The Real Dad Podcast

Mark and his Chaotic Good energy are off this week, so the remaining Dad's have an intimate chat about A+ Coaching, Making Friends as Adults, and The Big Man Upstairs. 

Are you feeling like you're pushing a mountain up a mountain? Having a hard time "choosing happiness"? Struggling to go from nervous to nervous-cited? Well, don't let the title fool you, it's time to try out the magic C-Word...COMMUNICATION, with the Real Dads! 

"Professor" Brent Walker is back to talk Dress Codes, Compliment Sandwiches, and starting Forest Fires with your buddies! 

Mama Mia! It's a big, sloppy Spaghetti Dinner on this episode of The RDP: An amuse-bouche of wedding shenanigans, a salad course of Mid-Thirties Athletic Recovery, Forkfuls of Road Trip advice, and finally Weird Erections for dessert! 

Being a Dad can be tough, whether you're high stakes camping with Grandma, dealing with a "Dexter phase", or your kid swipes bike-riding bragging rights from under your nose. But it's all going to be okay. Probably! 

Mark's back from his sabbatical, so the dads can finally talk about what's on ALL our minds: Brian's Vasectomy! Plus: The Olympics, Breakfast Cereal, and the tricky definition of the word "gaping".  

Special guest dad Ian Campbell sits in for Mark for a wide ranging chat of fears, thrills, phones, and... fungus?

The Dads do their best Siskel & Ebert Impressions and review Eminem's new album "The Death of Slim Shady" and Pixar's latest offering "Inside Out 2", then discuss what effect Shady's loathsome lyricism might have on a kid, and what effect Inside Out 2 had on Mark. SPOILER: He Cried! 

Vasectomies, Organized Sports, and tips for becoming a Confident Conversationalist! All things that take BALLS, this week on The Real Dad Podcast!  

The Dads are (finally) joined by Jordan Hayes to ponder the age old questions: How much info is too much info? How much info is not enough? And how do we have tough conversations when we're still chewing on the topics ourselves? 

The Dads discuss safety on the job site & safety on the home front, all the while graced by the wit and wisdom of Jeff Gill, Operations Manager for The Kawartha Home Hardware Group of Stores, our new sponsors!

SEX! Just in time for Father's Day, it's The Sex Episode! Sex before marriage! Sex after kids! Sex in the morning and in the afternoon! Then the guys teach Mark how to cook dinner.

Stuck in a Sand Trap when it comes to your family's mental health?  The Real Dads tee up some Real Talk with Peter Bloemendal, Director of Clinical Services with the Canadian Mental Health Association.  

Why did you want to become a dad? Was it to build a loving and open family? Improve on your own Dad’s Dadding? Or perhaps you wanted to start your own country of tiny minions on a tropical island...

All I want for Mother’s Day is to not have to make a decision.  So what do you feel like eating?  Nope, not that, or that, or that. I don’t know, just not your long list of options.  😏 

Welcome to our 100th episode. There’s nothing special planned for this episode, which is pretty fitting because we don’t do much planning ahead. Maybe that’s because we don’t have the bandwidth for it currently, or maybe it’s intentional because we always find we have the best conversations when we simply hop into the booth and start talking about what’s going on in our lives. Raw and authentic. T...

I don’t think we need to comment on the first 15 minutes do we?  How to you handle the struggle? Do you try to enjoy the process even when it’s really hard? Is loving the process a real thing?

Mark’s back! And we couldn’t be more happy. The longing for this man was out of control. Mark has changed though. Join us to hear about how he’s transforming into full MAN, and what makes each of us really feel like a Dad. 

If you’re someone who goes to work everyday, then each day you are saying goodbye to your kids. Do you make an effort to make sure that goes a certain way? If it doesn’t go well, how does that affect you or how do you think it affects your kids?

It is our great honour to welcome Dave’s brother Luke into the studio. The very first Patreon. The man who felt bad for us and bought us comfy chairs for the booth. The man with a big heart and a ton of knowledge. Welcome to the show Lukey!

We tried our best to get together this week, but life is real busy right now so we decided to mix it up. We won't know what each of us talked about until this episode airs. Here's hoping it doesn't suck!

Final stop in Vegas! That’s right, we’re still here!  Well, the podcast is anyway, and last but absolutely not least we had Kevin Choquette from @ravinbuilders stop by for a chat. We  were so pleasantly surprised with the conversations we had in the middle of a busy home show and our time with Kevin was no exception. The connection was instant and we had an incredibly vulnerable conversation that...

Sometimes things are relatively smooth and easy and you feel really connected to your kids. Other times we go through stretches where we just find them annoying. They’re changing, you miss the old version of them you got along with so well, and there’s certain things about the new version we’re just not jiving with. Probably the same way they feel about us! 

We really appreciated our visit with Shawn. He stopped by our booth to chat a little bit about what family life looks like for him. Shawn is determined to give construction businesses the tools to become successful in the trade. We will definitely be chatting with him again to learn more on the business side, but we also hear he has a pretty good vasectomy story for us. Stay tuned 

Back at it in Vegas with Jason Russell, aka Dr. Decks! Taking a break from talking business and diving a little bit into his journey and his experience as a father.