Half Expecting

It's the end of the beginning! With 5 weeks left until baby Busby's due-date, it's time to go on paternity leave! On today's episode, Steven and Jake reflect on the last 5 months of interviews and parenthood preparation. Steven takes a look back at some of the fears and anxieties he had at the beginning of this journey and compares to how's he's feeling now, almost a month away from becoming a dad...

We're talking MONEY today on the pod. Ben Constable is a financial planner and Golden State Warriors fanatic, and today he walks Steven through the myths and the facts of financially planning for a new family. Ben brings context, compassion, and enthusiasm to the uncomfortable "Money Chat," and brings some WINNERS for new (and current) parents who are looking for some relief around the concept of...

8 WEEKS LEFT! 8 WEEKS LEFT! With only two months until the due-date, there’s no time to waste. So what do we do? We tease Steven and Molly’s baby’s name, talk about the reality of baby showers for the dad, and we test another of Steven’s fatherly-instincts: is sense of taste. Jake and Steven compete to see who can best discern flavors in a blind babyfood taste test. It’s a ball. Half Expecting is...

KELLY VROOMAN joins the pod today! She’s a comedian, writer, director, and official EXPERT in FUN PARENTING. Kelly teaches the guys how to bring playfulness into the relationships with our young ones! Kelly brings exercises, games, anecdotes, and relief for all things playfulness (and lackthereof). Find her on IG @kellyvrooms. Half Expecting is an interview podcast that brings levity to the daunti...

The BABY WATCH is about to hit SINGLE DIGIT weeks remaining. 10 weeks. 10 WEEKS! On this episode of HE, Jake takes the mic solo while Steven parties at his baby shower, and keeps things interesting. He reviews his performance in the first 2 months of the podcast, gives his top 10 most-likely-baby-names predictions for Steven’s son’s name, and then Jake brings on a guest WITHOUT STEVEN’S KNOWLEDGE,...

Robbie Ryde is a cinematographer, actor, educator, and transplant to the US. We brought Robbie on to share with Steven and Jake what it’s been like being a first-time dad with family on the other side of the world. We hear from almost every guest how important the “tribe” is. When it’s not automatically embedded with family, how do you go about finding your support system? Robbie shares the pros o...

Steven's baby is due in 28 weeks! It's time for a checkin! Steven and Jake talk about the shift in readiness and excitement that both Steven and his wife have had over the last 20 weeks, since the Half Expecting boys recorded their first episode. They talk about new fears, new excitement, and all the things left to do. After another grueling tale from our Dad on the Ground, the guys read out your...

Shannon is a PhD Student in Clinical Psychology, a parent, and a wealth of knowledge when it comes to attachment theory and perinatal support. In the pod today, Shannon breaks down attachment theory, differentiating between the 4 main styles of attachment, and the fundamentals around where they come from and why. In terms of what Steven can do TODAY to prepare to be a dad, Shannon shares the art o...

Cody and Christine Howell are Small Business owners in Los Angeles, California. They're also the parents of a 10-month-old. As fine jewelry designers who work from home, the Howells share their experiences with Steven, who's also self-employed, and Jake, who's still just a guy. Cody and Christine share the pros and cons of getting to set their own schedules, they get real about the guilt they some...

Cottrell Guidry is an actor, DJ, and the founder of Hype Dads LA. He comes on to the pod to teach Steven how to be a HYPE DAD. Cottrell dives deep into his unfortunately short relationship with his father, and how that has shaped his perspective on being a dad to his daughter. The guys go back and forth about the highs and lows, and how Steven can mentally prepare to be a Hype Dad. For Cottrell, b...

Charity Whitfield is a School Mental Health Therapist in Los Angeles, CA. Ms. Charity shares with the Half Expecting guys how the COVID shutdown led to her career path in mental health, and then walks the guys through what life as a School MH Therapist looks like. In the conversation, we cover attachment styles, patterns of behavior at home that translate to interventions at school, and the value...

Our first guest is Madison Forrest, a licensed doula out of Los Angeles, CA. She brings the HEAT (and by heat, we mean knowledge) today on the pod, leaving Steven and Jake speechless (but maybe not for the reason you think, see 20:37). Madison shares with the HE boys how she found herself in the world of post-partum doula-ing. Steven and Jake then give their best attempt at describing what a doula...

Parenthood can be scary, especially when you're not expecting it. Fresh off the discovery that he's going to be a dad, Steven Busby is interviewed by Jake Cuddemi to get his candid, in-real-time feelings and reactions to this half-expected news. The Just Let Me Help comedy duo set the stage for what's to come from their new podcast endeavor. Steven and Jake start out by sharing how they found out...