The Marvyn Harrison Podcast
Society & Culture
About
A cinematic, story-led conversation exploring the moments that shape who we become. Each episode begins with images, early memories, pivotal turning points, and present day realities prompting guests to unpack the experiences that defined them. From there, the conversation moves deeper: identity, family, ambition, failure, culture, relationships, justice, and the pressures of modern life. Through structured storytelling and unexpected game segments, guests reveal both the serious and the surprising sides of themselves. The tone is honest, intelligent, and human, reflective without being heavy, playful without being shallow. This is not an interview. It is a space for discovery. Real stories. Clear thinking. Unfiltered insight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
- Arsenal Are Champions. I Was There. And I Can't Stop Crying
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 exac…
- Marvyn Harrison Meets Marlon & Shawn Wayans | ‘SCARY MOVIE IS ONLY IN CINEMAS JUNE 5’
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. Now they're back. Marlon. Shawn. The original crew. And in this conversati…
- Julie Adenuga vs Marvyn Harrison: Top 5 TV Mums & Dads — No Filter
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. Aunt Viv. Claire Huxtable. Peggy Mitchell. Moira Rose. Jack Pearson. Uncle Phil. Log…
- DJ Semtex | The Man Who Broke Kanye & Drake In The UK Before Anyone Cared
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 a…
- Dane Baptiste: "I Had Chappelle At My Club And They Wouldn't Let Me Meet Him"
View the images in order, here! https://canva.link/4eacwrp87m3qfxh 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 watc…
- Lalalaletmeexplain: Dating Apps Lost 600,000 Users. The Woman Who Predicted It Explains What's Coming Next.
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 i…
- Marvyn Harrison Meets Poppy Jay: Diagnosed With ADHD 24 Hours Before This Interview
Poppy Jay arrives with no prep. What follows is one of the rawest conversations on this channel. 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 o…
- Sadiq Khan Gives £30 Million. Every Borough. Youth Clubs Are Back. - A message to Justin Pickett
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 invest…
- I Asked the Government's AI Minister 5 Questions Every Parent Wants Answered | Kanishka Narayan MP
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.…
- He Sent N-Dubz a Myspace Message and Became Their Agent at 19 | Billy Wood — HAUS23
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…
- The Health Secretary Exposed The NHS's Biggest Secrets On My Podcast
The Health Secretary sat down with me. And he didn’t hold back. 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 d…
- Childcare Costs Just Got HALVED — Here’s What Nobody’s Telling You
Childcare in this country just changed. Permanently. 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…
- I Was In The Room When It Happened | BAFTAs, Racism & What Nobody Said
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 some…
- Is The Internet Killing Love?
In this episode of The Marvyn Harrison Podcast, we unpack one uncomfortable question: is the internet killing love? From religion and existential doubt to seasonal depression, trauma bonding, toxic relationship dynamics, and the rise of on…
- Love Isn’t Mechanical: Stop Dating Like a Checklist
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 effic…
- I’m Not “Exposing” Anyone — Here’s The Line I Won’t Cross
This episode sets the rules of the room. 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 approp…
- GAME Went Bust… So I Rebuilt It Into Britain’s Home of Gaming Culture
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. In thi…
- The Wildest Week in My Camera Roll (No Filter)
This is the no-padding weekly panel episode: 12 stories, 4 perspectives, rapid-fire pitches , and then we go in. Each contributor gets 30 seconds to make the case, then the table tests it—facts, incentives, hy…
- We Had to Say This Out Loud
This episode is different, and it had to be. 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 why we’ve added a safeguarding an…
- Why I Hate Sainsbury’s Local
This episode is a forensic breakdown of Sainsbury’s Local as a system, not a shop. 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 momen…
