In this episode of The Imperfect Dads Podcast, I talk with Ray about fatherhood, parenting, music, podcasting, and finding your identity as a dad. We talk about choosing to have one child, the reasoning behind having one kid, Ray’s relationship with his own dad, and how becoming a father has shaped the way he sees himself.

We also dive into Ray’s love of vinyl records and obscure music scenes, his experience managing bands, his career in podcasting, and giving his son a family name. We share plenty of stories about independent music, parenting, and the ways our interests and identities change as we become dads.

Ray also talks about his new book, 100 Words or Less: Interviews from Independent Culture, which collects interviews and conversations from the independent music and culture world.

00 Words or Less: Interviews from Independent Culture was released October 23rd and is available through Iodine Records.

Topics include fatherhood, parenting, dads, having one child, family, music, vinyl records, independent music, obscure music scenes, managing bands, podcasting, fatherhood identity, and independent culture.

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On this episode of The Imperfect Dads Podcast, I talk with comedian Jay Wells L’Ecuyer, who you might know from his funny dad reels on social media or his writing for The Hard Times.

We talk about fatherhood, comedy, getting older, and the strange new ways your body starts to hurt as you age. Jay shares how becoming a dad changed his approach to comedy, including the transition from shock humor to dad humor, and what inspired him to start making comedy reels about parenting and being a dad.

We also talk about having a child during the pandemic, movies we would never let our kids watch, improv comedy groups, Jay’s love of metal music, and how becoming a parent can help you understand yourself better.

Topics include fatherhood, parenting, dad humor, dad comedy, parenting comedy, social media comedy, comedians, improv, metal music, becoming a parent during the pandemic, and the realities of getting older.

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On this episode of The Imperfect Dads Podcast, I talk with Sean McCorkle from the band Morella’s Forest about fatherhood, music, creativity, and figuring out what comes next in life.

Sean is a stepdad to two kids who are now old enough to be on their own, and we talk about how those relationships change as children grow into adults. We also talk about Sean’s journey from playing music to becoming a barber, how the COVID-19 pandemic affected his career cutting hair, and how he continues to find creativity and self-expression through his work.

We dive into our shared love of music, the importance of challenging yourself, figuring out your next creative project, producing an album for the first time, and Sean’s time playing in Morella’s Forest.

Topics include fatherhood, stepfatherhood, parenting older kids, adult children, music, independent music, Morella’s Forest, creativity, barbering, cutting hair, career changes, COVID-19, producing music, and finding your identity through creative work.

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In this episode we we have on Chris Ballew of Caspar Babypants and The Presidents of the United States of America

We talked about learning to listen to your body, making 19 kids albums as Caspar Babypants, what made him start making kids music, having adult kids, valuing empathy and curiosity, childhood wonder influencing life, recording music at home, learning how he creates the best, his time with the presidents of the United States of America , and reflecting on his legacy of making music for a career.

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• On this episode we have on Rick Robles who does voice overs for TV and film, music and created the kids show Shoebiters.

We talk about his need to better about the family calendar, finding ways to recent during the day, doing voice overs and how he get started in the business, being an older dad, helping kids regulate when you need to regulate yourself, being better about sleep schedules and routines, balancing marriage, fatherhood and career, staying professional on a session when a kid walks into the studio, and his show Shoebitters. How he got it started, doing the music and all the things for it!

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In this episode I talk to Ken Newman, musician, advocate, and founder of Blanket the Homeless.

Ken tells me the story of adopting his son, the ways he learned to advocate for his son, his current relationship with son, and lots of story of being a dad.

A lot of this episode is Ken being extremely honest about the love and emotion and depth he has found from being a dad. From the stories he’s learned about other people’s lives, to learning to accept love, to being in awe of his son. Ken was really honest about all the journey of accepting and expressing love he’s discovered through fatherhood.

He’s also quite a story teller. So get ready for it.

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On this episode we talk to Craig Turner from the band Dadhats.

We talk about taking kids to water parks, watching your kids go down water slides, working as a teacher, going to law school in St Louis, going from lawyer life to dad life, his band Dadhats, studio vs live performance, doing mini tours, playing Jortsfest and Midwest Friend Fest, and dance parties with your kids.

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On this episode we have on author and musician Pierce Freelon,

We talked about kids getting older, figuring out if they’re going to college, historically black colleges, state of education for kids, not paying for baby sitters anymore, his creation of children’s music, male initiation rites, the importance of initiation rites, modern masculinity, and his new album Black Boy Glow.

You can find the new album everywhere you stream musical and visit piercefreelon.com to find his books and other creative adventures!

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