The Unhinged Father
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They Called My Parental Leave a Vacation. Let Me Tell You What It…
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Welcome to The Unhinged Father — also known as TUF — a podcast for anyone who loves their kids but isn’t going to pretend it’s easy. And honestly, even if you don’t have kids, stick around — because this show is really about something bigger than parenting.
I’m Robbie. Dad of three, husband, and someone who figured out that the best way to get through the chaos of modern life is to stop pretending you have it together and start talking honestly about what it actually looks like. Every week I bring real, unfiltered conversations on fatherhood, parenting, mental health, personal development, masculinity, relationships, and the everyday grind of trying to be a better man and a better human in a world that makes that harder than it should be.
No highlight reels. No perfect parent BS. Just honest talk from someone figuring it out right alongside you.
TUF covers the topics most podcasts are too polished to touch — mental health, self-improvement, work-life balance, emotional regulation, modern masculinity, relationships, discipline, screen time, societal expectations, and what it means to keep growing when the world feels increasingly unhinged itself.
Whether you’re a parent in the trenches, someone navigating the pressures of modern life, or anyone who’s just tired of toxic positivity and highlight reels — this is your show.
New episodes every week. Come for the honesty, stay for the occasional chaos.
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- They Called My Parental Leave a Vacation. Let Me Tell You What It Actually Was. · 13 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 9Five months. No goodbye episode, no explanation — just gone. If you're still here, that means something, and Robbie appreciates it more than he's going to admit. He's back, and…
- I Spent Years Thinking I Was Just Stressed. Turns Out I Was Struggling — and I Had No Idea How to Ask for Help. · 27 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 8One in eight men globally report mental health disorders. Seventy percent will avoid seeking help entirely. Only one in four men who admit to depression will ever go to therapy…
- Strong Enough to Be Goofy: What Real Masculinity Actually Looks Like as a Dad · 29 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 7There are two guys Robbie wants to talk about. One brushes his teeth with brake fluid, hasn't communicated a feeling since 1987, and thinks vulnerability is something that…
- Your Kid's Boredom is a Feature, Not a Bug: Raising Screen-Smart Children in a Tech-Obsessed World · 31 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 6We are raising the first generation of kids who will never know a world without screens, infinite content, and instant gratification — and most of us are figuring it out as we…
- You're Not Invincible Anymore: A Dad's Honest Midlife Health Check · 29 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 5If you're a dad in your 30s or 40s who hasn't seen a doctor in years, still thinks you can eat like you're 22, and keeps telling yourself you'll "get healthy later" — this one is…
- Your Kid Isn't Acting Out — They're Falling Apart: How to Handle Tantrums During Big Life Changes · 38 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 4"Am I failing as a parent? Am I screwing my kids up?" If those thoughts have crossed your mind lately, this episode is for you. Because when your kid's behavior goes sideways…
- She Just Had Your Baby. Now What? A Dad's Real Guide to the Postpartum Period · 22 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 3Everyone checks on the pregnant woman. The moment that baby arrives, the world moves on — and mom is left bleeding, sleep-deprived, hormonally wrecked, and expected to figure it…
- The Morning Before Baby Three: Fear, Work Pressure, and What Fatherhood Has Actually Made Me · 30 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 2A few hours before heading to the hospital for the induction of his third son, Robbie sits down and hits record. No prep, no plan — just everything going through his head in real…
- The Reason You're Still Stuck: Why Starting Is the Only Thing That Actually Matters · 25 min · Säsong 3 Avsnitt 1You know what you want to change. You've known for a while. And every time you get close to starting — something comes up, you talk yourself out of it, or you decide you'll just…
- What Actually Matters: A Real Reset on Health, Family, Faith, and the Life You're Building · 15 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 36Not a resolution episode. Not a "new year new me" pep talk. This is Robbie sitting down with a notebook, going through every area of his life that actually matters, and being…
- I Fell Off the Wagon. Here's What Happened — and Why It's Actually Normal · 16 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 35Five months. No episodes, no Instagram, no consistency. A new baby on the way, a house sale, a move, increased work pressure, and a slow slide back into some old habits Robbie…
- Is the American Dream Dead? One Dad's Honest Take on Marriage, Kids, and Why It's Still Worth It · 26 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 34Younger generations are delaying marriage, skipping kids, and walking away from the white picket fence entirely — and honestly, Robbie gets it. The cost of having a family has…
- Stop Treating Your Kid Like a Small Adult: The Real Truth About Discipline and Emotional Regulation · 23 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 33Your kid throws their plate across the room and your first thought is "what the hell is wrong with you?" — which is a completely normal thought to have, and also exactly the…
- Your Kids Don't Need to Be the Best — They Need to Be Good: How to Raise Humans Who Actually Matter · 19 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 32Every parent wants to raise good kids. But somewhere along the way, "good" got replaced with "successful" — the right grades, the right sport, the right college. Robbie thinks…
- Stop Pretending Everything Is Fine: Why Fake Positivity Is Making You Weaker and What to Do Instead · 20 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 31Somewhere between "toxic positivity" and "embrace the grind" culture, most people are living in a weird middle ground — pretending they're okay when they're not, doom-scrolling…
- Mental Health Is Important. Using It as an Excuse Isn't. A Real Conversation About Where We've Gone Wrong · 17 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 30Mental health awareness has come a long way — and that's genuinely a good thing. But somewhere between "it's okay not to be okay" and where we are now, something got twisted…
- We're Protecting Kids From the Wrong Things: The Real Case for Letting Your Kids Get Hurt, Be Bored, and Figure It Out · 23 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 29We won't let kids walk to the park alone, but we'll hand them an unsupervised portal to the entire internet. We bubble-wrap them from scraped knees and then wonder why they can't…
- Nobody Told You This About College: Student Loans, Burnout, and Whether a Degree Is Actually Worth It · 22 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 28Robbie went to UC Santa Barbara, started as a biochemistry pre-med student, burned out completely, switched to sociology, and graduated with a degree he freely admits he uses…
- Mom Said No, Dad Said Yes — and That's Actually a Good Thing: How Opposite Parenting Styles Make Stronger Kids · 20 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 27It happened at the park. Robbie's two-year-old is heading up the slide, mom is ready to intervene, Robbie is standing back watching him figure it out. Three seconds later the kid…
- I Was a Lazy, Depressed, Checked-Out Husband in My 20s. Here's What Changed. · 19 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 26From ages 24 to 28, Robbie was, in his own words, not the person he wanted to be. Drinking too much, eating like hell, not going to the gym, not pulling his weight at home…
