Podcast Episodes

Daily Dad And Wife Samantha Holiday Talk parenting and Better Safe Than Sorry

On this weekend episode of the Daily Dad,  Ryan talks to his wife Samantha about what their learning as parents and when to enforce the better safe t…

2 years, 8 months ago

Teach Them This Grand Tradition

For thousands of years, humans have been expressing wisdom to each other through fables. Whether it’s Aesop or the Bible or Leonardo da Vinci or Hans…

2 years, 8 months ago

It’s Yourself You Should Be Worried About

There seems to be this concern, particularly on the right and from older generations, that kids are just way too soft these days. Everyone is sensiti…

2 years, 8 months ago

Quality Time Is The Easy Way Out

No vacation, no special experience, not even a family outing, just happens on its own. There is planning. There is time off work. There is the expens…

2 years, 8 months ago

Don’t Be So Nice That…

Nobody likes confrontation. Nobody likes having to enforce our boundaries. Nobody likes having to have an awkward conversation with their parents. Or…

2 years, 8 months ago

A Real Way To Be Happy

We talked recently about the fleetingness of happiness. The way that happiness changes and evolves, the way that it tends to ensue rather than exist …

2 years, 8 months ago

Daily Dad On Connecting With Our Kids Through The Obstacles Of Life

On this episode of The Daily Dad Podcast, Ryan talks in depth about empire, philosophy, and natural feelings when it comes to our kids, as well as th…

2 years, 8 months ago

This Makes The Disruptions Worth It

These kids have changed your life. There are so many things you used to do that you no longer can. Traveling with no notice. Staying out all night. S…

2 years, 8 months ago

Show Them How To Use That Energy

Joan Didion was bored. She was four or five. She was bothering her mother. She was asking for something to do.

Her mother could have sent her away. To…

2 years, 8 months ago

This Is The Greatest Thing You Can Do For Your Kids

In The Second Mountain, David Brooks relates a conversation he had with a friend. “I don’t really know of many happy marriages,” the friend said. “I …

2 years, 8 months ago