The Marvyn Harrison Podcast

The Most Chaotic Food Game Show ever!

<p>Marvyn Harrison is joined by Paige Lewin and Brandeis for the most chaotic, most fun, most opinionated food game show in podcast history. No earnest deep dives today, just diaspora food debates, Caribbean heritage on the line, and Marvyn as the sole judge, jury and point-giver. They go in on: the 30-minute meal that will win over your partner's parents, the Nigeria vs Ghana jollof rice war, the most overrated diaspora dish, hangover food rankings, interracial dating gateway foods, the perfect Caribbean Christmas dinner, and the restaurant you need to take a first date. Funny, warm, and deeply Caribbean this one's for anyone who grew up eating Saturday soup, argues about rice and peas vs jollof, and knows exactly what grandma's cooking sounds like.</p><br><p>🎙 Marvyn Harrison Podcast — out every Wednesday 📻 Acast: https://shows.acast.com/dope-black-dads-podcast 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverwithmarvyn/ 🌐 marvynharrison.co.uk #BlackBritishPodcast #DiasporaFood #JollofRiceDebate #CaribbeanFood #MarvynHarrison #BlackPodcast #FoodDebate #BlackWomen</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Nearly 1million people locked out of the economy - Here is what the government is doing about it

<p><strong>The crisis:</strong> 948,000 young people aged 16–24 in the UK — 1 in 8 — are not in education, employment, or training. In the US, it's worse. Youth labour force participation has been collapsing since 2000. That's 25 years of failure.</p><p><strong>The experiment:</strong> The UK government is running a £45 million test across 8 regions to find out what actually works. The answer isn't obvious — Switzerland gets 90% of young people certified and employed; Singapore's scholarship model hits 50% participation with strong outcomes. The UK is nowhere near either.</p><p><strong>The stakes:</strong> This isn't a temporary blip. Labour force participation has structurally failed a generation. The £45 million is a bet that it's not too late.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Manosphere Messiahs: Inside the Global Spread of Misogyny Online with BBC's Jacqui Wakefield

<p>BBC investigative reporter Jacqui Wakefield spent a year inside the global manosphere — travelling to Kenya and Mexico to track how Western influencer culture is radicalising young men at scale. She shares what she found in the data when young men handed over their full social media histories, what happened when she confronted influencer Andrew Kibe on camera, and why it's women who ultimately pay the price for content that targets male vulnerability. A necessary conversation for every parent.</p><p><strong>Episode Summary</strong> Jacqui breaks down how the manosphere has gone from niche forums to mainstream culture, how algorithms pipeline boys from gym content to misogyny within weeks, and what parents need to understand about the financial machinery behind these influencers. She also speaks honestly about what a year embedded in these spaces does to you as a woman — and why female reporters in this space see something male reporters don't.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Gareth Southgate: The Crisis Facing Young Men No One Is Talking About

<p>Gareth Southgate joins Marvyn Harrison for a rare and honest conversation about the crisis facing young men and boys in Britain today — and what we actually do about it. In this episode, Gareth discusses his new BBC One documentary <em>Gareth Southgate: Changing the Game for Young Men</em> (airing 8th June, 9pm, BBC One &amp; iPlayer), why he felt compelled to make it after his Dimbleby Lecture, what a good man actually looks like in 2025, and how we reach the men already left behind.</p><p>They also play a game — building the blueprint of a man using real figures and real traits. Muhammad Ali features. So does a grandfather polishing his shoes.</p><p>This is not a manosphere conversation. This is the one underneath it.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Marvyn x Mayor talk Manosphere: Sadiq Khan on Big Tech and Radicalisation

<p>In this follow-up conversation from South by Southwest, Marvin Harrison sits down with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to address the influence of the "manosphere" on young men and boys. Mayor Khan discusses the urgent need to hold big tech companies accountable for algorithms that prioritize engagement through negativity and misogyny. He outlines a dual approach to the issue: calling for stricter regulation via the Online Safety Act and Ofcom, while simultaneously investing in offline support systems, including £30 million for youth clubs and targeted initiatives to guide young men toward positive influences.</p><h3>Key Discussion Points</h3><ul><li><strong>The "Outrage Economy":</strong> An exploration of how social media platforms monetize toxic content and misogyny by incentivizing engagement through outrage. </li><li><strong>The Case for Regulation:</strong> Mayor Khan compares the current state of social media to the tobacco industry, arguing that if platforms do not voluntarily change their algorithms, regulators must intervene to protect children. </li><li><strong>Empowering Offline Alternatives:</strong> Discussion of the "Ignore the Noise, Trust the Voice" campaign and the importance of funding youth work as a necessary "proxy" for support systems. </li><li><strong>Call to Action:</strong> A reflection on collective responsibility, emphasizing that while policy and funding are vital, individual contributions—whether through local youth groups, sports, or mentorship—are essential to shifting the culture. </li></ul><p><br></p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Sadiq Khan and the Manosphere and What Men Must Do Now

