The TwoDads Podcast

For ninety episodes the two of us have sat at this table and told you stories about our lives. The people who actually live those stories have never had a microphone until now. Bill’s wife Hali and my fiancée Natascha are at the table, and they finally get to share their side of what it’s like being with the two of us. Mercer County even got to send in some questions.

Dakota Magoto was just a number at her job, so she quit and bet on herself. Three years later it’s Dakota’s Sweet Treats, a real company with her name on it. She sat down in a cupcake costume to tell us what it actually took, next to an astronaut who swears we never went to the moon.

Scott Hogenkamp is a fifth-generation funeral director with Hogenkamp Funeral Homes in Minster, Coldwater, St. Henry and Russia. He sits down with us to talk about what actually happens when someone dies, who to call, how to plan ahead, and what 150 years of walking Mercer County families through their worst day teaches you about living.

Chad and Brooke from the Celina Moose Lodge 1473 pull up a chair to talk about what the Moose really does for our community and where the money actually goes. Turns out it’s a whole lot more than the local watering hole.

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Gary Cooper of Cooper Farms stops by to talk about the family business that started with his grandma's egg money in Oakwood back in 1938 and grew into one of the largest turkey and egg producers in the country.

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Levi Jones, General Manager of Eldora Speedway, sits down with us for two hours of racing, Tony Stewart, and what it takes to keep the World's Greatest Dirt Track growing in the middle of a cornfield.

Spank also pulls up a chair, which means a race made entirely of famous Tonys and a 2028 wish list Levi had to rule on one idea at a time.

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Two women in Celina turned a garage in Coldwater into a line down the street, and they did it with candles.

Angie and Ashley of Blended Collective Co. sit down with Bill and Mitch to talk about the day it started in a kitchen, why people wait hours for a candle drop, running a business as women in Mercer County, and the bread scent that cost them $1,500.

Plus we build a candle company with $100, and the girls play Scent It or Send It. Holiday Launch is November 5th.

Mike Gast is the varsity baseball coach at St. Henry, and this week we barely talk baseball. He visits dead presidents' graves, and we had to know why. We draft the fattest coaches in sports history. Then we get into the leadership class he just built at St. Henry and why he thinks leadership needs to get taught. If you run a crew, a business, or a family, there's something in here for you.

Mike Supeck has never met a stranger, and it built him a career. The Managing Director of the ⁠Ohio Angel Collective⁠ joins the dads to break down how a network actually gets built, why who you know changes everything, and what angel investing looks like in Ohio. Plus the Mount Rushmore of packed lunch snacks gets carved.

A coffee trailer built by hand in their own driveway. Derek and Micah Pease of The Hive Coffee Co sit down with the dads to talk about what it actually takes to bet on yourself.

The build, the business, and the why behind it all. Plus Family Feud, drinks invented on the spot, and a finale that forces two coffee people to choose between coffee and everything else they love. Grab a cup. Episode 81.