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DOD282: A Talent Show with No Talent Jun 17, 2026

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A listener question about kids performing in talent shows is paired with incredible news from Thomas about one of the Smith kids facing their own fears.

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DOD281: When Your Couple Friends Divorce Jun 12, 2026

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Thomas's friends are divorcing, and hearing the details hits a little too close to home. The dads dig into what it really means when someone can't stop making their partner feel small, whether people can actually change, and what it says about you when a friend's failing marriage makes you quietly wonder about your own.

For Patrons: Eli is chaperoning a field day and we are all praying for him.

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DOD280: How Much Can We Control What We Find Attractive? Jun 10, 2026

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Thomas got served a weird Christian-y video about marriage and attraction. In the bonus for patrons: Tom does what his kid wanted and then is punished and gaslit...

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DOD279: When Should You Tell Your Kid They're Neurodivergent? Jun 05, 2026

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The dads take a listener email about how and when to talk to your kid about a diagnosis like ADHD or autism. When do you share this information with your kid, and is it something you should anticipate sharing at multiple points at different developmental stages?

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DOD278: I'm Not Gonna Cause I Don't Wanna May 29, 2026

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It's another "Tom is sane despite all odds" episode! The dudes revisit a topic that Tom brought up in a previous episode about whether or not permission and support from parents are linked. If your parents let you do something (like join a school sports team), would that mean you could expect them to cheer you on at your games? What were the dads' experiences in their childhoods with this, and how do we want to show up for our kids with the things we've given them permission to do?

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DOD277: This Husband's In the Doghouse May 22, 2026

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The dads spend today's episode exploring a few different areas of concern from a listener email. But at it's core: how do you negotiate one partner's needs and the other partner's hurt?

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DOD276: The Annual Poopy Pants Review May 15, 2026

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It's that time of year: Mother's Day happened last weekend. On a scale of perfectly clean butt to the most poopy of poopy pants, how did the dads do this year? And, in the patron bonus, we get an update on the fire that shut down the entirety of Eli's town!

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DOD275: Does Banning Phones at School Work? May 08, 2026

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A recent NYT article discussed a study outlining the impact of cellphone bans in school. The dads chat about those results, and get into a number of tangents, such as age verification. Then, in the bonus exclusive to patrons, Thomas lays out one of the weirdest medical relationships (his doctor) he's ever been in.

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DOD274: You Better Ask Nicely May 07, 2026

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Eli provides some important news from his corner of the globe (and it hopefully continues to be funny and hasn't resulted in anything terrible for anybody) before the Dads discuss gut reactions to something their kid does that they would have never done themselves as a kid. How do we process that response, and can we eventually calm this response?

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DOD273: We Almost Did An Episode Before Remembering Eli Golfed May 01, 2026

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We started this episode with a plan in mind, and then we remembered that ELI BETHESDA BOSNICK went GOLFING (?!) recently and had to stop everything to get the full story. And torment Thomas.

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