The Modern Dads Podcast

Dr. Jed Diamond, MenAlive Founder and Author, shares the latest research on men's mental health, highlighting the gendered nature of depression. The podcast explores Movember's significance in raising awareness for men's health. The discussion delves into the emerging field of gender-specific medicine and the importance of seeking support for mental health issues.

Stew Friedman, Wharton Professor and author of Baby Bust, discusses the decline in men planning to have children, challenges faced by new dads, reasons for choosing not to have children, and the importance of open communication and alignment of values for couples trying to balance career, work, and family.

Renowned education critic, Alfie Kohn, joins this episode to debunk myths in parenting and education. Topics include questioning standardized tests, the Common Core Standards, international rankings, and the need for a national curriculum. Mr. Kohn also previews his upcoming book on overindulgence and overparenting.

In this episode, we continue our discussion about raising children in the digital age with our guest, Amy Lupold Bair, founder of Resourceful Mommy Media and author of Raising Digital Families for Dummies. Amy shares ideas for proactive communication with our children about cyber bullying, sexting, and social media apps and also gives suggestions for ways to bring the conversation to our schools and communities.

In this episode, we talk about a subject that is keeping parents up at night, kids and technology. We talk to technology expert, entrepreneur, and Dad Labs Co-Founder, Clay Nichols about a realistic approach to kids using technology and social networks. We also talk to Clay about his latest initiative, LookOut Social, an online education and monitoring tool for parents to collaborate with their children to build a safe-online presence.

It's summer time! We talk to Dad's Book of Awesome Projects author Mike Adamick and Cool Mom Picks Founder Kristin Chase about some low-tech projects and high-tech apps that will set us up for a fun, creative, and relaxed summer with the kids. We also talk about the dastardly framed, but ultimately interesting NYT Room for Debate discussion about the necessity of dads.

  In this episode, we talk to super blogger and author Asha Dornfest about her latest book, Minimalist Parenting, Enjoy Life More By Doing Less. We talk about several tools and strategies for managing time, de-cluttering our homes, simplifying mealtimes, streamlining recreation, and prioritizing time for ourselves and our relationships. We also talk about dads dealing with depression in the aftermath of the suicide of dad and blogger Marc Block.

In this episode, we talk about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's new book, Lean In. The book has been widely seen as a call to action for women, but we discuss the lessons for men and dads. We're joined by award-winning author, speaker, and TV personality Jim Higley who shares his story of being a single father, a cancer survivor, and advocate for men's health awareness.