In this special episode of Dad Club Japan, recorded live at the Kyushu ELT Expo in Seinan University in Fukuoka, Duncan and Joel sat down with six dads and one foreign mother to talk about the realities of parenting in Japan<...

Dan is a relative newcomer to Fukuoka, and a first time guest on the show.After living in Singapore for a handful of years, and teaching in many different countries, Dan and his family finally settled on Fukuoka as their next home.

In this episode of Dad Club Japan, Duncan and Joel get real about some of the more challenging and frustrating aspects of life in Japan. From bureaucratic headaches to spoken and unspoken social rules, they share their personal experie...

Duncan and Joel discuss whether there are enough reasons to continue this podcast.Duncan talks sobriety for 60 days as his focus needs to be on point.Joel discusses a possible sponsor for the show.Thanks for listening, and ...

A solo episode this time around with Duncan speaking to a very special and highly anticipated guest and our second 'non-Dad' voice on the podcast. The two of them discuss growing up in Japan as a child of mixed heritage or so called...

Duncan and Joel reconnect after a 2 month absence to discuss new plans and goals for 2025.Joel admits to having a goal of creating videos for Youtube for a whole year (gulp!).Duncan is laser-focused on his move back to the UK in...

This episode features our friend, Lance.  He joins us in the record room to discuss his past 2 years sailing the Pacific coast from Canada to Columbia and plenty of blue sea in between.Lance left behind the socially tumultuous clim...

Duncan and Joel sit down with Alex - finally! - to discuss some of the biggest changes in his life that have happened in Japan, and as a result of being in Japan.  Coming from Queensland, Australia, Alex knew little about Japan.

Our guest this episode is Evan.He came well prepared to discuss the changes in his life and the adjustments he has made after moving from Japan to the UK and back to Japan again.A Scottish father of two teenagers, Evan's first c...

This episode is different.We did not edit this episode.  It is in its original, unaltered form.It is so different in fact, that it actually ends abruptly.OK, so we ran out of battery power on our recorder, but it was nearing th...

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 ...

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 conn...

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 de...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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!...

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...

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 ...

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...

Duncan and Ken continue their conversation in an extended recording session (hence Pt.2) where our guest reveals how he learnt his style of parenting from his own parents. They also discuss how to balance discipline duties with the ...

Duncan sits down with Ken, a Japanese Dad whose young daughters moved to the U.K 8 months ago. They discuss how his recent trip to visit them went, the changes he noticed in them and how he and his ex-wife came to the decision for t...

After returning from Canada, Joel talks with Duncan about the death of Joel's mother.We are, after all, the sons of our mothers, and we wouldn't exist as humans, let alone dads, without the gift of life from our mothers (and fathers).

Joel sits down with David to discuss what David does well in his role as a father.  We find out about a forgotten piece of audio equipment that has resulted in a hobby that David now shares with his son.  And we share strategies for k...

Our first Japanese guest on DCJ!Joel and Duncan welcome their friend Taka to the podcast, discussing all things Dad over beers and scotch.Duncan does his best to interrogate Taka about why he is so different, and where did this differen...