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World's Greatest Dad with Ali & Neil

World's Greatest Dad with Ali & Neil

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How to Talk to Your Kids About God & Religion

Little Kids, Big Questions: How to Talk to Your Kids About God & Religion Questions about God, faith, and belief often arrive earlier than parents expect and they can feel surprisingly loaded. Whether you’re deeply religious, spiritually curious, culturally connected to faith traditions, or unsure what you believe yourself, kids notice differences between families and want to understand what’s true. In this episode, we explore how to talk with children about religion without fear, pressure, or the need to have all the answers. We discuss how belief intersects with identity, culture, and family values, and how parents can share their perspectives while still leaving room for curiosity and independent thinking. We also talk about respecting other belief systems, navigating doubt, and helping kids understand that uncertainty can be part of a healthy relationship with faith. Great for parents looking to gain language for responding to big questions, strategies for modeling respect and openness, and reassurance that it’s okay to say “this is what I believe” or even “I’m not sure.” The goal isn’t certainty: it’s connection, exploration, and helping kids develop their own sense of meaning.

The New York Knicks Have Taken Over My Family

Three months ago Neil couldn't tell you much about the Knicks. Today he's breaking down playoff officiating, celebrity row, and Jalen Brunson highlights with the passion of a lifelong fan. And yes, Fat Joe makes multiple appearances.In this episode, Neil shares how his five-year-old son's Knicks fandom pulled him into one of the most exciting playoff runs in decades. From Madison Square Garden celebrities to Jalen Brunson's relationship with his father, the conversation turns into a deeper exploration of ambition, coaching, and family. It's a conversation with two dads (Ali & Neil) all about fatherhood disguised as a Knicks episode. Or maybe it's a Knicks episode disguised as a conversation about fatherhood. Does it really matter which one?

He Was Told He’d Die at 4, Now He’s a Dad: Joseph Kibler’s Unbelievable Journey

Joseph Kibler was born with HIV and told he wouldn’t live past four years old but today, he’s thriving as a dad, husband, and performer. In this powerful episode, Joseph shares his journey through disability, stigma, and survival, and how becoming a father transformed his understanding of love and trauma. He opens up about growing up with HIV, navigating relationships, and breaking generational cycles of pain. This conversation dives deep into fatherhood, healing, and what it really means to show up for your child. If you’re interested in parenting, resilience, or overcoming adversity, this episode is a must-listen.

CNN's John Berman on Why Being a Dad Feels So Hard Today

John Berman joins us to talk about why modern fatherhood feels more difficult and less defined than ever. We dive into dad guilt, work-life balance, and the constant pressure to be present, successful, and emotionally available all at once. John explains why many dads feel like they’re failing even when they’re doing their best. We also dive into the lack of a clear definition of what a “good dad” actually is today. If you’ve ever questioned whether you’re doing enough as a father, this conversation will hit home.

Peter Pan Dads, Cancel Culture & Why We Haven’t Gone Back to the Moon

This episode is a chaotic, hilarious, and unexpectedly thoughtful dive into modern dad life, internet culture, and everything in between. From “Peter Pan dads” at the playground to the rise of “yap videos,” the guys unpack how social media has turned everyone into a broadcaster. They get surprisingly real about grief, memory, and how music ties us to life’s hardest moments. Along the way, they debate cancel culture, redemption, and whether anyone actually deserves a comeback. Neil also breaks down the reality TV drama of Bravo's Summer House, parenting fails, and a serious question: why haven’t we gone back to the moon? Equal parts comedy and commentary, this one goes everywhere...and somehow still makes sense.

Midwest Nice: How Elliot Nathan Is Redefining What It Means to Show Up as a Dad

Elliot Nathan grew up in Minneapolis, lasted about a year and a half in New York, and eventually put down roots in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he works as a social media manager, coaches youth soccer, and somehow found time to build one of the most genuine voices in the dad content space. On Instagram and TikTok, his platform The Husband Dad has quietly grown a loyal audience, mostly moms, which Elliot takes as a compliment and a challenge. In this episode, we get into what drove him to start creating content, why he thinks consistency beats everything else, and how he approaches the question of being a good husband and a good dad at the same time without confusing the two. We also dig into the night he found out his wife was pregnant, a Vikings-Packers pregame that got derailed in the best way, and what it was like to bring his first son home in May 2020, at the same time the world outside was on fire. Elliot also tells us about founding the Sioux Falls Stroll Club, a monthly gathering for dads that grew from 2 guys and some coffee to 30 dads and counting. We talk gentle parenting, the gap in dad content, why guys who think changing diapers is soft probably have bigger issues to work through, and what Elliot wants his kids to say about him 20 years from now. He gets a little emotional. We let him. Lightning round includes a Tom Brady consistency quote, Sam Cooke, Kobe, and the case for Curious George over Blippi. This is a good one, enjoy!

