The Dad-Hoc Podcast

Rob is a Father of three, a husband, Chef and all round family man who was a joy to speak to on all things Dadding. We get to chatting about his family life and dynamic, growing up, his heritage and how he passes some traditions down and also how he manages the expectations of his work and the family by balancing out his time and enjoying letting his kids be kids! Rob has some great advice on how...

Another Dad-Hoc episode in the books - and Im thankful to have been joined by Mitch who is also a brand new Dad! Yes, this episode is a bit more newborn, infant, new dad and birth experience focussed as Mitch and I got to sit down and share our experiences. We talk of many things, including Mitch's journey with IVF, welcoming his gorgeous little girl Evelyn into the world, his experience with...

WE'RE BACK! Its been a while between drinks, and if youre a parent listening to the podcast, you know its easy to see 3 days turn into 6 weeks! So, in that time, so much much has happened. I'll be putting that into a bit of an update episode soon! For now, I got to catch up with Lachlan, a legend who was referred to the podcast by his sister (for which we are very grateful)! Lachy shares stories o...

This week, I got to meet virtually with my friend Luke. We connected over his stories of becoming a young father with a surprise baby, following them up with a second and then after a break, a new addition more recently. We get to chatting about parenting with a big age gap, his great birth stories, fighting with midwives, the strength of a pregnant woman in labour and a few other things in regard...

This week I had the pleasure of being joined by one of the nicest people I know; my mate Andy. He's a brewer and a Dad to 5 kids. In this episode we discuss how he juggles his 5 kids and their sports and interests, as well as his own medical issues. On top of that we talk kids starting high school, technology, managing to keep the Easter and Christmas magic alive for his youngest and reminisci...

I take a moment to take you through the birth of my daughter, Sutton. This was a really important episode for me to get out there and I hope that it gives some insight into me, and why I wanted to create this podcast series. It's been 6 weeks and its been one of the hardest journeys of my life, but the chapter is here and now we're reading it at pace, excited for the next paragraph! This e...

Brendo is a brewer here in Melbourne, and I've had the good fortune to have met him through the Beer Industry. Brendo is thankfully my second guest here on the Dad-Hoc podcast and we get to chat about how he managed to go through IVF, his birth experience post that, how the and his partner went about getting pregnant a second time, his change of careers with a toddler and how he manages tech time...

Kyle is a buddy of mine. We've worked together for a while and it's been a pleasure to know him. He was one of the first people I told that I was also going to be a Dad!  Its an honour to have him as my first guest on the Dad-Hoc Podcast and I hope that you get a lot out of hearing how Kyle deals with his everyday life, whilst also balancing being a Dad!  There are many facets to Kyles work life b...

The introduction here lets you know all you need to know about what this podcast is about and who its for!  Dad's obviously, but Mums are welcome too!  I want to learn more about what it means to be a Dad, and I hope you can join me and my guests in learning that!  Thanks for listening and keep an eye out for some social links in future episode descriptions.