In episode 377 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Danny Grady. Danny is part of Mandem Meetup Wolves (MMUW), the Wolverhampton branch of Mandem Meetup, a grassroots charity promoting, correcting and improving the conversation around men’s mental health and wellbeing. Danny became part of MMUW in February 2024 when he went to his first Mandem Talking Circle. Now he is a facilitator of them. He also runs the MMUW football team alongside friend of the pod Jamie Hall. In thi...

In episode 376 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Jamie Hall. Jamie is part of Mandem Meetup Wolves, the Wolverhampton branch of Mandem Meetup (MMU), a grassroots charity promoting, correcting and improving the conversation around men’s mental health and wellbeing. Jamie became part of MMU Wolves (MMUW) in 2023 when he messaged the Founder of the Wolves branch, Christian if he could get involved. He went on his first hike with them in the same year and from there, the rest is ...

In episode 375 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Arthur Colquhoun. Arthur is the Founder of YES Club, an invite-only network for London’s mission-led, early-stage founders. They host intimate, highly curated in-person experiences built for depth, peer learning, and meaningful connection. He is also the Founder’s Associate of The Fifth, who bill themselves as “a high-performance members club for ambitious professionals who work hard, value their health, and want to be pa...

In episode 374 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Dr Rebekah Wanic. Rebekah is an academic, leadership consultant, life coach and the Founder of ‘Vent To Reinvent’. She is also the Founder of the SubStack ‘PsychSkeptics’. We came across Rebekah through an article she wrote on a publication called Minding The Campus called ‘The Disappearing Male Student’ which friend of the pod Dr James Nuzzo shared. In the article she talks about the disparity in student numbers between male a...

In episode 373 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Sarah Roberts. Sarah is a communications professional and has over 25 years of experience in global communications and business strategy. She is currently Senior Managing Partner at PR agency Vane Percy & Roberts, which she co-founded, and is also Executive Director of Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute (RGHI). We came across Sarah through a LinkedIn post she published after she attended the Women’s Business Forum at th...

In episode 372 of The Just Checking In Podcast our Founder Freddie flew solo for a one-off episode investigating a men's mental health organisation we had previously been big supporters and champions of, Men's Sheds. We even interviewed former CEO of the UK Men’s Sheds Association, the body who oversee all Men's Sheds in the UK, Charlie Bethel in JCIP #249, in July 2024. Men’s Sheds are community-based, non-commercial spaces where men gather to socialise, share skills, and work on...

In episode 371 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Joe Giles. Joe is an artist and creates, in his words, intuitive abstract paintings rooted in emotional expression rather than planned composition. We came across Joe through his interview on friend of the pod JD and his platform, ‘What’s On Your Mind?’. Joe’s life story is not what you’d expect. He was born in Sussex in the South East of England. However, he was raised in a religious cult. The cult controlled every aspec...

In episode 370 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Carolyn Gorman. Carolyn currently works as a Fellow for an organisation called the Manhattan Institute. The Manhattan Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank whose scholars and journalists are dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in America and its great cities. They cover a range of policy issues including policing and public safety, housing, education, law, e...

In episode 369 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with David Harper. David is a freelance journalist, presenter, producer and reporter. David is currently host of LBC News’ Saturday Breakfast Show, and is a regular presenter of the BBC’s World Business Report. Growing up in the small North Wales village of Penyfordd, David left his state comprehensive at 16 years old with very little qualifications and no idea what he wanted to do with his life. In his words, he fell into com...

In episode 368 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with Sunil Jindal. Sunil is the former Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Magic AI, a fitness-technology company which produces a Fitness Mirror, completely powered by AI. Sunil and our Founder Freddie went to the same sixth-form college and have been friends for over 15 years. We first checked in with Sunil in November 2023 in JCIP #207. We discussed his love of table tennis and founding the Ping Pong Society,...