The Pursuit of Dadliness

A medieval dad, Dan Jones says, must have had a favorite obscure saint; he had a distinct and most ungrounded preference for one particular ale; and he definitely could've shot a longbow a half mile in his youth.

Dad Books rely on the idea of a lone man changing the world, Brandy Jensen says, and we unpack why exactly that's so appealing to the Dad set.

What can we learn about ourselves and our potential from the strongest people in history? Alyssa Ages joins me to talk about it!

Mike Duncan - OG history podcaster and New York Times bestselling author - embodies the spirit of Dadliness.

Allowing yourself a little sports hatred - let's not go overboard - gives the games a little more juice, and it's less potentially ruinous than sports betting.

The Gay Uncle, Sam Sanders says, offers a counterpoint to traditional fatherhood, a glimpse of the kind of freedom that we too often lose.

It's alright if your kids are tussling, says Chad Dundas, but beware if things escalate to a slobberknocker or a donnybrook.

Dad Pro Tip: If you're having pain in a joint or can't move into a range of motion, it's often because the muscles upstream or downstream of that joint need some love and attention.

No matter how much of a special snowflake we might think we are, it behoves us to remember that we all belong to a bunch of different Types of Guy.

Denaturalize the act of going to the gym, which is actually a product of many shifts in how we think about the body, beauty, and the business of fitness.