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

This week, we welcome Life Coach and Behavioural Safety & Mental well-being Speaker, Steven Kirby to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences with PTSD. Tune in as, Steven shares with Yinka how his life took an unexpected turn after a near-fatal workplace accident, the affects of this accident on his mental health, and how his recovery transformed his life to help and support ot...

This week, we welcome former professional footballer and Stoke City cult hero, Tony Kelly to open that Hurt Locker door on his addiction to and recovery from gambling.. Tony may have slotted a famous goal, beating Bruce Grobbelaar at Anfield, but as listeners well know, nothing gets past our host, Yinka. Tune in as Tony shares his football journey, how gambling took hold of his entire life and the...

Yinka welcomes in a legendary DJ, synonymous with: House, Hardcore, Jungle, and DNB.. As the magnificent Nicky Blackmarket  opens that famous Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. As Nicky pauses, rewinds and reflects upon his notorious career in music, he opens up on some significant life events that have affected his mental health and how he's come to terms with them as a busy fami...

We venture across to the Pacific Northwest, Seattle, to welcome talented comedian and content creator, Scott Losse, as he opens the door on his mental health experiences... Scott, a self-confessed anxious person, opens up his multi-layered Hurt Locker to Yinka, on details of his traumatic childhood where he suffered a lot of loss and confusion, in losing two brothers and his mother at a tender age...

Yinka welcomes top stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster, Tom O'Mahony to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences...   Joining us in the middle of a chaotic house-build, Tom reflects upon life growing-up and returning to South Tipperary, some darker times he faced during the economic downturn as a Civil Engineer and the painful period of losing his dear friend and fellow comic...

We welcome the much-loved writer, performer and comedian, Trevor Lock to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences. In this candid episode with Yinka, Trevor, who is currently on a break from comedy, reflects and opens up on how he suffers with panic attacks, anxiety and cycles of depression away from the stage and how he has recovered from a 'hidden addiction' in relation to his...

This week, we dial across the pond, to welcome acclaimed stand-up comedian, Solley Sellers Jr....As he opens that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences.. Solley 'The Gray Ghost' is a 'mature baby' in the entertainment industry, who is now paying his dues on the comedy circuit across the states as an up-and-coming comic talent.. Within this open and frank conversation, Solley reflects w...

Following-on from our prior conversation 'Can Grief be Good' in EP3.. Yinka welcomes back stand-up, writer and performer, David Ephgrave to the Hurt Locker for more open and honest reflections following the initial episode (some four months later) with a particular focus on the estranged relationship he has with his Mother and how this has impacted his mental health. *TRIGGER WARNING* This uncenso...

We welcome Craig Paton , Health, Safety and Wellbeing Director to open that Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences. Craig has worked in the construction industry for over 20 years, having started as a labourer. After his friend had a fatal accident on site, he started a career in health and safety and made it his goal to prevent that feeling affecting any one else. Expect another uncens...

Our guest to enter the Hurt Locker this week is Dan Somers , founder of one of the largest men's mental health charities in the UK, MANUP? . As Dan, opens the door on his mental health experiences with Yinka, he shares several stories on how he's arrived at this point and why MANUP? was created... Reflecting on his time in the care service as a teenager, to becoming an influential promoter of the...

Our guest to weather the Hurt Locker this week is Dan Flanagan , founder of Dad La Soul , an organisation orchestrating a revolution in the way that dads struggles are seen, heard and supported in the UK. As Dan, opens the door on his mental health experiences with Yinka, he shares several stories on the family events that impacted his mental health experiences: his parent's divorce, being the you...

We welcome much loved stand-up comedian, Nathan Caton into the Hurt Locker to open that door on his mental health experiences of what it was like as a child of 11 witnessing his mother's relationship break-up, the responsibilities of being the eldest son in his family or 'man of the house' and how he entered professional comedy despite finishing university studies in Architecture. In this uncensor...

Yinka welcomes award-winning comedian, writer and podcaster, Rich Wilson to open the door on his mental health experiences in an unmissable and uncensored conversation. From his reflection on his childhood growing up in the 70s and coming of age in the 80s, his life-long love of music and regrets of not starting a band- to a toxic relationship which led him to have suicidal thoughts and a near sui...

Yinka welcomes the brilliant, Steven Russell, a guest with a hell of a story to tell. A ''Drip by Drip, Day by Day'' journey which has led him becoming the founder of Elements SEMH Support as Creative Champion for Children In Care. As a child, he lived with ten foster families, was placed into two children's homes and attended five schools. As Steven opens the door on his mental health experiences...

Yinka welcomes award-winning comedian, Elroy Welsh to open that Hurt Locker door on his own mental health experiences. Traveling to the cold concrete roundabouts and cows of Milton Keynes from his birthplace of Spanish Town, Jamaica as a young boy... Elroy shares how working a string of different jobs and navigating several major life experiences as a young man has led him to become the stand-up h...

For our fourth episode, we welcome a rising star to stand-up and incredibly talented comedic content creator from Northern Ireland, John Devlin to open the Hurt Locker door on his mental health experiences. Despite his tender age (29) John has amassed a huge following on social media (TIK TOK & Instagram) since the recent Covid pandemic, which found him at a personal crossroads of no return. In an...

Yinka welcomes comic, writer, musician and performer, David Ephgrave to share his mental health experience in regards to the loss of his late father, Barry. During this powerful conversation with Yinka, David reflects upon how he used his grief to write and perform a comedy show that was based on this difficult period of his father's cancer treatment and eventual passing, as we ask in this episode...

For episode two, Yinka and Tim welcome New Yorker, comic, writer and filmmaker, Jim Mendrinos to share his vulnerability and lived experiences of suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder as a confessed member of the 'walk it off generation' . Throughout this open and uncensored discussion, Jim shows strength in vulnerability to reflect upon his evolving 40-year career in showbusiness as an artis...

Host, Yinka, welcomes our first guest onto THE HURT LOCKER, award-winning comic, writer and performer, Tom Mayhew to share his vulnerability and lived experience of what it was like to grow-up in poverty and the impact this has had on his mental health and ultimately his creative material as a young and rising talent on screen, stage and radio. -TRIGGER WARNING- This conversation does include refe...

This is .. THE HURT LOCKER! The podcast that opens a door on men's mental health. Host, Yinka and Producer, Tim, wanted to create an uncensored and honest space for us men to tune into, in our own time, to hear other men talking openly about their own mental health experiences. Their own lived experiences on a range of different topics. We are NOT here to JUDGE ... We are NOT here to get you to CO...