The Just Checking In Podcast
The Just Checking In Podcast is another step in VENT’s mission to give people a voice, change the conversation around mental health and provide an outlet where everyone, but especially men and boys, can express themselves.Each pod we check in with a special guest. We have a natter and a chat about all things mental health as well as anything and everything else they're passionate about. If it helps that person with their mental health, we'll discuss it!
Episodes
464 episodes
JCIP #358 - Martyn James
In episode 358 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Martyn James. Martyn is a freelance journalist, broadcaster, presenter and consumer rights expert. He has over two decades of experience working for the U...
Behind The Mic - Tyler Shea
In this episode of Behind The Mic we checked in with Tyler Shea. Tyler is a singer/songwriter, currently based in Cornwall and is a mutual friend of friend of the pod Lily Ward.After writing his first album at the age of 14/1...
JCIP #357 - Miles Spencer
In episode 357 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Miles Spencer. Miles is a business leader and entrepreneur with over 30 years’ experience in the industry. He has started, built, and led three unique com...
JCIP #356 - David Maywald
In episode 356 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with David Maywald. Born and raised in Australia where he resides today, David has worked in finance for over two decades as an investment professional, holding roles of R...
JCIP #355 - A Pod For Claire
In episode 355 of The Just Checking In Podcast our Founder Freddie flew solo to remember a very special woman who sadly died last year.We interviewed a woman called Claire Johnson on JCIP #66 all the way back in October 2021, where we di...
JCIP #354 - Adam The Sartorial Gardener
In episode 354 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Adam The Sartorial Gardener. Adam runs an Instagram account where, as the title suggests, he documents his life tending and working on his garden whilst looking very ...
JCIP #353 - Dr Ashley Frawley - Part 2
In episode 353 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with academic, author and commentator Dr Ashley Frawley.Ashley currently works as Senior Editor at Compact Magazine, as well as holding roles of sociologist and Visiting R...
JCIP #352 - Tom Festa
In episode 352 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Tom Festa. We came across Tom through friend of the pod Mark Ferris as Tom was fundraising for Mark’s stepson Callum and his treatment for brain cancer through his ‘R...
JCIP #351 - Stephen Hall
In episode 351 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Stephen Hall.Stephen is a qualified therapist and a Member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society, providing walk and talk as well as online therapy for h...
JCIP #350 - Dr James Nuzzo
In episode 350 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with academic Dr James Nuzzo. James is an Exercise Scientist and Men's Health Researcher. He also runs his own SubStack called
JCIP #349 - Jessica Nguyen
In episode 349 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Jessica Nguyen. Jess is an entrepreneur and the Founder of Oh Tuesdays! Microbakery. Based in Bristol, Oh Tuesdays was launched in August 2025 after Jess ...
Reel Stories - Jude Vause-Walsh
In this episode of our Reel Stories series, we checked in with Jude Vause-Walsh. Jude is a voiceover actor and coach.Jude’s career started out after she completed her university degree, where she began carving out an acting c...
JCIP #348 - Nick Isles
In episode 348 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Nick Isles. Nick is the Director of the Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys (CPMRB).The Centre was established in May 2025 and is a research organisatio...
JCIP #347 - Karen Sykes
In episode 347 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Karen Sykes. Karen is the Co-Founder of the Yorkshire branch of suicide grief awareness charity, Speak Their Name. Karen co-founded the Yorkshire Speak Th...
JCIP #346 - Sophie Temple
In episode 346 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with academic Sophie Temple.Sophie is currently Doctoral Researcher in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University, specialising in eating diso...
JCIP #345 - Richard Pomfrett
In episode 345 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Richard Pomfrett. Richard is the Founder and CEO of Boyz-2-Men, an organisation which is dedicated to supporting boys and young men through their journey into adultho...
JCIP #344 - Chris Hemmings
In episode 344 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Chris Hemmings. Chris is a published author and mental health advocate.Chris is the Founder of two organisations in the men’s mental health space: M-Path and M...
JCIP #343 - Niamh Hughes - Part 2
In Part 2 of journalist Niamh Hughes' journey, we discuss her diagnosis of Congenital Hemiplegia and how she managed it from being a young child, through to adolescence and adulthood.We explore how her acceptance of it came alongside her...
JCIP #343 - Niamh Hughes - Part 1
In episode 343 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Niamh Hughes. Niamh is a freelance journalist, producer, presenter and voiceover artist. Niamh also happens to have a disability called Congenital Hemiple...
JCIP #342 - Olena Lukyanova
In episode 342 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Olena Lukyanova. Olena is a qualified therapist and the Director of her therapy practice, OL Psychotherapy and Consulting. Olena had a desire to become a ...
JCIP #341 - Lucy MacLeod
In episode 341 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Lucy MacLeod. Lucy is a firefighter and has worked in the London Fire Brigade for over 16 years across a range of different roles since she joined the LFB in May 2009...
JCIP #340 - Jay Darkmoore
In episode 340 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Jay Darkmoore.Jay is a published author, commentator and hosts his own YouTube channel and podcast, discussing issues around policing in the UK. He has written...
JCIP #339 - Luke Loughlin - Part 2
In episode 339 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with Luke Loughlin. Luke is a men’s mental health advocate based in Canada, the former Co-Founder of Men United and the Founder of Recovery Painting, a painting and d...
