Dope Black Dads Podcast

About Dope Black Dads Podcast

Culture, identity, masculinity, relationships and fatherhood, in honest long-form conversations hosted by Marvyn Harrison, founder of Dope Black Dads and TV commentator (BBC, LBC, Channel 5). Formerly the Dope Black Dads Podcast. Guests include Sadiq Khan, Michelle Gayle, Marlon & Shawn Wayans, DJ Semtex, Christine Lahti, Johnny Nelson, Tyler West, Kate Ferdinand, Poppy Jay, Dane Baptiste and Bridget Phillipson. Each episode opens with photos and early memories, works through the turning points that shaped the guest, and closes with game segments that show their unexpected side. Topics: music, sport, film and TV; love and dating; men's mental health and the manosphere; ADHD and neurodivergence; race and identity in Britain; parenting, co-parenting and the father wound; and the UK politics that hits families. Watch full episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd2CF9uBPHy91ASAMWqDSOQ Partnerships and sponsorship: marvyn@belovd.agency Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Marvyn Harrison

Category

kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2021

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

255 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Mak 10: The DJ Who Built Grime Then Nearly Lost Everything

   He built the sound of a genre from pirate radio. Then addiction almost took all of it. Mak 10 — the DJ behind Nasty Crew — on the rise, the fall, and coming up to three years clean. He talks about why "I had to be a bit delusional" to make it, the ADHD he's still waiting 18 months to have diagnosed, what fatherhood taught him about himself, and the night Wiley and Dizzee Rascal stood on the same stage for the first time in 20 years. Chapters: 0:00 The Power of an Iconic Voice 0:57 Finding Inspiration in Grime Roots 2:22 The Legacy of Nasty Crew 4:43 Ranking the Greatest Crews 5:48 Navigating Life Without a Map 8:26 Does Marcus Nasty Get His Flowers? 11:10 The Evolution of a Solo Career 14:33 Neurodivergence and ADHD 23:39 The Beautiful Complexity of Fatherhood 38:11 The Long Road to Recovery Listen on Acast wherever you get your podcasts. #grime #podcast #recovery Welcome to The Marvyn Harrison Podcast — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life. 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. Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond. This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   11 Sept 2026

   The Guilt of Black progression w/ Amy Jephta, Playwright & Romantha Botha

   Marvyn Harrison and Samantha Porter sit down with South African playwright and screenwriter Amy Jephta to unpack her acclaimed play "A Good House." The conversation covers gentrification, class mobility, colonial language, the psychological cost of being "the first" in predominantly white spaces, and the tension between political blackness and coloured cultural identity in post-apartheid South Africa. Jephta discusses the personal experiences behind writing "A Good House," her London run's reception versus South Africa's, comedy as a tool for dissecting race, and her two upcoming plays — one set against a Kenyan genocide backdrop, the other a Caribbean period piece about a Black slave owner. Show Notes / Topics Covered: "A Good House" premise: a Black couple navigating a gated community dispute in Johannesburg Buying property in a gentrifying, historically coloured neighbourhood Reconciling capitalism with Black identity and community obligation London audience reception vs. South African audience reception "Politically Black, culturally coloured" — navigating identity terminology across contexts Comedy and satire as vehicles for examining race Survivor's guilt and the psychology of upward mobility Reflections on South African xenophobia and the Zimbabwean embassy queues Upcoming work: a play on inherited trauma tied to the Kenyan genocide; a Caribbean musical about a Black slave-owning entrepreneur Guest: Amy Jephta — South African playwright, screenwriter, and filmmaker. Writer of "A Good House" and "Barakat." and Romantha Botha — Cultural Archivist and Filmaker Welcome to The Marvyn Harrison Podcast — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life. 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. Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond. This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   7 Sept 2026

   Oscar Nominee Christine Lahti on Surviving Hollywood's Misogyny

   Christine Lahti the Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe and Emmy winner sits down to unpack the autobiographical solo play that's been packing out London's Marylebone Theatre this summer: The Smile of Her. Known for Chicago Hope, Swing Shift, Running on Empty, Law & Order: SVU, and CBS's Evil and Fire Country, Lahti traces her journey from a repressive 1950s Michigan household to becoming one of second-wave feminism's most vocal torchbearers. In this conversation: growing up under a father who treated emotion as weakness, watching her mother silenced for decades, the internalized patriarchy she still fights at 76, why she believes love and dominance cannot coexist, the backlash she sees driving today's manosphere, and the night Robin Williams saved her Golden Globes win with an improvised stand-up routine while she was in the bathroom. \The Smile of Her ran at Marylebone Theatre, London, 10 July – 29 August 2026, directed by Mêlisa Annis, produced by Nina Tassler, Jenny Warburg and Wild Yak in association with Gloria Steinem. https://www.youtube.com/@MarvynHarrison (https://www.youtube.com/@MarvynHarrison) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-marvyn-harrison-podcast/id1456522027 (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-marvyn-harrison-podcast/id1456522027) https://open.spotify.com/show/3cIh6ejnk3lUUVhqSKzPUS (https://open.spotify.com/show/3cIh6ejnk3lUUVhqSKzPUS) Welcome to The Marvyn Harrison Podcast — a story-driven conversation exploring identity, fatherhood, masculinity, relationships, culture, politics, sport, and modern life. 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. Expect honest discussions on mental health, family dynamics, leadership, equity, ambition, resilience, and the realities of navigating success in Britain and beyond. This is a podcast about clarity, where lived experience meets sharp cultural insight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

301,820

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

16 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

57

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

95

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