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What is 'Pints and Ponytails' and how does it help dads connect with their daughters?
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I'm Holly Gibbs and in this edition... It gives dads a real opportunity to spend an extra five, ten minutes with their daughters. I'm not saying every single day. And in doing so, we're hoping that the conversations that they have along the way, that they might not remember the braiding, but they'll remember the conversations. The dads behind the viral sensation, Pints and Ponytails. How new research has found a way to convert a common plastic into a drug for Parkinson's disease. When you think about plastic, people tend to think of it as this, you know, waste or end of life material that doesn't have any value or any sort of potential for further use. But plastic waste is just carbon. Plus, the return of rhinos to Uganda.
It's a great day. It's a great season for Uganda. The communities are very excited to see that this species is coming back 43 years down the road.
And why getting old is actually good for you.
We start with a dad's night out with a twist.
Welcome to Ice and Furry Tales.
That's Pints and Ponytails, a meeting of dads at the pub learning how to do hair on mannequins. The sessions, however, are much more than just buns and braids. The whole thing was the brainchild of Matthew Lewis Carter and Lawrence Price, who both experienced mental health struggles in the early days of becoming a dad and decided to set up their own podcast and host events such as Pints and Ponytails. When they posted the footage of the event on social media, it encouraged millions of people around the world to get in touch and try it for themselves. I spoke to Matthew and Lawrence. It's easy to watch a video of Pints and Ponytails and just see dads learning to braid their daughter's hair, but there's so much more to it than that.
It's traditionally a feminine task that that dads want to step up and get involved with. In doing so, it then deepens the conversation that they can have with their daughter. We put up a first event. We got 10 friends together and the internet just loved it. And we thought, okay, let's do this again, but let's make it bigger. We had 35 dads turn up. at the second event but these dads turned up fully present fully wanting to learn a skill to establish a deeper connection with their girls and what we found is there was a nervous energy in the room when the dads first come in it's quite a strange thing to see when you You come into a room full of like 35 mannequins and pints just strapped to the table.
It's like the start of a horror film.
But after that, the nervous energy slowly started to dissipate. We wanted to make sure that we were providing a safe space for dads to get together and to learn a new skill that honors their daughters. And in doing that, break old stereotypes. We are getting hundreds of men, not just in the UK, but globally get in touch because they actively want to be a part of this new progressive approach to fatherhood. So we feel at the moment we've kind of stumbled into something which is a huge honor, but a huge responsibility to help facilitate the safe spaces for all those dads to step up.
We've had messages from Mumbai to Sydney to LA to Guatemala. We've had voice notes from dads. I was listening to one from Ecuador before we jumped on this. So I think there's a real thirst for dad's What's the feedback been from fathers who attend these sessions? We got a lot of the dads to write a post-it note. And one of them just said, my daughter always says my hands are too big to do hair, but I can't wait to show her the new skills I've learned tomorrow. And there were so many just beautiful messages like that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is 'Pints and Ponytails' and how does it help dads connect with their daughters?
0:00–8:13
2
How does plastic waste become a potential solution for Parkinson's disease?
8:13–10:08
3
What are the implications of rhinos returning to Uganda after 40 years?
10:08–14:25
4
How does aging positively affect physical and mental abilities?
14:25–17:43
5
What is the story behind the mysterious rock found in Morocco?
17:43–20:58
6
How does community engagement enhance the coffee stall experience in London?
20:58–23:11
7
What challenges does the coffee stall owner face in maintaining his business?
23:11–25:47
8
How can small acts of kindness impact community relationships?
25:47–29:29
Speakers
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