Athul’s father passed away four years ago meaning that, in his culture, as the eldest son, he effectively became the head of the family.  Whilst this was considered ‘the norm’, the whole situation affected Athul, who still feels he hasn’t been able to fully grieve his loss, even though he made some pretty big decisions to try and help the process.

Once again, without losing the sentiment of the story, we had a lot of fun recording this episode because it’s been a long time since we ‘hung out’ properly.  Athul (aka A2L) is my former ‘work husband’; we used to host weekend shows on sister radio stations in Dubai.  Athul then went on to present the drive time show on Virgin Radio Oman and I started a podcast about my dead parents… funny how things work out isn’t it?

Jokes aside, I can’t thank Athul enough for his honesty and openness surrounding what is culturally considered a pretty unspoken subject.

Links from the episode:

Athul’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/a2lvirginradio/

My Dad Wrote A P*rno podcast: https://www.instagram.com/mydadwrotea/

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