The Just Checking In Podcast

In episode 127 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Tom Bradshaw. Tom is an illustrator and designer currently based in Folkestone. Tom moved to Folkestone after finishing his undergrad degree at Loughborough University. In this episode we discuss his journey of illustration from hobby to career, a dark moment of exclusion he experienced at a football camp and the grief he experienc...

In episode 126 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with journalist Alice Porter. Alice currently works as the London reporter for GB News. Just before the Covid-19 pandemic began, she was a reporter on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme and found herself out of work as BBC budget cuts forced the programme off-air. As the pandemic took hold in the UK, she began job hunting and took r...

In this episode of Behind The Decks, we checked in with indie electronic and nu-disco production duo, Betablock3r. They began by making remixes for a host of successful artists including Ellie Goulding, RAC and Selena Gomez. They released their debut EP Monolith in 2018 and have put out a number of singles which have charted on Hype Machine and featured on tastemaker playlists for Spotify and Appl...

In episode 125 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with David Hartrick. Dave is a journalist, writer and the other half of the presenting duo behind the Huddersfield Town podcast ‘Ooh To Be A’, with us having already checked in with Steven Chicken. Dave is also the author of 'Silver Linings: Bobby Robson's England'. In this episode we discuss the book through a mental heal...

In episode 124 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Sergiy Slipchenko. Sergiy currently works as a political reporter for the Kyiv Independent and previously worked for the Kyiv Post when he was living in Ukraine before the war began. In this episode we discuss his route into journalism, the mental health impact of writing about the war in Ukraine against Russia on a daily basis and...

In episode 123 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Jayme. Jayme is a writer, commentator, disability advocate for cerebral palsy and transsexual man. In this episode we discuss the difficulties that living with cerebral palsy has presented him throughout his life, the process of transition for him and why he’s found it difficult to get the medical support he needs despite jumping th...

In episode 122 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Buck Angel. Buck is a transsexual man, commentator, advocate and adult filmmaker who has been discussing his transition journey openly for many years. Buck transitioned in 1992 when he was 28 years old and he is affectionately known within the community as 'Tranpa'. Buck has spoken out on the conflict going on within the t...

In episode 121 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Paula Wright. Paula Wright is a graduate student in evolutionary psychology, a writer, actress and comic. Her Substack is called Dangerous Ideas and her journey into academia began when she founded a Facebook forum called Darwinian Gender Studies. This brought many academics, thinkers and writers to its discussion threads including...

In episode 120 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Davelle Heath. Davelle Heath is a PHD candidate at Lancaster University. His PHD study aims to explore and understand the lived experiences of Black American men that have been sexually assaulted by women via the ‘made-to-penetrate’ tactic as an adult. In this episode we discuss Davelle’s journey into academia and the reasons he wa...

In episode 119 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Helena. Helena is a detransitioned woman from the USA.Helena talks online about her journey from transition to detransition. Helena's mental health difficulties started before her gender dysphoria and her trans identity developed from trauma associated with family issues and an eating disorder. Helena lived with bulimia and sta...

In episode 118 we checked in with academic Sophie Marsh. Sophie is an Associate Lecturer in Criminology & Law. She did a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Criminology and Law at the University of the West of England and graduated with First Class Honours in the summer of 2019.She is currently doing her PhD on the attrition of rape and the effects of rape myth acceptance and is also the founder...

In episode 117 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Claire Graham. Claire Graham is the Public Engagement Consultant for the charity DSD Families. DSD Families is an information and peer support charity for families. They work together with families and their children, teens and young adults and healthcare providers in the UK to raise happy, healthy, confident and well-informed youn...

In episode 116 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Lesley Roberts. Lesley is a mother and author of ‘A is for Alex’, which documents her journey of grief and losing her eldest son Alex to suicide. Alex took his own life when he was 23 years old, two years after he was circumcised aged 21. Clinicians advised him to do this to treat a medical condition he had called phimosis. Alex’s...

In episode 115 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Jerry Barnett. Jerry has held many careers throughout his life and happened to be a software developer at the time of the Internet being created. Jerry is the author of 'Porn Panic: Sex and Censorship in the UK', which charts the history of censorship in the porn industry. Jerry argues that this censorship of porn is wides...

In episode 114 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Dr Karenza Moore. Karenza is a Lecturer in Sociology of Crime at Newcastle University and the Founder of Club Research. Club Research is the home of Karenza’s academic research on the use of alcohol, illegal drugs, novel psychoactive substances (NPS), drug policy, the night-time economy (NTE) and dance music club cultures and drug...

In this episode of Mind On The Game we checked in with Ben Bloomfield. Ben was university flat-mates with friend of the pod James Lamb and plays in Sunday League team and former Vent sponsors Mabley Mavericks. In this episode we discuss Ben’s football journey, the brief 5 minutes of fame his university halls team experienced when they were sponsored by PornHub, camaraderie and how football allowed...

In episode 113 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Alex Roberts. Alex is the sibling of a close friend of our Founder Freddie Cocker, Aimee Roberts. Freddie met Aimee through his best mate and friend of the pod James Lamb. Aimee has supported Alex’s mental health for a few years and Alex is a testament to the idea that recovery from trauma is possible and you can, with the right su...

In episode 112 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Mars. Mars is a a YouTuber, commentator and trans man. Mars’s YouTube channel is called ‘upperhandMars’. He has interviewed a range of people including trans and detransitioners on his channel. He is also the host of ‘The Mars Show Podcast’.In this episode we discuss how his gender dysphoria began and his transition, how testostero...

In part 2 of Deborah Powney's JCIP, we talk about the academic research Deborah has done around partner abuse and domestic violence. We talk about the myths currently present in the conversation, why Deborah pushes back against the concept of 'gender-based violence', how male victim-survivors are abused by female perpetrators and the massive stigma they face in reporting it. We also...

In episode 111 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Deborah Powney. Deborah is a Final Year PHD Candidate in Psychology and is a mature academic researcher and research psychologist specialising in impact and recovery in male and female victims of partner abuse and coercive control. In Part 1 of Deborah's episode, we talk about her experience of being domestically abused by her...

In episode 110 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Ria Wolstenholme. Ria is a former journalist and the co-host of the 'No Worries If Not' podcast, a podcast for the 'anxiously ambitious'.In this episode we discuss her journalism journey, being chucked in at the deep end in her university degree and how that toughened her up and cemented her desire to pursue it...

In episode 109 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Shreya Shah. Shreya is the host of the 'In All Fearness' podcast. Shreya has conversations with guests on modern day millennial dilemmas, facing their fears and being okay with not being okay. In this episode we discuss how the podcast started, social media comparison culture and how the podcast has made her reflect on her...

In episode 108 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Sarah Essoof. Sarah Essoof is a Business Development Manager for Timeline Television and has worked in the media industry for over 12 years. In this episode we talk about Sarah’s journey into media, work-life balance and the competitive nature of the industry. We discuss Sarah’s experiences travelling to Australia, New Zealand and t...

In episode 107 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Claire Donegan. Claire is a recovering female gambling addict and is now a gambling addiction recovery coach, where she helps those who are currently experiencing problem gambling and those in recovery as well. In this episode we talk about how Claire became addicted to gambling and how it surrounded her during her early life and c...

In episode 106 of The Just Checking In Podcast, we checked in with Tim Verity. Tim is a former journalist and currently works in marketing. In this episode we talk about Tim’s journey into both these fields, work-life balance and the traumatic experience he had with one former employer in journalism. We also discuss his experiences of being sexually abused as a child by an extended family member....