827 - It Takes a Village

• Sponsor shout to My Eternal Vitality and testosterone therapy
• Tom starts a nutrition plan with Rebecca at Eternal Vitality
• Andrea’s success with hormone balancing and weight loss
• Praise for Dr. Powers’ scientific, non-sales approach
• How nutrition and hormones affect physical and mental health
• Andrea fits into an old dress—confidence boost moment
• Rause joins, says he’s having a great morning
• Rare honesty when people say they’re doing great
• Suspicion and overthinking around “good day” comments
• Rause loves being at the studio and seeing his wife game
• His wife plays Pallia, a cozy farming sim
• Tom jokes he never shares hobbies with his wife
• Tom once deleted her Smurf Village in a fight
• Emotional ties to sim games like Animal Crossing
• Chat room reacts hard to Tom’s deletion story
• Viewer shares divorce story tied to game addiction
• Dan admits deleting Andrea’s Smurf Village during Christmas
• Andrea confirms, says Dan was jealous of her village
• She found it freeing to be rid of the daily upkeep
• Dan jokes about being emotionally immature and horny
• Rause reflects on his first Father’s Day
• Dads get odd crafts—hand turkeys, glitter messes
• School-made gifts feel impersonal due to mass production
• Tom warns not to fall for the “just family time” trap
• His own Father’s Day involved bourbon and golf
• Should dads get blackout drunk on their day?
• Hasselhoff burger and Alec Baldwin voicemail as wild dad content
• Andrea once dreamt Dan cheated—real-life tension
• Tom pantsed Andrea in Home Depot as a “joke”
• Dan attended niece Becca’s recital—she plays euphonium
• Praise for “superior” band competition ratings
• Tom and Dan reminisce about middle school band
• Dan’s kids chose sports over music
• Talk of instruments parents dread their kids playing
• Dan started on accordion, then flute, then drums
• School concerts include multiple levels of bands
• Middle school band kids surprisingly well-behaved
• Band and theater teachers praised for passion
• Reflections on teachers’ lasting emotional impact
• Jack Bradshaw says high school is most influential
• Ages 13–20 shape music/media tastes
• Some teachers leave a mark—good or bad
• Rause reads a chat about a humiliating teacher
• Andrea’s niece Becca is now taller than Dan
• Watching kids grow as a brutal time reminder
• Celestial metaphor for growth and time perception
• Dan’s “baby games” and joy around kids
• First four months of parenting were brutally hard
• Parenting becomes more rewarding over time
• Song break: “Prop House – Jeff Buckley”
• Hollerbach’s ad for Kinder Nights and bingo Tuesdays
• Ross intros himself as comic, writer, b-boy
• Ross and Dan riff on b-boy names like T Morrow
• Antonio Brown charged with attempted murder in Little Haiti
• Gunfire at celeb boxing event, claims of being jumped
• Hiding contraband during police stops—weed stories
• Destroying radio tapes to cover swearing
• Found lost vape on golf course after a month
• Talk about spouses always finding lost stuff
• Weed can sometimes boost memory or focus
• Weed as chore motivation—laundry, editing, etc.
• Athletes using weed or microdosing for performance
• Ross loves mushrooms, prefers outdoor controlled trips
• Dan and Ross joke about tripping during hosting gigs
• Hosting Orlando City matches caused nerves and sweat
• Rause once hosted after 8 beers
• Showed up high by accident—Dan had to jump in
• Hiding inebriation during live events
• Dan trying to cut back on weekday drinking
• Alcohol and creative output—does it help or hurt?
• Jim Phillips on