Ernest Servantes: From Teenage Dad to Texas BBQ Legend

Ernest Servantes has cooked for hundreds, won grand champion titles across Texas, and built Burnt Bean Company into the number one barbecue spot in the state. But when Neil and Ali get him on the podcast between a 300-person catering job and a full day at the pits, all he wants to talk about is being a dad. Ernest became a father at 19, in college, in a fraternity, with no money and no culinary career yet and somehow it all turned out okay. He breaks down his parenting philosophy the same way he runs his kitchens: structured, fair, no excuses, but never a raised hand. We get into how he learned co-parenting before it was a word, teaching kids the difference between consequences and punishment, why one of his kids thrived in barbecue and one absolutely did not, and what it means to find out at 47 that you're going to be a grandpa. Ernest also goes deep on something we do not talk about enough, dad mental health, and why fathers are still the last ones anyone checks on. One of the most honest and heartfelt conversations we have had on this show.

Flying Solo With Kids: TSA Nightmares, Disney, and Dad Life

Fresh off spring break, the dads break down two very different family travel experiences: Arizona sunshine vs. Los Angeles chaos. From TSA stress and solo parenting on flights to Disney strategy and wedding logistics, this episode is packed with real-life parenting moments. The WGDs dive into the emotional shift of kids growing up, the changing nature of family vacations, and the unexpected nostalgia that comes with it. Plus, a hilarious mailbag question about snooping, attraction, and getting back in shape. It’s equal parts relatable, chaotic, and thoughtful. If you’ve ever traveled with kids, this one hits home.

The Fatherhood Framework: Dylan Macinerney on Public Policy, Diapers, and the Culture Wars

Dylan McInerney spent five years on Capitol Hill, built a career in public policy and strategic communications, and now writes the Substack newsletter The Fatherhood Framework, where he explores modern fatherhood through the lens of culture and policy. He also has a two-year-old who has completely wrecked his assumptions about himself. In this episode, Neil and Ali sit down with Dylan to talk about what parenthood actually does to the way you think, not just as a parent, but as a citizen. They get into the real cost of childcare (spoiler: it's up to $1,400 a month in Austin and climbing), the invisible labor gap between moms and dads, and why school schedules are still basically designed for a family structure that barely exists anymore. From there the conversation opens up into the culture war, gambling ads during the Super Bowl, what stories might actually unite dads across the political divide, and whether good policy can survive an era when politics has become everyone's part-time entertainment. Dylan makes a compelling case that investing in kids is not a left or right issue, it's the only bet that actually pays off long term. Plus: why Dylan thinks his two-year-old has exposed him as far less patient than he ever imagined, what he hopes his son will one day read in his writing, and a lightning round that somehow arrives at both Old Yeller and Jason Segel in Shrinking. A genuinely thoughtful and fun episode.

Parenting Life Hacks That Actually Work (And Some We're Not So Sure About)

Neil and Ali are officially declaring it: there are cheat codes in life, and this week they have the receipts. In a wide-ranging episode inspired by the Adam Sandler film Click, the guys break down the parenting hacks they actually use to survive modern fatherhood. Neil walks through an entire curriculum of real-world tips: the museum membership hack that gives you unlimited free outings, the Home Depot Saturday woodshop most parents have never heard of, and a three-step survival guide for taking your kids to Target (dollar bin, cake pop, scanner, in that order). There is also a full breakdown of why IKEA is the ultimate rainy day destination, how to time the deployment of a coloring book at dinner, the toy rotation trick that Ali politely calls toy prison, and the glow stick bath time hack that may or may not be a good idea. Ali brings his own list, including a thoughtful approach to getting your kid to actually talk to you after school pickup without the phone winning. And of course all of these parenting lifehacks brought to you wrapped in the usual detours through physical media nostalgia, Bed Bath and Beyond coupons, and the philosophical question of whether crashing a hotel breakfast buffet counts as a family activity.

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