Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat.

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, former professional cyclist, olympian, national champion and a founder at WEDŪ   - Dylan Casey. Dylan and I covered a lot in this week’s episode. We talked about the joy of sharing cycling with our kids, the importance of failure (and letting our kids see us fail), having a “tribe” to share our suffering with (both on and off the bike), the importa...

This week on the pod we are joined by by dad to two, and a man who once consumed an entire pizza while on a run, the “Ultramarathon Man” himself, Dean Karnazes . Also joining this week is WDDR Alumni - Mike Chambers!  Mike and I had a great talk with Dean about his new book , “A Runner’s High” , the many stories of fatherhood sprinkled throughout it, ultra running and its correlation to the journe...

T his week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, a habitual podium finisher in ultra marathons and a staunch lover of family and nature - Dominic Grossman. Dominic and I talked about the journey of balancing our priorities as humans (work, training, our relationships, etc) with our priorities as parents, the search for “success”, how adversity can help us to grow and show us our path and the man...

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to one, Co-Host/Producer THEMOVE and JB2 with WEDŪ Sports and Lance Armstrong , JB Hager! We get into JB’s journey with his daughter, Raleigh , not just as a 2x Women's Pro Wakesurf World Champion but also about her mental health. This is a very personal and real episode, where JB and I talk about what it is like as a parent to watch your child strugg...

This week on the pod we are joined by Dr. Abdul El-Sayed! Abdul is a dad to one, physician, epidemiologist, educator, author , the former Health Director for the City of Detroit, and the host of the Crooked Media Podcast , America Dissected . Abdul and I kicked our conversation off talking about the public health conversation around vaccinating our children, and why there is such a difference in b...

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to four, internationally recognized TEDx speaker , personal performance coach , and the host of the Success Through Failure podcast - Jim Harshaw! Jim and I covered a lot on this episode, but we started off by talking about his journey to becoming a TEDx speaker and how failure led him to that. There are a lot of nuggets in this episode that you don’t want...

This week on the pod we are joined by Brent Bookwalter! Brent is a dad to one, founder of the Bookwalter Binge , olympian and professional cyclist for Team BikeExchange. Brent is retiring from professional cycling at the end of this season which made this a perfect time to talk about his life as a Today’s Dad. We talked about what the future looks like for his family, the joys of sharing cycling w...

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, the President and founder of Hámarki Wellness , President of The McKinney Group at Keller Williams, owner of T&T Real Estate Investments and a master on the grill, Travis McKinney! I had a great time talking with Travis about his journey that led him to creating Hámarki , hearing about what sets them apart from other CBD companies, how he balan...

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to 3, veteran, founder of the nonprofit - Consequence of Habit Inc , and the host of the Consequence of Habit Podcast , JT Frank! I had a great time talking with JT about his podcast and non-profit, Consequence of Habit . But the conversation didn’t stop there, we dove into his personal journey with alcohol and the negative effects it was having on his lif...

This week on the pod we are joined by James Breakwell . James is a dad to four, professional comedy writer whose latest book, How to Be a Man (Whatever That Means): Lessons in Masculinity from a Questionable Source came out in June, and is the mastermind behind the family humor Twitter account @XplodingUnicorn . This is a hilarious conversation with James that covers everything from Catholic schoo...

This week on the pod we are joined by Travis Macy . Travis is a dad to two, the host of the podcast, the Travis Macy Show , an author , endurance coach , all around badass endurance athlete and a big fan of Burro Racing. We mixed things up this week a bit on the show. We are hosting the first half of the conversation here at Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. After you listen to it, you can head over to Th...

This week on the pod we are joined by Eric Bell. Eric is a step dad to two, a former Amateur World Champion in Triathlon and an all around great human. We dive into the many different ways a family can be made up, the practice of not being judgmental, leading a team, how trauma can bring people together and much more.  A huge thanks to Eric for joining us on the podcast this week.  In This Episode...

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, husband, CEO of Skye Bioscience , the Co-founder of YELL Canada and the Author of Catapult: How to Think Like A Corporate Athlete to Strengthen Your Resilience , Punit Dhillon . We had a great time talking with Punit about his journey as a Today’s Dad, how he applies the principles in his book to fatherhood, living with purpose, opening doors and m...

