Episodes

Episode 481 Tom Wilkens is a First Class Father and Olympic medalist who was the Captain of the United States Men’s Swim Team in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia. Tom brought home the Bronze medal for his third-place performance in the men's 200-meter individual medley. Tom is a sixteen time National Champion who dominated the sport of swimming and his story is the focus of a new documentary film, THE WATER IS MY SKY, which is loosely based on the book about Tom’s run at Olympic glor...

Episode 480 A.J. Bouye is a First Class Father and NFL cornerback who is currently playing for the Carolina Panthers. He played college football at UCF and was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He has also played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Denver Broncos. In 2017 he made Second-team All-Pro and was named to the Pro Bowl. He was ranked 35th on the NFL Top 100 Players list of 2018. In this Episode, A.J. shares his Fatherhood journey which includes two daugh...

Episode 479 Lance Lynn is a First Class Father and Major League Pitcher. He is a World Series champion who is currently pitching for the Chicago White Sox. Lance made his Major League debut with St. Louis Cardinals in 2011 and the team eventually went on to win the World Series that year. He has also pitched for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. As a kid, Lance was part of the Brownsburg, Indiana, Little League team that appeared in the 1999 Little League World Series. He...

Episode 478 Matt Lanter is a First Class Father and actor. He is currently starring in JUPITER’S LEGACY on Netflix. Matt gained fame by playing Liam Court in The CW's teen drama series 90210, a spin-off of the 1990s Fox series Beverly Hills, 90210. He starred as Wyatt Logan, a time traveler, in the NBC series Timeless. He is the voice of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. In this Episode, Matt shares his Fatherhood journey which includes a daughter. He discusses ...

Episode 477 Senator Josh Hawley is a First Class Father and United States Senator from Missouri. Senator Hawley graduated from Stanford University in 2002 and Yale Law School in 2006. Senator Hawley is recognized as one of the nation’s leading constitutional lawyers. He has litigated at the Supreme Court of the United States, the federal courts of appeals, and in state court, fighting for the people’s liberties. He became the 42nd Attorney General of Missouri in 2017 and a US Senator in 2019. In...

Episode 476 Matt Roloff is a First Class Father and star of Little People Big World which is beginning a new season this week on TLC. I had the honor of joining Matt at the Roloff Farms in Oregon to record our third interview on First Class Fatherhood in person. I spent a couple of days at the Farm with Matt and his girlfriend Caryn Chandler and they gave me the First Class treatment. In this Episode, Matt shares his Fatherhood journey which includes four children and four grandchildren. We take...

Episode 475 Eric Decker is a First Class Father and former NFL Wide Receiver. He was drafted in the 3rd Round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos. In 2012 he led the AFC in receiving touchdowns and was a part of the 2013 Broncos AFC championship team. He went on to play for the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans before retiring from the NFL. Eric and his wife, Jessie James, starred in the E! reality show Eric & Jessie: Game On which ran for 3 seasons. In this Episode, Eric shares his Fat...

Episode 474 Jesse Barrett is a First Class Father and Lawyer whose wife, Amy Coney Barrett, became the 5th woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Jesse has been practicing law for more than 20 years. He and Amy are the parents of 7 kids two of which are adopted from Haiti and one who has Down Syndrome. In this Episode, Jesse shares his Fatherhood journey of being a dad to 7 children. He discusses why he and Amy decided to adopt, the process of adoption and how it was different the se...

Episode 473 Duane “Dog” Chapman is a First Class Father and World Famous Bounty Hunter. He starred in his own series, Dog the Bounty Hunter on A&E and a spin-off series, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, alongside his wife and business partner, the late Beth Chapman on CMT. Dog has been a Bounty Hunter for over 40 years and has captured more than 8,000 fugitives during his career. In this Episode, Duane shares his Fatherhood journey which includes twelve children, eleven of which are alive. He discusse...

Episode 472 Junior Alvarado is a First Class Father and World Class Jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred Horse Racing. He began his horse racing career in Venezuela before bringing his talent to America in 2007. By 2009 he was the Arlington Park Champion Jockey. He has won a number of Stakes Races including the Gotham Stakes, Holy Bull Stakes, Fountain of Youth and many others. In this Episode, Junior shares his Fatherhood journey which includes three children. He describes his upbringing In Vene...

Episode 471 Jan Błachowicz is a First Class Father and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. He is known as “The Pride Of Poland” and is the first man from Poland to ever become a champion in the UFC. Jan Błachowicz defended the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against current UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya on March 6, 2021 at UFC 259 becoming the first fighter to defeat Adesanya in the UFC. In this Episode, Jan shares his Fatherhood journey which includes a four month old so...

Episode 470 Andrew Sorkin is a First Class Father, a financial columnist for The New York Times and a co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box. Andrew wrote the bestselling book TOO BIG TO FAIL and co-produced a movie adaptation of the book for HBO Films. He is also the co-creator for the Showtime series Billions. In this Episode, Andrew shares his Fatherhood journey which includes three children. He describes an elaborate April fools joke that his kids pulled on him to get revenge for a prank he put over...

