This week’s episode is about the unexpected things you find when you’re looking for the things you’ve lost. You lose a cat, you find a whole network of caring neighbors who’ll help you find him. … Read More
The Big Dad Energy of “Some Good News”
Well, that didn’t take long. In just his fourth episode of Some Good News, the YouTube channel launched by actor/director John Krasinski, his message of “Let’s try to counterbalance our nonstop dread” reached beyond the … Read More
Episode 27: Stress and the Uncompleted Feedback Loop (with Jonathan Baxter)
Most parents have grown accustomed to accommodating stress in our lives, but the known unknowns of Quarantine Life are really stoking the furnace. So we asked therapist and 2020 Summit alum Jonathan Baxter, LMHC to … Read More
How Silly Can You Get?
Happy Friday! Did you remember today is Friday? It’s perfectly understandable if you didn’t, since time is a flat circle, and every day feels like an exercise in eternal recurrence. If nothing else, we hope … Read More
Episode 26: What Level of DEFCON Are You?
This week’s episode functions as a laid-back kind of check-in, with ourselves and our friends in the online dad community. How’s the family? Is schooling from home not a complete disaster? Can you make a … Read More
Gender Inequality Is A Sham
Last month, Dad 2.020DC ThreeNote speaker and Slate contributor Dan Kois wrote “America Is A Sham,” outlining proscriptions and penalties that have been miraculously withdrawn for the coronavirus quarantine. If the TSA can waive its … Read More
Episode 25: Coronavirus Q&A for Expectant Fathers (with Craig Garfield)
Remember when you learned you were having a Spring baby? And you got excited, because that’s when Winter recedes, nature is reborn, and there isn’t a global pandemic at all? If you’re expecting a child … Read More
What’s the First Sentence Of Your #StayHome Story?
Last night, writer Bill Grueskin tweeted out a really interesting writing prompt: What’s the first sentence of the best novel that will be written about this epidemic?— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) April 3, 2020 The thousands … Read More
Episode 24: I Still Believe In Math
In the first podcast of Season 2, Jeff and Doug ruminate about the weird Spring we all have ahead of us. Our community spends a lot of time and energy figuring out how to balance … Read More
Another Week In the Upside Down
If we could point to a date when COVID-19 first grabbed the public’s attention, you could make a case for March 11, when the WHO declared a pandemic, the president addressed the nation on network … Read More