Episodes

Episode 620 Bode Miller is a First Class Father and world class skier. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist and the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest World Cup racers of all time with 33 race victories and being one of five men to win World Cup events in all five disciplines. During his Olympic career, Bode won 6 Medals including the Gold Medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games. He is the only American ski racer in hi...

Episode 619- Amanda Knox and Christopher Robinson are a First Class Couple. Amanda spent almost four years in an Italian prison following her wrongful conviction for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher. She became the subject of a worldwide media firestorm and her story was told through multiple documentaries, books and films. Amanda was definitively acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation in 2015. She currently hosts a podcast called, LABYRINTHS, with her husband Christ...

Episode 618- Pro Football Hall Of Fame Media Day Special. I was invited by the NFL to bring First Class Fatherhood to the Hall of Fame Media Day sessions where I had the opportunity to speak with five dads who will be enshrined in The Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend in Canton, Ohio. I also added in two clips from last year’s Media Day as well so you can take a look! In this Episode you will hear from: Coach Dick Vermeil - Super Bowl Champion Head Coach of the St. Louis Rams, Philadelphia...

Episode 617 Shawn Johnson and Andrew East are a First Class Couple. I am honored to announce that I have partnered with them to move First Class Fatherhood over to their FamilyMade Media network. Shawn Johnson is an Olympic Gymnast who won four medals in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China including the Gold Medal on the balance beam. She is also an Entrepreneur, NYT Bestselling Author and Philanthropist. Andrew East is a former NFL athlete who played college football at Vanderbilt. He mo...

Episode 616 Eddie Penney is a First Class Father, US Marine and Navy SEAL combat veteran. He spent 20 years in the U.S. military, first as a Marine and later as a Navy SEAL assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), better known as SEAL Team Six. After two combat deployments with SEAL Team Two, Eddie tried out and was selected for DEVGRU, the elite of the elite and the tip of the nation’s spear in the fight against terrorist threats worldwide. Terrified of missing the acti...

Episode 616 Eddie Penney is a First Class Father, US Marine and Navy SEAL combat veteran. He spent 20 years in the U.S. military, first as a Marine and later as a Navy SEAL assigned to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), better known as SEAL Team Six. After two combat deployments with SEAL Team Two, Eddie tried out and was selected for DEVGRU, the elite of the elite and the tip of the nation’s spear in the fight against terrorist threats worldwide. Terrified of missing the acti...

Episode 615 Kurt Schlichter is a First Class Father, a senior columnist for Townhall.com, a Los Angeles trial lawyer, and a retired army infantry colonel. A Twitter activist (@KurtSchlichter) with more than 450,000 followers, Kurt was personally recruited to write conservative commentary by Andrew Breitbart. He is a news source, an on-screen commentator on networks like Fox and Newsmax, and a guest on, and guest host of, nationally syndicated radio programs talking about political, military, and...

Episode 614 Daniel Carcillo is a First Class Father and 2x Stanley Cup Champion. He played ten years in the National Hockey League winning the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013 and 2015. His on-ice reputation as an enforcer has led to him being nicknamed "Car Bomb". Today Daniel is an advocate for survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and he is at the forefront of mental health care innovation, pioneering novel new therapies for the debilitating condition that took him out of ...

Episode 613 George Farmer is a First Class Father and Chief Executive Officer of Parler. He has served as CEO of Parler since May 2021. Prior to Parler, George worked in financial services for a decade in the UK. George also sat on the LME Physical Markets Committee, the exchange committee for overseeing sound management of global physical trading across the base metals world. He currently sits on the Board of several UK companies and serves as Treasurer for the BLEXIT Foundation, a US charity t...

Episode 612 Mayor Tony Perry is a First Class Father and Mayor of Middletown, New Jersey. My family moved to Middletown 12 years ago and it is a wonderful place to raise a family. I invited Mayor Perry to join me on the podcast for a special Father’s Day edition of First Class Fatherhood. After graduating from Temple University, Mayor Perry joined the Sandy Recovery Division of the Governor's Office coordinating recovery efforts with FEMA, the Office of Emergency Management, the Department of Co...

Episode 611 Kamaru Usman is a First Class Father and current UFC Welterweight champion of the world. He is also the #1 Ranked pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC. He defeated Tyron Woodley to win the UFC Welterweight title and has defended the title 5 times including two title defenses against both Coby Covington and Jorge Masvidal. Prior to his MMA career, Kamaru was an All-American wrestler at the University of Nebraska at Kearney where he was the 2010 NCAA Division II National champion. In thi...

Episode 610 Steve Doocy is a First Class Father, New York Times Bestselling Author and co-host of FOX & Friends. Steve he’s been in the same time slot since FOX & Friends launched, making him the longest-running cable news morning host in history and the top rated for 19 straight years. FOX & Friends is the most-watched cable morning program. He also hosts his own show, Cooking with Steve Doocy on FOX Nation. Steve has written four books including, Tales from the Dad Side: Misadventures in Fathe...

