Testicular cancer is the second most common cancer in young men (aged 18 to 39) and the risk of being diagnosed with testicular cancer by age 85 is 1 in 189. The rate of men diagnosed with testicular cancer has grown by more than 50% over the past 30 years, however the reason for this is not known.

Around 6 years ago Matty was diagnosed with testicular cancer after feeling his testicles in the shower and feeling a lump.

In this week's episode Matty tells us what it was like:

- how he felt when he found out.

- how long it took to overcome it.

- what the treatment was

- when he felt back to normal

Movember do some amazing work in Men's Health and have excellent resources on Testicular Cancer:

https://au.movember.com/mens-health/testicular-cancer

Please donate to their Movember appeal and check your testicles regularly.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

It's Melbourne Cup Week this week and Australians bet $312 million on the Melbourne Cup last year.

 

The latest statistics published by the Queensland Treasury in the 34th edition of Australian Gambling Statistics (regarded as the authoritative source of gambling statistics in Australia) show that, in total, Australians bet more than $208 billion in 2016-17.

 

Two. Hundred. Billion.

 

Averaged out across all Australians aged over 18, this is more than $11,000 per person! 

We discuss gambling this week.

Do we gamble?

How much do we gamble?

What do we gamble on?

When do we gamble?

When does gambling become a problem?

Remember always gamble responsibly.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

Today was Kane’s Gran’s 90th birthday. She’s a wee old Scottish gran who has had a tough life.

It was great hearing about her life and how she made it from Glasgow to Melbourne and all the stories along the way. All those little coincidences like little pieces of string that had to come together.

Sometimes memories are good, sometimes bad and sometimes weird, but they are memories and they are what we are made of.

Each of us are built of blocks of memories that all fit together to form each of us.

The point is that everything we learn, from how to play with others, how to resolve conflicts, how we maintain relationships, makes us who we are and are from our memories.

Our lives are soaked in these memories.

Listen to a few of Kane’s this week.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

Moving house is painful, well it is when you get older and accumulate more stuff.

It’s especially painful when you do it twice in 9 months and with three kids. With their house being renovated this is exactly what Matthew and his wife have done this year.

We chat about:

How moving house has changed from when we first moved out of home.

Was moving with kids harder than moving interstate?

How to manage kids when you move house.

What is the transition back home was like for the kids?

We also talk about Ryan’s engagement Party which was on this weekend.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

This weekend Ryan ran the Melbourne Marathon.

In this episode we hear from him in the lead-up to the marathon and then how he felt after doing the marathon.

We find out if he actually completed the marathon and if a pizza and a parma are legitimate marathon foods.

We also find out:

How much training he did and if it meant stopping other activities (or life)?

Whether this inspired him to run marathons in other locations or was it just a bucket list item ticked off (one and done).

If he felt like giving up at any point.

What did he think bout or do while he ran.

What food and/or drink he had while he ran.

We are pretty proud of him and him ticking another item of his Bucket List here at Daddy Eats last so have a listen to the pre-race and post-race Ryan Ebert.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

This week Kane's wife and kid went away for 3 nights without him.

While he has spent time away from them before for work), this felt different.

Did he miss them?

What did he do?

What did it feel like?

What happened when he and his partner had a night away as well?

 

Listen and find out.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

This week we have a question from a Listener:

"I have over an hour commute to and from work each day, how can I try and use my time so I don't feel so overwhelmed on the weekend?"

Unfortunately we live in a big, brown land that means there is often quite a bit of time spent in transit between home and work. 

In fact in Australia, the average commute is 29 minutes one way, with most of us travelling by car and public transport.

We discuss a range of different options to make the commute more useful. 

Everything from listing to a podcast to doing the grocery shopping or just talking to yourself.

In some cases it's not possible for a company to allow remote work. In those cases, ask for other measures that make your commute easier.

Allowing flexible hours can give workers the ability to come in early or late in order to avoid rush hour.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

Good old TV dads. So often on television, they play a vital role in providing the perfect blend of comic relief and utter stupidity.

Or maybe that's just Daddy Pig.

Either way it is a break from reality and really why we watch TV, but on the flipside they are often kind of bad role models to base your parenthood and manhood on.

Dads everywhere might be wondering if there are are some alternative TV shows featuring fathers who are actually good role models for their kids.

This week we discuss some our favourite TV dad's (and men) and whether they are actually good examples to follow.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

Parenting has changed a lot in the last 40 years since Kane was born as has the different roles the parents share in the household.

This week Kane chats to his Dad about what being a dad and man was like in the 1980's and how thinks things have changed since then.

We also discuss how grand kids give grandparents a new lease on life and of course almost on cue we are theninterrupted by Kane's 3 year old son who proceeds to take over the interview for a part of it.

It's all fund and games with some good lessons in there on how things have changed, maybe for the better or worse....you can judge that.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.

We celebrate 1 year of doing Daddy Eats Last every week. 

We talk about some of the topics we have chatted about previously and what episodes we really enjoyed and got something out of as well as a few random questions that we have been busting to ask each other, including whether Ryan is a spooner?!

Daddy Eats Last are just three average guys trying to work our way through the maze of modern society as men.

We struggle just like you. It's getting harder every day.

We are here to listen and discuss.

REMEMBER: If you have any suggestions for topics please send through to [email protected] and we will be sure to include them.

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Is the modern man a hunter or a gentleman? A manual labourer or a technophile? In today's culture the modern man usually is a mix of many things. The modern man must be adaptable.

Gender roles are changing and blending together and the stay-at-home dad or part time dad population is growing.

More fathers than ever are participating in their children's nurturing and upbringing.

The thing is that fathers and mothers come into the parenting process differently though. For the mother, the connection is biological. It's a part of her.

Fathering, on the other hand, is less so. Therefore, it's important for men to learn the skills they need to be a good dad. For some guys it's more intuitive, like kicking a football, but most guys need a coach or some direction.

DADDY EATS LAST discusses what it means to be a man and a father in modern society and all the issues that comes with both.