Leave No Doubt Fatherhood Podcast

If you’re getting value from the podcast, please leave us a 5-star rating. It helps other dads find the show. We’re off this week since Sam just had baby number four and is home with the family. In the meantime, we’re bringing back an OG episode from the archive on emotional communication, one of our favorite episodes from the early days. In this one, Cole breaks down the difference between emotio...

If you're getting value from the podcast, please make sure you subscribe and leave a 5-star review. It helps other dads find the show. Sam and Cole open this one honoring Chad Gilbert, who passed away just two days before recording. Sam shares what it was like knowing him for over a decade, touring together, and working on music with him, and what Chad taught him. From there it's a full li...

If you're getting value from the podcast, please do us two favors: 1. Make sure you are subscribed 2. Leave a 5-star rating. It helps other dads find the show. Sam breaks down the six biggest mistakes he sees dads make when it comes to fitness after having kids. Waiting for the perfect time to start, acting like you're already old at 40, copying a program built for someone with zero family...

If you're getting value from the podcast, please leave a rating or review — it helps other dads find this when they need it. Blake Kasemeier (@blakeoftoday) joins Sam and Cole this week — content creator, BJJ black belt, garage gym owner, dad of two, and friend of the show. A long awaited conversation with Blake after two failed attempts (our fault, not his)! We cover Blake's transition in...

If you're getting value from the podcast, please leave a rating or review — it helps other dads find this when they need it. Sacrifice isn't part of fatherhood. It's the point. Sam and Cole get into something nobody told them going in: giving up what you want isn't a tax you pay for having kids — it's the actual goal. Sam and Cole talk through years of quietly shutting down the...

If you're getting value from the podcast, please leave a rating or review — it helps other dads find this when they need it. If you died today, would you be happy with the example you set? That question started this whole podcast. One year later, Sam and Cole go back to it — and the honest answer is still no. Which is kind of the point. This week they walk through the questions that built the show...

If this episode resonated, leave us a 5-star rating — it takes 2 seconds helps other dads find the show. We're back after a two-month hiatus, and life didn't slow down while we were gone. Between a brutal round-two stomach flu that wrecked a family trip, a baseball season that's eaten every weeknight, a UK tour stop, and a genuinely terrifying dirt bike accident with a 13-year-old and...

If this episode resonated, leave us a review — it helps other dads find the show. Cole and Sam go straight to the listener questions this week, and the questions are good. From entrepreneurs struggling to be present with their kids while carrying the weight of being the sole breadwinner, to navigating spirituality in the household, to what actually happens to your marriage and your parenting when...

If this episode resonated, leave us a review — it helps other dads find the show. Most dads think about the physical side of being a good father — showing up, providing, being present. But there's a set of emotional skills that determine whether your kids actually want a relationship with you when they're adults. Cole sees it in his grief recovery work all the time — good dads, good people...

If this episode hit home, leave us a review — it helps other dads find the show. Cole and Sam get fired up over a wave of mainstream articles — including a recent New York Times piece titled "I Regret Having Children" — and dig into what they see as a long-running cultural current pushing people away from family life. This one's less a how-to and more a rallying cry. The guys talk about growing up...

If you're getting value from the podcast, please leave a rating or review — it helps other dads find this when they need it. Sam and Cole are back after a few busy weeks with some major updates and reflections. Big news: Sam and Raquel are expecting baby number four. Sam shares honest thoughts on how pregnancy turns everything upside down, what he's learned about identity and certainty thr...

If you're getting value from the podcast, please leave a rating or review — it helps other dads find this when they need it. Sam and Cole talk sleep this week — one of the biggest challenges of fatherhood, and one where you lose a lot of control when kids arrive. Most sleep optimization advice comes from people without kids, talking about perfectly controlled environments that just aren't realisti...

Sam and Cole go off-script this week — no plan, just pure banter on lifting, diet, home gyms, and what it means to actually show up as a father. Sam breaks down his perfected 4-day home gym rotation (3 upper, 1 lower, all under 30 minutes) and why flexible programming is the key for dads. They get into why bodybuilding gets unfairly dismissed, the power of stringing workouts together consistently,...

If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave us a 5-star rating and review! It takes just a few seconds and helps other dads find the show. Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. How you feed your kids is one of the biggest decisions you'll make as a father — and the forces working against you are massive, profitable, and deeply embedded in our culture. From the processed food ind...

Your mindset isn't fixed — it's a skill you can develop, and it might be the biggest lever you have as a father. This week Sam and Cole dig into one of the most overlooked tools in a dad's arsenal: the ability to consciously shape how you perceive and respond to the world around you. From the Serenity Prayer to Marcus Aurelius, from cold plunges to Atomic Habits — they get into what&#3...

If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave us a 5-star rating and review! It takes just a few seconds and helps other dads find the show. Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. Episode Summary: Part three (and finale) of our three-part foundational assessment series! This episode focuses on preparedness, legacy planning, and being ready for the unexpected. Sam and Cole tackle th...

If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave us a 5-star rating and review! It takes just a few seconds and helps other dads find the show. Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. Episode Summary: Part two of our three-part foundational assessment series! This episode focuses on emotional communication and self-reflection—skills that most men weren't taught growing up, but are abso...

If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave us a 5-star rating and review! It takes just a few seconds and helps other dads find the show. Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. Episode Summary: Kicking off 2026 with the first episode in our three-part assessment series! This episode focuses on the physical fundamentals every father needs to have locked down—not the sexy 20%, but...

SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW! Help us reach more parents by subscribing and leaving a rating. Your support means everything! - Jack Osbourne joins us for an incredible conversation about fatherhood, friendship, and finding balance in an unbalanced world. Jack has been Cole's friend for 20+ years—they got sober together in their early twenties and have been through life's ups and downs sid...

If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave us a 5-star rating and review! It takes just a few seconds and helps other dads find the show. Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode. Episode Summary: Sam and Cole kick off the end of year with a candid check-in on their holiday struggles—from carb overload and doom scrolling to the surprising benefits of cold plunging (yes, they know i...

What does it actually mean to be yourself—as a father, a husband, a professional, and a man? In this episode, Sam and Cole unpack a realization that hit on the road after a show: the rare gift of not having to switch identities depending on where you are. From music scenes and corporate boardrooms to family life and friendships, they explore what it looks like to live with one consistent core—and...

What happens when your kids look back and tell the story of you as a father? In this episode, we ditch the outline and go somewhere deeper. Drawing on 15+ years of real-world grief recovery work, Cole shares what he’s seen time and time again when adults “graph” their relationship with their fathers—what hurt, what helped, and what never got resolved. The surprising takeaway? Most dads weren’t bad...

Being a father changes everything—including how you approach fitness. In this episode, Sam and Cole get real about what working out actually looks like when you have young kids, a demanding job, and zero hours to spare. They break down the uncomfortable truths nobody shares: there is no perfect schedule, your progress won't be linear, and you'll have months where everything falls apart. But here's...

In this episode, Cole and Sam tackle a listener question that opens up a much larger conversation about career choices, money, and fatherhood. A listener working in public transportation faces a decision: accept a 50% pay increase that would require unpredictable schedules and being on-call for the next 10 years, or maintain his current stable schedule but stay at his current income level. His own...

In this episode, Sam and Cole dive into why physicality and self-defense are crucial components of raising confident, capable kids in 2025. Fresh off their own travels (Cole from three weeks filming a TV show in Texas, Sam from quick trip to the Netherlands), they discuss how maintaining physical readiness impacts everything from mental health to parenting effectiveness. Key Topics Covered: Starti...