Nick Firchau, Host of the Paternal Podcast

This week’s guest is Nick Firchau, producer & host of Paternal, a podcast that explores & shares new paths to fatherhood. Nick, Amy & John consider the consequence of not having a positive paternal figure in man’s life & how those models are passed down to their own parenting. Amy shares her experience growing up with 13 siblings, the differences between her mothers & fathers parenting workload & how her relationship with her father changed after puberty. They discuss the normalization of therapy, the power of putting ego aside & why the goal of Paternal is to make better, less toxic people.  We open the show with Amy’s childhood experience of playing basketball with her brothers & how her shirtless mimicry got her in confusing trouble. Are our dreams death premonitions? Amy shares her dreams prior to both her siblings deaths & John recounts his dreams following his mother, father & sisters death.  This week’s featured music is by Blushing from their newest record Possessions on Kanine Records. Theme music by Michael Lerner. Listen to more podcasts at Ruinous Media  As always, John & Amy remind us that We’re Not Alone. The DR & The DJ Join Dr. Amy’s community and get her libido boosting recipes and more midlife health tips at Craft & Clinic. Get on John’s Record Club List for all the best vinyl recommendations and community events.