Episode 469 Greg Russo is a First Class Father and Screenwriter. He is the screenwriter of MORTAL KOMBAT which is based on the classic video game of the same name. Greg grew up in New Jersey and was always a huge fan of video arcade games. He parlayed his passion for writing with his childhood video game experiences and the result is the major motion picture MORTAL KOMBAT. In this Episode, Greg shares his Fatherhood journey which includes one child. He discusses the challenges and lengthy proces...

Episode 468 Mario Andretti is a First Class Father and Legendary Race Car Driver. He is one of only three drivers to have won races in Formula One, IndyCar, World Sportscar Championship, and NASCAR. He is the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and the Formula One World Championship. He has shared the podium with his Race Car Driving son Michael Andretti 15 times with 5 of those being 1st & 2nd place. Mario is the first driver to win races in 5 different decades. Mario’s ac...

Episode 467 Howie Mandel is a First Class Father, Comedian, TV Personality, Screenwriter, Actor, Producer, Director, Entrepreneur, Game Show Host and Author. He is well known as the host of DEAL OR NO DEAL as well as a judge on AMERICA’S GOT TALENT. He is currently co-hosting a podcast with his daughter Jackelyn Shultz called HOWIE MANDEL DOES STUFF. In this Episode, Howie shares his Fatherhood journey which includes three children and two grandchildren. He tells a hilarious story of when his da...

Episode 466 AJ McLean is a First Class Father, Singer, Songwriter, Dancer and Member of The Backstreet Boys. The Backstreet Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide making them the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. AJ was one of the celebrities who competed on season 29 of Dancing with the Stars and was teamed up with professional dancer Cheryl Burke. AJ and Cheryl have teamed up for a podcast of their own called PRETTY MESSED UP. In t...

Episode 465 Jack Carr is a First Class Father, Navy SEAL and New York Times Bestselling Author. Jack served 20 years as a US Navy SEAL and led special operations teams as a Team Leader, Platoon Commander, Troop Commander and Task Unit Commander. He is a NYT Bestselling Author of The Terminal List series with his latest installment THE DEVIL’S HAND available now. Jack’s books have been picked up by Amazon as an upcoming Series starring Chris Pratt as the protagonist James Reece. In this Episode, ...

Episode 464 Brian Austin Green is a First Class Father and Actor who is well known for portraying David Silver in the smash hit TV Series BEVERLY HILLS 90210. He was also a series regular on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Freddie, Wedding Band, and Anger Management. Recently he was a contestant on Season four of THE MASKED SINGER and a panelist on the spin-off series THE MASKED DANCER. Brian was also featured on the HULU Documentary KID 90 which featured many actors who were coming of ...

Episode 463 Bassem Youssef is a First Class Father, an Egyptian comedian, writer, producer, surgeon, doctor, media critic, and television host. Before his career in comedy began, Bassem was a heart surgeon. In 2011 he began hosting a satirical news program in Egypt and was compared to American comedian Jon Stewart, whose satire program The Daily Show inspired Youssef to begin his career. In 2013, he was named as one of the "100 most influential people in the world" by Time magazine. In this Epis...

Episode 462 Anthony D’Amico is a First Class Father who met his wife on the reality show MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT. Anthony is a sales and marketing professional who decided to take a shot at love by agreeing to go on the fifth season of the popular reality tv show MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT. On the show he was paired with Ashley Petta by relationship professionals and the two of them found true love. They have now been married for five years and recently welcomed their second daughter in February of 2...

Episode 461 Governor Scott Walker is a First Class Father and 45th Governor of Wisconsin. Governor Walker is currently the President of YOUNG AMERICA’S FOUNDATION (YAF). He served two terms as Governor of Wisconsin from 2011-2019. As President of YAF Governor Walker has instituted The Long Game which is an ambitious action plan to beat back the deep-rooted cultural rot that has infected America’s youth. Instead of teaching young people to hate America, the Governor seeks to instill a new sentime...

Episode 460 Mirthell Mitchell is the First Class Father of the Onyx Family. The Onyx Family has over 6 million subscribers on YouTube with over 3 billion views worldwide. Mirthell writes, directs, and acts in many of the Onyx shows by bringing the family’s story to life in depicting how they rose from “the struggle life” to “the Onyx life.” As the host of The Onyx Life podcast, Mirthell seeks to inspire families around the world. In this Episode, Mirthell shares his Fatherhood journey which incl...

Episode 459 Floyd Schofield Sr and his son Floyd “Kid Austin” Schofield join me for a special Father & Son edition of First Class Fatherhood. Floyd and his son have overcome homelessness through hard work and dedication. Now Floyd Schofield jr is a professional boxer fighting under the name Kid Austin. Coached by his dad, Kid Austin won his first three professional boxing matches by KO in the first or second round of each fight. In this Episode, Floyd Sr shares his Fatherhood journey which inclu...

Episode 458 Will Cain is a First Class Father and co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend on Fox News. He is formerly the host of The Will Cain Show on ESPN Radio and was a contributor for ESPN working with the features unit and E:60 and appearing on First Take. He was also a host on The Blaze, where he helmed a number of programs including, Real News, Cain and Cupp, and The Cain Conversation. In this Episode, Will shares his Fatherhood journey which includes two sons. He discusses the importance of ra...