Paternal Podcast
1) #140 Tom Junod: All My Father's Secrets
Tom Junod spent more than two decades as one the most celebrated writers in the men's magazine game, winning two National Magazine Awards and penning unforgettable articles about everything from 9/11 ...Show More
2) #139 Seth Wickersham: The Fathers Behind the NFL's Best Quarterbacks
John Elway. Joe Namath. Johnny Unitas. Peyton Manning. Look into the backstory of just about any star quarterback you've ever heard of, and you'll find either an overbearing father, or an absent one. ...Show More
3) #138 Julian Brave Noisecat: Ghost Stories, Coyote Dads, and The Survival Story of "Baby X"
As a teenager, Julian Brave Noisecat often heard ghost stories about the history of the Canim Lake Indian Reserve. He considered them simply rez legends, and figured the details of the stories - that...Show More
4) #137 Robert Gallery: Football, Rage, and Recovery
When Robert Gallery was a senior at the University of Iowa, he was one of the most respected and feared college football players in the country. At 6-foot-7 and 320 pounds, Gallery leveraged his size,...Show More
5) #136 Aymann Ismail: Three Generations of Men in the Mosque
What were the first words you said to your child when you became a parent? Was there something you needed to say to officially welcome him or her into this world, or was it all just a blur? For longti...Show More
6) #135 Jonathan Malesic: Dads, Work, And Burnout (2023)
Jonathan Malesic spent more than a decade in what he thought was his dream job as a college professor. But after years on the clock he found himself exhausted, angry, and struggling to feel like he wa...Show More
7) #134 Jayson Greene: Can Artificial Intelligence Help Us Cope With Grief?
Proponents of Artificial Intelligence assure us that everything in life is about to change: Work, education, healthcare, art, and even how we remember our loved ones. But what role can AI actually pla...Show More
8) #133 Augustine Sedgewick: A History of Fatherhood, From Thomas Jefferson to Bob Dylan
How did Thomas Jefferson’s thoughts on fatherhood influence the American Revolution? What did Charles Darwin learn about evolution from watching his own kids? And why did Bob Dylan tell everyone he co...Show More
9) #132 Sam Graham-Felsen: Where Have All My Male Friendships Gone?
In the final scene of the 1986 coming-of-age film Stand By Me, the film’s narrator sums up boyhood friendship with the simple line, “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twe...Show More
10) #131 James Patterson: The King of Paperback Fiction Tackles Fatherhood
James Patterson has sold more than 425 million books over the past 30 years, making him one of the richest and most successful authors in the world. At 78 years old and entering the final stage of his...Show More