Dad 2.0 Podcast

The weekly audio companion to the conference where marketers, media, experts, and parents discuss modern fatherhood.

Episode 118: Opportunity Cost of Unfortunate Phlegm 03/29/2022

Episode 118: Opportunity Cost of Unfortunate Phlegm As we celebrate the first week of Spring 2022 and bring Season 4 of the podcast to a close, we look back at the many high points, of both this season and the four-season cycle as a whole. The stories we've learned, the advice we've taken, the mere act of conversation that sustained us while the world wobbled toward normalcy. And if we hadn't recorded before the Oscars, we probably would have spent a good bit of time telling Will Smith to sit on his hands in timeout and think about what he did. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/22604180

Episode 117: Joel Willis Leans Into the Ironic Bigness 03/21/2022

Episode 117: Joel Willis Leans Into the Ironic Bigness Born on April 1st and raised in a town that gambled on cow poop, began his editorial career with a dad blog called the Glad Stork. From there, after years as a contributing writer at , he was tapped to pilot as its editor-in-chief in 2017. We talk about the content and strategies that built a platform of , integrating with its new step-brother , and how dad jokes can be deployed as "the neutron bomb of conversation." /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/22520675

Episode 116: Charlie Capen and the Sympathy Viral Load 03/15/2022

Episode 116: Charlie Capen and the Sympathy Viral Load On the fifth anniversary of the day he joined , to talk about what it's like when your job is finding where help is needed and marshaling big-hearted weirdos to fill that need. Each year, 's brainchild generates global goodwill, in funds and in deeds, by gamifying the generosity of its players. We also talk about how to regenerate and focus your philanthropic energy, helping your kids interpret the current news, and why he'd rather be publicly naked than turn 40. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/22450862

Episode 115: The Night Dave Lesser Chose His Children 03/08/2022

Episode 115: The Night Dave Lesser Chose His Children Dave Lesser started his dad blog, ", Professional Dad" soon after he left his legal career to stay at home with his two kids. And after two years of sobriety, he remembers the night that scared his family and got him off booze for good. We also talk about how running helps him manage his addictive tendencies, adopting his child's nonbinary pronouns, and his new career as a preschool teacher and writer of children's books. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/22374899

Episode 114: The Dumb Dads Never Found Their Keys 03/01/2022

Episode 114: The Dumb Dads Never Found Their Keys After auditioning for a few too many "dumb dad" roles, actors and found the perfect name for their and . And in their short, comedic history, they've built some huge platforms based on some widely shared . We talk about their origin story, outline their publication strategies, and explain the discipline needed to make content around their lives as stay-at-home dads with young children. Comedy and fatherhood, it turns out, have a lot in common if you're not afraid to fall on your face. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/22292942

Episode 113: When Aymann Ismail Lost His S—t 02/22/2022

Episode 113: When Aymann Ismail Lost His S—t staff writer nearly pulled about postpartum depression and anxiety because it seemingly paled in comparison to pregnancy's physical toll on women. Just two months later, it has gone viral, generated conversations all over the world, and inspired a forthcoming book. We talk about the state of modern journalism, growing up Muslim in the shadow of the World Trade Center, the tyranny of too much information, and how his marriage and fatherhood have regained their footing. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/22213742

Episode 112: John & Ted's Excellent Adventure 02/15/2022

Episode 112: John & Ted's Excellent Adventure In 2008, before the influencing Earth cooled, and came together over a radical new idea to involve bloggers in marketing campaigns. Their new book, , offers strategies based on 14 years of research, common sense, and lessons learned to help brands convert . We talk about content marketing's humble beginnings at Collective Bias, the myth of large followings, and how influencers of any size can find their place at the table. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/22135901

Episode 111: Taylor Calmus: Builder Eye for the Dad Guy 02/08/2022

Episode 111: Taylor Calmus: Builder Eye for the Dad Guy Since his , 's Taylor Calmus has had a third child, written , and launched his first foray into basic cable, as debuts on the Magnolia Network this weekend. Join us for a historic discussion (as Jeff Zooms in from the way-too-balmy Antarctic Circle) about catering to an enormous online platform, how to unwittingly name all three kids after parts of the brain, and why his third kid arrived by . /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/22059827

Episode 110: Julie Nowell Loves Slow, Wiggly Growth 02/01/2022

Episode 110: Julie Nowell Loves Slow, Wiggly Growth Frequent contributor started in order to inspire a slow, boring, disciplined business ethic among the influencers she hires for brand partnerships. She sees an industry that was primed for a reset cruising back into high gear between smarter brands and rejuvenated creatives. If you've spent some time on the sidelines, it's time to reconnect with agencies, editors, and other professionals who are still offering good work to platforms of all sizes. And Julie has some great insights into what they all want and how to keep them knocking on your door. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21975728

