• DOD279: When Should You Tell Your Kid They're Neurodivergent?
    Jun 5 2026

    The dads take a listener email about how and when to talk to your kid about a diagnosis like ADHD or autism. When do you share this information with your kid, and is it something you should anticipate sharing at multiple points at different developmental stages?

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    49 mins
  • DOD278: I'm Not Gonna Cause I Don't Wanna
    May 29 2026

    It's another "Tom is sane despite all odds" episode! The dudes revisit a topic that Tom brought up in a previous episode about whether or not permission and support from parents are linked. If your parents let you do something (like join a school sports team), would that mean you could expect them to cheer you on at your games? What were the dads' experiences in their childhoods with this, and how do we want to show up for our kids with the things we've given them permission to do?

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    53 mins
  • DOD277: This Husband's In the Doghouse
    May 22 2026

    The dads spend today's episode exploring a few different areas of concern from a listener email. But at it's core: how do you negotiate one partner's needs and the other partner's hurt?

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    51 mins
  • DOD276: The Annual Poopy Pants Review
    May 15 2026

    It's that time of year: Mother's Day happened last weekend. On a scale of perfectly clean butt to the most poopy of poopy pants, how did the dads do this year? And, in the patron bonus, we get an update on the fire that shut down the entirety of Eli's town!

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    46 mins
  • DOD275: Does Banning Phones at School Work?
    May 8 2026

    A recent NYT article discussed a study outlining the impact of cellphone bans in school. The dads chat about those results, and get into a number of tangents, such as age verification. Then, in the bonus exclusive to patrons, Thomas lays out one of the weirdest medical relationships (his doctor) he's ever been in.

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    41 mins
  • DOD274: You Better Ask Nicely
    May 7 2026

    Eli provides some important news from his corner of the globe (and it hopefully continues to be funny and hasn't resulted in anything terrible for anybody) before the Dads discuss gut reactions to something their kid does that they would have never done themselves as a kid. How do we process that response, and can we eventually calm this response?

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    52 mins
  • DOD273: We Almost Did An Episode Before Remembering Eli Golfed
    May 1 2026

    We started this episode with a plan in mind, and then we remembered that ELI BETHESDA BOSNICK went GOLFING (?!) recently and had to stop everything to get the full story. And torment Thomas.

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    45 mins
  • DOD272: "Am I the Asshole?" Asks World's Biggest Asshole
    Apr 29 2026

    Spoiler alert: this guy from r/AITA is definitely an asshole, but there's SO much to talk about from his unhinged post. In the story reserved for patrons only, Tom shares the coolest update about one of the kids.

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    50 mins