New York Times personal finance columnist and author Ron Lieber talks to the Modern Dads Podcast about his book, The Opposite of Spoiled, Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money. We talk about what is means to be spoiled and the steps parents can take to avoid spoiling their child. Ron also [...]
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ presents an all-new short called “Frozen Fever.” This short welcomes Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf back to the big screen and will open in theaters on March 13th, in front of Disney’s “Cinderella,” a live-action feature inspired by the classic fairy tale. Take a look at [...]
The 1986 World Series made me a sports fan. The Mets and Red Sox played seven dramatic baseball games, and the seven year old version of me loved every minute of it. My dad was from New Jersey, and my mom was from Boston, and these two teams shaped many [...]
If you listen to the “Nerds, Geeks, Dads” podcast here at Life of Dad you will know that I love playing video games. From the days of playing football and Pac-man on the Atari 2600 with my dad to now video games are a way for me to relax and [...]
The Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) Program is the largest school based father engagement program in the nation with over 4500 schools participating. Today is Ground Hog Day! We will hear from our special guest, Punxatawney Phil about his prediction for the weather for the next 6 weeks. We [...]
The full, unheard morning radio show from the movie Groundhog Day! Followed by an interview with Stephen Tobolowski aka Ned Ryerson. (Yes, we can’t help but re-post this every year.)
We spoke to writer, Black Hockey Jesus, about his journey through writing, addiction and fatherhood.
Timothy Wilson, author of Redirect. Topic: Changing the stories we live by. Issues: Why so many self-help programs, drug use prevention programs; teen pregnancy prevention programs, and crime reduction programs (like “scared straight”), don’t work—and may even do more harm than good; how, by making small changes to the narratives [...]
From Disney comes two-time Oscar® winner Brad Bird’s “Tomorrowland,” a riveting mystery adventure starring Academy Award® winner George Clooney. Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth [...]
Tommy Riles is SUPER excited to talk about his New England Patriots winning Super Bowl XLIX. He and Art Eddy discuss the game, the commericals, and they bring on Emmy-nominated writer and producer, Sascha Paladino. Sascha is the creator and executive producer of Disney Junior’s “Miles from Tomorrowland”, an intergalactic [...]