All the Feels: What Should Dads Do With All Their Guilt, Shame, and Pride?
All the Feels: What Should Dads Do With All Their Guilt, Shame, and Pride?
In the final episode of the season, Joshua David Stein and Jason Gay talk guilt — what it is, where it comes from, and h... Read more
25 Apr 2019
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49mins
Shooting Blanks: Are We Becoming a Nation of Vasectomized Men?
Shooting Blanks: Are We Becoming a Nation of Vasectomized Men?
More than 500,000 men get vasectomies every year in the United States. On this very fertile episode of the podcast, Josh... Read more
18 Apr 2019
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58mins
A Crowded Field: Will the 2020 Elections Do Anything for American Families?
A Crowded Field: Will the 2020 Elections Do Anything for American Families?
This week on the podcast, Joshua speaks with NPR's political editor Domenico Montanaro, father of one, on how the 2020 f... Read more
11 Apr 2019
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51mins
The Second Go-Around: What Does It Mean to Start a Second Family?
The Second Go-Around: What Does It Mean to Start a Second Family?
The American nuclear family exploded decades ago. The trend has been steadily towards more divorce and more complication... Read more
4 Apr 2019
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51mins
A Muffled Cry for Professional Help: Can Therapy Help Parents Not Pass On Their Bullshit?
A Muffled Cry for Professional Help: Can Therapy Help Parents Not Pass On Their Bullshit?
Therapy can be massively helpful, but it can also feel ridiculous and obligatory. Eager to get a sense of how to make be... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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42mins
The Best Children's Book Ever Hasn't Been Written: What Makes Great Literature for Kids?
The Best Children's Book Ever Hasn't Been Written: What Makes Great Literature for Kids?
Children's books are part of the fabric of parenthood. We read them. Then we read them again. We come to know them as we... Read more
26 Mar 2019
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58mins
Parenting Costs Too Much: Why Are Family Finances So Hard to Manage?
Parenting Costs Too Much: Why Are Family Finances So Hard to Manage?
Being a parent is costly. And that's just the money.... This week, Fatherly Podcast host Joshua David Stein and co-host ... Read more
14 Mar 2019
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1hr 9mins
Kid Stuff Doesn't Have to Be Ugly: What's With All the Plastic Crap?
Kid Stuff Doesn't Have to Be Ugly: What's With All the Plastic Crap?
New babies don't come with tons of injection-modeled nonsense, but it tends to wash up in their wake. But why is the inf... Read more
7 Mar 2019
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43mins
Searching for Peace and Quiet: Can We Support Our Kids If We're Stuck in Our Monkey Minds?
Searching for Peace and Quiet: Can We Support Our Kids If We're Stuck in Our Monkey Minds?
It's hard enough to feel centered in the dumpster fire that is modern life, but being a parent can make it even harder. ... Read more
28 Feb 2019
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51mins
You Still Gotta Live With You: How Can Fathers Living With Mental Illness Prioritize Their Kids?
You Still Gotta Live With You: How Can Fathers Living With Mental Illness Prioritize Their Kids?
In an intensely personal episode, Fatherly Podcast host Joshua David Stein speaks with his co-host, Jason Gay, and found... Read more
21 Feb 2019
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1hr