Working On The Dad Pod

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If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WorkingOnTheDadPod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/workingondadpod Instagram: https://instagram.com/workingonthedadpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@workingont...

If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WorkingOnTheDadPod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/workingondadpod Instagram: https://instagram.com/workingonthedadpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@workingont...

If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WorkingOnTheDadPod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/workingondadpod Instagram: https://instagram.com/workingonthedadpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@workingont...

If you enjoy the podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WorkingOnTheDadPod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/workingondadpod Instagram: https://instagram.com/workingonthedadpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@workingonth...

If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WorkingOnTheDadPod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/workingondadpod Instagram: https://instagram.com/workingonthedadpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@workingont...

If you enjoy the podcast, please like and subscribe to us on YouTube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WorkingOnTheDadPod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/workingondadpod Instagram: https://instagram.com/workingonthedadpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@workingonth...

We're back for season 2! If you're not already, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and on social media. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@WorkingOnTheDadPod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/workingondadpod Instagram: https://instagram.com/workingonthedadpod TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@workingonthedadpod Threads: https://threads.net/@working...

A Quick Announcement! We'll be taking a season break from now until early 2024, so please stay tuned for season 2, which we're hoping to make even better! Today we're talking about resolutions, what we want to do in the coming year to become better dads. Have resolutions of your own? Drop them in the comments. Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The bes...

Today the dads are talking about their relationships with sports, their favorite teams, and the relationships that were fostered around. Between reflecting on watching sports with their dads to subtly influencing their own kids' future fandoms, Ethan and Alex share the role of sports in how they raise their kids. Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best pla...

Happy Thanksgiving listeners! Today, we just wanted to share what we are thankful for as dads, and hope you have plenty to be thankful for this year as well! Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note is in the comments on YouTube, but you can reach out to us on any of our social media platforms and we'll do our best to read and respond...

Today we're back to receive more advice, this time from strangers. This is part three of our discussion on receiving "advice" from strangers who see you out in the world gets a little iffy... Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note is in the comments on YouTube, but you can reach out to us on any of our social media platform...

Today we're back to receive more advice, this time from fellow parents, and our peers. This is part two of our discussion on taking advice from various groups, with this one encompassing friends, parents from your kids school, other people that are in the same boat at the same time as you, but who may be lacking the benefit of hindsight that we discussed last week. Have thoughts about today&#3...

We're talking today about taking advice from older relatives, part 1 in a 3-part series on taking advice. These are the people that raised us, cared for us and have been through it before. How do we respect all of that, yet still forge our own parenting identity? Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note is in the comments on YouTube, b...

Today is draft day on the pod, as we follow up a very serious topic with something extremely silly. We’re drafting TV/Movie dads! 5 rounds, nobody in television or film is off limits. We’re looking for the best dads who showed us through mass media how to be a better dad. Let us know who you think won! Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a n...

Content Warning: War in the Middle East, hate speech, Antisemitism. Today we’re talking about what it’s like parenting kids in what seems like an ever more dangerous world. How we cope with hate-both against us and our kids- and danger, and risk, but most of all how we come to terms with not being able to put our kids in a bubble and guarantee nothing bad ever happens to them. Have thoughts about...

This week, the dads talk about their kids' extracurricular activities and how extracurriculars impact them growing up. Also, Ethan takes his shot at dating Taylor Swift to help increase podcast reach and sings The Boundaries Song (https://youtu.be/aSFvJbSQdA4?si=1-ccwyyICPATIyM_) as a serenade. Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note is in the co...

This week we're tired... so we thought what better time to talk about how we cope with being tired and still having the job of showing up as dad. We recognize our pitfalls, as well as some of the strategies we use to be the best version of ourselves we can be with the energy we have available. Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note i...

This episode we are... cutting it close. That's right, we are talking about the big snip; vasectomy. Have you had one? What are the stigmas around it? Concerned about the finality of the decision? Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note is in the comments on YouTube, but you can reach out to us on any of our social media platforms and...

This episode is FIRE! We get a little spicy today as we discuss some of our parenting hot takes. We take on the baby deep state, raising murderers for kids, and other off the wall things that go through our collective weird brains. If you have a hot take, send it our way! workingonthedadpod@gmail.com for a video take, or drop a take in our mentions on social media, or the comments on YouTube. Have...

In this episode the dads are working on gentle parenting? There is no single definition of "gentle parenting," but in this episode, Ethan and Alex discuss what it means to them, and how it is, and will continue to be, a work in progress. Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note is in the comments on YouTube, but you can reach out...

Welcome to part two of our discussion on pregnancy and birth, where we get more into the birth side of things, and some of the moments that really scared us and challenged us as dads during that process. Content warning: In this episode, we discuss some medical emergencies and battling with thoughts of mortality. It may not be suitable for all audiences. Have thoughts about today's episode? We...

The things that make us dads! Our (partner’s) pregnancies and the birth of our kids. We come at this topic from two very unique experiences today. Because these topics are so in depth, we’re splitting it up into two parts. Enjoy part 1 and we’ll see you for part two next week with more! Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note is in the co...

In this episode, we discuss the politics of playdates, as well as the awkward situation of not liking your child's friend and/or their parent. Have thoughts about today's episode? We'd love to hear them! The best place to leave a note is in the comments on YouTube, but you can reach out to us on any of our social media platforms and we'll do our best to read and respond to comments...

This episode is a bit of part 2 to our diet episode from a couple weeks ago. We’re discussing our history with working out, as well as what we do now for working out, including some of our things we wish we could tell our younger selves. We mention that there are a few resources we’d recommend to people looking for information on fitness. Dr. Andrew Huberman’s 6-part series with Dr. Andy Galpin is...