Never Mind My Bollocks

Never Mind My Bollocks

The only podcast dedicated to the exciting world of male sterilization! In each episode of Never Mind My Bollocks, life-long friends James and Kurt discuss their experiences of vasectomy and any news and developments about the procedure, as well as plenty of interviews along the way. Presented by James McConnell and Kurt Brookes Produced by Kurt Brookes Executive Producer: Ashley Byrne An Made in Manchester Production

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December 18, 2025 34 mins

James and Kurt discuss the Spotify Unwrapped numbers for the podcast, another instance of vasectomy appearing in a film, and a former Premier League footballer talking about why he decided to have a vasectomy.

Our guest this time is Melissa Hadley Barrett, the founder of Restorative Sexual Health Clinic and presenter of The Penis Project Podcast. ⁠⁠https://thepenisproject.podbean.com/⁠

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In this episode James and Kurt discuss an upcoming appearance on The Penis Project Podcast (link below), the snip getting a whole episode on "Seinfeld", fears about late stage failure, and the podcast celebrating its one year anni-vas-ary!


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James and Kurt are joined by Kevin Pimbblet, Head of School of Digital and Physical Sciences, about his study "Vasectomy, Management, and Pain: A Natural Language Processing Analysis of Online Communities", which examines how vasectomy is discussed online. 

Kurt talks about Bandit Healer, the dad from "Bluey", potentially having had a vasectomy, while in an out-take at the end of the episode James ruins a take be...

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James and Kurt are joined my Colin Irwin, a GP who performs vasectomies based in Cork, Rep. Ireland, and discuss the costs of a vasectomy there, how the system differs from other countries around the world and get his view on reversibility.

Colin's surgery can be found at http://www.precisionvasectomy.ie/


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James and Kurt discuss a long established comic book character that has had a vasectomy, and the boys are joined by urologist Dr. Austen "No Blade" Slade to discuss the potential use of VR in his surgery, reversibility and spousal consent. 

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Kurt and James reveal their fertility test results, discuss a proposed "benefits for vasectomy" scheme in Indonesia, a UN study on fertility rates and Donald Trump's new executive order ordering the reversal of all vasectomies in the US. One of those stories isn't real, but can you tell which one?

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In this episode James and Kurt discuss two famous men who have talked about their vasectomies, to shave or not to shave, March Madness, an experimental injection that acts as a temporary vasectomy and whether they think they need regular sperm count tests.

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James and Kurt talk about discussing vasectomies with strangers, a popstar questioning whether it will affect his voice and whether it's time for a famous cartoon character to consider "the snip". 

They're guest this week is Greg from Canada, who has had PVPS (Post Vasectomy Pain Syndrome) for over 35 years.

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James and Kurt discuss a testicular sonogram, increases in the percentage of vasectomy rates and a self-performed procedure. This time they are joined by special guest Dr. Georgia Grainger to talk about the history of vasectomy. 

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James and Kurt discuss men in the public eye who have been open about their vasectomies and speak to their first ever guest, a man who had the procedure knowing he never wanted children.

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James and Kurt talk about the emotional and financial cost of a failed vasectomy, ponder some new stats that suggest vasectomies are safer than ever and how much they'd have paid for one if they had to. 

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In our second episode, Kurt shares his "snip story", from going to his consultation with a screaming two-year old to thinking someone had attacked his scrotum with a hole punch.

NOTE: In this episode Kurt incorrectly states that he was told there was 1/10,000 chance of chronic testicular pain or post vasectomy scrotal pain (PVPS). This statistic was incorrect at the time of recording and is still in...

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October 2, 2024 24 mins

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In this first episode, Kurt asks James why he chose to get a divorce from his balls and what his memories of getting "the snip" are, from the bravado of the waiting room to someone commenting on the "smell of searing flesh". 

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Coming soon,  the first ever podcast dedicated to the exciting world of male sterilisation! In each episode of Never Mind My Bollocks, life long friends James and Kurt discuss their experiences of vasectomy and any news and developments about the procedure, as well as plenty of interviews along the way.  

Presenters: James McConnell and Kurt Brookes
Produced by Kurt Brookes
Executive Producer: Ashley ...

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