Welcome back to Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. the podcast for Today's Dad! Thats right the show is back and we couldn't be more excited! There have been a few changes as we head into this new season of the show, but one thing that remains the same is the goal of our show, to share fellow Today's Dads stories, laughs, experiences and insights so we can  all learn a little, grow a little...

This week on the pod we, we are saying thank you! Thank you to all of you for tuning in week after week to hear us and our amazing guests discuss what it means to be a Today’s Dad and thank you to all of our guests for taking time to share their stories with us!  While we love our weekly conversations, we also know we talk all the time about balance and right now we are needing to spend time focus...

This week on the pod we are joined by Chef Sheldon Simeon ! Sheldon is a dad to four, the Chef/Owner of Tin Roof in Maui , the author of the new cookbook “ Cook Real Hawai’i ”, and was voted fan favorite on season 10 & 14 of Top Chef! But most of all, Sheldon is just a truly kickass human.  Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. Alumni , Jeffrey Dealejandro , sat in on the interview to talk with Sheldon ab...

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to 9 and the first ever Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. guest, Simon Hall! We first interviewed Simon on episode 6, back in the fall of 2019. A lot has changed in his world since then, so we sat down to talk about raising 9 kids as a single dad and his journey as an adoptive and foster parent.  We spoke with Simon about his family’s journey through the pandemic,...

This week on the pod we are joined by WDDR alum, Dr. Ryan Redman! Ryan is a dad to two, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, and the Director of Emergency Medicine at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. He first joined us on the pod back in 2019 for episode #15 (Raising Kids as an ER Doc.), and later joined us at the start of the pandemic for episode #34, titled, “Coronavirus - Cutting Throug...

This week on the pod we are joined by two very special guests!  Dad to two, Grammy Nominated, multiple Juno Award winning, wind bag songwriter (and the creator of one of the best albums EVER recorded)- Afie Jurvanen (otherwise known as Bahamas ) and his Producer, Manager, friend (who has been been nominated for Grammys and Juno Awards for his work) and dad to one - Robbie Lackritz!   We covered a...

This week on the pod we are joined by Matthew Winner! Matthew is a dad to two, husband, a former teacher and elementary school librarian, the head of Podcasts at A Kids Book About and the host of The Children’s Book Podcast! We had a great time with Matthew this week! He shared all about the new  “A Kids Book About: The Podcast”, his experience working with kids in school, his thoughts on Bluey, D...

Welcome to the March 2021 Rickhouse.  The home of the ever maturing Today’s Dad definition! The goal of Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat.  is to “define Today’s Dad”...we do this by asking our guest to share their definition at the top of every show.  We store these definitions week after week on our podcasts, YouTube channel, in our RICKHOUSE on our website, social media platforms and we constantly highl...

This week on the pod we are joined by David Spitz . David is a dad to three, a husband, Owner and CEO of California Strength , lifelong coach and (in his own words) “former athlete - turned fat guy - turned fit guy”.  We had a great chat with David about his life as a Today’s Dad , his journey to creating Cal Strength and his own personal journey back to a life of fitness. We also talk about their...

This week on the pod we are joined by Coach Jonathan Cane! Jonathan is a dad to 9 year old Simon, a husband, the Co-founder and Head Coach of City Coach in NYC and a true Today’s Dad!  There were some great take-aways on the pod this week starting with Joanathan’s Today’s Dad definition that said a Today’s Dad is like a “human Swiss Army Knife”. We talked about the importance of drive, what endura...

This week on the pod we are joined by Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. Alumni, Erick Baker! For those that missed our first episode with Erick, he is a dad, husband Singer Songwriter, a master storyteller and a new children's book author!  Erick joined us to talk about his new book, Willie The Weed! Erick has written “an inspiring children’s book that celebrate our differences, encourages optimism,...

This week on the pod we are joined by Dr. Allen Rigell! Allen is a dad to one, a husband, an Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist and Palmer’s Psychiatrist. We had Allen on the pod to discuss mental health for dads and men and really had a great conversation!  Allen’s Today’s Dad definition was all about the different hurdles that come with all the different phases of fatherhood and how a Today’s Dad loo...