The Daily Whatever, Jun 11: Fathers and fatherhood with the Opinionated Ogre

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The Daily Whatever, Jun 11: Fathers and fatherhood with the Opinionated Ogre

A pre-Father's Day cathartic sharing of our paternal origin stories...

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Jun 11, 2025

and I knew we wanted to host a pre-Father’s Day Live where we shared stories about our dads. We decided we needed to bring on an amazing father as our guest—and

The Opinionated Ogre

was a top choice.

So we asked him.

He replied yes, and then shared a link. “You might want to read my story first…” he told us.

And… whoa. After reading it, we knew he was the only possible guest for today’s show.

Here are our stories:

We didn’t just want to share our own challenging stories of our fathers. We wanted to talk about how GenX is doing the work to break the generational cycle of trauma for our own kids—for kids everywhere.

I’d like to think today’s episode accomplished this in spades, both thanks to our amazing guest, and also thanks to the overflowing of stories and support from the chat. To everyone who joined us and joined in—from the bottom of our hearts, thank you.

Whatever your relationship to your own father—or to your children, if you’re a dad yourself—we wish you all a Happy Father’s Day weekend. Y’all are such an empathetic, wise crew and you inspire, heal, and delight us every single day.

All our thanks to