All Episodes
Healing The Past To Protect Your Son's Future with Steve Biddulph
In this deeply moving episode of Raising Men, host Shaun Dawson reunites with world-renowned psychologist and bestselling author Steve Biddulph to pivot the conversati...
Q&A: Initiations & Navigating the Digital Landscape
Navigating the threshold of modern adolescence requires more than passive autopilot parenting; it demands intentionality, real-world action, and an unyielding commitme...
The Secret Superpower of Parenting with Jody Hill
In this episode of Raising Men, host Shaun Dawson sits down with Jody Hill, a best-selling author, speaker, and parenting sidekick, to unpack the transformative power ...
The High Stakes of Raising Men in a Noisy World
In this powerful and deeply personal solo address, Shaun Dawson marks the 250th anniversary of the nation by examining the "quiet crisis" surrounding modern masculinit...
Raising Elite Athletes Without Losing Perspective with Jonathan V. Last
In this compelling episode of Raising Men, host Shaun Dawson sits down with Jonathan V. Last (JVL), editor of The Bulwark and father of four, to navigate the complex a...
Raising Men Through Sibling Conflict and Identity Cries
In this direct Q&A episode of Raising Men, Shaun Dawson tackles two intense family dynamics that keep parents awake at night. Drawing from the collective wisdom of pas...
Reconnecting Boys in a Disconnected World with Andrew Reiner
In this deeply insightful episode of Raising Men, host Shaun Dawson sits down with Andrew Reiner, a teaching professor at Towson University, cultural critic, and leadi...
Reclaiming the Generational Rearview Mirror with Ted Dawson
In this special Father’s Day edition of Raising Men, host Shaun Dawson sits down for an intimate, deeply personal conversation with his own father, Ted Dawson. A forme...
Seeing the World Through My Son’s Eyes with Lake Dawson
Joined by his very own son and the original inspiration for the podcast, Lake Dawson, Shaun explores the world directly through a child's eyes. Filled with humor, hear...
Reclaiming a Vision for Young Men with Shaun Dawson
In this solo episode of Raising Men, host Shaun Dawson wrestles with a heavy and deeply honest question brought to him by a friend: What do you do when you want to sup...
Practical Tools for Navigating Big Behaviors with Tosha Schore
Tosha Schore is a parent educator, author, and the founder of Parenting Boys Peacefully. She specializes in helping parents navigate the "bad guy myth" by reframing bo...
Q&A Navigating the "Man Box"
In this insightful Q&A episode of Raising Men, host Shaun Dawson dives deep into the complex personal growth challenges that modern fathers face on the playground and ...
From Reactive to Radical: The Journey to Intentional Fatherhood with Jon Hord
Jon Hord is the founder of the Engaged Father Project. A former high-achieving corporate VP who walked away from a 100-year-old family company after a health-induced e...
Q&A: Reclaiming the Safe Harbor
In this mailbag edition of Raising Men, host Shaun Dawson addresses two critical parenting dilemmas: emotional withholding and managing high-energy boys. Shaun unpacks...
Raising Men Under Hard Circumstances with Lisa Johnson
In this episode of Raising Men, Shawn sits down with Lisa Johnson, a high-conflict divorce strategist, certified domestic violence advocate, and co-founder of Been The...
Q&A: Raising a Gentleman with a Backbone
In this special mailbag edition, Shaun dives deep into two core questions that surface at the very beginning of the fatherhood journey: how to establish foundational n...
The Gap Between Ideal and Reality with Jordan Ritter Conn
This episode of Raising Men features an intimate deep dive with Jordan Ritter Conn, a senior staff writer at The Ringer and author of the groundbreaking 2026 book, Ame...
Q&A: The Refining Fire of Fatherhood
This episode dives into the "refining fire" of parenting, where Shaun Dawson explores the collective wisdom of past guests to answer two heavy-hitting listener questio...