A video and audio podcast to raise awareness of youth related issues – supporting parents, carers and those who work with children.
Claire Cameron
30 January 2026 – What Are We Really Trying to Fix in Care?
Humphrey is joined by Professor Claire Cameron, the UK’s first Professor of Social Pedagogy, for a reflective and practice-focused conversation about care, relationships and professional culture.
Yvalia Febrer
14 November 2025 – Nurturing Belonging to Enable Becoming
Humphrey Hawksley is joined by Associate Professor Yvalia Febrer from Kingston University and Danny Henderson, Head of Development with Care Visions, to explore how social pedagogy transforms residential child care.
Dr Steven Carnaby
3 October 2025 – The Human at the Heart – Rethinking Disability and Autism Care
Humphrey sits down with Dr Steven Carnaby to explore how we can place the human at the heart of disability and autism care.
Professor Ruth Emond
29 August 2025 – Therapeutic Care Beyond the Therapy Room: Everyday Moments That Heal
In this Family Talk conversation Humphrey speaks with Ruth Emond, senior lecturer at the University of Stirling, social worker and play therapist.
Iain McGilchrist
11 August 2025 – Understanding Our Place In The World
Humphrey is joined by renowned psychiatrist, neuroscientist and author Iain McGilchrist for a profound conversation exploring how we understand ourselves, each other and the world around us.
Dr Laura Steckley
11 August 2025 – Supporting Children’s Development and Recovery Through Everyday Care
Children and young people who have experienced adversity in their early years often struggle to cope with their day-to-day lives. Dr Laura Steckley discusses approaches that can help them.
Dr Humphrey Needham-Bennett
07 August 2025 – What We Fear Most – Trauma, Psychiatry, and the Human Condition
In this powerful live-recorded conversation, Humphrey spoke with Dr Humphrey Needham-Bennett, forensic psychiatrist and author of the critically acclaimed book What We Fear Most (written under the pen name Ben Cave).
Richard Cross
28 July 2025 – Trauma Responsive Practice, Challenges and Opportunities
Humphrey sits down with Richard Cross to explore the principles and application of trauma responsive practice – an approach that goes beyond simply being “trauma-informed” to actively embedding compassion, understanding, and responsiveness into professional care.
John Whitwell
18 June 2025 – Reflections on a Life in Child Care
Humphrey in conversation with John Whitwell, discussing the principles of therapeutic care, the place of psychodynamic theory in residential child care and foster care, and the therapeutic potential of relationships and how this can be realised.