Two dads, one Old Fashioned, and an honest hour.
Pete and Ryan open with the cocktail that started it all, then get into the thing every father recognizes and nobody names: the fast no. The reflex answer you give your kid — not because the answer is no, but because your head is already five steps ahead, and the quickest way to quiet it is to say no.
From there: the Parable of the Talents and what it costs to sit on a gift. What our own dads modeled, the good and the bad. And a real disagreement about AI — whether it takes the entry-level jobs our kids are walking toward, and what you'd actually tell them if they graduated tomorrow.
Nobody has it figured out. That's the show.
CHAPTERS
00:21 Pull up a chair — the Old Fashioned
03:37 Faith: the Parable of the Talents
07:00 Why we restarted DadTails
12:45 The fast no, in full
16:28 Our kids don't need us to be perfect
20:28 AI — and not the fun kind
32:57 What would you tell your kids?
37:18 No job is too small
43:16 Pull up a chair with us
THE POUR
The Old Fashioned. Bourbon or rye, a sugar cube, Angostura, a splash of water. That's all you need. The bar kit we actually use: https://dadtails.com/gear
THE FIELD NOTES
One email a week — the new episode before it's public, and the cocktail from the show: https://dadtails.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Music from #Uppbeat — "Groove Sauce" by Stan Town
DadTails is a personal project — views are our own, not our employers'. Entertainment, not professional advice.
What is DadTails?
Two dads — five years of friendship deep — talking life, family, faith, and business, one drink at a time. Pete Taylor and Ryan Johnson pour a cocktail, get real about raising kids and building work that matters, and run it all through a faith lens. Pull up a chair. DadTails is a personal project — views are our own, not our employers'. Entertainment, not professional advice. As an Amazon Associate, DadTails earns from qualifying purchases.