Tom Riles has made his career by turning bad situations into better situations. When his PA job was ending, Henry Winkler asked him to move to LA. He met his wife while they were busting … Read More
What We’ll Be Talking About at Dad 2.0 Digital
We love it when a plan comes together, even when the plan seems rather preposterous on its surface. A conference without contact? We hear you, but we also saw firsthand this week at Mom 2.0 … Read More
Episode 48: Jorge Narvaez Is Keeping the Light On
This week, Reality Changers creator Jorge Narvaez offered up a healthy dose of the reality he’d like to change, both as a stay-at-home dad and full-time content creator. The stress of confinement can sap your … Read More
Back To … I Guess We’re Calling It “School”?
We had the Spring, when the initial shock of the pandemic lowered the educative stakes while families tried to find our footing. We had the Summer, when we gritted our teeth and watched our hopes … Read More
Episode 47: James Lopez Came From the Worst
James Lopez has built Fatherhood Is Lit on several tenets he tries to live up to every day: Be different, be proud, have fun, and don’t settle. And when it comes to working with brands, … Read More
Episode 46: Alec Lace Has A Million Things Going On
In March 2018, Alec Lace didn’t know what a podcast was. Within a year, he was representing his First Class Fatherhood podcast on Media Day at the Super Bowl. Alec works hard, but he also … Read More
Paid Leave Policies Need To Treat Men Like Women
In 1965, David Letterman was a geeky undergrad at Ball State University with a neck-beard and a radio show. And parental leave of any type was a wisp of an idea among second-wave feminists who … Read More
Episode 45: Mike Adamick Is a Middle-Aged Undergrad
Moments before attending his orientation as a rising junior at Berkeley, author Mike Adamick joined us to talk about his early career as a journalist, how his blog jump-started his book-writing career, and his new … Read More
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Make COVID Camp
We interrupt your normal fetid slurry of garbage news to offer a hearty “Good On Ya” to a dad whose can-do spirit shone particularly brightly this week. This was a man, a father of two … Read More
Episode 44: Live and Let Dai Manuel Reboot Your Life
When you first encounter the Big Moose Energy of Dai Manuel, you might be surprised to learn about his struggles with obesity and alcohol abuse that respectively sabotaged his self-esteem and almost tanked his marriage. … Read More