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,...

In episode 367 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with friends of the pod Dean Corney and Jason Reeves. Dean is a firefighter in the London Fire Brigade who has worked in the service for over 20 years. Dean is also the Co-Founder of Walk & Talk 999, a men's walking group in the UK for any man in the emergency services to walk and talk about their mental health, if they want to, and be met with empathy, trust and understanding. Dean first came on the pod in JCIP...

In episode 366 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with Jamie Dennis. Jamie Dennis is the Founder and CEO of Mandem Meet Up, a grassroots charity which promotes, corrects and improves the conversation around men’s mental health and wellbeing. They provide an open, inclusive community for all men, integrating a range of social, holistic and more ‘traditional’ forms of clinical support. We first checked in with Jamie in JCIP #268 in December 2024, where we discussed MMU’s o...

In this episode of Behind The Decks we checked back in for a third time with Australian DJ and producer, Jafunk. Lachy was the very first special guest on Behind The Decks when we launched the series all the way back in June 2020! Lachy then came back on again in May 2023, and three years later he has joined the esteemed group of guests who have checked in for a hat trick of appearances! Since we last checked in, Jafunk’s career has continued to go from strength to strength. At ti...

In episode 365 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with academic Dr Emily Setty. Emily is currently Associate Professor in Criminology at the University of Surrey. Emily has a particular focus on young people’s online and offline sexual behaviours and the evolving challenges of digital sexual cultures. We first checked in with Emily in JCIP #210 in November 2023. In that podcast we talked about her wider academic journey and a whole range of issues she’s passionate about, inclu...