Brandon (Bubba) Ogborn, John Ahern & Wyatt Gray

Listen, They're Fine

Kids EN ↓ 53 episodes

Listen, They're Fine is the brutally honest parenting podcast for anyone tired of perfect families on social media. Hosts Bubba and John are best friends and neighbors with wildly different approaches to raising kids. Bubba's the chaos parent - wine mom energy, creative solutions, and yes, his 4-year-old knows some colorful language. John's the engineer dad with color-coded schedules, researched gear recommendations, and theories about everything. Each week, they dive into the beautiful disaster of modern parenting - from navigating school politics to dealing with their own childhood trauma wh...

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Author

Brandon (Bubba) Ogborn, John Ahern & Wyatt Gray

Episodes

“All my grandpa got for Christmas was an orange.” (Episode 3) 12.11.2025

Bubba and John recount their recent family vacations and complain that the neighborhood rat casino for children (Chuck E. Cheese) has declined in quality. A larger conversation about toys leads to digressions about when it's appropriate to try to fistfight teenagers in a movie theater, how not to properly prepare for a colonoscopy and whether they have the skills necessary to help rebuild society...

“It’s a garage sale man, no funny business.” (Episode 2) 05.11.2025

John bemoans the empty promises of his kid’s summer camp and Bubba sheds light on the secretive world of the deep-state Michigan Amish community. The boys swap horror stories of buying and selling used children's items from strangers from a certain online resale portal. Plus a cautionary tale about why looking up your ex on social media can lead to an existential spiral…

“Sidney Poitier will marry my widowed Mother.” (Episode 1) 31.10.2025

John shares why his son is a chauvinist when it comes to nighttime underwear and the guys discuss how It's A Wonderful Life is a devastating study of adulthood. Bubba shares how he thought his mother was going to abandon her family for Oscar-winning actor Sidney Portier and makes the case for why caning as punishment should make a comeback.