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Working On The Dad Pod

by Alex and Ethan

Two dads with a lot to learn and a little bit of knowledge to share. Being the best dad you can be takes some work.

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Episodes

  1. Working on Maturity and Humor

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  2. Working on Organizing Life

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  3. Working on Consequence Explosions

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  4. Working on Back to School

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  5. Working on Lying

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  6. Working on the Bridge from Cute to Not

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  7. Working on Traveling with Kids

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  8. Working on Video Games

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  9. Working on Allowance

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  10. Working on Expectations vs. Reality

    After a couple weeks off, the dads decided to reflect on the expectations of fatherhood, compared to the realities. What did we properly prepare for? What did we entirely get wrong? Did any of our expectations meet our realities? Some yes, and some no.If you enjoy this podcast, please like and...

  11. Pouring One (or a few) Out to a Friend

    This week is not a normal episode. After last week's discussion on making and maintaining dad friendships, we learned that our fraternity brother, friend, and fellow dad, passed away suddenly. So this episode, we are remembering our friend.If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to…

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  12. Working on Parent Friendships

    Making friends as an adult, especially as a dad, isn't easy. You have a job, your kids have commitments, and it's just hard to strike up conversations with a stranger. So tonight, we talked about our experiences making friends as a dad. Then we get into working on the dad bod.If you enjoy this...

  13. Working on getting things off our chest

    It's not Festivus, but we've got a lot of problems with you people, and now you're going to hear about them. In reality? We were both fired up about different things and couldn't agree on a topic. In this episode, you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll seethe with rage, or maybe you'll just shake your...

  14. Working on Tough Mornings

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  15. Working on Screen Time Battles

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  16. Working on Bringing Your Kid to Work Day

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  17. Working on Our Old Man Takes

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  18. Working on Learning to Love the Chaos: How we react when parenting doesn't go exactly to plan.

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  19. Working on Season 4

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  20. Working on big medical events

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  21. Working on Our Inner Bandit

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  22. Working on Trick or Treating

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  23. Rebroadcast: Working on Halloween Candy Draft

    Tonight, Ethan's out sick, so we're rebroadcasting our Halloween Candy draft from last year. Hope you guys enjoy!

  24. Working on Adjusting to Parenthood: The little things we don't always love.

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  25. Working on Piercing Ears

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  26. Working on Ethan's Birthday

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  27. Working on Time For Your Self (Again): How to prioritize dad time & not leave your family hanging.

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  28. Working on Taking Your Kids in Public

    This week, Ethan wanted to talk about a topic, but did not explain it well. Alex went on a long (and accurate) point countering a lot of what Ethan said. Ethan then clarifies what he meant to say, but didn't in a long pause, and ultimately the dads agree. Like the boy scouts say, "always be...

  29. Replay: Working on Self-Care with Sick Kids

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  30. Working on more Extracurriculars

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  31. Working on Fathering Skills

    This week, we're working on dad skills and the ones we want most for each age. It's a fantasy draft where we pick the ideal dad skills for each age group. If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend,...

  32. Pre-Labor Day Summer Catch-Up

    Alex and Ethan haven't recorded together in a bit, and a few things have happened, so we are just catching up tonight. Have a great Labor Day Weekend!If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe…

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  33. Rebroadcast: Back to School 2024

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  34. Working on Special Needs

    This week, we welcome our friend, and fellow dad, Eric, to talk about parenting a child with special needs. Eric's oldest son was born with a club foot and has Down Syndrome, so Eric shares the challenges, and more importantly, the joys of being his father.If you enjoy this podcast, please like…

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  35. Working on Going Back to School

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  36. Working on Bullying

    Today, the dads are talking about bullying. What do to when your kid is being bullied, and what to do if your kid is the bully. Do you have either experience? And have you ever been bullied or been a bully?If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best…

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  37. Working On Buying A Car

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  38. Working on Hygiene: How to keep your kids from being their nastiest selves

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  39. Working on Going Solo (Again)

    Ethan once again tries to launch his solo podcasting and a cappella careers!If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus…

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  40. Power Rankings: Holidays

    Tonight, we are just catching you all up on our summers so far. We have a few stories to share, but how is your summer going?If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast...

  41. Working on Summer Stories

    Tonight, we are just catching you all up on our summers so far. We have a few stories to share, but how is your summer going? If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast...

  42. I guess they let anyone in here: The Athletic's David Ubben talks travel snacks, becoming a sportswriter, what's wrong with youth sports parents, and when does it get easier as a dad.

    Today we're joined by The Athletic's David Ubben, host of Bunch Formation, who was one of the podcasters who inspired us to start our own show. We about what it's like to be a sportswriter and a dad, some of his favorite travel snacks, he asks us for advice on when things get easier with young...

  43. I guess they let anyone in here: Our Dads on how parenting has changed, and how we're doing as dads

    Happy Father's Day to all you fellow dads listening! To celebrate, we invited our dads on to chat about the show, our childhoods, their experiences as fathers, and what they learn from watching us.If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help...

  44. The Blind Ranking Game

    While Ethan is at his oldest's preschool "graduation" and Alex is traveling for work, the boys decided to pre-record a game for all of you, "the blind ranking game!" How did they do?If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also...

  45. Working on Getting Out of the Rut

    Ethan is in a rut. The last few weeks, parenting has been more of a chore than a joy. This isn't just one bad day, or bad evening, but a sustained period of either or both kids just not being fun to be around. How do you get through this? Is this normal?If you enjoy this podcast, please like and...

  46. Rebroadcast: Working on The Ultimate Cookout Plate

    If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share with a friend, subscribe on your favorite podcast platform, and follow us on social media. Plus, check out our new website! https://workingonthedadpod.com YouTube:...

  47. Working on Dating Your Co-Parent

    Today, we are talking about dating your co-parent. How do you keep things interesting? Do you feel like you're in the "roommate phase?" Or that you are two "co-mangers switching shifts of the household?" It's normal to feel that way, so what can you do to fix it?If you enjoy this podcast, please...

  48. Working on Responsible Kids

    This week we're talking about chores and responsibilities for our kids. When to add them, how to add them, and how to combine general responsibility with rewards and allowances.If you enjoy this podcast, please like and subscribe to us on Youtube, which is the best way to help us grow. Also share...

  49. Working on Emotional Intelligence

    Emotional intelligence encompasses a lot. It is hard to manage, and even harder to teach. Kids do not always know how to regulate themselves emotionally, and sometimes neither do the dads. Hear about our experiences and maybe share yours!YouTube: https://youtube.com/@workingonthedadpod Twitter:...

  50. Working on Societal Norms

    Do you ever feel like you’re always asking your kid to say please? What about getting them to share their things or other basic social norms we try to instill in our kids as they grow. We talk about the ones that we struggle with, and the ones we think are outdated. YouTube:...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Two dads with a lot to learn and a little bit of knowledge to share. Being the best dad you can be takes some work.

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Alex and Ethan

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How many episodes does Working On The Dad Pod have?

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Two dads with a lot to learn and a little bit of knowledge to share. Being the best dad you can be takes some work.

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Working On The Dad Pod has 50 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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Working On The Dad Pod is created and hosted by Alex and Ethan.
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