Hacking Roblox and stealing money

Introducing Marc Fennell

The tragic dismemberment of Baba the rabbit

Safe crackers and iPad lockbox loopholes

Parenting with screens and boundaries

State of Man and defining the manosphere

From Minecraft to Joe Rogan in 20 minutes

The burner phone algorithm experiment

Navigating the internet with your kids

What fathers can do to guide their kids

High schoolers and the obsession with weights

What women actually want in a man

Body image and unattainable perfectionism

Emotional regulation and talking it out

What makes a good man

Impasta noodles and terrible dad jokes

A simple parenting hack to keep kids entertained with Minecraft and Pokémon videos on the living room TV can take a dark turn in just twenty minutes. Left to its own devices, the YouTube autoplay algorithm can seamlessly pivot from innocent gaming streams to Joe Rogan lecturing on weak men, plunging young viewers into the depths of the manosphere without a single click.

Marc Fennell joins Rob and Marcus to unpack his new ABC documentary series, State of Man, which explores the inescapable and increasingly toxic online ecosystem targeting young men. Marc shares the terrifying results of a burner phone experiment that tracked how quickly social media algorithms serve up racist AI slop and misogynistic content to teenage boys looking for harmless fitness and dating advice.

The dads also swap stories from the trenches of modern parenting. Rob recounts the traumatic dismemberment of his daughter's beloved stuffed rabbit, while Marc reveals his son's impressive but infuriating ability to crack the family's device lockbox and hack into Roblox. The conversation turns to the impossible task of policing screen time when parents are equally hooked, and how fathers can model healthy masculinity in a world obsessed with unattainable perfectionism.

Chapters

00:00 Hacking Roblox and stealing money
00:51 Introducing Marc Fennell
03:54 The tragic dismemberment of Baba the rabbit
08:16 Safe crackers and iPad lockbox loopholes
12:06 Parenting with screens and boundaries
17:13 State of Man and defining the manosphere
18:54 From Minecraft to Joe Rogan in 20 minutes
20:23 The burner phone algorithm experiment
24:22 Navigating the internet with your kids
30:58 What fathers can do to guide their kids
33:28 High schoolers and the obsession with weights
36:03 What women actually want in a man
41:47 Body image and unattainable perfectionism
44:39 Emotional regulation and talking it out
51:14 What makes a good man
53:15 Impasta noodles and terrible dad jokes

Our guest

Marc Fennell is a television and radio presenter who explores the online ecosystem of male influencers in his documentary series.

What to listen to next

Surviving Dad Burnout
From Gold Medalist to Dad | Ellia Green

Support: If anything in this episode brought something up for you, help is available. Lifeline 13 11 14. Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636. MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78. PANDA, for expecting and new parents, 1300 726 306. In an emergency call 000.

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Credits
Hosts: Rob Stott and Marcus Hurley
Producer: Amelia Navascues
Videographer: Jordan Yankov
A Man of Many production. New episodes every Thursday.

A simple parenting hack to keep kids entertained with Minecraft and Pok&eacute;mon videos on the living room TV can take a dark turn in just twenty minutes. Left to its own devices, the YouTube autoplay algorithm can seamlessly pivot from innocent gaming streams to Joe Rogan lecturing on weak men, plunging young viewers into the depths of the manosphere without a single click.
Marc Fennell joins Rob and Marcus to unpack his new ABC documentary series, State of Man, which explores the inescapable and increasingly toxic online ecosystem targeting young men. Marc shares the terrifying results of a burner phone experiment that tracked how quickly social media algorithms serve up racist AI slop and misogynistic content to teenage boys looking for harmless fitness and dating advice.
The dads also swap stories from the trenches of modern parenting. Rob recounts the traumatic dismemberment of his daughter's beloved stuffed rabbit, while Marc reveals his son's impressive but infuriating ability to crack the family's device lockbox and hack into Roblox. The conversation turns to the impossible task of policing screen time when parents are equally hooked, and how fathers can model healthy masculinity in a world obsessed with unattainable perfectionism.
Chapters
00:00 Hacking Roblox and stealing money 00:51 Introducing Marc Fennell 03:54 The tragic dismemberment of Baba the rabbit 08:16 Safe crackers and iPad lockbox loopholes 12:06 Parenting with screens and boundaries 17:13 State of Man and defining the manosphere 18:54 From Minecraft to Joe Rogan in 20 minutes 20:23 The burner phone algorithm experiment 24:22 Navigating the internet with your kids 30:58 What fathers can do to guide their kids 33:28 High schoolers and the obsession with weights 36:03 What women actually want in a man 41:47 Body image and unattainable perfectionism 44:39 Emotional regulation and talking it out 51:14 What makes a good man 53:15 Impasta noodles and terrible dad jokes
Our guest
Marc Fennell is a television and radio presenter who explores the online ecosystem of male influencers in his documentary series.
What to listen to next
<a href="https://omny.fm/shows/daddies/surviving-dad-burnout">Surviving Dad Burnout</a> <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/daddies/from-gold-medalist-to-dad-ellia-green">From Gold Medalist to Dad | Ellia Green</a>
Support: If anything in this episode brought something up for you, help is available. Lifeline 13 11 14. Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636. MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78. PANDA, for expecting and new parents, 1300 726 306. In an emergency call 000.
Enjoying Daddies? Follow the show in your podcast app so every new episode lands automatically, and leave a rating and a review. It is the difference between someone scrolling past and pressing play.
Find us
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/daddiespodcastau/">@daddiespodcastau</a> TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daddiespodcastau">@daddiespodcastau</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/daddiespodcastau">@daddiespodcastau</a> Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@daddiespodcastau">@daddiespodcastau</a> X: <a href="https://x.com/daddiespodau">@daddiespodau</a> Watch the full episodes on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@manofmany">youtube.com/@manofmany</a> Listen on Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/daddies-by-man-of-many/id6804513711">podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/id6804513711</a> Find us on Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4JqZSIBvqU33N5LGJ3b46S">open.spotify.com/show/4JqZSIBvqU33N5LGJ3b46S</a> Everything else: <a href="https://manofmany.com/podcasts/daddies">manofmany.com/podcasts/daddies</a>
Credits Hosts: <a href="https://manofmany.com/author/robstott/">Rob Stott</a> and Marcus Hurley Producer: Amelia Navascues Videographer: Jordan Yankov A Man of Many production. New episodes every Thursday.

