This week, we chat with our good friend, fellow Wall Walker, and Sexiest Man Alive Jason Greene about ten years of work, play, and butt portraits at the Dad 2.0 Summit. He got into performing … Read More
Episode 78: The Rigorous Feminism of Jordan Shapiro
Is there anything about fatherhood that is gender-specific? In his new book, Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad, the “urgent and intellectually rigorous” Jordan Shapiro used depth psychology and social theory to explain … Read More
Episode 77: That Feeling When Things Are Looking Up
There’s a literal Spring in our step as we guardedly envision a post-pandemic, mostly-vaccinated world where actual human contact no longer seems like a luxury. With guarded optimism, we’re making plans for the summer, celebrating … Read More
Episode 76: La Guardia Cross Is Laughing Accidentally
On New Year’s Eve 2013, La Guardia Cross decided the best way to become a self-sustaining artist was to show his process online and have his viewers hold him to account. Little did he know … Read More
Episode 75: Happy 7th Birthday, Gays With Kids!
Through adoption and surrogacy, Brian Rosenberg and Ferd van Gameren went from a childless couple to fathers of three in a mere 17 months. Since then, they’ve built Gays With Kids into the preeminent online resource … Read More
Episode 74: James Breakwell Looks A Bit Less Terrible
What do Madonna, Michelangelo, and Michael Stipe have in common? We compare them all with James Breakwell, who built his writing career by workshopping material on Twitter. In his fifth book, How To Be A … Read More
Episode 73: Gary Barker: International Man of Mercy
Gary Barker, the founder of Promundo, was wired at an early age to study how men behave and to include men in global discussions about parenthood. He’s devoted his career to gathering data and viewpoints to … Read More
Episode 72: The Brother Husbands of City Dads Group
Before co-founding City Dads Group, Matt Schneider and Lance Somerfeld were enrolled in extreme parenthood training as elementary school teachers in the South Bronx. Since 2008, they’ve built their two-person weekly meetups into a network … Read More
Episode 71: Ready For the Derreck Kayongo Musical
From Ugandan refugee to CEO, Derreck Kayongo has made indelible contributions by working at Amnesty International and CARE, founding the Global Soap Project, running the Center for Civil and Human Rights, and closing the 2016 … Read More
Episode 70: Is Donte Palmer A Model Parent?
In the two years since his diapering photo went viral, Donte Palmer and his Squat For Change platform have led a global effort to install changing tables in men’s bathrooms. Beneath that blinding spotlight, though, … Read More