily is currently Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Surrey. Emily has a particular focus on young people’s online and offline sexual behaviours and the evolving challenges of digital sexual cultures. We first checked in with Emily in JCIP #210 in November 2023. In that podcast we...

In episode 364 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Dr Sophie King-Hill. Sophie is currently Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham and has worked in academia since 2013.  She published her latest book, ‘Reframing Masculinity for Young Men and Boys’ in 2025, and her areas of academic expertise are in masculinity and young men and...

In episode 363 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Simon Whitmore. Simon is part of an organisation called Spoke To A Bloke .  Spoke To A Bloke is a men’s mental health charity, which was founded in Australia by three men called Scott, Paul and Matt after their friend Nick Dunn tragically took his own life in 2021. Before he did, he would organise an annual 25k men's mental hea...

In episode 362 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Mick Rowe. Mick is the Founder of Suicide Sucks C.I.C, a mental health organisation centred around suicide prevention, which aims to provide a safe space to talk about suicide, grief and mental health.  Through Suicide Sucks, Mick published her first documentary as a filmmaker about her brother’s death from suicide in 1996, who was...

In episode 361 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Jenny Tomei.  Jenny is the Founder and CEO of JenUp C.I.C.  JenUp is a social enterprise specialising in training teachers on how to spot the early signs of an eating disorder. It also provides workshops for students on eating disorder awareness and body image. Jenny has lived experience of eating disorders herself, when she develop...

In episode 360 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Tom Maberly. Tom is now a decade into managing his own business, &Friends, a content studio servicing global clients with content strategy, creative, production and delivery.  He is also CEO of a second business, Cavalry, a Contingent workforce management system, servicing marketing, creative and production agencies, and inhouse...

In episode 359 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Kenny Bartonshaw.  Kenny is the Founder and Director of Headspace FC C.I.C.  Headspace FC is a weekly football group for adults (18+) who want to stay active, meet people, and take a break from the daily grind. Their mantra is: Play. Connect. Support. Based in Stoke-On-Trent in Staffordshire, Headspace FC began as a kickabout in Apr...

In episode 358 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Martyn James.  Martyn is a freelance journalist, broadcaster, presenter and consumer rights expert.  He has over two decades of experience working for the UK’s leading newspapers and broadcasters and at time of recording has done over 14,000 TV and radio appearances, conducting 15-20 a week. His weekly newspaper columns feature in T...