Episode 109: Patrick Quinn Glams Up Your Lock Screen 01/25/2022

Episode 109: Patrick Quinn Glams Up Your Lock Screen When last appeared (pre Dad 2.020 and pre-COVID), he was ebullient about the bright future of influencer marketing. And now, two or 10 or 3,000 years later, he's back to assure us that business is still booming, and brands recognize more value in independent content creators than ever. He shares more tips for showing your value to your potential brand partners, getting the compensation you want, securing more business in the future. grieving his late father, and wrangling his five-year-old at Disney World. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21885779

Episode 108: The Doug Zeigler Telehealth Call 01/18/2022

Episode 108: The Doug Zeigler Telehealth Call Just like Doug Zeigler's life, this episode has everything: A dystopian lottery! Redemptive agony! Prophylactic cosplay! Plus a cameo from the Beetlejuice of toxicity! /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21806912

Episode 107: Brian Gordon Is Half Stubborn, Half Stupid 01/11/2022

Episode 107: Brian Gordon Is Half Stubborn, Half Stupid If Brian Gordon hadn't lost his marriage, his job, and his dog over several dark months in 2015, he may never have created the wildly popular cartoon Fowl Language. And now, he's looking to support his blended family by expanding into merch, animation, NFTs, a partnership with TinyView, and whatever else will keep the lights on. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21737840

Episode 106: Tshaka Armstrong Works Googobs of Hours 01/04/2022

Episode 106: Tshaka Armstrong Works Googobs of Hours There's nothing niche about Tshaka Armstrong, who admits he emerged from the womb blessed with big-time Neil DeGrasse Nerdery and loves to explain all he's learned. He works as a TV producer and tech reviewer, but he's not afraid to let loose his opinions on politics and race as Villain McBeardface. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21669281

Episode 105: Chris Illuminati Has Very Dirty Thumbs 12/28/2021

Episode 105: Chris Illuminati Has Very Dirty Thumbs Ever since he started Message With A Bottle, Chris Illuminati's primary plan has been to mimic his fitness regime and persevere as incrementally as possible. Eight hundred notes later, he has built a multi-vertical platform comprising books, podcasts, calendars, his own branded lines of Post-It Notes from 3M, and a huge Instagram following. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21612266

Episode 104: Zachary Levi Learns How To Be Kurt Warner 12/13/2021

Episode 104: Zachary Levi Learns How To Be Kurt Warner When Kurt Warner and Zachary Levi promote "American Underdog" (which opens Christmas Day), you learn right away how well they get along. We talk about the movie's many fatherhood themes, the complicated relationships with their own dads, and the unexpected joy Kurt felt showing his kids his life before they came along. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21469964

Episode 103: Chris Ballew Doles Out the Applesauce 12/07/2021

Episode 103: Chris Ballew Doles Out the Applesauce Chris Ballew fronted the Presidents half his life ago and just wrapped 19 albums and 1,247 live shows as Caspar Babypants, and at 56 he's publishing under his own name and feeling more creative than ever. He credits his parents for encouraging his empathy and silliness, and he wanted to have kids because "I thought I could make two good ones." /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21403082

Episode 102: Aaron Yavelberg Will See You Now 11/30/2021

Episode 102: Aaron Yavelberg Will See You Now As a writer, social worker, and Hebrew school instructor, Aaron Yavelberg has a wealth of experience as a father and father figure to children, adolescents, and young adults all over New York City. On this second night of Hanukkah, we talk about teens and social media, making goals reachable by setting up pragmatic steps, and why it's important to teach kids that anti-Semitism is still a thing. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21320903

Episode 101: Kevin Shafer 101: Intro to Dad Sociology 11/23/2021

Episode 101: Kevin Shafer 101: Intro to Dad Sociology The product of a blended family and blended citizenship, Kevin Shafer is an associate professor at BYU who specifically chose fatherhood as his primary research concentration. He uses his PhD, his Twitter platform, and his copious research to defend paid paternity leave and says American dads can be as involved with our kids as we want to be if we follow the Canadian template. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21253700

Episode 100: You Say Dubai, and I Say Hello 11/16/2021

Episode 100: You Say Dubai, and I Say Hello For our 100th episode, Jeff reports in from Dubai to (mostly) remember the conversations we've had during our first two years. Amid the myriad storylines of our 67 guests, some important themes emerge: the incentive to take risks, the power of a supportive partner, the appreciation of someone else's very different life experience, and how conversations help us learn more and do better. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21176240