Episode 609 Pete Hegseth and David Goodwin are First Class Fathers and co-authors of the #1 Bestselling Book on Amazon, Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation. Pete Hegseth, father of seven, is the co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, America’s #1-rated cable morning television show. He is an army veteran of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay who holds two Bronze Stars and a Combat Infantryman’s Badge for his time overseas. Pete is a graduate of Princeton University an...

Episode 608 Sean Lowe is a First Class Father and Reality TV star of The Bachelor. Sean finished in third place on season 8 of The Bachelorette where he quickly became a fan favorite. He went on to become the Bachelor on the 17th season of ABC's The Bachelor. In the season finale, Sean proposed to contestant Catherine Giudici. Over a year after he proposed to Catherine, the two were married in a live television ceremony performed at the Four Seasons Resort Biltmore in Santa Barbara. He was a con...

Episode 607 Michael Franzese is a First Class Father and former made caporegime one the Columbo Crime Family. He was born into Mafia life as a second-generation member of the Colombo crime family. Called one of the biggest mob earners since Al Capone by Vanity Fair and featured in Fortune's list of the fifty most powerful Mafia bosses, Michael left mob life behind after meeting his wife and serving eight years of a ten-year prison sentence. Today, Michael Franzese is a new man, sharing the lesso...

Episode 606 Tim Kennedy is a First Class Father, Green Beret, UFC Fighter, Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author. He has a new book available now, “Scars and Stripes: An Unapologetically American Story of Fighting the Taliban, UFC Warriors, and Myself”. Tim is a decorated combat sniper who has deployed multiple times to some of the most dangerous places on earth. He has starred on the History Channel’s Hunting Hitler and Discovery’s Hard to Kill. He owns Ranger Up, a premium apparel company, and S...

Episode 605 Taurean Prince is a First Class Father and NBA Star. He played his college basketball at Baylor and was selected with the 12th overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. He was traded to the Atlanta Hawks where he played his first three seasons in the league. He became the first Hawks rookie to reach double-figures in his first four playoff games since Pete Maravich did it in five straight in 1971. Taurean has also played for the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland ...

Episode 604 Governor Ron DeSantis is a First Class Father and 46th Governor of Florida. Prior to becoming Governor, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Florida's 6th district from 2013 to 2018. He graduated from Yale University and Harvard Law School. Governor DeSantis joined the United States Navy in 2004, where he was promoted to lieutenant before serving as an advisor to SEAL Team One and being deployed to Iraq in 2007. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and other...

Episode 603 Robby Starbuck is a First Class Father, Filmmaker, Author and Congressional Candidate. Robby is running in 2022 to represent Tennessee’s 5th District #TN5 in Congress. He was first known as a filmmaker, directing Oscar winning actors and some of the biggest music stars in the world but his family’s experience of fleeing Marxism in Cuba has always been his fuel to achieve the American Dream. Once he saw that Marxism had come to threaten America with the rise of the socialist far left,...

Episode 602 Deon Derrico is a First Class Father, Real Estate Investor and Dad on the hit TLC Reality Show DOUBLING DOWN WITH THE DERRICOS. Deon and his wife Karen are parents to four sets of multiples - 14 kids, including quintuplets - conceived NATURALLY! The smash hit reality show is centered around the life of the Derricos’ big family. In this Episode, Deon shares his Fatherhood journey which includes 14 children with his wife Karen. He discusses some of the challenges the family faced durin...

Episode 601 Dinesh D’Souza is a First Class Father, bestselling author and filmmaker. Dinesh has produced four documentaries, three of which are in the top 10 highest grossing political documentaries of all time. His newest documentary, 2000 Mules may be the most important one yet. 2000 Miles exposes widespread, coordinated voter fraud in the 2020 election, sufficient to change the overall outcome. The first screening of 2000 Mules took place at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and left ...

Episode 600 Sadhguru is a First Class Father, Mystic, Yogi and Author. Named one of India's 50 most influential people, Sadhguru's work has touched the lives of millions worldwide through his transformational programs. Sadhguru has a unique ability to make the ancient yogic sciences relevant to contemporary minds, acting as a bridge to the deeper dimensions of life. Sadhguru has been an influential voice at major global forums including the United Nations World Headquarters and the World Economi...

Episode 599 Paul Getter is a First Class Father known as The Internet Marketing Nerd. In 2009, Paul Getter was broke, struggling, and delivering phone books out of the back of his car. After teaching himself about the power of internet marketing, he created The Internet Marketing Nerds and quickly became one of the most sought after marketing experts in the world. He has spent over one billion dollars running ads and campaigns for his clients, and has helped scale numerous businesses into eight ...

Episode 598 Michael Waltz is a First Class Father, Green Beret and Congressman. He is the first Green Beret to be elected to Congress. Congressman Waltz is a decorated combat veteran who served multi tours with the elite Special Operations Unit in Afghanistan, The Middle East and Africa. For his actions in combat he received multiple decorations including four Bronze Stars, two with valor. Congressman Waltz is a Florida native who was elected to Florida’s 6th Congressional district, a position p...