The Hurt Locker Podcast — The Podcast that opens a door on men's mental health.

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 2025 This is the second episode we are dedicating to exploring prostate cancer and it's risk to the Black community within the awareness month of March 2025.   Yinka's invited a few of his mates along to The Hurt Locker: Nick, Troy and Daniel 'Moggsy', to talk about their prostates and prostate cancer awareness. Tune in as the lads share their thoughts and experienc...

This is the first of several episodes we are dedicating to exploring prostate cancer and its risk to the Black community within the awareness month of March 2025. In this episode, we welcome Associate Director of Black Equity at Prostate Cancer UK, Keith Morgan, to explore the risk prostate cancer poses to members of the Black community. Keith spearheads a programme of work that is transforming th...

Recording in a remote, romantic setting on the eve of Valentine's Day... We're delighted to welcome the comedic force that is Eugene Dusauzay to open up about his mental health experiences. An emotional rollercoaster of a beautiful conversation is to be expected as Eugene and Yinka discuss and share experiences of racism, discrimination, geopolitics, and the impact of loss has had on their mental...

In this episode, we are delighted to welcome multi-award-winning comedian, Michael Akadiri AKA 'The Comedy Doc' to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. As well as performing comedy, Michael works as a junior doctor in the NHS and has recently become a father of two. Tune in as he shares with Yinka the various pressures he has felt delivering within these roles and how this...

To accompany EP38 - here are James Brown's responses to your listener questions on ADHD. If you are experiencing mental health issues please do reach out for help - phone 999 for an emergency or if you would like to speak to someone call The Samaritans on 116 123 To find out more about the amazing James Brown and the ADHD resources mentioned in EP 38 - please check out the below links: Instagram T...

In this episode, we are delighted to welcome co-founder and co-host of  The ADHD Adults  podcast, Professor James Brown to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. As a recovering academic of 20 years, James shares how being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult in 2021 has changed his career and purpose to date. A renowned public speaker, founder of several charities and author, ADH...

In this episode, we are delighted to welcome Austrian funny man, Hubert Mayr, to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. Tune in for a very open and honest conversation with the talented comic voice of London-based comic, Hubert, as he opens up on what makes him feel icky, such as talking about his emotions, depression, anxiety and isolation alongside the cultural difference b...

In this episode, we are delighted to welcome comic genius, Tom Stade, to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. Canadian émigré and adventurer Tom has earned a reputation as one of the most distinctive and engaging stand-up talents around. Arriving in the UK back in 2001 from Vancouver, Tom instantly made a splash on the circuit with his magnetic stage presence and first-clas...

In this episode, we are delighted to welcome comedian, writer, podcaster and tired dad, Tiernan Douieb, to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. As a versatile comedian, having previously written for Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Tiernan explains how and why he is currently doing more writing than gigging and, in the past few years, has written for CBeebies' Hey Duggee an...

In this episode, we are delighted to welcome the award-winning stand-up, poet and performer, Kev Mud to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. Tuning in from his caravan on a sheep field nearby the Cornish cliffs, Kev shares with Yinka a wide conversation on life events that have affected his mental health from: losing his religious faith in his late teens, battling depressio...

We are delighted to welcome mum, best-selling author and communications consultant, Caroline Roodhouse to open that Hurt Locker door on her mental health experiences.. In this episode, Caroline describes the challenges they faced when their family suddenly shifted from four to three after losing her husband, Steve to suicide just over six years ago. She talks openly about how this tragic loss impa...

This week, Yinka welcomes philosophical writer, therapist, and coach, Alex Holmes, to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. Alex is a men's mental health specialist, and through his practice of hypnotherapy, group work, and coaching, he helps men lead wise and authentic lives that mean something to them. However, in this recording he switches roles to become the guest and i...

In this episode, we are delighted to welcome the articulate, innovative, and incendiary comedic voice of stand-up, writer, and podcaster, Dane Baptiste, to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences. Buckle in and enjoy this extended yet fast-paced episode that doesn't pull any punches as Dane shares his lived experiences of growing up, facing racism and discrimination within educa...

This time, Yinka welcomes a friend, mental health practitioner and social entrepreneur, Chukumeka Maxwell, to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences. Chuks, at 64 years young, has been reflecting on how he can make peace with himself and let go of the past due to a recent health scare. Tune in as he unpicks with Yinka wide and wonderful conversations from: being schooled in Ni...

We welcome, Founder and Director of Recovery Runners CiC, Stephen Melling, to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences. Stephen shares how the early trauma of losing his late uncle led to an addiction to drink and drugs to self-medicate against the stress and anxiety he felt as a young man and child. Despite holding down several successful business ventures and roles, he explain...

Yinka welcomes the award-winning, anarchic, madcap comedian, Andy Zapp to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.   At a spritely 76 years old, with a glint in his eye and a coffee in his midst, Andy has some twisting tales and eyebrow-raising experiences to share with us: from growing up within an immigrant Polish family in post-war London to coming of age in the swinging 60s...

Listen to Yinka's message re: World Mental Health Day on 10th October 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a short break away, Yinka welcomes award-winning comedian, writer, and podcaster, Julian Deane to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences. Tune in and enjoy a wild and wonderful conversation as Julian reflects on the turbulence of his childhood to overcoming addictions, and later how his recovery and healing went hand-in-hand with his journey into professional comedy. *TR...

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and to mark this, we welcome the wonderful Dr. Susie Bennett to open the door on male suicide in a Hurt Locker Podcast special.. Dr. Susie Bennett has recently completed a 4-year PhD exploring male suicide risk and recovery factors at Glasgow University. Her ongoing research, supported exclusively by MANUP? , seeks to address this critical issue as male suicid...

As the second instalment of a two-parter, we welcome Chief Wellbeing Officer and Podcaster, Seamus Corry, to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. From three months old, Seamus was chosen to fulfil a destiny of becoming a Roman Catholic Priest. However, this journey was far from smooth sailing... Join us as Seamus shares an incredibly powerful conversation with Yinka about...

As the first instalment of a two-parter, we welcome Chief Wellbeing Officer and Podcaster, Seamus Corry, to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. From three months old, Seamus was chosen to fulfil a destiny of becoming a Roman Catholic Priest. However, this journey was far from smooth sailing... Join us as Seamus shares an incredibly powerful conversation with Yinka about h...

For this episode, we welcome the talented stand-up, Louie Green, to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. Tuning in from a roadside (somewhere outside Dover), Louie openly shares several reflections on his turbulent life as a young kid in foster care, the benefits he gained from counselling and understanding further personal issues with abandonment, love and relationships,...

Joining us from a visit to his hometown in Romania, we welcome the talented stand-up comedian, Radu Isac to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. In this funny, open, yet dry conversation, Radu discusses his big leap to move to the UK to become a stand-up comedian in London, what growing up in a post-communist society was like in Romania and his pragmatic views on managing...

This week, Yinka is proud and delighted to welcome fellow Scouser, Keith Mullin (The Farm) to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. As well as being a talented musician, composing iconic riffs to INDIE anthems such as Groovy Train and All Together Now , Keith is a proud academic, composer and writer, but navigating learning and life wasn't easy as a young lad in Liverpool....

This week, Yinka welcomes actor, presenter and comedian, James Redmond to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. Tune in as James opens up on many factors that have affected his mental health over the years: from being expelled from school, his challenges with ADHD, his varied career as a model and then landing a main character role in TV show HOLLYOAKS as Finn, to how his di...