Episode 99: Simon Holland, the Stealth Bomber 11/09/2021

Episode 99: Simon Holland, the Stealth Bomber Our last double-digited guest is Simon Holland, the work-at-home father of two whose brilliant humor writing has built two colossal platforms on Twitter and Instagram. He's an inspiration to anyone with a desk job and a family that you can still make the time to leverage your talent and make the world laugh. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21097304

Episode 98: Jon Finkel and the Educated Meatheads 11/01/2021

Episode 98: Jon Finkel and the Educated Meatheads Watching his dad build an executive career from scratch taught prolific author Jon Finkel the value of daily discipline and chasing opportunity. His also learned to develop a versatile skill set that took him from The Man Show to manhood's ultimate test: being a stay-at-home dad of tweens. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/21015032

Episode 97: Jared Bilski Found Wisdom in the Wudder 10/26/2021

Episode 97: Jared Bilski Found Wisdom in the Wudder In early September, the "remnants" of Hurricane Ida flooded metropolitan Philadelphia -- and took out the entire first floor of Jared Bilski's house. And like all good writers, he turned the resulting flood of neighborly goodwill into a front-page story about the diverse, dedicated community that came to his family's aid. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/20939948

Episode 96: The Human Experience of Emme Reynolds 10/19/2021

Episode 96: The Human Experience of Emme Reynolds After years online, counseling parents how to raise children without gender stereotypes, the writer f/k/a Mike Reynolds has adopted Emme as their new name and begun experimenting with their appearance as a way of declaring their ongoing nonbinary self-discovery. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/20862809

Episode 95: Lasso-palooza! with Whit Honea 10/12/2021

Episode 95: Lasso-palooza! with Whit Honea With Season 2 of Ted Lasso concluded, Doug and guest host Whit Honea discuss (with many, many spoilers) all the brilliant and baffling narrative choices the writers made in their sophomore season. We also break down the process behind Whit's brilliant Washington Post article about the power of positive male role models on his teenage sons. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/20786039

Episode 94: Tales From the Boom-Boom Zoom Room 10/05/2021

Episode 94: Tales From the Boom-Boom Zoom Room Season 4 begins with Jeff and Doug catching up on all that happened over the summer. Travel is back, schools are in-person, and Dad 2.0 has a new partnership with American Underdog, the story of how Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner became the NFL's best player who was never drafted. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/20708045

Episode 93: Richard Kind Describes the Ocean 07/26/2021

Episode 93: Richard Kind Describes the Ocean Our Dad 2.0 Digital closing keynoter Richard Kind wanted kids all his life, but he didn't become a dad until age 45 because he admits he spent too much time thinking he wasn't ready. Now, he says, Don't wait. You'll figure out how to provide the life you know they need, and before you know it you'll have three kids that you love, like, and trust. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/19936028

Episode 92: Shannon Carpenter Cheers For Himself 07/19/2021

Episode 92: Shannon Carpenter Cheers For Himself After 13 years of on-the-job training, Shannon Carpenter has stocked his upcoming Ultimate Guide to stay-at-home fatherhood with lessons and advice he wants you to learn more easily than he did. This book resulted from his proactive decision to care for his kids and pursue his writing career, and he discusses how he plans to achieve the lofty goals he's set for each. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/19862648

Episode 91: Christopher Persley's Life Is A Pep Rally 07/12/2021

Episode 91: Christopher Persley's Life Is A Pep Rally We met Christopher Persley while he was blogging at The Brown Gothamite, but now he's focused on supporting his daughter Pepper's burgeoning career as a sports journalist. Mentorship is in short supply, because not many dads have a 10-year-old who has called an NBA playoff game. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/19788428

Episode 90: Aaron and MJ and Men and Miscarriage 07/05/2021

Episode 90: Aaron and MJ and Men and Miscarriage Our first return guest is Aaron Gouveia, this time with his wife MJ; their new book Men and Miscarriage arrives tomorrow, July 6. They talk and write candidly about losing five pregnancies in nine years, struggling to share their feelings about them, and the stresses of collaborating on a book that dredged up so many painful memories. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/19710986

Episode 89: Damon Brown and His Jar Of Big Rocks 06/28/2021

Episode 89: Damon Brown and His Jar Of Big Rocks Damon Brown is one helluva Google. Scroll through his multi-faceted website that comprises his TEDx talks, his coaching business, his 26 books, his Inc. column, and his YouTube channel, and you won't believe he's also a stay-at-home dad for his two young sons. /episode/index/show/dad2summit/id/19632158

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