I first met Dr. Scott Frey when editing an episode of Choose The Hard Way hosted by Andrew Vontz and was immediately drawn to his story. Scott is an award-winning scientist, mentor, husband, father, and lifelong endurance athlete with over 30 years of experience at the forefront of research on the relationship between the human brain, our thoughts,…

I am really excited to share this conversation with Alex Palmer. And even though we have the same last name and an almost identical accent - we are not related. In this episode, Alex and I talk about what it is like to experience a difficult pregnancy, fertility treatments, miscarriages, IVF and many of the other challenges that can come with tryin…

The fatherhood journey is a team sport. In the midst of striving for balance, recovering from perfection, and finding your own path, how can parents stay present in their experience? In this candid conversation, Travis Macy and Anthony Palmer join forces to reflect on how they navigate the challenges and joys of parenting, while also juggling work …

It has been almost a year - a YEAR! - since our last Wake.Dad.Drink.Repeat. episode dropped and we are kicking things back off with a very special story. This week on the pod, Phillip McCall joins me for a very deep and personal conversation about the journey that he, his wife Erin, and their son Wade have been on since 2021. While Erin was pregnan…

This week on the pod, Palmer is joined by Mike Watts. Mike is a dad to two, has a killer accent and is really good at breathing. Ok - so that sounds a little wild, but its true. Mike is a mater instructor with Oxygen Advantage and a really great guy. In this episode Palmer and Mike chat about: -human performance vs. athlete performance and how they…

This week on the pod Palmer is joined by Barry Bales! Barry is a lot of things, as a musician, he has been the bassist for Alison Krauss and Union Station for 30+ years. He is a songwriter and has played with the likes of Vince Gill, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and more. Oh and he is the winner of 15 Grammy Awards! Barry is a husban…

We are mixing things up a bit this week - and doing a Monday drop! We are doing this because the guest this week is, me! Travis Macy is back on the pod but this time as host. The pod has grown a lot over the last year, and last week's guest (Chris Baddick), had a great idea for me to reintroduce myself to the audience and dive into my fatherhood st…

Don't fear - Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. is back just in time for Father's Day! Chris Baddick joins Palmer this week on the pod for a conversation that focuses on untangling the whirlwind of life - and embracing the lessons learned along the way. Chris is a dad to two young girls, a former professional mountain biker, and a lover of all things outsid…

Ian Boswell “Boz” joins the podcast this week! Ian is a former world tour pro cyclist and a dad to one! Ian may not be on the world tour anymore but he is one hell of a gravel bike racer, he also hosts the Breakfast with Boz Podcast, is a volunteer firefighter, raises chickens, works for Wahoo, and is doing the dad thing! Ian and I caught up just a…

This week on the pod, I am joined by Nick Liermann! Nick is a dad to two, a veteran, a lawyer, the founder of Team Foster, Co-host of the Team CTW Podcast, and an all-around great human. We talk about the creation of Nick’s non-profit, Team Foster, and what that has taught him about fatherhood, his new podcast, blended families, integrity, honesty,…

This week on the pod I’m joined by my buddy Travis Macy! Travis made his first appearance on the pod back in August of 2021 and I am thrilled to have him back! Travis is a dad to two, the host of the Travis Macy Show, an author, endurance coach and just an incredibly genuine human who I feel very lucky to get to call a friend. Travis and I talk abo…

This week on the pod I am joined by Michael Friedberg! Michael is a dad to one, former US Ski Team Member & World Cup athlete, and an incredibly good human. Michael and I talk a lot about the respect, admiration and love we have for our dads on this pod, about his journey as a dad, and about the recent Marshall fire in Boulder, Co. Michael, his wif…

This week on the pod I am joined by JJ Johnson. JJ is a dad to twins, the Chef/Foudner of FIELDTRIP, the co-author of Between Harlem and Heaven, and host of the cooking show - Just Eats with Chef JJ. JJ and I talked a lot about the intersection of food and culture on the pod this week. We dove into how he shares culture through cooking, why he feel…

This week on the pod I am joined by Eric Batty! Eric is a dad to one, a photographer, an adventure athlete and an arborist. Eric is also the brother to Emily Batty, one of my favorite professional mountain bikers. Eric and I have a great time talking about adventure, the balance of letting our kids learn by doing “dangerous” things, the power and i…

This week on the pod I am joined by Andy Pearson. Andy is a dad to two, the VP of Creative Liquid Death Mountain Water, an ultra runner and a man capable of growing a lot of hair. Andy and I dive into a lot on the pod this week! Andy talks about some funny stories from the campaigns he has worked on at Liquid Death (like capturing some of Tony Hawk…

This week on the pod I am joined again by Jason Kander! Jason is a dad to two, the President of Veterans Community Project, the host of the Majority 54 Podcast, and the Co-Author of a new children’s book that he wrote with his son, titled Courage Is. I had a great time connecting with Jason again. We dove into a lot on this episode, but the convers…