<p>This week, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan delivered a landmark speech at SXSW London, warning that manosphere influence online risks creating a lost generation of young men. In this solo episode, Marvyn breaks down what the Mayor actually announced, what the research tells us, and why the real intervention isn't a government policy, it's the conversation you have with the boy in front of you.</p><br><p>Covered in this episode: UCL research showing 56% of videos served to teen-resembling accounts within five days were misogynistic. A £1 million VRU package for London's boys. The N.O.I.S.E. guide. Why bans without belonging don't work. And why 85% of Londoners believe boys don't have enough positive role models.</p><p>Resources mentioned: GLA Campaign, london.gov.uk/ignore-the-noise Parent Conversation Guide — london.gov.uk/ignore-the-noise/trusted-adults/conversation-guide</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

5 Hot Takes: Başak Erten - Dopamine is cheap!

<p>Başak Erten is a creative strategist, radio and brand consultant, and founder of The Art of Audacity — a cultural platform for women in creative industries, as featured in Forbes. She's spent over eight years producing content across the BBC, Sony Music Entertainment, and branded work for Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, and Nike.</p><p>In this episode she brings three sharp takes on where culture, media, and consumer behaviour are heading — and why the old rules no longer apply.</p><p>She argues that audiences have moved past passive consumption and are demanding participation; that the era of aspirational, polished living is collapsing under its own weight; and that the third space — not the boardroom, not the bar — is now where the most meaningful professional and personal relationships are being built.</p><p>Honest, direct, and occasionally incendiary.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Marvyn Harrison on the No Strings Podcast with Kojo Anim

<p>Marvyn Harrison and Kojo go back. Two decades of parallel paths, community builders, event makers, fathers, who were never quite in the same room long enough to have the real conversation. Until now.</p><p>In this episode, they cover everything. The g:hop era. The Sunday Show years, Ed Sheeran performing there eight times, Drake, Jay Cole, Wretch 32, Nicki Minaj, Omarion, Boys II Men. How the show grew from a Clerkenwell warehouse to Leicester Square to 2,000 at Proud. The unspoken tension between Sunday Show and Kojo's Funhouse that both men address for the first time. The people who tried to put them against each other. And why they wasted years not collaborating because of it.</p><p>Then it gets personal.</p><p>Marvyn on being in South Africa and genuinely believing his children didn't need him. The phone call from his mum that changed everything. The men in LA who told him being absent was just "the grind." Why he flew home and rebuilt his life around his kids. Why men's happiness is structurally treated as an oxymoron, and what it costs us when we accept that. And what it actually looks like to build a life where your no is powerful and your presence is enough.</p><p>This is two brothers. One conversation. Twenty years in the making.</p><p>🎧 Listen &amp; Subscribe: Acast: <a href="https://shows.acast.com/discover-with-marvyn-harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/discover-with-marvyn-harrison</a> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marvyn-harrison-podcast/id1531924169" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marvyn-harrison-podcast/id1531924169</a> Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0vgJd0NT9uEUYYON5k2RDf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0vgJd0NT9uEUYYON5k2RDf</a> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverWithMarvyn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverWithMarvyn</a></p><p>📲 Follow Marvyn: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/discoverwithmarvyn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/discoverwithmarvyn</a> Dope Black Dads: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dopeblackdads" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/dopeblackdads</a> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison</a> X: <a href="https://x.com/Marvyn_Harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/Marvyn_Harrison</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison</a> Substack: <a href="https://marvynharrison.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marvynharrison.substack.com</a> Website: <a href="https://marvynharrison.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marvynharrison.co.uk</a></p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

“I Couldn’t Leave My Bedroom” — Tyler West, Dr Amos & Marvyn Harrison on Anxiety, PTSD & Men’s Mental Health

<p>Tyler West opens up about PTSD, witnessing violence at 14 &amp; going back to therapy. Dr Amos explains anxiety conditions. NHS Talking Therapies: https://www.nhs.uk/talk</p><p>In this episode of The Marvyn Harrison Podcast, Marvyn sits down with Dr Amos Ogunkoya and Tyler West for a raw, honest conversation about mental health, masculinity, and what it really takes to ask for help.</p><br><p>62% of people can’t recognise the symptoms of common anxiety conditions. 58% of those affected put off seeking help because they thought it “wasn’t serious enough.” This episode is about closing that gap.</p><br><p>Tyler shares his story of witnessing a murder at 14, the PTSD diagnosis that followed, and how years of unprocessed trauma manifested as social anxiety, OCD behaviours, and suicidal ideation before therapy changed the trajectory of his life. Dr Amos breaks down the difference between stress and clinical anxiety, explains conditions including PTSD, OCD, social anxiety, phobias, body dysmorphic disorder and panic disorder, and makes the case for why talking to a professional matters.</p><p>They discuss why men aged 30–50 struggle to seek support, how cultural and generational attitudes in Black communities create additional barriers, and what actually happens inside a therapy session.&nbsp;</p><br><p>NHS Talking Therapies is free, confidential, and available to everyone in England.👉&nbsp;</p><p>Self-refer — no GP appointment needed: https://www.nhs.uk/talk👉&nbsp;</p><p>Find your local service: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-👉treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/nhs-talking-therapies/</p><p>If you or someone you know is in crisis:</p><p>Samaritans: 116 123 (free, 24/7) | https://www.samaritans.org</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Why Marvyn Harrison Refuses to Be the Black Messiah And Why That's the Most Radical Thing He Could Say

