DadLine

Boston Globe reporter Billy Baker joins Mike and J.C. for a conversation about loneliness and friendship, the subject of his upcoming book We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends.

To wrap up Season 1 of DadLine, J.C. and Michael check in with the partners of some of their favorite Dads. Happy Father's Day to all!

Birds in the yard. LEGOs on the table. This week J.C. and Michael make some room to slow down and enjoy these pastoral times.

With summer around the corner, and amateur cooks everywhere getting more practice than they ever expected, J.C. and Michael check in with some of their gentlemen friends on what everyone is cooking up at home right now.

What day is this? Where's my sandwich? J.C. and Michael give in to the weirdness of quarantine time.

The college decision deadline for high school seniors is coming up on May 1st. J.C. and Michael check in with DadLine art director Maria, who took a gap year between high school and college, to find out how it feels to come up to the deadline and choose "none of the above" instead.

J.C. reports in with big news, and the Dads take questions from callers and email.

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Welp, here we are. J.C. and Michael check in with each other from their secure bunkers in undisclosed locations, and talk about how to keep yourself and your family sane during this... unusual moment in time.

Have you coached a sport for your kids that you never played? In this episode J.C. and Michael talk to Scott, a Dad with no prior soccer experience who has helped build a whole soccer club in his region so his kids could play the sport they love.

Kids driving you crazy? Work wearing you down? Consider unwinding with some quality hours devoted to old-timey hobbies like ham radio and model railroads. This episode includes our first-ever podcast interview via amateur radio.