Episodes on Parenting

Staying in the next generations’ lives, and getting better at it.

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If you have ever gone short with the people trying to help you the moment things got too heavy, you already know this feeling.

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Nobody hands you a job description when you become a grandfather.

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You have never tested your balance, your flexibility or your reaction time, so you do not know which one is already the weak link.

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You ticked every box you were told to tick, and somewhere along the way you started carrying something you have never said out loud.

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If you have been outworking something you have never told anyone, you already know how well that holds.

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Pod O’Sullivan brings you real and candid conversations with experts, celebrities and ordinary men about navigating midlife every week.

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"Think about your role as an elder. We have a wisdom, we've got knowledge and experience that young people are gonna need."

—Melissa Richardson
"But if we don't do it, then we end up passing it on. The best thing a man can do for his children is to deal with himself."

—Dan Foster
"They just want you to be present. They just want you to be their dad."

—James Elliott
"It was about creating third spaces, new spaces, where we could just be father and sons together without all those reminders."

—Stephen Keys
"They're looking for elders. They're looking for older men to sit with them and say, listen, this is how life is."

—Dan Foster

"Think about your role as an elder. We have a wisdom, we've got knowledge and experience that young people are gonna need."