Unhinged Dads Podcast

Some weeks you do not get the perfect version. You get the version that keeps the house standing and the kids fed. Brian and Dave talk about the trap of chasing perfect as dads, husbands, and homeowners. A repaired...

Most parents try to protect their kids from failure. We step in early, soften the landing, or prevent the crash altogether. It feels like love. Too often it quietly builds fragility instead of strength. In this episode...

A lot of the work modern dads do is abstract. Screens, systems, emails, processes. It's real work, but it's hard for a kid to see or understand. In this episode Brian and Dave talk about why tangible skills still...

This week we sat down with Dave and Andres from In the Garage with Dave and Andres (also known as the Men's Mental Health Podcast) for a long, unscripted conversation. We covered a lot of ground: The old military "suck...

This week Chris Dinote, Editor-in-Chief of the Boys Adventure division at Raconteur Press, joins Brian and Dave. We talk about why classic boys adventure stories largely disappeared, what boys actually want to read (and...

Screens aren't going away. The real question isn't just how much time kids spend on them, it's what they're doing and whether we're actually involved. In this episode, Brian and Dave dig into the quality vs quantity...

If family trips often feel more stressful than relaxing, you're not alone. Brian and Dave share their real experiences with road trips, flights, and vacations with kids, the good, the bad, and the "never again" moments...

After 5 weeks apart, Brian and Dave finally catch up on all the beautiful chaos of real dad life. Brian's deep in summer dad mode, kids out of school, summer orchestra, daily exercise bootcamp, drafting the kids as work...

Why have fewer men and boys been reading fiction over the last century? Brian sits down with Malory — PhD researcher studying men's reading habits and author of gritty, action-packed stories like Psycho Marine and...

<p>Most parents think they're rewarding good behavior…but what if they're actually training their kids to lie, sneak, and hide problems instead?</p> <p>In this episode, Brian and Dave break down how "well-intentioned"...

<p>Most modern parenting says "give kids more freedom." But what if taking away structure is actually making everyone more anxious, exhausted, and miserable?</p> <p>In this episode, Brian and Dave make the case that...

<p>Brian and Dave take a hard look at the popular phrase "It takes a village to raise a child" — and how it's increasingly being used to justify forced collectivization, government overreach, and the erosion of parental...

<p>There are lines that stick with us:</p> <p>- "Gordy's gone man. I'll be outside." -Black Hawk Down</p> <p>- "Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie" -Simonedes of...

<p>Mrs. Dave dropped a not-so-subtle callout on us: stop selling yourself short and actually give credit where it's due — starting with yourself.</p> <p>In this episode, Brian and Dave get uncomfortably honest about why...

<p>Join Brian and Dave as they tackle the ultimate goal of parenting: raising happy, healthy, and independent adults in a rapidly changing world.</p> <p>In this episode, they break down the shifting landscape of higher...