<p>Show details: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDayAfterTNB </p><br><p>You probably know Marvyn Harrison from Dope Black Dads. Or from Jeremy Vine. Or from Good Morning Britain. But do you know where he started?</p><p>In this episode, Marvyn takes the room on the full journey — from g:hop, the lifestyle movement that tried to do for grime what hip hop did for itself, to Sunday Show where Ed Sheeran performed most of his early Black community shows, to building Dope Black Dads out of a moment of personal crisis in fatherhood, to developing BELOVD as a human strategy organisation, to Men's Circle, the free space for men he considers his most important work right now.</p><p>Then the conversation goes somewhere else entirely.</p><br><p>What does it mean to be a Black leader without becoming a Black Messiah? Why does Marvyn refuse that role, and why does he think most leaders who accept it get destroyed? What happened when he burned out for three years and stopped feeling safe in football media spaces? What does forgiving an absent father actually look like — and why does it have nothing to do with the father? And what happens when someone in the room defends hitting their children, and Marvyn pushes back — live, on camera, without flinching?</p><br><p>This is a rare full conversation. No filter. No agenda. Just a man who has thought deeply about community, capacity, identity, and what it costs to build something real.</p><p>🎧 Listen &amp; Subscribe: Acast: <a href="https://shows.acast.com/discover-with-marvyn-harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://shows.acast.com/discover-with-marvyn-harrison</a> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marvyn-harrison-podcast/id1531924169" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marvyn-harrison-podcast/id1531924169</a> Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0vgJd0NT9uEUYYON5k2RDf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/show/0vgJd0NT9uEUYYON5k2RDf</a> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverWithMarvyn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverWithMarvyn</a></p><p>📲 Follow Marvyn: Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/discoverwithmarvyn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/discoverwithmarvyn</a> Dope Black Dads: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dopeblackdads" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/dopeblackdads</a> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison</a> X: <a href="https://x.com/Marvyn_Harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/Marvyn_Harrison</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison</a> Substack: <a href="https://marvynharrison.substack.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marvynharrison.substack.com</a> Website: <a href="https://marvynharrison.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marvynharrison.co.uk</a></p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Arsenal Are Champions. I Was There. And I Can't Stop Crying

<p>Arsenal Football Club are Premier League champions for the first time in 22 years. A generation of fans who weren't born the last time this happened are now old enough to drink, vote, and cry in the streets of North London. And that's exactly what tens of thousands of them did on the night of May 19th, 2026.</p><p>Marvin was one of them.</p><br><p>In this episode, Marvin breaks down everything, the night itself, what he saw at Emirates Stadium, why this title hits different to any trophy, and what it actually took to get here. From Arteta's first press conference ("commitment is essential, there's no way you're going to survive here without giving 100%") to three consecutive runner-up finishes that would have broken a lesser squad, to the nine-point lead that nearly evaporated in eleven days, this is the full story.</p><p>He also gets into: the squad rebuild needed this summer, why Zubimendi might be a problem next year, why Saliba and Gabriel need to stay for at least three more years, the Trent Alexander-Arnold question, what David Raya's golden glove means, why the Arsenal fanbase is unlike anything else in London, and why Kroenke, once booed by every fan in the ground, might be the hidden asset nobody's talking about.</p><p>Plus: Marvin accidentally ended up on Australian breakfast TV celebrating in the streets. Nobody has the clip. Yet.</p><p>If you've been waiting 22 years for this, this episode is for you.</p><br><p><strong>Acast:</strong> https://shows.acast.com/discover-with-marvyn-harrison</p><p><strong>Apple Podcasts:</strong> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marvyn-harrison-podcast/id1531924169</p><p><strong>Spotify:</strong> https://open.spotify.com/show/0vgJd0NT9uEUYYON5k2RDf</p><p><strong>YouTube:</strong> https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverWithMarvyn</p><p><strong>Instagram (main):</strong> https://www.instagram.com/discoverwithmarvyn</p><p><strong>Instagram (Dope Black Dads):</strong> https://www.instagram.com/dopeblackdads</p><p><strong>TikTok:</strong> https://www.tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison</p><p><strong>X:</strong> @Marvyn_Harrison</p><p><strong>LinkedIn:</strong> https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison</p><p><strong>Substack:</strong> https://marvynharrison.substack.com</p><p><strong>Website:</strong> https://marvynharrison.co.uk</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Marvyn Harrison Meets Marlon & Shawn Wayans | ‘SCARY MOVIE IS ONLY IN CINEMAS JUNE 5’

