Dad Club Japan

The first guest of 2024 on the Dad Club Japan podcast is Adrian.Living in Cambodia with his Japanese wife and 3 year old daughter, he runs a charity that provides quality teaching materials to native Cambodian teachers. In this episode, Duncan and Joel grill Adrian about his charity; how it started, its aims, as well as learning about Adrians own future in Japan once his daughter r

Duncan and Joel discuss a Dads get - together (piss up) where they find out they've reached real listeners and have actually helped them!Further promises are made to connect with Dads on Instagram at Dad Club Japan. We aim to connect with fathers here in Japan and everywhere! As Dads we all share some similarities and discussing those things which we find challenging can be therape

Joel poses a question to Duncan in this episode:What are your values? Joel tries to explain what he defines as 'values', and gives an example of what one of his values is. He then admits that although his value is defined, he has found recently that he is not living out his value in the way he intended.Duncan admits there is confusion in this current generation about what we should

Duncan discusses his experience back in the UK during the Christmas/New Years holidays. Although a mostly positive experience, aware that he did a brilliant job at keeping everyone happy but he expresses some regret at not being in the moment, and talking more in depth with his family members.Joel raises the issue of discipline, punishment and reward in relation to his sons being a

As the end of the calendar year approaches, Duncan and Joel look back at 2023 and assess what they are grateful for.We're grateful to you for listening and we would really appreciate some feedback on this episode or any other episode.Thanks as always, and hope to hear from you!Peace and Love!JoelDuncan

In what will be the final episode recorded in Canada, Duncan questions Joel on his last month in Canada.Discussed are the lessons learned for Joel trying trying to integrate him and his son into Canadian life and how things might have gone differently if there were more time, and the experience for Joel's son as a student in a Canadian school.

Joel joins the conversation from Canada, while Duncan is in Japan posing some great questions about the parenting experience outside Japan.Some action for YOU, the listener to take....>Be sure to subscribe to the podcast!>Leave a review!>Email Joel with any specific requests, ideas, comments or suggestions for the podcast!Get in touch through our FB page, or email Joel at.

Hello to all you amazing Dads (and others)!In this episode...Joel and Duncan discuss Joel's trip home to Canada.Duncan asks about Joel's motives for his 3.5 month visit:>to have his son go to primary school in Canada for 3 months>to celebrate the life of Joel's mother who passed on in March>to level up some new skills with focused work>to have his his son experience liv

This episode is gold! Must listen content right here!If you're a father of a mixed/bicultural/half Japanese, half whatever nationality you are, then this episode will resonate deeply with you!Duncan found our latest guest - Jamie - recently at a language school here in Fukuoka.Jamie is mixed heritage: part British, part Japanese. His father is English, his mother Japanese.As father

It's the most awesome day of the year for Dads: Fathers Day!!After a an exciting evening of the June edition of the Dads Club Social (held once a month in Fukuoka), Duncan and Joel get together in the Record Room to record a fathers day episode.Be sure to listen carefully as Duncan announces an event he is organizing for the last weekend in July.Hope your Fathers Day 2023 was a gre