This week on the pod we are joined by Chris Blatner. Chris is the Executive Director of Bourbon Charity, a dad to one, a lover of whiskey poured neat, and the host of the Urban Bourbon Hour on his instagram @urbanbourbonist. Chris and I had a great time chatting about bourbon, its history & heritage and how that relates to life and family, how chal…

This week on the pod I am joined by Ted King! Ted is a Professional World Tour bike racer turned professional bike rider, dad to one with a new little on the way in 2022, a founder of UnTapped Maple, and the host of the King of The Ride Podcast. I had a fantastic time chatting with Ted for this episode. We talked about raising kids while living an …

This week on the pod I am joined by Mason Gravley! Mason is a dad to two, the Lead Adventurer at Athletic Brewing Company, and the host of the Adventure Sports Podcast. I really enjoyed getting to chat with Mason on the pod and very much appreciate our mutual friend, Emily Holland, connecting us! Mason and I talked about the joy of sharing stories …

This week on the pod Palmer is joined by Lance Davidson. Lance is a dad to one, and the GM at one of Palmer’s favorite restaurants in Knoxville, The Northshore Brasserie. The holidays are upon us! Lance and Palmer recorded this episode before Thanksgiving and created a very unique holiday episode for you guys this year. They talked about the joys o…

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to one, the 2019 US National Road Race Champion and professional cyclist for EF Education - NIPPO, Alex Howes! Also along for the ride is WDDR Alumni, dad to three, head of medicine for the EF Education Pro Cycling Team and host of the Podium Podcast - Dr. Kevin Sprouse! We talk with Alex about his journey …

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, the founder of Jack Rudy Cocktail Co., and of Leon’s Oyster Shop, Little Jack’s Tavern, Melfi’s all located in Charleston, SC - Brooks Reitz! My conversation with Brooks is full of some great stories about family road trips, the origins of Jack Rudy Cocktail Co., music, the journey of finding balanc…

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, former professional cyclist, olympian, national champion and a founder at WEDŪ - Dylan Casey. Dylan and I covered a lot in this week’s episode. We talked about the joy of sharing cycling with our kids, the importance of failure (and letting our kids see us fail), having a “tribe” to share our suffer…

This week on the pod we are joined by by dad to two, and a man who once consumed an entire pizza while on a run, the “Ultramarathon Man” himself, Dean Karnazes. Also joining this week is WDDR Alumni - Mike Chambers! Mike and I had a great talk with Dean about his new book, “A Runner’s High”, the many stories of fatherhood sprinkled throughout it, u…

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, a habitual podium finisher in ultra marathons and a staunch lover of family and nature - Dominic Grossman. Dominic and I talked about the journey of balancing our priorities as humans (work, training, our relationships, etc) with our priorities as parents, the search for “success”, how adversity can…

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to one, Co-Host/Producer THEMOVE and JB2 with WEDŪ Sports and Lance Armstrong, JB Hager! We get into JB’s journey with his daughter, Raleigh, not just as a 2x Women's Pro Wakesurf World Champion but also about her mental health. This is a very personal and real episode, where JB and I talk about what it is …

This week on the pod we are joined by Dr. Abdul El-Sayed! Abdul is a dad to one, physician, epidemiologist, educator, author, the former Health Director for the City of Detroit, and the host of the Crooked Media Podcast, America Dissected. Abdul and I kicked our conversation off talking about the public health conversation around vaccinating our ch…

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to four, internationally recognized TEDx speaker, personal performance coach, and the host of the Success Through Failure podcast - Jim Harshaw! Jim and I covered a lot on this episode, but we started off by talking about his journey to becoming a TEDx speaker and how failure led him to that. There are a lo…

This week on the pod we are joined by Brent Bookwalter! Brent is a dad to one, founder of the Bookwalter Binge, olympian and professional cyclist for Team BikeExchange. Brent is retiring from professional cycling at the end of this season which made this a perfect time to talk about his life as a Today’s Dad. We talked about what the future looks l…

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, the President and founder of Hámarki Wellness, President of The McKinney Group at Keller Williams, owner of T&T Real Estate Investments and a master on the grill, Travis McKinney! I had a great time talking with Travis about his journey that led him to creating Hámarki, hearing about what sets them …

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to 3, veteran, founder of the nonprofit - Consequence of Habit Inc, and the host of the Consequence of Habit Podcast, JT Frank! I had a great time talking with JT about his podcast and non-profit, Consequence of Habit. But the conversation didn’t stop there, we dove into his personal journey with alcohol an…

This week on the pod we are joined by James Breakwell. James is a dad to four, professional comedy writer whose latest book, How to Be a Man (Whatever That Means): Lessons in Masculinity from a Questionable Source came out in June, and is the mastermind behind the family humor Twitter account @XplodingUnicorn. This is a hilarious conversation with …

This week on the pod we are joined by Travis Macy. Travis is a dad to two, the host of the podcast, the Travis Macy Show, an author, endurance coach, all around badass endurance athlete and a big fan of Burro Racing. We mixed things up this week a bit on the show. We are hosting the first half of the conversation here at Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. A…