- Rickie Haywood-Williams On Sleep, Stress And Lifestyle Changes
Rickie Haywood-Williams sits down with Dope Black Dads to talk honestly about health, fatherhood, lifestyle changes and the NHS Healthy Choices Quiz. In this episode, Rickie breaks down what life really looks like behind the mi…
- Black Adoption Stories: Building a Welcome Home Through Food & Family
What does a welcome home really feel like? with @MarvynHarrison https://www.youcanadopt.co.uk/blackadopters In this special episode, we sit around the dinner table to talk honestly about adoption, family, culture, and belonging…
- My Day with Kier Starmer, ERA 2025 & the Biggest Shift in Workers’ Rights in a Generation
This episode takes you inside 10 Downing Street for a rare, direct conversation on power, policy, and dignity at work. Marvyn Harrison meets Keir Starmer to unpack the Employment Rights Act 2025 (ERA 2025) — described as the biggest upgrad…
- I’m Intervening: The Parenting Line We Can’t Cross
This is a safeguarding episode, not a comfort episode. Children are not collateral damage for adult frustration. They are not background noise. They are not “tiny adults” who should just get over it. And they are not content. This episode…
- Why Your New Year Goals Keep Failing
Most New Year goals fail for the same reason: they’re fantasies, not systems. In this episode, Marvyn Harrison breaks down why “New Year, New Me” thinking collapses every time — and what actually creates change. This is not about motivatio…
- Anthony Joshua Survives Nigeria Car Crash: RIP Sina Ghami and Latif “Latz” Ayodele
Anthony Joshua has survived a serious car crash in Nigeria that killed two close friends and long-standing members of his team. Physio Sina Ghami and personal trainer Latif “Latz” Ayodele were pronounced dead at the scene after a collision…
- Post-Christmas Reflections
This episode is a quiet audit of Christmas, fatherhood, and attention. After two uninterrupted weeks with his children, Marvyn reflects on what it feels like when family life fully aligns — no school runs, no fragmented schedules, no perfo…
- Christmas Isn’t About Stuff. It’s About Family
We’ve been trained to treat Christmas like a performance: spend more, buy more, post more, prove more. But the truth is simpler—and harder to defend: Christmas is about family. In this episode, I’m pulling the focus back to what lasts. The…
- 5 “Perfect” Green Flags That Secretly Blow Up Your Relationships
You were told to chase green flags. You were never taught how some of them hide the biggest red flags of your life. In this episode, Marvyn Harrison pulls five “perfect” green flags apart and shows the shadow side underneath: limerence, tr…
- Why I’ll Never Want Diddy’s Version Of Success
Did he do it? In this raw, unplanned monologue, Marvyn Harrison picks up the mic with no notes and processes the new Netflix documentary on Sean “Diddy” Combs in real time. Across almost four decades of alleged abuse, violence, exploitatio…
- Macmillan Built A House. We Filled It With Grief And Truth
Black men are dying of cancer in silence. So we took a room full of dads, sons and survivors and built the most honest conversation they’ve ever had. This episode was recorded at Macmillan’s Open House, a home built to feel like the houses…
- Benn vs Eubank: The Fight That Rewrote Fatherhood
What happens when your father’s shadow is your biggest opponent? Marvyn Harrison breaks down Benn vs Eubank II — the fight that wasn’t just about punches, but parenting, legacy, and identity. From Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank Sr.’s 90s riva…
- Stop Breaking Good Men: The Brutal Truth About How You Treat Your Partner
In this episode of the Dope Black Dads podcast, Marvyn breaks down what it really takes to support a good man in 2025, without shrinking yourself or cosplaying a “good little wife.” He covers: • The truth about “something happe…
- New York Just Elected A Socialist Mayor Under Trump. This Changes Everything
Recorded in the middle of the night, Marvyn breaks down how New York elected its first Muslim, South Asian, democratic socialist mayor under Donald Trump, why California quietly rewired Congress with one ballot measure, and how Virginia an…
- I Exposed My Last 5 ChatGPT Searches. It Got Weird, Fast.
