{"podcast":{"title":"The Baby Fact Check","slug":"the-baby-fact-check-7868428","podcast_index_feed_id":7868428,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thebabyfactcheck/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thebabyfactcheck.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22295843/TBFC_S1_Pod_Cover_Photo_SMALL8iwvk.png","author":"The Baby Fact Check","episode_count":7,"summary":"The new parenting podcast where trusted experts fact check the baby advice filling your social media feed. As a new dad, Greg Foot - creator and host of the popular BBC podcast Sliced Bread - is being bombarded by parenting tips so he’s making this podcast to work out what’s fact and what’s fad. With Greg’s son Teddy only a few months old, Series 1 focuses on newborn babies - fact checking advice on newborn sleep, skin-to-skin contact, crying, language development, gassy babies, bottle feeding, playtime and baby skincare - to find out what really helps, and what’s just noise! As always, our podcast promise to you is... no influencers trying to sell you stuff, no pursuit of parenting perfection, and no judgement. Just evidence-based advice from experts you can trust, to help you be the best parent you can be today. Let's figure this out together. If you've seen a piece of parenting advice you'd like us to fact check drop us an email to thebabyfactcheck@gmail.com and come join The Baby Fact Check Family on Patreon at patreon.com/TheBabyFactCheck Follow us on social media: Instagram: @TheBabyFactCheck TikTok: @TheBabyFactCheck Facebook: @TheBabyFactCheck Credits: The Baby Fact Check…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T16:17:25.003752+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-baby-fact-check-7868428"},"episode":{"title":"Newborn Skin-to-Skin Contact: Golden Hour, Dads & Long-Term Benefits - S1 E2","slug":"newborn-skin-to-skin-contact-golden-hour-dads-long-term-benefits-s1-e2","published_at":"2026-05-28T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-baby-fact-check-7868428/newborn-skin-to-skin-contact-golden-hour-dads-long-term-benefits-s1-e2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-baby-fact-check-7868428","url":"https://thebabyfactcheck.podbean.com/e/newborn-skin-to-skin-contact-golden-hour-dads-long-term-benefits-s1-e2/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/idv4sbjp2my5ty8q/EP_2_POD_5pm_26_Mayae99y.mp4","summary":"There’s a huge amount of pressure to get everything “right” from the moment your baby arrives, including “uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact during Golden Hour”. But is that really helpful? And is it worth continuing skin-to-skin in the weeks and months after birth? In this episode of The Baby Fact Check, Greg Foot - new dad and creator & host of the popular BBC podcast Sliced Bread - is joined by trusted experts to fact check some of the most common pieces of social media parenting advice around newborn skin-to-skin contact: “You MUST do uninterrupted skin-to-skin for the first hour after birth.” “Skin-to-skin only counts if it’s with mum.” “Skin-to-skin is only beneficial for the time you do it.” With help from Professor Topun Austin (Addenbrooke’s Hospital) and Professor Carolina de Weerth (Radboud University Medical Center), Greg explores why skin-to-skin contact can be so powerful, what the evidence says about the “Golden Hour”, and why parents can let go of the idea that everything has to happen perfectly to matter. If you’ve seen a piece of parenting advice you’d like us to fact check, email us on thebabyfactcheck@gmail.com Join The Baby Fact Check Family on Patreon: patreon.com/TheBabyFactCheck Follow us on social media:Instagram: @TheBabyFactCheckTikTok: @TheBabyFactCheckFacebook: @TheBabyFactCheck The Baby Fact Check is a Science Media Studio production. Series Producer: Greg FootContent Producer: Graihagh JacksonVideo Producer: Adrienn RuszAudio Mix: Jonnie HowardRecorded at: The Raspberry Pi Foundation, with help from Daria Hupov & Peter SimisonSpecial thanks: Teddy’s mummy, Katrin!","meta_description":"There’s a huge amount of pressure to get everything “right” from the moment your baby arrives, including “uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact during Golden…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1204,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-baby-fact-check-7868428/episodes/newborn-skin-to-skin-contact-golden-hour-dads-long-term-benefits-s1-e2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-baby-fact-check-7868428/newborn-skin-to-skin-contact-golden-hour-dads-long-term-benefits-s1-e2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}