<p>Scary Movie didn't just parody horror it gave a generation permission to laugh at the things that scared them. Then the Wayans left. And we all felt the difference.</p><p>Now they're back. Marlon. Shawn. The original crew. And in this conversation, Marlon reveals the moment that made it happen: a promise made to his father, hand to hand, on one of the last times they were together. We talk about what it's like to work with your brother again after 26 years, the difference between bullying and looking out for someone (Marlon claims it's the same thing), how they kept the scenes grounded while giving each other room to go completely off-script, and which films sat at the centre of this one. Marlon also gets into why he thinks laughter is a political act right now — and why audiences are desperate to feel good again.</p><p>Scary Movie is in UK cinemas from 5 June.</p><br><p><strong>MARVYN HARRISON</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MarvynHarrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/marvynharrisonpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></p><p><strong>MARLON WAYANS</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.marlonwayans.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/marlonwayans/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/MarlonWayans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@marlonwayans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/marlonwayans/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><p><strong>SHAWN WAYANS</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shawnwayans.live/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/therealdjsw1/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/therealdjsw1/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><p><strong>ROMANTHA BOTHA</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/therealroman/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.threads.com/@therealroman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Threads</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/romanthab/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/romantha-she-her-botha-4a643b66/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Julie Adenuga vs Marvyn Harrison: Top 5 TV Mums & Dads — No Filter

<p>Julie Adenuga and a South African guest join Marvyn for the most chaotic, unresolved, and genuinely entertaining TV parents debate you'll watch this year.</p><p>Aunt Viv. Claire Huxtable. Peggy Mitchell. Moira Rose. Jack Pearson. Uncle Phil. Logan Roy. Walter White as a dad candidate. Nobody agreed. Nobody backed down. This is what happens when three people with completely different cultural references try to build a consensus top five. It doesn't work. It's brilliant.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

DJ Semtex | The Man Who Broke Kanye & Drake In The UK Before Anyone Cared

<p>He broke Kanye West in the UK before College Dropout dropped. He filmed Drake's first ever UK interview in Hyde Park — paid the cameraman £50 out of his own pocket because the station didn't care. He flew to New York to sign Fatman Scoop and got aired for a week until a 4am diner meeting sealed the deal. Ghostface Killah called his book the Bible of hip hop. Chuck D wrote the foreword in five minutes.</p><p>And before any of that, he was an 8-year-old kid in North Manchester who discovered what the N-word meant because there was a game in the playground called "Catch The N****r." This is DJ Semtex. And this is the conversation I've been waiting to have.</p><br><p><strong>Semtex:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/djsemtex/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> · <a href="https://x.com/DJSemtex" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a> · <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dj.semtex" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a> · <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_19sw2aJrxVjx8kWyQ4flA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a> · <a href="https://djsemtex.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">djsemtex.com</a></p><p><strong>Marvyn:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/discoverwithmarvyn/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> · <a href="https://www.instagram.com/marvynharrisonpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podcast IG</a> · <a href="https://x.com/Marvyn_Harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">X</a> · <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a> · <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MarvynHarrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a> · <a href="https://www.marvynharrison.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">marvynharrison.co.uk</a></p><p><strong>Dope Black Dads:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dopeblackdads/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> · <a href="https://www.dopeblackdads.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dopeblackdads.com</a></p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Dane Baptiste: "I Had Chappelle At My Club And They Wouldn't Let Me Meet Him"

<p>View the images in order, here! https://canva.link/4eacwrp87m3qfxh</p><br><p>I've known Dane Baptiste for 20 years. I watched him find five minutes at the beginning of my Sunday Show when nobody knew his name. I watched the crowds not get it. I watched him come back anyway. This conversation is the full story, from his first day at Haberdashers, to being the only deadpan Black British comic in a room full of animated performers, to writing a sitcom that got picked up by Fox and Apple, to walking into Paramount and HBO alone because his seven-months-pregnant manager couldn't walk any further.</p><br><p><strong>We talk about:</strong></p><ul><li>Growing up as the first male in a generation of cousins — raised in a matriarchy</li><li>The Sunday show years: following Jay Pharoah, competing with Usain Bolt's world record, going on after a biscuit eating competition</li><li>Why admitting you take the bus was a passion killer in Black British culture</li><li>Finding his deadpan voice when every Black comic was expected to be animated</li><li>Steph McGovern giving him a TV segment when nobody else in the industry would</li><li>Writing Sunny D and pitching it to Lionsgate, Fox, Apple, HBO, Paramount — with no writers, no team</li><li>Keenan Ivory Wayans and Saladin Patterson joining the project</li><li>The actress from Sunny D who passed away from bowel cancer</li><li>Being misrepresented and the crisis of confidence and depression that followed</li><li>Meeting Dave Chappelle on Valentine's Day with David Haye — the full circle moment</li><li>Mo Gilligan: timing, craft, and why his crossover worked</li><li>Why he left his management and what independence looks like now</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This is 20 years of friendship in one sitting. If you care about Black British comedy, the entertainment industry, or what it actually takes to build something when nobody's behind you, this one's for you.</p><br><p>LINKS:</p><ul><li>Dane Baptiste: @danebaptiste on Instagram</li><li>Marvyn: @themarvynharrisonpodcast / @dopeblackdads</li><li>YouTube: https://youtu.be/gy3ZrUnG0RM </li></ul><p><br></p><br><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Lalalaletmeexplain: Dating Apps Lost 600,000 Users. The Woman Who Predicted It Explains What's Coming Next.

