Fit Dad Game Dad

May 2026 - You Paid How Much For This Podcast?

This month’s episode of Fit Dad, Game Dad starts innocently enough and immediately goes off the rails when Josh’s intro music detonates inside his brand‑new AirPods. That moment sets off a delicate chain reaction involving a medical shot, excessive bleeding, sacrificed pants, washed‑and‑deceased headphones, and an impulsive leap from Android back into the Apple ecosystem—where Josh now lives in a confusing world of blue bubbles and Googling how to mute a phone. Meanwhile, Brett reveals a life‑altering decision of his own, complete with selling a house, moving toward the mountains, waking up at 5:30 a.m. on purpose, and quietly accepting that he may be temporarily homeless. Along the way, the dads somehow track fitness stats, calories, and gaming hours so precisely that nearly everything is decided by a single point, while also spending alarming amounts of money on art, tech, ties, podcast software, and things they absolutely did not plan to buy. There’s a mini‑game where no one guesses correctly, money still changes hands, and Rock‑Paper‑Scissors seals the emotional damage. There are gaming tangents, parenting moments, and just enough self‑reflection to pretend this episode has a point. It’s chaotic, heartfelt, and exactly what happens when two middle‑aged dads hit record and let the conversation go where it’s clearly going to go anyway.

April 2026 - Off the Shelf

This month on Fit Dad Game Dad, Josh calmly carries the emotional weight of employment uncertainty, wins most of the fitness categories, eats responsibly, and somehow still finds time to game like a disciplined, well-adjusted adult. Meanwhile, Brett buys a handgun, immediately concludes that decades of couch gaming have secretly made him an elite marksman, and spends the rest of the episode confidently explaining how he has finally unlocked the secret to work‑life balance—an achievement that places him somewhere between Buddha and a man who read half of one self‑help book, nodded aggressively, and announced, “I get it now.” The dads then battle in the mini‑game “Off the Shelf,” where they dust off physical game cases, squint at unreadably small text, and attempt to identify games based solely on dramatic marketing copy from a bygone era. It’s part trivia, part memory test, and part proof that no one has read the back of a game box since 2006—except Brett, who brought reading glasses and misplaced confidence. The episode closes with Josh, ever the benevolent and emotionally regulated adult, awarding Brett a handful of pity points—not because Brett earned them, but because sometimes a man just finishes a long month, works very hard, and deserves a small sticker for effort.

March 2026 - Redacted Ginger

This month on Fit Dad, Game Dad: Josh goes full “Subject Not Found,” Brett becomes “Ginger Jesus,” and somehow we end up discussing spreadsheets… the musical. Josh survives influenza chaos, picks up Spanish for his missionary-bound son, and still becomes the Elden Lord on two hours of sleep. Brett freezes himself at Groundhog Day, falls in love with the turn-based game, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and eats enough ice cream to qualify for a loyalty program. There’s gaming glory, fitness shame, Spanglish prayers, meme drama, and our first-ever redacted game‑guessing mini‑game. Two dads. One tired. One overly inspired.

February 2026 - Generic Zelda

Brett surprises his wife (and Josh) with a Groundhog Day trip to Pennsylvania, while Josh explains why seven hours at a cheer competition nearly broke him. Brett demolishes January fitness thanks to forced labor at Delta, Josh absolutely crushes couch gaming with an unhealthy amount of Elden Ring, and both dads reflect on January burnout, introverts vs. extroverts, and the impossible task of doing everything. Also discussed: Death Stranding cutscenes, anxiety‑inducing Mario music, and whether Elden Ring is just “hard‑mode Zelda.”

January 2026 - What About Gaming?

December saw the dads make up a lot of ground with their new daily point competition. Brett forgets to talk about gaming, but Josh saves the episode in the end. The dads conclude their third season by declaring a winner. Brett won season one, and Josh won season two. Listen to see who will take the lead and find out if the ultimate prize comes down to a game of rock, paper, scissors, or skillful negotiation of bonus points!