Episode Details

On this episode of BETTER GOOD, Scott M. Curran  (https://www.scottmcurran.com/) sits down with Kevin Maguire, author of The New Fatherhood (https://www.newfatherhood.com/book/), for a special Father's Day conversation about what it really means to lead a family today.

For thousands of years, fatherhood came with a clear job description: protect, provide, preside. But today's dads are expected to do all of that and more (as they should!): be present, emotionally available, vulnerable, and an equal partner at home. The old rules are fading. The new rules are still being written. But most men didn’t have anyone who prepared them for this.

Kevin didn't arrive at this topic as a researcher. He arrived as a father of two confronting the questions millions of men ask quietly: Who am I beyond my job? What kind of father do I want to be? How do I show up for the people I love in a world that keeps changing? His search for answers became a newsletter, then an online community, and now a book and movement that's becoming a go-to guide for modern dads navigating parenting, striving for work-life balance, and building emotional resilience without a map.

This conversation is for any—or anyone helping to raise the next generation—looking for clarity, community, and a path forward in modern fatherhood.

You can pre-order Scott’s forthcoming book, Better Good, here: https://www.bettergoodbook.com/

Guest: Kevin Maguire

Host: Scott M. Curran

Executive Producers: Aaron Shulman & Kieron Banerji

Production by Echo Studios

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Chapters

• 00:00:00 Introduction
• 00:04:44 Early Memories of Fatherhood
• 00:07:01 The Three Ps: Traditional Anchors of Fatherhood
• 00:10:38 Old Rules vs New Rules
• 00:17:37 From Google to Fatherhood
• 00:21:25 You Are Not Your Job
• 00:24:01 Paternal Postpartum Depression
• 00:28:27 Vulnerability as Strength
• 00:32:52 Scarcity vs Abundance Fatherhood
• 00:43:28 The Last Time Meditation
• 00:52:06 Building the New Fatherhood Community
• 00:57:12 The Polarized Future of Fatherhood
• 01:00:31 The Future: Communities of Care

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Better Good is a podcast series where you’ll meet the visionaries and doers tackling the toughest challenges of our time. With moving stories and practical takeaways, Scott M. Curran brings listeners into the art and science of doing good—through conversations with the social-impact leaders reshaping how we change the world. Whether you lead a global workforce, run a fast-growing nonprofit, or are simply driven to make a difference, this show offers the ideas, inspiration, and tools to leave the world better