Alex invites Audie Norman, an up and coming artist, cartoonist, and illustrator to share his experience as a stay at home dad. Audie talks about postponing his art career to pursue camp ministry, which ultimately led him to meet his wife. He also talks about being a stay at home dad and pursuing his art career.
Alex invites content creator, podcaster, and video game coach, Kyle Fergusson, to the show to talk about his new experience as a father! Kyle talks about the long and arduous experience his wife, Kristen, went through during labor. He also talks about how gaming has changed since becoming a father. And finally, he shares his hopes for his son, Flynn, as he gets older.
Alex invites a contestant from Season 2 of America's Next Top Podcaster, Drew, to share his experience as a father of 2 young children. He and drew have a lively conversation about the way he avoids bringing up his children's names on the internet, the interesting way...
Alex invites Marc Spagnuolo of The Wood Whisperer to share his story. Marc is a full time content creator, video producer, and wood worker. He’s also a dad who has a lot of great wisdom to share! They talk about the power of being an entrepreneur and being able to put your business on pause to spend time with family, how he dealt with the traumatic birth of his 2 children, and how he’s mending wounds from his own upbringing.
Alex invites a fellow member of the podcasting group known as The Tadpool to join him on this week’s episode. Gary talks about his daughter’s diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome, how he might be on the spectrum himself, and what it means to embrace people like him who feel that they are social outcasts.
Alex invites fellow content creator and podcaster, Brian Dunaway, on to talk about his journey from parent of 3 to an almost empty nester. He also shares some important bits of information about how you can engage with your kids about the video games they’re into and help them cope with the inevitability of online bullying. And, of course, since Brian Dunaway is on the show, he and Alex get a little nostalgic about video games.
Alex welcomes Geoff Blough back to the show to share some exciting news. Geoff and Holly are pregnant! But it wasn’t an easy road for them. Geoff shares how he and Holly overcame some tremendous hurdles to get to where they are today.
Alex interviews veteran podcaster and music aficionado, Brian Ibbott. Brian brings a lot of great wisdom and thoughts on how you can connect with your kids in a genuine way. He and Alex also talk about the exciting plans for Season 2 of America’s Next Top Podcaster.
Stephen Schleicher of Major Spoilers (www.majorspoilers.com) joins the conversation to talk about his perspective on fatherhood! They talk about why Stephen withholds certain information about his family from his public audience, how he embraces what his kids are into, and how he finds balance in his workday to spend time with his family.