Two dads. Two completely different paths to fatherhood. And all the stuff nobody warns you about. Daddies is a new podcast from Man of Many, hosted by Rob Stott, Editor-in-Chief of Man of Many, raising a daughter with his husband via surrogacy, and Marcus Hurley, a single dad navigating co-parenting. This isn't a tips-and-tricks parenting show. Nobody here is going to tell you how to raise your kids. Each episode takes a piece of modern life; fitness, friendships, work, money, identity, guilt, and asks what actually happens to it once a kid is in the picture. Daddies launches Sunday 6 September.

Two dads. Two completely different paths to fatherhood. And all the stuff nobody warns you about. Daddies is a new podcast from Man of Many, hosted by Rob Stott, Editor-in-Chief of Man of Many, raising a daughter with his husband via surrogacy, and Marcus Hurley, a single dad navigating co-parenting. This isn't a tips-and-tricks parenting show. Nobody here is going to tell you how to raise your kids. Each episode takes a piece of modern life; fitness, friendships, work, money, identity, guilt, and asks what actually happens to it once a kid is in the picture. Daddies launches Sunday 6 September.

Daddies by Man of Many 

Two dads. Two completely different paths to fatherhood. And all the stuff nobody warns you about.

Daddies is a podcast from Man of Many, hosted by Rob Stott, Editor-in-Chief of Man of Many, raising a daughter with his husband via surrogacy, and Marcus Hurley, a single dad navigating co-parenting. This isn't a tips-and-tricks parenting show. Nobody here is going to tell you how to raise your kids. Each episode takes a piece of modern life; fitness, friendships, work, money, identity, guilt, and asks what actually happens to it once a kid is in the picture.

Honest, funny and unfiltered conversations about modern fatherhood from Man of Many, Australia's largest men's lifestyle site. For new dads, single dads, step dads, dads-to-be, and anyone raising kids alongside one.

New episodes every Thursday.

Follow Daddies in your podcast app so you never miss an episode, and leave a rating and a review to help other dads find the show.

Find us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Threads at @daddiespodcastau, and on X at @daddiespodau. More from Man of Many at manofmany.com

Two dads. Two completely different paths to fatherhood. And all the stuff nobody warns you about.
Daddies is a podcast from Man of Many, hosted by Rob Stott, Editor-in-Chief of Man of Many, raising a daughter with his husband via surrogacy, and Marcus Hurley, a single dad navigating co-parenting. This isn't a tips-and-tricks parenting show. Nobody here is going to tell you how to raise your kids. Each episode takes a piece of modern life; fitness, friendships, work, money, identity, guilt, and asks what actually happens to it once a kid is in the picture.
Honest, funny and unfiltered conversations about modern fatherhood from Man of Many, Australia's largest men's lifestyle site. For new dads, single dads, step dads, dads-to-be, and anyone raising kids alongside one.
New episodes every Thursday.
Follow Daddies in your podcast app so you never miss an episode, and leave a rating and a review to help other dads find the show.
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Daddies by Man of Many

Marc Fennell joins the podcast to discuss his ABC documentary State of Man, the toxic algorithms of the manosphere, and the impossible task of policing kids' screen time.

Dads vs The Manosphere | Marc Fennell

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