<p>She trained as a social worker. Spent 15 years watching what happens when relationships destroy people. Built a community of 250,000 women on Instagram. Wrote a Sunday Times bestseller. And then sat across from me and said: "I don't know if this is working. Nothing's changing."</p><p>This is Layla, Lalalaletmeexplain and this is not the conversation you're expecting.</p><br><p>We go into:</p><ul><li>Her dad leaving her mum for the woman who lived opposite, and what it did to her at 7 years old</li><li>Why she resented her mother for years and idolised the man who left</li><li>How her self-worth was built entirely on whether men wanted her, and the expensive therapy it took to undo it</li><li>Dating apps losing 600,000 users and why in-person events aren't working either</li><li>The confidence gap: women buying out dating events in 10 minutes, men not showing up</li><li>Why men have stopped approaching women IRL — and why that's a misreading of what women actually asked for</li><li>Family courts: the myth that they favour mothers (she breaks this down with 15 years of evidence)</li><li>The manosphere as a grooming pipeline — and who's actually vulnerable to it</li><li>The question we both carry: how do you keep telling the truth about harm when the people you're trying to reach are getting more defensive, not less?</li><li>Why she thinks her audience radicalised her — and what she's doing about it</li><li>I share my own experience of being in an abusive relationship at 19</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This is two people doing the same work from opposite sides of the room, meeting in the middle for the first time. If you care about men, women, relationships, fatherhood, or just trying to figure out how we fix the gap, this one matters.</p><br><p><strong>Layla</strong>&nbsp;Instagram: @lalalaletmeexplain TikTok: @lalalaletmeexplain X: @lalalaletmeexp2 Book: Block Delete Move On (Penguin)</p><p><strong>Marvyn</strong>&nbsp;Instagram: @discoverwithmarvyn / @dopeblackdads X: @Marvyn_Harrison YouTube: @MarvynHarrison TikTok: @marvyn_harrison Website: marvynharrison.co.uk</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Marvyn Harrison Meets Poppy Jay: Diagnosed With ADHD 24 Hours Before This Interview

<p>Poppy Jay arrives with no prep. What follows is one of the rawest conversations on this channel.</p><p>Director, writer, comedian, and co-host of the cult podcast Brown Girls Do It Too, Poppy walks me through ten photos from her life, and each one opens a door she wasn't planning to open.</p><br><p>We talk about the forced marriage she gave in to as the eldest of six daughters in a strict Bengali Muslim household. The father who once ruled the home and now sends her photos of the prawns he cooks. The nickname "Pitbull Poppy" she earned on set, and the uniform she wears so men stop scrutinising her. The year 2025, when she didn't work for twelve months despite being on billboards and buses, and ended up frying chips at her brother-in-law's Philly cheesesteak shop on the way to award ceremonies she'd been nominated for.</p><br><p>She got her ADHD diagnosis 24 hours before we recorded. She tells me why the NHS questionnaire didn't account for immigrant kids who weren't allowed to be disruptive. We get into the Bangladeshi heroin epidemic of the 1990s nobody covered. The grooming gangs conversation she's been afraid to have on camera. The night in a Leicester Square pub where a friendly white stranger turned the moment she used the word "racist." And the operating theatre where she looked around at every single non-white staff member keeping the NHS alive — and realised she might never support England again.</p><br><p>Honest, funny, sometimes uncomfortable.</p><p>YouTube:&nbsp;<a href="https://youtube.com/@MarvynHarrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/@MarvynHarrison</a></p><p>Instagram (podcast):&nbsp;<a href="https://instagram.com/marvynharrisonpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/marvynharrisonpodcast</a></p><p>TikTok:&nbsp;<a href="https://tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison</a></p><p>LinkedIn:&nbsp;<a href="https://linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison</a></p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Sadiq Khan Gives £30 Million. Every Borough. Youth Clubs Are Back. - A message to Justin Pickett

<p>Sadiq Khan just announced £30 million to put a youth club in every single London borough. They're called Youth Lates — open evenings, open weekends, with food, mentoring, music, mental health support, all under one roof. The biggest investment in youth clubs by any Mayor. Ever.</p><p>Marvyn grew up in Hackney at a time when youth clubs still existed. His youth worker was Justin Pickett — the actor who played Sean Ambrose in Desmond's. In this episode, Marvyn tells that story for the first time in full: what it meant to have a Black man show up for him at 15, what was lost when those spaces disappeared, and what this announcement means for a generation of young Londoners who've never had what he had.</p><p>This one is personal.</p><br><p>YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MarvynHarrison</p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marvynharrisonpodcast/</p><p>Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@marvyn_harrison</p><p>Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/marvynharrison?originalSubdomain=uk</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

I Asked the Government's AI Minister 5 Questions Every Parent Wants Answered | Kanishka Narayan MP

