Halloween is here and we chat all things spooky. We review some of the best and worst treats ever made, and Baker shares a trick for keeping your jack-o-lantern from decaying before the big day.  Check out the bonkers Ghostbusters costume Baker built for his son a couple years back! 2 BILLION M&Ms every 8 hours ..read more

We’re back from Minneapolis and we’ve had a minute to process our experience at HomeDadCon. To help with our recap we reached out to Chris Brandenburg, current VP of the National At-Home Dad Network and Chairperson for the HomeDadCon event. We discuss this year’s Con and the overall mission of the Network, address the dangers of drinking on an empty stomach, and try to get Chris to dish about next year’s event. Spoiler alert: he’s currently tight lipped about the location but promised to give us the scoop when the city is chosen! Links: Gary Vaynerchuck’s “50/50” snippet: https://www.instagram ..read more

We lugged our podcasting gear halfway across the country, and we only managed to do one episode! Well, we were just having too much fun hanging out with fellow SAHDs and enjoying some of the local color here in Minneapolis. This here is a quick recap of the goodness of HDC24 with The Kyles. In short, it was awesome and we all can’t wait for next year ..read more

We threw some clean underwear in a bag, along with a bunch of podcast gear, and booked a bitchin’ minivan rental. We are ready for HomeDadCon! Can’t wait to meet everyone we’ve connected with online and hear from the panel of amazing presenters scheduled to appear. AND go to Elko Speedway for some dirt track shenanigans on Saturday night. We are planning on posting daily recaps so look out for new content all weekend long! If you can’t come to Minneapolis, you can register for live stream access. Do that here: https://www.homedadcon.org ..read more

How many happy divorces do you know about? We’re guessing not a lot. When our guest Ben Heldfond and his wife called it quits they wanted to buck the trend but there weren’t a lot of positive examples out there to follow. So, once Ben and his ex Nikki figured things out they decided to share their story. Their book Our Happy Divorce launches this month and Ben sat down with us to share how he and Nikki did it. It’s an inspirational story of what happens when two people put their child above everything else. Do you know someone who needs to hear this? Buy Ben’s book! Pre/ord ..read more

Soooo we may have to change the name of the show now that we’ve decided that “Full-Time Dad” is an awesome way to describe what we do. Or not. In any case, on today’s show we are back #InTheTrenches with Kyle Thompson a fellow Minnesotan who has a mohawk, is into short track racing, and is an incredibly patient and kind parent to his 3-year-old girl. He’s beautifully in tune with his toddler, madly in love with his wife, and makes some mean Deer Camp Eggs. Come meet Kyle!  Booyah Stew Elko Speedway “Eve of Destruction” 9/28/19 Come out to Home Dad Con in Minneapolis 9/26-28 The best ..read more

It’s our first official After Hours show! (No, we’re not counting most of Season 1…) Tonight, we sit down with our good buddy Matt Osborn and a bottle of The Ocho. Matt hiked the entire John Muir Trail with nothing but the pack on his back, a song in his heart, and presumably some bear spray. Whether you’re a seasoned backpacker or your idea of the Great Outdoors is drinking on a porch, it’s a great story. We got blisters on our feet just hearing about it. WATCH this documentary: Mile… Mile and a Half And check out just a handful of the hundreds of epic photos Matt took on his trip. Keep in mi ..read more

Father’s Day is upon us and today we sit down to discuss how best to celebrate Dad. Coffee and donuts in bed? Yes please. Chilling in a lawn chair on the beach? Absolutely. A big cup of shut the hell up? Hmmm … questionable. Find out what Adam’s perfect day looks like—down to the minute. Hear two stories about the kids that made these dads ridiculously proud. And that’s truly the best Fathers Day gift we can imagine. Whether you want to hang with the fam or be left alone—we want to know what YOUR perfect Fathers Day looks like. Email or tweet us! Omaha Steaks survey: https://nypost.com/2019/06 ..read more

Don Miggs is about as multi-talented as they come, and we’re excited to sit down with him to discuss his new book “Dads Know Best” (dadsknowbest.com) which is a no bull, no punches pulled welcome to parenthood written along with his friend and bandmate John Luzzi. Miggs has so many nuggets of GREAT advice, all parents and parents-to-be need to gather round and listen to this electrifying hour. A few minutes in Miggs explains, “Mostly you’re white-knuckling it,” which pretty much sums up the early phases of parenthood. Also, pooping in the shower, dining with supermodels, and the “Lightning Rou ..read more

Is mealtime with your kids a full-contact sport? Drop in for some coaching from Rob Rosenthal, author of the book Short Order Dad: One Guy’s Guide to Making Food Fun and Hassle Free and host of the All You Can Eat podcast. Before becoming a dad, Rob earned a professional cooking degree and he shares his simple 6-word philosophy on feeding your family. Also, his 5 essential kitchen tools, the many faces of avocado toast, and savory oatmeal?? Find Rob at shortorderdad.com ..read more