The TwoDads Podcast

Born nearly blind in Celina, Mindy Cook spent years trying to hide the thing that made her different. Fresh off a plane from the World Championships in China, Mindy sits down with the TwoDads to talk about what she really sees, the failures that shaped her, and how Mercer County learned to see one of its own. Mindy Cook is a Paralympic Silver medalist in the Tokyo Games in 2020.

Austin and Kayla Adams bought a gym nobody wanted. Snap Fitness in Celina — tucked in the Chief parking lot, written off by half the town, a reputation already hurt before they ever got the keys. Everybody had an opinion. Most of them weren't good. But this isn't really a gym story. Before these two ever took on a business people had given up on, they almost gave up on each other. This week they s...

Around here, the church is the center of everything, but that doesn't always mean it's the center of our own minds. This week, we fix that. Father Ethan Moore of isn't the priest you grew up picturing. He rides a motorcycle, he's got the hair, and he's out to reach a generation that quit listening. We sat down with one Father to get into the life he gave up to take the collar,...

After losing two of their own children, Morgan and Marion, Mollie Verdier turned the hardest thing a parent can face into a mission to make sure no family walks that road alone. This week Rob and Mitch sit down with Mollie Verdier of Morgan's Place in Sidney, Ohio - a cemetery she and her husband Nathan built on their own farm to give miscarried, stillborn, and unborn babies a dignified burial at...

It's Men's Mental Health Month, so we did one a little different. Spank from Gilbert Station pulled up to the table to talk about what he's going through - and the four of us got into the stuff guys around here usually dodge. Don't worry, it's still us. There's plenty of laughs, some games, and the usual nonsense along the way. It gets real, but it gets dumb too - that'...

Kerry Roberts doesn't sit for interviews. It took us months to get him in this chair, and what we got was the real story behind one of Mercer County's most recognizable names. The bread route. The bartending. The deal that fell through. The building that nearly broke him. And the 2017 tornado that came through the front window of Ctown Wings . And the public nonsense - that it was all handed to hi...

He almost didn't live to see it finished. This week on TwoDads, AJ Mast pulls up a chair. The guy behind The Boathouse at Grand Lake — the spot you've driven past a hundred times on 127 — tells us how a kid from Mercer County built a business from the mud up and beat cancer with a one-year-old son waiting for him at home. We laughed our way through it, cracked every boat pun we could think of, and...

The Boardwalk in Celina. The Shipyard . Market Hall. Harvest Crossing. The cottages on the lake. Roofs over your neighbors' heads. One family quietly built most of it...and they've been doing it for 75 years. This week we sit down with Randy Bruns — the second-generation owner of Bruns Construction. We talk about what it's like to take over your dad's business, build your own chapter on top of it,...

GET YOUR OFFICIAL TWODADS MERCHANDISE --------------- One Phone. Every Game. One Story You've Never Heard. You've seen his videos. You've shared his videos. You couldn't pick him out at the local Walmart. This week, the man behind ReelLife sits down with us. He's the guy in the bleachers with a phone — Coldwater on a Tuesday, Marion Local on a Friday, some Saturday tournament t...

Most people have a dream job. Conner Prince actually has his. He's the newly named Chief Meteorologist at WLIO in Lima, Ohio, a title he ground for, doubted himself over, and finally earned. He's also built one of the most genuine social followings in the region. In this one we get into the climb nobody talks about — what it actually took to get the title, the moment he thought it wasn&#39...

Brooke and Braelen Bader own Made Apparel together — custom tees, every school logo in the county, and a second location coming inside a historic Versailles firehouse with a drive-thru coffee window. Braelen also runs Nite Owl Studio next door. Fifty feet of downtown Celina. One marriage holding all of it together. On this episode Mitch and Bill sit down with both of them to get the real story — h...

He's seventeen. He's already a legend in Delphos. Forty-year scoring record — broken. Fifty-three points in a single game. Mr. Basketball finalist twice. But nobody actually knows Cam Elwer. So we sat him down and went there. The dad who coaches him. The mom holding it all together while her kid becomes public property. The little brothers growing up in his shadow. What dating looks like w...

