In this outdoorsy and wet episode, guest Beau Miles talks with Hamish about risk taking, learning on the job, and improving as dads. They reflect on the shift from solitary adventures to shared experiences with their families. They discuss the beauty of finding animal bones and the simplicity of adventure. They also emphasize the importance of not taking themselves too seriously and finding joy in simple activities.

In this podcast, Hamish Blake chats with Scott Cam, the host of The Block and a dad of three. They discuss the importance of creating lasting memories for children, parenting values and work ethic, creating and maintaining rituals and traditions, overcoming fear and encouraging growth, showing love and support for family, and gratitude for Scotty's wisdom and funny car tips.

Eddie Betts, an AFL player, discusses his dadding skills and community support. He is a role model to thousands and advocates for indigenous youth. Eddie's parenting journey, sibling support, instilling qualities in kids, challenges of responsibility, and creating a community are the interesting topics of this podcast.

Christian O'Connell, a legendary radio broadcaster, shares insights on parenting including the importance of being a witness to teenagers, empowering children, and connecting through open conversations. Reflecting on fatherhood, he emphasizes the value of prioritizing certain aspects of life and enjoying the journey of parenting.

Tim Minchin, creator of diverse and groundbreaking work, shares his 17 years of dadding experiences and learnings. Topics include shepherding kids instead of controlling them, neurodiversity and ASD, applying reason and logic to parenting, and the importance of unconditional love. They also discuss maintaining connection with growing children, work-life balance, and reflecting on and adapting parenting styles.

Former teacher and assistant principal, Rac, shares crazy stories and insights gained from helping kids. Topics include building trust with kids, supporting them through difficult moments, and an all-time great dadding story.

Joe Brumm, creator of Bluey & Bandit Healer, shares insights into parenting young children, the theory of play, and his own father's unique parenting methods in outback Queensland in the '80s. They discuss the importance of being a role model, positive interactions, family traditions, and creating special moments for kids. The hosts express gratitude to Joe and thank their sponsor, Hertz, for their support.

We’ve finally got our act together, and we’re back, baby! Episode 1 of Season 2 drops next Friday, 25th August. But while we get the finishing touches on a few things, here is a little taste of what’s to come in Season 2. Spoiler: It’s chock full of wonderful dads, and as an extra special treat, one mega expert mum. Next week, episode 1 kicks off with our #1 requested dad… Joe Brumm, the creator of perhaps Australia’s greatest dad, Bandit Healer, and his amazing and inexhaustible daughters Bluey and Bingo. Joe is the best, so make sure you subscribe so the episode comes to you as soon as it’s out. Thanks as always to our amazing guests who generously give up their time and gift their hard earned wisdom to us. And thanks to you all for listening! We’re very excited for another season! You can contact us at howotherdadsdad.com Xx Hame and TimSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a double rule breaking season finale, Hamish goes over his 1 hour & 3 minute episode time limit AND talks to an expert! Our special guest is Dr Billy Garvey, a Behavioural Paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital (Melbourne) and leading expert on childhood development. (And he’s also a dad). As a wonderful surprise to us, it turns out Dr. Billy has listened to some of the podcast (which made Hamish blush) and upon Hames getting in touch with Billy, he told us something really interesting… that heaps of stuff our guest dads were stumbling across or bringing up anecdotally, actually had some scientific evidence behind it. So we thought it might be really great to revisit some excerpts from previous episodes where our dads have dropped nuggets of gold and get Billy to explain the literal neuroscience behind it, describe why it’s great for our kids and help us all understand how small actions from us as parents can have outsized effects on our kids, now and for the rest of their lives. That’s worth going over an hour for, surely?! Billy talks plainly and passionately about this subject and really, really knows his stuff.  Although, as the father of an 18 month old, he is also the first to admit that he’s still learning some tough practical lessons everyday.  We are so thankful to Billy for taking the time to listen to previous shows and sit down with Hame, and we think you’ll all agree what he chats about is both inspiring and practically very useful. Billy has his very own podcast called Pop Culture Parenting which you can find HERE.  Check it out, it’s great! And that’s the season. Thanks for listening! The messages you have sent in have been inspiring, informative, heartbreaking and some are just plain hilarious.  But the universal element is that everyone is trying to do better, by their own kids, by their parents, by their grandkids.  And it seems, thanks to our guests, this show has perhaps inspired some small actions that might lead to this.  So thanks for being part of the How Other Dads Dad community.  We really appreciate it and will do our best to get another season out later this year sometime. Big thanks also to Tom, Tey & Darce. And to all the Mums! You can write to us at howotherdadsdad.com Xx Hame and Tim.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Decorated soldier, Mark Donaldson VC kindly joins Hame on the HODD couch to share tales from his dadding journey so far. Mark shares his experience of trying to be available to his kids and playing and existing in their world, even if he’d just returned from a deployment.  The guys discuss the idea that all kids have “their version of trying” and the challenges of not projecting our own standards onto them (that we have probably only come to appreciate and understand in adulthood!). They finish off by discussing the power of adventure in creating memories and the benefit of getting kids into nature to build resilience and problem solving skills. Mark is a man that probably subscribes to the mantra “Deeds, Not Words” and is never one to blow his own bugle. But as Australia’s first Victoria Cross recipient for over 40 years, he found himself in a unique position of notoriety and influence.   If you don’t know much about Mark, Hame does a lightning fast bio in the intro, quickly touching on his military record and also that he lost both his own parents at a young age. Big thanks to Dono for sharing his stories with us and opening up about some really personal stuff. As always - thanks to you guys for listening - There is just one more episode to come in Season 1 - and it’s a special edition ripper - make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out! Drop us a line at howotherdadsdad.com Thanks again!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.