I opened my ChatGPT vault and read the last five things I asked it: the best loose-leaf tea on earth, a high-leverage sales plan, a global parenting pivot, the truth behind “quotas” in ads, and the Antwone Fisher poem that hits like a frei…
- Victoria Beckham, Eating Disorders & Protecting Our Kids
This week on the Dope Black Dads podcast, we dive into a powerful and timely story. Victoria Beckham has revealed in her new Netflix documentary that her eating disorder made her “good at lying” A raw admission that sheds light on a condit…
- The Hillsborough Law: Truth, Justice, and Why It Matters Today
For decades, families of the 97 Hillsborough victims were denied honesty and justice. Public officials lied, delayed, and covered up. Now, the long-awaited Hillsborough Law, formally the Public Office Accountability Bill, introduces a lega…
- Why Modern Love is Harder Than Ever
Back in the 1930s, love was about survival—one person brought money, the other ran the home. By the 1990s, polarity and attraction became the focus. But in 2025? That’s not enough. Today, real connection needs three things: survival, desir…
- Not Just a Day, A Legacy: A Father’s Day message by Marvyn Harrison
Launching this Father’s Day, Not Just a Day, A Legacy is a deeply personal and culturally relevant essay series and visual campaign from Marvyn Harrison — founder of Dope Black Dads. Through intimate letters, storytelling, and healing guid…
- How Funded Childcare Can Give You Back Time and Money
When my son was born, I thought I had to choose between staying home to give him everything or going back to work and risking missing the moments that matter. But the truth is, you don’t have to choose. From September, eligible working par…
- Marvyn Harrison x Kate Ferdinand on Fatherhood, Race, and Healing the Generational Wound
Today’s episode is a throwback episode with Kate Ferdinand — mother, entrepreneur, and host of the award-winning podcast Blended . We discussed what began as a WhatsApp group is now a powerful platform supporting Black and mixed-heritage f…
- The Big 3: Who Ran Hip-Hop Every Year Since 1979
From Kool Herc’s Kingston-style block parties to Kendrick’s Grammy sweeps and Carti’s moshpit mayhem, who really ran rap every year since 1979? In this definitive timeline, we break down the Big 3 artists of each year , blending mainstream…
- I Tried 21 Money Hacks With My Kids—We Saved £300 in 7 Days!
⚡ THE CHALLENGE I forced my household to try twenty one penny pinching moves in one week. No edits. No mercy. WHAT HAPPENED • Hack 3 sparked a shower time race • Hack 7 killed takeaway cravings • Hack 14 slashed our energy bill in thirty s…
- We Asked the Health Secretary: What’s REALLY in the 10-Year Plan for Working-Class Families?
What does the government’s new health plan actually mean for your community? In this exclusive, no-holds-barred Q&A, Marvyn Harrison sits down with Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to ask the questions that mat…
- One Year In: Bridget Phillipson on Teachers, SEND and the Future of Education
What’s it really like being Education Secretary? In this powerful conversation, Bridget Phillipson marks her first year in post by speaking openly with Marvyn Harrison and young voices from Dope Black Dads. She reflects on the teacher who…
- The Code of Clipse: Integrity, Manhood & Hip-Hop
Is there still honour in hip-hop? Can rap teach us how to be better men? In this episode, we take a deep dive into the extraordinary journey of Clipse—brothers Pusha T and No Malice—uncovering what their story reveals about masculinity, lo…
- How Can I Love You Better?
In this episode, Marvyn Harrison asks a question that shifts the way we show up in our relationships: How can I love you better? This is a practical, vulnerable reflection on how love evolves over time, and why checking in with our partner…
- What If Friends Was Black in 2025? A Cultural Reboot We Deserve
Imagine Friends … but Black. Not just a race-swap, but a complete cultural remix. In this episode, we explore what a modern-day, all-Black reboot of the iconic 90s sitcom could look like, set in Hackney, rooted in today’s Black culture, wi…
- I Tested 20 Sports-Day Hacks on My Kids—#7 Saved Us £50!
⏱️ THE CHALLENGE I put 20 parent-approved hacks to the ultimate test on live Sports Day—no retakes, no mercy. WHAT HAPPENED • Tip #3 nearly caused a water-fight 🤣 • Tip #7 saved £50 in 10 seconds • Tip #14 kept my son’s muscles warm like…
- Finding Peace With My Father: A Step-by-Step Guide for Healing the Father Wound
What if the key to your peace isn't reconciliation, but release? In this solo episode, Marvyn Harrison offers a detailed, compassionate guide for anyone navigating unresolved feelings toward an absent, distant, or emotionally unavailable f…