<p>The UK government opened the biggest consultation on children's digital safety ever attempted. Social media age bans. Overnight app curfews. Restrictions on infinite scroll. Controls on AI chatbots. They want to hear from parents directly. So when the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology invited me to the Black Prince Community Trust in Lambeth to sit down with Kanishka Narayan MP, the Minister for AI and Online Safety, I brought a few questions. Not from a journalist. From a dad.</p><p>We covered:</p><ul><li>What to say to a parent who feels they've already lost the screen time battle</li><li>What powers the government actually has to force platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram to change</li><li>Whether parents should be worried about children using AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude unsupervised</li><li>What a safer internet for children realistically looks like in two years</li><li>Whether this consultation will lead to real, enforceable change</li></ul><p>The consultation is live now and closes 26 May 2026. It takes minutes. Your response directly shapes what happens next.</p><p>Have your say: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation</a></p><p>Practical support for parents right now: <a href="https://kidsonlinesafety.campaign.gov.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://kidsonlinesafety.campaign.gov.uk/</a></p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

He Sent N-Dubz a Myspace Message and Became Their Agent at 19 | Billy Wood — HAUS23

<p>This man sent a Myspace message to N-Dubz after seeing them on Channel U. Within a month he was their agent. No business card. No corner office. Just conviction and speed. Billy Wood is one of those names in UK music that if you know, you know. 20 years. Three of the biggest talent agencies in the world — WME, UTA, CAA. Artists like Tinie Tempah, Tinchy Stryder, Wiley, Section Boyz, Run-DMC. Music Week 30 Under 30. Youngest agent in William Morris history at 24.</p><p>But the story underneath those headlines is messier. More interesting. It's about losing the act that made you. About being a young man at the biggest talent agency in the world making decisions he wasn't always equipped to make. About managing Wiley for two years and what the unmanageable teaches you about people. About walking away from music entirely to go run a non-league football club in Hastings — and somehow that being the thing that brought him back.</p><p>Now he's back with HAUS23, his own agency, five people deep, signing new acts and established names, and building something on his own terms.</p><p>We talk about: — Growing up in New Addington and Hastings with no money and no blueprint — Finding N-Dubz on Channel U and signing them from his uni bedroom — Booking 280 shows for N-Dubz and then losing them — and what that did to him — Tinie Tempah, Pass Out, and the fear of losing another act — Getting flown to LA by WME to meet Ari Emanuel, Patrick Whitesell and Cara Lewis — What Wiley taught him about patience, chaos, and genius — The burnout that took him out of music — Running Hastings United FC, breaking attendance records, and losing money doing it — Why he came back with HAUS23 and what he's building now</p><p>Billy Wood. Let's go.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The Health Secretary Exposed The NHS's Biggest Secrets On My Podcast

<p><strong>The Health Secretary sat down with me. And he didn’t hold back.</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Wes Streeting the man responsible for the entire NHS talks about surviving cancer at 38, the crisis hiding inside Britain’s maternity wards, why Black women are still dying at catastrophic rates in childbirth, what’s really happening with the National Cancer Plan, and why he believes the silent majority needs to start calling out racism before it’s too late.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This conversation covers:</p><p>• His cancer diagnosis at 38 — found by accident, treated by the NHS</p><p>• 100,000+ patients now diagnosed within 28 days (a stat you won’t see in the papers)</p><p>• The first ever government strategy for men and boys</p><p>• Why suicide is the biggest killer of young men — and what’s being done</p><p>• The sickle cell ward that nearly closed — and what it signals</p><p>• Black maternal mortality: “The excuses have run out”</p><p>• “I was told: I assumed you were a strong Black woman” — racism in maternity care</p><p>• Valerie Amos’s rapid national investigation into maternity (reporting June)</p><p>• Why he’s calling out the rise of open, unashamed racism in Britain</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is not a political interview. This is a human one.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>🔗 Full talking points and timestamps in the show notes.</p><p>---</p><p>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast. Subscribe. Share. Stay informed.</p><br><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Childcare Costs Just Got HALVED — Here’s What Nobody’s Telling You

<p>Childcare in this country just changed. Permanently.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>New government data shows that the cost of a full-time nursery place for a child under two has DROPPED by 52% in just two years — from £305/week to £149/week. Families are saving an average of £8,000 a year per child. Half a million households are now receiving 30 hours of funded childcare. And nearly a third of parents say they’ve been able to increase their working hours as a direct result.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In this episode, Marvyn breaks down:</p><p>• The exact numbers from the 2026 Coram Report</p><p>• What “funded hours,” “term-time,” and “SENCO” actually mean for your family</p><p>• The 4 structural moves government is making beyond the headline</p><p>• Why childcare cost is a gatekeeping mechanism — and who it locks out</p><p>• 5 questions every parent (and especially every dad) needs to sit with</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whether you’re paying nursery fees right now, thinking about starting a family, or employing people who are — this one’s for you.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sources: DfE / Coram Family and Childcare Survey 2026</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>🔗 Full stats and glossary in the show notes below.</p><br><p>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</p><p>Subscribe. Share. Stay informed.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

