In this episode, Dadhouse Teams Up with Sam Mellinger the Kansas City Royals VP of Communications. Not only that, but we also get a chance to talk about our last Man Weekend, a time of the year were we leave it all behind and reconnect with our friends. This year we stopped by a brewery on the way. Grab your favorite craft beer and enjoy this week’s episode. 

Right off the bat (0.54) Mick has technical problems. This has become a tradition at this point. But Mick is a trooper and comes back on. This brings us to our first question of the day (2.35): Do you parent genders differently, especially if you only have one gender? It’s an interesting discussion as the dads do a deep dive. Next up (5.47) is the Mike’s Intro Challenge. Which household chore do you hate to do the most? The dads are all over the place, but laundry will always make the list. 

And today we are proud to make a special announcement! (11:39) Dadhouse Podcast is proud to have our YouTube channel up. We’ll do a live record of many of our episodes and put them up if you want to follow along. Unedited and raw, which makes this sound way sexier than it’s meant. 

Now onto Man Weekend (14:35) and why we go. Jake gives a totally great reason that doesn’t sound rehearsed at all. We also stopped by the Levi Garrison and Sons Brewery which was a blast. Next up is Housekeeping (33:01)

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One of the great things we’ve done over the last year is to introduce advice from other fathers. We continue that here (36:15) with DadCon Dad Advice.

Sam Mellinger is the current VP of communications with the Kansas City Royals. His 21-year career has ranged from high school sports to the World Series, and the Super Bowl. He began as a newspaper reporter and columnist for the Kansas City Star before making the change to the Royals. The father of two boys, we are proud to have him on our show. 

Sam begins (47:00) by talking about making the change in his career while realizing how it would affect his wife and kids. But he also looks forward (51:14) to creating those lifelong memories that every father needs. Mick asks a great question (53:55) about how we balance the heroes and role models of our children when the person might not be kind in person. It’s the question of whether can we separate the art from the artist. Finally (1:11:20) we get into the Dadhouse Five—Let’s check your dadness!

Thanks for stopping by Sam and sharing your experience with us!