ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Father Talks is where the locker room, barbershop, and late-night kitchen table come together. Men show up for honest, unfiltered conversations about fatherhood, relationships, sex, sports, money, mental health, purpose, and the pressure of everyday life. With straight-up humor, hard-earned wisdom, and no pretending, each episode gives fathers, sons, brothers, and men from every walk of life room to speak, listen, grow, heal, and lead. Nothing is off-limits when the goal is stronger men, healthier relationships, and lasting family legacies.
Real Men. Real Conversations. Real Life.
Real Men. Real Conversations. Real Life.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
49 minutes
English
United States
64 episodes
since Sept. 28, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
What conversations should fathers have with their teenagers about sexuality? In this episode of Father Talks, Mike D. sits down with Janet Rosenzweig to explore how parents can talk about sexual development with honesty, clarity, and care. Janet explains why a body’s physical response isn’t a decis…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
David Godshall: From Trauma to Inner Calm
In this episode of Father Talks, David Godshall shares how experiences in military service, trauma, and years of keeping his emotions bottled up led him on a search for peace. He reflects on the pressure to push through pain, the ways unresolved trauma can …
After career-ending injuries, divorce, and the weight of trauma, former U.S. Navy veteran and police officer Tim Silva had to find a new way forward.
On this episode of Father Talks, Tim joins Mike D. to share how fitness helped him rebuild his life, regain direction, and rethink what matters most.…
How do you keep showing up as a parent when grief changes the future you imagined?
In this episode of Father Talks, Michael Darden sits down with Jen Santaniello, who was 36 and expecting her third child when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. He died within five months. Jen shares what it was …
On this episode of Father Talks, Michael Darden sits down with Pesa Shayo to talk about presenting a united front in marriage and parenting. Pesa explains how children can sense when their parents aren’t on the same page—and why honest conversations behind closed doors help families make decisions …
FATHER TALKS
Mark Stackpole opens his heart about his daughter Corinne, who died from leukemia at 22 after an 11-month fight. He reflects on the grief his family continues to carry, the love that holds them together, and the stories, laughter, and memories that keep Corinne close.
This is a tender …
What helps a relationship stay strong when life, expectations, and past experiences put it under pressure?
In this episode of Father Talks, Michael Darden and Eric Williams explore how military experience, childhood influences, and societal expectations can shape the way men and women communicate a…
In this powerful episode of Father Talks, Michael Darden explores the hidden risks and realities of marijuana legalization with Sue Homola and Dr. Raymond Wiggins.
Sue Homola is the co-author of The Blunt Truth: Ten Things Every Parent Needs to Know About Marijuana. A former New Hampshire State Rep…
Melissa Smith discusses how parents can raise motivated, resilient, and independent children. Drawing from her upcoming book, Capable and Checked Out, she explains how environment, responsibility, natural consequences, and earned autonomy shape a child’s development.
Melissa also explores the diffe…
SEASON 2 PREMIERE — EPISODE 51
In the Season 2 premiere of Father Talks, Al DiPrima shares his powerful journey through law enforcement, police trauma, alcohol addiction, recovery, mental health, and fatherhood.
Al opens up about the pressure men face to hide their pain, how untreated trauma affect…
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