I Was In The Room When It Happened | BAFTAs, Racism & What Nobody Said

<p>In this episode of The Marvyn Harrison Podcast, three guests — Richie Brave, Manga St Hilaire, Nii Odarte and Rehema Muthamia sit down for one of the most wide-ranging conversations we've had. The BAFTA N-word incident is dissected by someone who was actually in the auditorium when it happened. Richard shares his experience of childhood racism as a seven-year-old child actor, beaten and called the hard-R by his own chaperones. Rehema, the first Black African woman to win Miss England, talks about the racist abuse that followed her title, from doorstep journalists to being called Miss KFC, and how surviving an abusive relationship at 21 led her to reclaim her story publicly. Manga opens up about becoming a father for the first time, his journey from Roll Deep to hosting Red Bull's Mike Flex, and why grime's open-door culture is both its greatest strength and its structural weakness. The conversation moves through code-switching, carnival lineage, boarding school in Kenya, the importance of male friendship circles, meeting Prince William, and why Black men who speak with emotional clarity are constantly underestimated.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Is The Internet Killing Love?

<p>In this episode of The Marvyn Harrison Podcast, we unpack one uncomfortable question: <strong>is the internet killing love? </strong>From religion and existential doubt to seasonal depression, trauma bonding, toxic relationship dynamics, and the rise of online healing culture, this conversation goes deep into how modern life is reshaping intimacy.</p><br><p>We explore:</p><ul><li>Why social media amplifies heartbreak</li><li>The difference between passion and trauma bonding</li><li>Whether peace is the same as silence</li><li>The mental health impact of winter and isolation</li><li>Why so many people feel disconnected despite being constantly online</li><li>Whether faith still offers structure in a chaotic world</li><li>How masculinity and femininity narratives are shifting</li></ul><p>This isn’t surface-level relationship advice.</p><p> It’s a real conversation about connection, loneliness, identity, healing, and responsibility in modern culture.</p><h1><br></h1><h1>TIMESTAMPS</h1><p>00:00 — Do You Actually Believe in God?</p><p> 05:12 — Leaving Religion Without Losing Meaning</p><p> 12:40 — The Existential Void After Faith</p><p> 18:03 — Who Do You Call When You’re Not Okay?</p><p> 22:45 — Peace vs Quiet: The Big Misunderstanding</p><p> 27:52 — Is The Internet Designed To Break Relationships?</p><p> 31:49 — Love Or Emotional Addiction?</p><p> 35:01 — Trauma Bonding Explained</p><p> 42:30 — Are We Addicted To Being Broken?</p><p> 50:18 — The Attention Economy &amp; Pain</p><p> 58:44 — Therapy, AI &amp; Healing Culture</p><p> 01:07:11 — Seeing Your Parents As Humans</p><p> 01:16:20 — Masculinity, Accountability &amp; Modern Love</p><p> 01:24:55 — Choosing Love Instead Of Needing It</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Love Isn’t Mechanical: Stop Dating Like a Checklist

<p>Most people say they want love, then date like they’re configuring a device: height, income, politics, trauma level, texting cadence, therapy status, “emotional intelligence,” travel appetite—tick, tick, tick. It feels safe. It feels efficient. It feels like control.&nbsp;</p><br><p>But love isn’t mechanical. People aren’t programmable. They have grey areas: prickly parts, warm parts, avoidant parts, tender parts, contradictions, history. A checklist can’t measure inner world alignment, truth-telling, repair ability, or whether two people can actually build safety together.&nbsp;</p><br><p>I unpack how romantic idealism can make you naïve—especially when you grew up in warmth and assume everyone else did too. Then reality hits: people don’t always tell the truth, not always under pressure, and if you don’t interrogate someone’s inner world you end up in cycles that feel “mystical” but are actually predictable scripts.&nbsp;</p><br><p>The shift is simple: keep your values, drop the robot requirements. Choose moment-to-moment evidence. Build the skill of doing things well with people—clarity, repair, accountability, warmth. Then create a vehicle for connection that’s alive, consistent, and real.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

I’m Not “Exposing” Anyone — Here’s The Line I Won’t Cross

<p>This episode sets the rules of the room.</p><p>This podcast is committed to protecting the dignity, safety, and wellbeing of anyone whose stories, experiences, or submissions may be referenced. We don’t publish allegations as fact without appropriate verification, context, or public record. We anonymise, change details, reframe, or decline stories to reduce harm—especially when other people didn’t choose public exposure.&nbsp;</p><br><p>I also explain why listeners sometimes feel “that’s my story”: because many experiences are cyclical and universal—especially when you’re trying to be yourself inside a difficult environment. That doesn’t make the story “about you.” It makes it common.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Then we widen out: Britain’s collapsing care reflex (a post office moment that says everything), why I refuse to “chat people’s business,” why men need to lead with repair when harm exists, and why I’m building a show that’s present and unscripted—without turning vulnerability into entertainment.&nbsp;</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

