HARDHEADED

HARDHEADED: A practical and realistic podcast with a view/opinion of current events, culture, news, sports, business, entrepreneurship, outdoors, life skills, scripture, movies, music, food, etc., bundled up in humor and some friendly trash talk then finished off with a positive note to encourage our listeners. Join Matt, Troy, and Chet as they weave their varied experiences from the Marine Corps, large corporations, small business owners, dedicated fathers, and non-profit work into fun and insightful conversations.

#210 The Top 3 Most Insane Things in the News this Week plus Our Last Call 12/12/2024

#209 Pardons, Martial Law, and Deer Season Favorites 12/05/2024

#208 Happy Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for? Also, Soup, Stew, Chili: What’s the diifference? 11/28/2024

#207 Cabinet Picks: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. Top 3 Tailgate Foods 11/21/2024

Best Friends & Epic Fails: Why Connection Matters (Plus Our Top 3 Injury Fiascos) 11/14/2024

#205: Trump Wins! Election Aftermath: The Results and What's to Come 11/07/2024

#204: What’s More Frightening, Halloween or the Election? 10/31/2024

#203: What's on our mind when we go into the voting booth? Top issues influencing our votes. 10/24/2024

#202 Election Update: More Press = Less Success. 10/17/2024

#201: Our Minds Don’t Comprehend Jeeps and Rubber Ducks, $10k kayaks, How Banks Keep Growing. 10/10/2024

Ep: 200! Floods, Attacks, Preparedness, Debates, Strikes, Hope. 10/03/2024

#199: Matt is Trying to Destroy Chet’s Hunting Season. Top 3 Must Haves For Hunting Camp! 09/26/2024

Winners & Losers: Debate Disaster, Golf is More Dangerous Than We Thought, Wearing Pagers Can Harm You 09/19/2024

Ep. 197 the Top Three Scents of All Time! Invasion one apartment complex at a time. 09/12/2024

Ep 196 Political Power vs. Political Ideology: Democratic Defectors. Top3 companies where we’d be CEO 09/05/2024

Ep. 195: Robbed! International Crime Impacts Hardheaded. Top 3 Song Lyrics of All Time. 08/29/2024

Ep. 195: Robbed! International Crime Impacts Hardheaded. Top 3 Song Lyrics of All Time. Catch up with what has been going on in Matt, Troy, and Chet's lives. What a coincidence, all three have recent robbery stories. Chetay have gotten tied up with some kind of international crime ring. His legend grows at work due to his willingness to take on the criminals to retrieve important property! Rome robbery best quote: “wait a minute, I can’t believe you got a parking spot at the Spanish steps” Academy got robbed!!! Kids at college Hunting season prep Top 3 Song Lyrics: 3: wreck, Ben Rector 'Cause you wrecked my world in a beautiful way And I kinda thought that l'd always stay the same But I heard that healthy things grow And growing things change, yeah Yeah, you wrecked my world in the most beautiful way 2: head full of doubt / road full of promise, Avett Brothers There's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light In the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right And it comes in black and it comes in white And I'm frightened by those that don't see it When nothing is owed or deserved or expected And your life doesn't change by the man that's elected If you're loved by someone, you're never rejected Decide what to be and go be it 1: dare you to move, Switchfoot Maybe redemption has stories to tell Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell Where can you run to, escape from yourself? Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go? Salvation is here I dare you to move Honorable Mention: Amen, Frank Foster Well I'm country as a cricket On the creek bank in the shade Son I'm down home like a gospel song on a hymn book page Grillz by Nelly Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel One by Metallica Pass the mic by Beastie Boys Stressed out by 21 Pilots Good Word: Lyrics O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babies and infants,you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? WEB: MERCH: /episode/index/show/fada3cda-738b-451a-bd9f-951824b08662/id/32687307

Ep 194: Stolen Valor or Common Political Embellishment? A Combat Vet Speaks on Tim Walz. 08/22/2024

Zero to Hero: Harris is the Nominee and Trump is on the Ropes! So.193 08/15/2024

Olympics Recap: Offended Christians, Golfing Gold, Blue Man, and Public Indecency. Ep.192 08/08/2024

DON'T BE A HELICOPTER PARENT! - Episode 191 08/01/2024

Prepare Your Kids for the Real World by Teaching Them About Finances - Episode 190 07/25/2024

Want to Be a Better Dad? Follow Through on Your Promises - Episode 189 07/18/2024

Loving your kids doesn’t mean you have to love everything they do! Episode 188 07/11/2024

Sometimes being a good parent means you have to put yourself in “Time-Out”! Ep 186 06/27/2024

