AI says this episode is about: Food addictions, spirituality, fasting and integrated health. Understanding and managing our dark side. Healthy outlets for dark emotions. The spiritual impact of horror movies. A Musical Debate: Billy Joel vs. musical taste.

The boys discuss: farm life, holidays with family, childhood food addiction, parenting challenges, the risk of sports, why we don't like team sports, public school vs. Catholic school vs. home school, and faith in the family.

AI says this episode is about:

The passage of time and parenthood, married life combined with asceticism, resting on the Sabbath, movies and their emotional impact, the gift of Jelly, "Vasectomy Stories: A Dinner Table Conversation", confronting social norms and Bluetooth the Viking King.

The Bearded Boys talk about being boys, men, and dads. Fishing trips with nude lake bathing, crappy work trips to Canada (eh?), toxic masculinity, foster parenting, manly fitness goals and why Audiobooks are superior (or not).

In this episode the boys wax rhapsodic about video games, 90's culture, Pepsi challenges, first-time cigar smoking and the ethics around medicinal marijuana.

We made a point to record an episode on the day of the election but did not actually talk about the election or politics. Hope you like theoretical math and fantasy novels...

In episode one the boys talk about stuff. It's a warm-up. Hope you enjoy.