This week on the pod we are joined by Eric Bell. Eric is a step dad to two, a former Amateur World Champion in Triathlon and an all around great human. We dive into the many different ways a family can be made up, the practice of not being judgmental, leading a team, how trauma can bring people together and much more. A huge thanks to Eric for join…

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to two, husband, CEO of Skye Bioscience, the Co-founder of YELL Canada and the Author of Catapult: How to Think Like A Corporate Athlete to Strengthen Your Resilience, Punit Dhillon. We had a great time talking with Punit about his journey as a Today’s Dad, how he applies the principles in his book to fathe…

Welcome back to Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. the podcast for Today's Dad! Thats right the show is back and we couldn't be more excited! There have been a few changes as we head into this new season of the show, but one thing that remains the same is the goal of our show, to share fellow Today's Dads stories, laughs, experiences and insights so we can …

This week on the pod we, we are saying thank you! Thank you to all of you for tuning in week after week to hear us and our amazing guests discuss what it means to be a Today’s Dad and thank you to all of our guests for taking time to share their stories with us! While we love our weekly conversations, we also know we talk all the time about balance…

This week on the pod we are joined by Chef Sheldon Simeon! Sheldon is a dad to four, the Chef/Owner of Tin Roof in Maui, the author of the new cookbook “Cook Real Hawai’i”, and was voted fan favorite on season 10 & 14 of Top Chef! But most of all, Sheldon is just a truly kickass human. Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. Alumni, Jeffrey Dealejandro, sat in o…

This week on the pod we are joined by dad to 9 and the first ever Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. guest, Simon Hall! We first interviewed Simon on episode 6, back in the fall of 2019. A lot has changed in his world since then, so we sat down to talk about raising 9 kids as a single dad and his journey as an adoptive and foster parent. We spoke with Simon…

This week on the pod we are joined by WDDR alum, Dr. Ryan Redman! Ryan is a dad to two, a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, and the Director of Emergency Medicine at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. He first joined us on the pod back in 2019 for episode #15 (Raising Kids as an ER Doc.), and later joined us at the start of the pandemic for …

This week on the pod we are joined by two very special guests! Dad to two, Grammy Nominated, multiple Juno Award winning, wind bag songwriter (and the creator of one of the best albums EVER recorded)- Afie Jurvanen (otherwise known as Bahamas) and his Producer, Manager, friend (who has been been nominated for Grammys and Juno Awards for his work) a…

This week on the pod we are joined by Matthew Winner! Matthew is a dad to two, husband, a former teacher and elementary school librarian, the head of Podcasts at A Kids Book About and the host of The Children’s Book Podcast! We had a great time with Matthew this week! He shared all about the new “A Kids Book About: The Podcast”, his experience work…

Welcome to the March 2021 Rickhouse. The home of the ever maturing Today’s Dad definition! The goal of Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. is to “define Today’s Dad”...we do this by asking our guest to share their definition at the top of every show. We store these definitions week after week on our podcasts, YouTube channel, in our RICKHOUSE on our website,…

This week on the pod we are joined by David Spitz. David is a dad to three, a husband, Owner and CEO of California Strength, lifelong coach and (in his own words) “former athlete - turned fat guy - turned fit guy”. We had a great chat with David about his life as a Today’s Dad, his journey to creating Cal Strength and his own personal journey back …

This week on the pod we are joined by Coach Jonathan Cane! Jonathan is a dad to 9 year old Simon, a husband, the Co-founder and Head Coach of City Coach in NYC and a true Today’s Dad! There were some great take-aways on the pod this week starting with Joanathan’s Today’s Dad definition that said a Today’s Dad is like a “human Swiss Army Knife”. We …

This week on the pod we are joined by Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. Alumni, Erick Baker! For those that missed our first episode with Erick, he is a dad, husband Singer Songwriter, a master storyteller and a new children's book author! Erick joined us to talk about his new book, Willie The Weed! Erick has written “an inspiring children’s book that cele…

This week on the pod we are joined by Dr. Allen Rigell! Allen is a dad to one, a husband, an Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist and Palmer’s Psychiatrist. We had Allen on the pod to discuss mental health for dads and men and really had a great conversation! Allen’s Today’s Dad definition was all about the different hurdles that come with all the differe…

Welcome to the February 2021 Rickhouse. The home of the ever maturing Today’s Dad definition! The goal of Wake. Dad. Drink. Repeat. is to “define Today’s Dad”...we do this by asking our guest to share their definition at the top of every show. We store these definitions week after week on our podcasts, YouTube channel, in our RICKHOUSE on our websi…

This week on the pod we are joined by WDDR Alum, dad to one, husband, host of the 30 Years Later Podcast and journalist who has been recently writing for Vox about parenting, the hilarious - Chris Chafin. Last time Chris was on the pod with us was June of 2020 for Episode 49. We talked about his article he had recently written for Vox about four di…

This week on the pod we are joined by husband, dad, fantasy football league champion, and the Director of Marketing & eCommerce at PowerDot, Chase Novelich. We covered a lot on the pod this week from having kids at a young age to Pokemon, dirt bikes, virtual learning, the bond between father and son, trust and PowerDot. Chase gave us a great Toady’…