How Stories Happen

This week there is a special treat for all Come to Daddy fans...a 60 minute live Come to Daddy recorded in front of an audience in Melbourne. Australian titans Shaynna Blaze, Zoe Coombs Marr and Frankie McNair join Reuben to talk about their parents and swap tales of teenage trauma! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rhys Nicholson talks to Reuben about growing up gay in a remote Australian mining town, and how they tried to break their own leg to get attention from Mum and Dad...plus Reuben is shocked to find out Rhys has a connection to Reuben's fave band Machine Gun Fellatio... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australian performer Em Rusciano tells Reuben about her late life autism and ADHD diagnoses, being willingly led astray by gays, and being told once by her Mum that she is 'good at everything that doesn't matter'! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Come to Daddy Helen Bauer tells Reuben about her unusual family holidays to prisoner of war camps, very tense teenage shopping trips with Mum, and how best to wee in a sink when you have a vagina... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Irish comedy legend David O'Doherty tells Reuben about living with his Mum and Dad on a remote island, running a detective agency out of his childhood bedroom, and being related to Ireland's last ever exorcist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flo and Joan visit Reuben's basement to talk about growing up in a vicarage, their Mum's amazing record collection and childhood bike accidents. Even though they are sisters IRL, there is also a lot of disagreement about childhood memories... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dee Allum tells Reuben Kaye about growing up with Mum and Dad Simon and Gina in leafy Hertfordshire and how things were at home when Dee came out as transgender.... she also admits her Mum will be the first person to listen to this podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Abi tells Reuben about her creepy childhood rag doll, and why she still feels it was so unfair that her parents didn't let her open her birthday presents after a party meltdown! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week comedian Morgan Rees gives Reuben an insight into his teenage bedroom - and tells us how he made his Mum some very special edible gummies.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Reuben is joined by comedian Kyrah Gray, who shares some stories about her strict Caribbean upbringing, and gives us an insight into her relationship with her no - nonsense Nan! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.