How do you find the next great MLB pitcher? Brian Garman knows. As the Minor League Pitching Coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds he oversees 110 pitchers and decides who moves up and who goes home. But before he was the one making those calls he was the kid who never made it. Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010, Brian blew out his shoulder, emptied his savings account trying to get back, and...

Most people drive past The Bay and never think twice about who owns it. Kyle Bruce bought it at 25 years old — and he's been working toward it since he was twelve. In this episode we sit down with the owner of one of Celina's most iconic restaurants. We talk about growing up inside those walls, leaving town to find himself, and making the kind of decision most people his age wouldn't even consider...

Emily Westerfield looks like your standard Mercer County mom. Three kids, packed schedules, the whole thing. But she just delivered her twelfth baby — and only three of them are hers. In this episode, Emily sits down with the Two Dads to talk about the emotional and physical toll of surrogacy, the stories that never made the other interviews, and how she built Carrying Dreams — an agency helping f...

Five brothers running one company shouldn’t work. Too many opinions. Too many personalities. Too many ways for things to go sideways. But somehow… it does. Ben Moeller is one of the five owners of ⁠ Moeller Door & Window ⁠, a family business started by his parents in 1987 that’s grown into a recognizable name across Mercer County. In this episode, we get into what it really looks like behind t...

Keith Wenning grew up in Coldwater, Ohio, where football is woven into the culture and expectations start early. He went from Mercer County football to becoming one of the most productive quarterbacks in Ball State history, eventually chasing the dream all the way to the NFL. In this episode we talk about the climb, the reality of life as a backup quarterback, what it feels like to get that close...

This week the guys sit down with Pete Beck from ⁠ Forty Nine Degrees⁠ — a builder, entrepreneur, and local guy whose work is helping shape some of the most impressive athlete spaces around. From custom locker rooms to high-end athletic environments, Pete’s company is creating the kinds of spaces that make athletes walk in and say “wow.” But this episode isn’t just about construction. We talk about...

This episode is a little different. We sat down with Bill Homann — the keeper of the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull — for a short window of time, and we wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. The skull is tied to one of the great modern mysteries and even inspired the Indiana Jones storyline, but this conversation goes beyond the legend. We talk about the mystery, the skepticism, consciousnes...

For generations across Mercer County and Darke County, Winner’s Meats hasn’t just been a place to buy food — it’s been part of family traditions, cookouts, freezers, and moments that matter. In this episode, Brian Winner joins us to share what it really takes to carry that kind of trust for more than 50 years. We talk about growing up inside a family business that started in 1928, the weight of pr...

This episode is different — a BONUS EPISODE we wanted to share in between our normal Tuesday releases. We recorded live at Caddy’s Golf Lounge during the Battle Bash for Skylar, a day centered around community, support, and a little girl whose strength has already impacted so many people. Because of everyone who showed up, donated, and spread the word, we raised over $4,250 to help Skylar and her...

Becca Wenning didn’t move to Ohio to build a tech company. She came here thinking it would be temporary — and instead Mercer County became home. Coldwater became where she raised her three boys. A bridal shop became her proving ground. And a layoff became the moment that forced a bigger decision: play it safe… or build. In this episode, Becca shares how she went from owning a bridal shop to launch...

If you think Bill Montgomery is just “the Celina Insurance guy,” you’re missing the story that matters most. In Episode 52 – Why a Simple Game Matters in a Complicated Life , we sit down with Bill to unpack the moments that shaped him — the wins, the pressure, the quiet turning points, and the baseball conversations that somehow explained everything else. This episode isn’t really about stats or s...

In Episode 51, we sit down with Mercer County Sheriff Doug Timmerman for one of our most honest conversations yet. With policing under a national spotlight — from Minneapolis to cities across the country — we wanted to zoom in on what it actually looks like to serve in a small community where everyone knows your name. Sheriff Timmerman opens up about his first year in the role, how the job has cha...

Five brothers. One family restaurant. A moment that forced them to grow up fast. In Episode 50 of the Two Dads Podcast, we sit down with Gerardo Delgado of La Carreta to talk about growing up in a Mexican family that built something special in Mercer County — and what happened when his dad was in a serious accident and the boys had to step up. Gerardo shares what it’s like working alongside his br...