2890: Speed Training for Athletes | How to Sprint Faster Without Getting Hurt w/ Brian Kula

S12 EP51: The Ransom Is My Ego · Jun 30, 2026 Kids & Family

Josh's young son has been on £5 a week pocket money. After two-and-a-bit weeks of saving, he bought himself a megaphone. Josh's concern is not the money — it's the noise. Expand

S12 EP51: The Ransom Is My Ego · Jun 30, 2026 Kids & Family

After Josh mentioned his son's DHL obsession on a previous episode, DHL contacted him directly and offered to deliver branded toys to the boy in a real DHL van. Rob's only concern: would it be delivered in anything other than a DHL van? Expand

Building Wealth Means Choosing What Matters Most · Jun 29, 2026 Kids & Family

Sarah and her husband bring home $7,000 a month but their preferred daycare for 15-month-old twins costs $3,490. That's nearly 50% of take-home pay — before anything else. George and Jade explore every option: family help, nanny shares, one parent reducing hours, or the husband pursuing higher-paying accounting roles. The answer isn't one thing; it's all of the above, urgently. Expand

Olivia Wilde · Jun 29, 2026 Kids & Family

Olivia Wilde took her son Otis on a one-week trip to Japan for spring break. They took a manga drawing class conducted entirely in Japanese — laughing until they cried — and at the end of each day he'd surprise her by saying his favorite part was walking through the cherry blossoms together. She says it was the best week of her life. Expand

2890: Speed Training for Athletes | How to Sprint Faster Wi… · Jun 28, 2026 Kids & Family

When 6-year-olds show up wanting speed training, Kula sends them to gymnastics instead. Body awareness, bodyweight strength, and quality movement patterns built in gymnastics make athletes far more coachable when they return at 9. It's not remedial — it's the fastest path to elite performance. Expand

S12 EP49: I love the buffet · Jun 23, 2026 Kids & Family

Rob Beckett spent 5 gruelling minutes manually inflating a giant frog garden sprinkler with a bike pump in 35-degree heat while his pale, sun-cream-covered kids chanted 'Is it ready yet, Dad?' The valve kept losing air because the kids couldn't hold it, and his glasses slid off his nose with sweat — a perfect image of British summer parenting at its worst. Expand

S12 EP49: I love the buffet · Jun 23, 2026 Kids & Family

When Rob Beckett arrived at Tom Allen's book party with iPads for his kids — only to be met with the judging eyes of other parents who hadn't brought theirs — he nailed the problem perfectly: bringing iPads to a party uninvited is exactly like someone bringing drugs on a stag do. It changes the whole energy for everyone else. Expand

S12 EP49: I love the buffet · Jun 23, 2026 Kids & Family

Within 48 hours of buying a toy DHL van, Josh Widdicombe's son became completely brand-loyal to DHL, requesting to watch YouTube walkthroughs of new DHL vans on Josh's phone and saving pocket money for a different DHL toy. Josh noted with bemusement that of all the things a child could be obsessed with, it was a German logistics company. Expand

S12 EP48: Stop me if you've heard this one before · Jun 19, 2026 Kids & Family

After Veronica's 3-year-old caught her squirting cream directly into her mouth from the fridge, the child now lists 'just some mouth cream' alongside jelly and yoghurt as a legitimate snack request. Rob and Josh agree this is simultaneously disgusting and completely relatable. Expand