Joshua David Stein speaks to USC comedy professor, film director, and master of funny Barnet Kellman about what makes kids laugh and how to get those giggles without undermining paternal authority or scaring anyone. Looking for other means of entertaining his kids, Joshua then calls Allan Kronzek, author of "Grandpa Magic," and almost destroys his septum trying to make a straw disappear into his nose.

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Joshua David Stein and co-host Krishna Andavolu chat about the difficulties of establishing a healthy life-work balance with author and commentator Amy Westervelt, who drops some truth bombs about what it means to do unpaid labor and the barriers to happiness in corporatized America.

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Joshua David Stein chats with Tracy Wilson, host of the podcast 'Stuff You Missed in History Class,' about what actually went down in 1621 and David Weeden, tribal historian of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, about his family celebrates Thanksgiving (spoiler: cautiously).

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Joshua David Stein is joined by Viceland reporter Krishna Andavolu to talk about managing exhaustion, going home to see a legendary kid-rock icon in concert, and following the migrant caravan through Mexico. Then Joshua talks to fellow father Björn Ahlander, captain of the world's largest operational Viking ship, about how to be a little bit tougher and a lot bit more Swedish.

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Season Three of The Fatherly Podcast, with Joshua David Stein and Krishna Andavolu, starts August 15th!

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This week’s guest, Maz Jobrani, appears on CBS’ Superior Donuts and on his own Netflix standup special, Immigrant. As the father of two young children and one of the few Iranian-Americans on television, Jobrani consciously turns down terrorist roles...much to the dismay of Chuck Norris. Join us as Maz discusses bringing up his kids, his own father (“He reminded me of Vito Corleone”) and the right way to do ethnic humor. 

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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz stops by to discuss the recent release of his first children’s book, Islandborn, but ends up opening up about why he’ll never be a father himself. Later on, Fatherly’s science editor, Josh Krisch, stops by to discuss at what age children develop thoughts on race. 

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The legendary heavy, Robert Patrick, rose to fame as T-1000 in Terminator 2. But the Georgia-raised son of an engineer has had a long and colorful knockabout life. He also has a son and a daughter and many, many thoughts about raising children. Also, Josh Krisch, our Science Editor, drops some science on why a gravelly voice like Patrick’s is so damn trustworthy.

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Author and host of CNN's "The Van Jones Show," Van Jones swings by to discuss how to fight with your friends (nicely), how to fight with your enemies (even more nicely), and whether white kids should dress up as "Black Panther" hero T'challa. Later, Fatherly's Science Editor Josh Krisch stops by to discuss how to teach trauma to a kid without traumatizing them. 

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Glenn Beck, conservative host of the Glenn Beck Program and long time provocateur, has made a career of lighting fires. Now he's on a mission to extinguish a few. Fatherly host Joshua David Stein and Beck talk about his newfound moderation, wrestling with his family history and raising four kids of his own.

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