Just My Baby Daddy Podcast

This week Fayetteville State University alum and #HoopState staple, Rod Bridgers, sits down with us to discuss raising his two children and his journey. He does this all while balancing the depths in which he mentors, educates, and teaches the young kids he deals with on a daily basis through high-school sports and HoopState.  This conversation has many layers and touchpoints. Enjoy!  Be sure to l...

Entrepreneur, artist, and mental health professional, Reddick Mack, joins us this week to discuss fatherhood, dealing with loss, and integrating into a family structure that pre-existed. Reddick talks about losing his mom at 10 to lupus, his father not being around, and the role his grandmother played in his growth and maturity. This conversation has many layers and touchpoints. Enjoy!  Be sure to...

About the Episode:  District Court Judge David Baker of Wake County North Carolina and father of three sits down with us this week for an interview that not only highlights his journey of fatherhood, but provides insight into the family court system and circumstances that many men face. The information he shares contradicts many narratives that are perpetuated about the black father that truly nee...

Mike Faison sits down with us this week for an interview that provides substance, laughter, and heart-warming conversation. From dealing with a son with Down Syndrome to working in the mental health industry and raising a family as a unit. This conversation is one that will help many! Enjoy! Be sure to let us know your biggest takeaways! If you like this video, please give it a #like and #subscrib...

Pastor Nate Davis of Now Church joins us this week to discuss his journey of fatherhood. Having been raised by his mother and father, he learned a ton from having both of his parents. However, in hilarious stories, he also sheds light on some things that he would come to do a little differently. Although, his journey took time for growth, he explains how his faith and his wife, Lady Tequila, play...

Cedrick Hall joins us this episode to talk about the impact of what he seen growing up around married couples and being raised by both of his parent and how that has impacted him as a father. As a single father, after becoming rather recently divorced, he speaks to parenting through divorce and how separate households impacts the child and how to work together to successfully co-parent. One of his...

Dr. Donnell Brown joins us this week to discuss his journey through fatherhood, coming from a two-parent household. While many believe this is the model, this dynamic also comes with its own set of challenges, in varying ways. Nevertheless, he also discusses fatherhood and mentorship with regard to the school system and his mentoring programs #ProjectHope07.  As Doctor of Education, he has insight...

#Radio host, #comedian, #entertainer, #philanthropist and father #BDaht has been making his mark in culture and the realm of entertainment. However, his largest impact has been as a father, which he takes very seriously and as he states, means “everything”. His approach is through effective communication and open dialogue with his children. His story, like so many, has numerous layers, and he open...

A #military #veteran, product of a single mother, widower, and now #realtor, Eric Anderson is proof that your beginning doesn’t determine your end. In this week’s episode, he addresses the struggles of growing up in #Florida and #NewYork with a single #mother, on #welfare, and without his #father in the home, and how his absence had an impact on why he has always been determined to be an active pr...

This week we sat down to talk to Terrance "Chapps" Ladson, a proud father of four. He talks about the challenges raising four children from four separate relationships, and the difficulty of navigating personalities, challenges regarding communication, and dispelling negative narratives that may be painted in the father's absence. Chapps also speaks about personal growth and maturit...

Podcast Summary: The Just My Baby Daddy Podcast was founded on the need for real, authentic conversation centered around fatherhood in the black community.  For far too long, the narrative has been painted, skewed, and disseminated without actually hearing from the men.  The black man is not a monolith or a generic stereotype, we have stories, wisdom, and knowledge to share when it comes to father...

The Just My Baby Daddy Podcast was founded on the need for real, authentic conversation centered around fatherhood in the black community.  For far too long, the narrative has been painted, skewed, and disseminated without actually hearing from the men. The black man is not a monolith or a generic stereotype, we have stories, wisdom, and knowledge to share when it comes to fatherhood. We are not j...

This week we have the man behind the camera for Just My Baby Daddy. Daniel talks to us about learning how to co-parent, blended families, the difficulties of considering divorce and how therapy has helped him learn the importance of communication. Don’t miss his insight at the end when Daniel shares why his legacy as a father includes being the pillar for generational wealth.  Be sure to let us kn...

We're giving you a bonus episode because we couldn't keep the Mr Corey Wilcox to ourselves. Corey is the author of Baby Mama Drama in which he shares his story and lessons learned. Our conversation with Corey covers having a relationship with God, apologizing to your kids, the court system being set up to fail Black dads and everything in-between.  In the episode, his book is referred to...

From Baltimore to California, our guest this week - Reggie Webb - talks about how he moved for his kids, fought for custody of his children, and gave up a record deal to be there for his daughter when she was in the hospital dealing with sickle cell. Mr Red Cup fills this episode with a lot of wisdom for y’all. Be sure to let us know your biggest takeaways! If you like this video, please subscribe...

In this fourth episode, we're talking to Gerald about everything from being more than a babysitter and a deadbeat dad, how to parent when you're deployed, blended families and not taking being a parent for granted. At the end of it all, the biggest judges and reflections on who you were as a father are going to be your kids. What will they say about you?

Our guest this week gave some solid advice:  Always do right by your kids.  It's no secret that we've been raised by a generation that maybe wasn't exactly politically correct in their approach & conversations. That often meant that kids were not always allowed to have a voice. At the very least it certainly wasn't a priority and the conversation surrounding being sensitive...

We're back for Episode 2 and our first guest - Ed. Ed's story teaches us a lot of lessons & gives us insight about fatherhood. Fatherhood is now always clean-cut. Trauma. Loss & grief. Cancer. It will often require you to learn how to love different and unconditionally. There is no book on how to be a great dad. You'll make mistakes. But it's your job to learn from them...

Black fathers get talked about a lot, but they don’t always do the talking themselves. Aj & Eli sit down to talk about why creating a platform for Black dads to tell their stories is important. Black fathers have feelings & by creating a safe place to talk about their experiences, we’re creating a blueprint for what it means to be a father. Black fathers matter.