The Fatherly Podcast

Season Three of The Fatherly Podcast, with Joshua David Stein and Krishna Andavolu, starts August 15th!

This week’s guest, Maz Jobrani, appears on CBS’ Superior Donuts and on his own Netflix standup special, Immigrant. As the father of two young children and one of the few Iranian-Americans on television, Jobrani consciously turns down terrorist roles...much to the dismay of Chuck Norris. Join us as Maz discusses bringing up his kids, his own father (“He reminded me of Vito Corleone”) and the right way to do ethnic humor. 

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz stops by to discuss the recent release of his first children’s book, Islandborn, but ends up opening up about why he’ll never be a father himself. Later on, Fatherly’s science editor, Josh Krisch, stops by to discuss at what age children develop thoughts on race. 

The legendary heavy, Robert Patrick, rose to fame as T-1000 in Terminator 2. But the Georgia-raised son of an engineer has had a long and colorful knockabout life. He also has a son and a daughter and many, many thoughts about raising children. Also, Josh Krisch, our Science Editor, drops some science on why a gravelly voice like Patrick’s is so damn trustworthy.

Author and host of CNN's "The Van Jones Show," Van Jones swings by to discuss how to fight with your friends (nicely), how to fight with your enemies (even more nicely), and whether white kids should dress up as "Black Panther" hero T'challa. Later, Fatherly's Science Editor Josh Krisch stops by to discuss how to teach trauma to a kid without traumatizing them. 

Glenn Beck, conservative host of the Glenn Beck Program and long time provocateur, has made a career of lighting fires. Now he's on a mission to extinguish a few. Fatherly host Joshua David Stein and Beck talk about his newfound moderation, wrestling with his family history and raising four kids of his own.

As the leader of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche travels the world, both teaching seminars and in retreat. The 55-year-old is also the father of three young daughters. Here the Sakyong — the author of, most recently, The Lost Art of Good Conversation —  discusses finding the balance between being a leader to hundreds of thousands and the daddy to three. Later on in the program, Josh Krisch joins us for a special edition of Oh Hey Science called Oh Hey God...and Science. Besides being Fatherly’s science editor, Krisch is a Orthodox rabbi and a father of two himself. He and host Joshua David Stein discuss balancing a spiritual life and a family life. 

For the last 53 years, Laird Hamilton has been pushing the boundaries of what the human body can do. Here, the controversial inventor of big wave surfing and father of three daughters, opens up on how being a dad has — or has not — affected his appetite for risk and why, sometimes, courting disaster is the best choice a dad can make. 

Antonio Cromartie, the NFL great and father of 14 — yes, 14 — on going from cornerback to stay-at-home dad and becoming a reality television star. Plus, Fatherly science editor Josh Krisch on when and why vasectomies fail. 

In the final episode of the first season, Joshua David Stein sits down with Massimo Bottura, who runs one of the best restaurants in the world, who opens up about raising his son Charlie, who is severely developmentally disabled and how creativity takes all forms. Also, Josh Krisch explains why all tantrums are basically the same.  Season two of The Fatherly Podcast will launch in 2018 - Be sure to follow The Fatherly Podcast on iHeartRadio, or subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

This episode we visit John Legend, producer, musician, activist, father of Luna and husband of Chrissy. Legend opens up about his own childhood, the dangers of misunderstanding the history and making his daughter giggle. Also Fatherly's science editor Josh Krisch on the longtail effect of crappy parenting. Be sure to follow The Fatherly Podcast on iHeartRadio, or subscriber wherever you listen to podcasts.

This week we mark the fifth anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School by listening to one father, Mark Barden, remember his son, Daniel Barden, one of the twenty children killed that day. We could have recorded thousands of episodes like this one — in 2017 alone, 681 children have either died or been injured as a result of gun violence — but today, we remember one child through the words of his father. 

This week, Joshua David Stein visits the legendary writer Gay Talese in his home to discuss famous fathers, famous sons and the pain of becoming an ex-father in law. Plus, Josh Krisch finally answers whether it's quality time or quantity of time that really matters.  

This week, we've collected three of our favorite questionnaires, NFL legend Michael Strahan; star of NBC's This Is Us Sterling K. Brown; and Stephen Chbosky, director of the new film Wonder. Plus host Joshua David Stein has a question of his own and science editor Josh Krisch answers it. No, single women and married men can not be friends.

In this episode Joshua David Stein is joined by Nik Wallenda, a seventh-generation highwire walker. Wallenda opens up about self-doubt, family tragedy and why he encouraged his son to join the Marines. Plus, science editor Josh Krisch on what the famous Marshmallow Experiment really teaches us and a live musical performance from the What's Cooking Hot Two.