Sometimes being a good parent means you have to put yourself in “Time-Out”! Ep 186 Join us as we take a break from our normal format and dig into being a better father. This is something that has been on our mind since we have 10 kids represented in the 3 dads on our podcast! We will be skipping the normal three segments (What's on your mind, top 3, and a good word) and we will be talking about traits and characteristics of being a good father. We are using this article 23 Qualities of a Good Father - Traits & Characteristics written by Jeff Campbell from . The plan is to cover about 3 qualities per episode. Since the ages of our kids are spread between 20 and 5, we'll have some insight that will help all of our listeners! 7. Model the behavior you expect from them Don’t want them swearing at school? Guess what you shouldn’t do in front of them? Want to teach your sons to be respectful to women? They will model how you treat their mother. Lose your cool every time someone cuts you off in traffic? You’re teaching them to be impatient and hot-headed. The qualities of a good father have to include you leading by example. 8. Explain to them the “why” behind the rule How many times have parents said “because I said so” or “because I’m your father”. Guess what? Those aren’t reasons (at least not good ones). It’s crucial that kids understand why they are being grounded. Why a privilege is being taken away or even why they can’t watch Saw III. As is fond of saying, “to be clear is to be kind”. When they understand, they will be more apt to accept it. They’ll be less apt to do it again (if they were doing something wrong). And (perhaps most importantly) they will respect you more for taking the time to explain yourself and not just pull rank. 9. Give yourself a timeout when needed When we talk to our kids in the heat of the moment we aren’t always in the best frame of mind to deal with them. There’s NOTHING wrong with waiting to have a conversation until you are in the frame of mind to communicate effectively. Talking to them when we are angry at best makes them yell back. Then it escalates the whole thing. Neither is actually listening to the other and instead just waiting their turn to talk (or yell). At worst, it teaches our kids to be scared of us and being scared of our parents is one of the worst feelings we can have. Being a “do as I say, not as I do” parent has no place in your description of a good father. **Links** Listen: /episode/index/show/fada3cda-738b-451a-bd9f-951824b08662/id/31807027

Do as I say, not as I do: How to lose trust with your kids! Ep. 185 06/20/2024

Do as I say, not as I do: How to lose trust with your kids! Ep. 185 Join us as we take a break from our normal format and dig into being a better father. This is something that has been on our mind since we have 10 kids represented in the 3 dads on our podcast! We will be skipping the normal three segments (What's on your mind, top 3, and a good word) and we will be talking about traits and characteristics of being a good father. We are using this article 23 Qualities of a Good Father - Traits & Characteristics written by Jeff Campbell from newmiddleclassdad.com. The plan is to cover about 3 qualities per episode. Since the ages of our kids are spread between 20 and 5, we'll have some insight that will help all of our listeners! from the article: 4. Take an active interest in their interests Guess what? I’m not a huge Katie Perry fan. But you know how many times I’ve heard her music? It’s well into the hundreds. I also took my oldest daughter to see Panic! at the Disco in concert with one of her BFFs. Not exactly my scene (but I actually was impressed). When you take an interest in your kid’s interests, you’re taking an interest in them. You’re telling them you care about them as a person. 5. Let kids develop their own interests When I was 10 guess what? I liked a lot of different stuff than what my Mom liked. And that’s OK. It’s OK to influence our kid’s taste (that’s why I kept playing Star Wars moviesuntil they clicked). But we have to accept that our kids are going to not like everything we like. They will like some stuff we don’t and that’s OK (as long as what they like is age-appropriate) 6. Don’t have a different set of rules for your kids than you do for yourself No one likes a hypocrite, so why should our kids be any different? Mean what you say and say what you mean. Example: In our house, Sunday is “technology-free day”, so my wife and I do our best to avoid technology for personal use as well. 185 /episode/index/show/fada3cda-738b-451a-bd9f-951824b08662/id/31807012

Do You Want to be Best Friends With Your Children? Think again! Ep.187 06/19/2024

Do You Want to be Best Friends With Your Children? Think again! Ep.187 Join us as we take a break from our normal format and dig into being a better father. This is something that has been on our mind since we have 10 kids represented in the 3 dads on our podcast! We will be skipping the normal three segments (What's on your mind, top 3, and a good word) and we will be talking about traits and characteristics of being a good father. We are using this article 23 Qualities of a Good Father - Traits & Characteristics written by Jeff Campbell from newmiddleclassdad.com. The plan is to cover about 3 qualities per episode. Since the ages of our kids are spread between 20 and 5, we'll have some insight that will help all of our listeners! 10. Set clear boundaries We are their parents, not their friends. That doesn’t mean we don’t love them unconditionally. And it doesn’t mean we don’t take an interest in their interests. But at the end of the day, our most important job is to keep them safe and educate them so they can go on to be productive people in society. Kids WANT structure. They want guidelines and they crave the safety and security of knowing the boundaries. Sure as they enter their teen years (or heck, sometimes their 3’s) they may test those boundaries but don’t ever doubt the need to set clear rules and boundaries. 11. Set clear expectations As with #10, it’s important that kids clearly know what’s expected of them. No one likes living with vague. When we are clear (as in, “when you come home from school today I want you to clean your room before you go play and I want to see it when you’re done”) our kids know EXACTLY what they need to do. Nothing feels better than knowing exactly what I need to do. But within reason, give our kids the end goal and maybe a time frame but allow them the freedom to map out how they get there. You won’t be there to micromanage their whole life, so letting them explore now sets them up for success later. 12. Protect your kids Dads are traditionally known for their role as a protector of the family. There are many ways to protect your kids beyond the physical; Having (click to read my best tips) for yourself (click to read my guide) Making sure you have an (click to read my article) in place for unexpected large expenses 187 /episode/index/show/fada3cda-738b-451a-bd9f-951824b08662/id/31807037

Traits and Characteristics of a Good Father 06/13/2024

Lifetime Socks plus Special Guest: Little Debbie! Ep.183 06/06/2024

“One Second After” the book that turns you into a prepper! Ep. 182 05/30/2024

Airport Gate Lice! Then Top3 Hostess Snacks of All Time! 181 05/23/2024

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