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Sean Malone: How Fatherhood Radicalizes You

KEY MOMENTS

0:00 – Intro: Sean Malone on new fatherhood
1:13 – New experiences lead to new opinions
1:51 – Why being a dad beats expectations
3:49 – Good people should have more kids
5:14 – Lionel Shriver and Meghan Daum on having children
7:46 – Watching an infant discover the world
11:57 – Kids, library books, and respecting others' stuff
13:19 – Older dads like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro
15:22 – Rethinking health and doctor visits as a parent
20:26 – Injury, depression, and staying physically active
22:15 – Cave hikes and adventures to share with your kid
25:14 – Cover the earth before the earth covers you
26:19 – Bryan Johnson, Anthony Kiedis, and anti-aging
27:27 – Secrets of the world's oldest men
29:57 – Sean's grandmother and the will to live
33:09 – Gene Hackman, Rob Reiner, and family tragedy
35:01 – A mother-in-law suite and multigenerational living
37:25 – Date nights, grandparents, and help with the kids
40:03 – Moving away from extended family
41:58 – It takes a village and finding trusted childcare
44:20 – Straight white men shut out of Hollywood
45:00 – Pluribus, Severance, and The Chair Company
46:22 – A documentary blocked over the director's race
48:56 – Cheap writers' rooms and favorite prestige TV
50:39 – Organic diversity in Bedazzled and 90s movies
54:15 – Disney's color-blind storytelling era
55:32 – Where to find Sean Malone and Lexandria

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

Lou's friend Sean Malone returns and joins Lou to talk about being a new (old) dad, how fatherhood radicalizes you, and why you should cover the Earth before the earth covers you.

We also get into why good people should have more kids, Lionel Shriver and Meghan Daum on having children, older dads like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, rethinking health as a parent, cave hikes to share with your kid, Bryan Johnson and anti-aging, the secrets of the world's oldest men, multigenerational living, finding trusted childcare, straight white men shut out of Hollywood, Pluribus and Severance, and Disney's color-blind storytelling era.

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