GAME Went Bust… So I Rebuilt It Into Britain’s Home of Gaming Culture

<p>An old workplace game brand went bust—not because people stopped gaming, but because retail changed: downloads replaced discs and the UK high street kept shrinking. The fix isn’t “sell more games.” The fix is rebuilding the purpose.</p><p>In this episode I lay out the full turnaround blueprint:</p><ol><li>Accept traditional retail is over.</li><li>Redesign stores around&nbsp;<strong>play</strong>: arcades, competitive setups, racing simulators, mini-arenas.&nbsp;<strong>Experience, not product.</strong></li><li>Build a national grassroots league through every location: after-school and after-work tournaments, city championships, national finals streamed online.</li><li>Wrap it in a membership model: monthly access to play/compete/status, points and perks, predictable recurring revenue.</li><li>Keep retail only where digital can’t compete: controllers, headsets, chairs, collectibles—physical identity, higher margin, real demand.</li><li>Turn flagship locations into creator studios + live event spaces where UK talent is discovered and broadcast.</li></ol><p>Outcome: footfall returns for belonging, not shopping. Membership stabilises revenue. A national competitive pathway attracts sponsors and media. GAME becomes Britain’s gaming culture infrastructure—not a struggling retailer from the past.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The Wildest Week in My Camera Roll (No Filter)

<p>This is the&nbsp;<strong>no-padding</strong>&nbsp;weekly panel episode:&nbsp;<strong>12 stories, 4 perspectives, rapid-fire pitches</strong>, and then we go in. Each contributor gets&nbsp;<strong>30 seconds</strong>&nbsp;to make the case, then the table tests it—facts, incentives, hypocrisy, and what it means for real people.</p><p><strong>Today’s agenda (12):</strong></p><ol><li>[Topic] — the 30-sec pitch that changes the framing</li><li>[Topic] — why everyone’s missing the real incentive</li><li>[Topic] — the uncomfortable trade-off nobody says out loud</li><li>[Topic] — who wins, who pays, who gets blamed</li><li>[Topic] — the headline vs the truth</li><li>[Topic] — the policy angle in plain English</li><li>[Topic] — the culture angle nobody wants to touch</li><li>[Topic] — the numbers that expose the story</li><li>[Topic] — the moral panic vs the actual risk</li><li>[Topic] — the media game being played in real time</li><li>[Topic] — the “this affects your life tomorrow” segment</li><li>[Topic] — the clip everyone will argue about</li></ol><p>If you want one weekly episode that gives you&nbsp;<strong>ammo, clarity, and context</strong>—this is it.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

We Had to Say This Out Loud

<p>This episode is different, and it had to be.</p><p>As this podcast grows, so does the responsibility that comes with telling stories about real lives, real harm, and real people. In this episode, I explain&nbsp;<strong>why we’ve added a safeguarding and responsibility notice</strong>, what it means, and what this podcast will&nbsp;<em>never</em>&nbsp;become.</p><br><p>We talk about:</p><ul><li>Why not every story deserves public exposure</li><li>The difference between truth and spectacle</li><li>How cycles repeat across generations and environments</li><li>Why protecting dignity matters more than outrage</li><li>What it means to challenge power without exploiting pain</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This is not an apology.</p><p>This is not a retreat.</p><p>This is a line in the sand.</p><p>Life is nuanced. Harm is real. Accountability matters.</p><p>But so does care.</p><h2><br></h2><h2>SHOW NOTES</h2><p>⚠️ Why we added a safeguarding notice</p><p>🧠 How stories become dangerous when mishandled</p><p>🧱 The cycles men inherit — and repeat</p><p>🕊️ Dignity, consent, and altered narratives</p><p>⚖️ Why this podcast is not a court of law</p><h2><br></h2><h2>TAGS / KEYWORDS (DISCOVERABILITY)</h2><p>fatherhood, masculinity, safeguarding, storytelling ethics, responsibility, culture, trauma, power, modern Britain, mental health, community, social systems, lived experience</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Why I Hate Sainsbury’s Local

<p>This episode is a forensic breakdown of Sainsbury’s Local as a system, not a shop.</p><p>What’s sold as convenience is friction. What’s sold as efficiency is unpaid labour. What’s sold as design is psychological manipulation that fails the moment you’re tired, parenting, or in a hurry.</p><p>From hostile layouts and absent staff to self-checkout purgatory and inflated prices, this is a critique of how modern “local” supermarkets quietly disrespect time, dignity, and common sense.</p><p>This isn’t nostalgia. It’s not brand hate.</p><p>It’s a lived audit of consumer experience from the perspective of a father, a customer, and a human being who just wanted milk and left annoyed.</p><p>Includes an explicit comparison with Aldi, and why Aldi consistently wins on clarity, flow, and respect.</p><p>Welcome to <strong>The Marvyn Harrison Podcast</strong> — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life.</p><p>In each episode, Marvyn Harrison sits down with leading thinkers, creatives, athletes, policymakers, and cultural voices to unpack the defining moments that shaped them. Through image prompts, structured storytelling, and revealing game segments, guests explore pivotal memories, career turning points, personal struggles, and the beliefs that guide their decisions today.</p><p>Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond.</p><p>This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>