The TwoDads Podcast

Episode 73 - Mindy Cook - How a Silver Medalist and Her Community Learned to See Each Other

Born nearly blind in Celina, Mindy Cook [https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/mindy-cook] spent years trying to hide the thing that made her different. Fresh off a plane from the World Championships in China, Mindy sits down with the TwoDads to talk about what she really sees, the failures that shaped her, and how Mercer County learned to see one of its own. Mindy Cook is a Paralympic Silver medalist in the Tokyo Games in 2020.

Episode 72 - Austin & Kayla Adams - The Gym Nobody Wanted

Austin and Kayla Adams bought a gym nobody wanted. Snap Fitness in Celina — tucked in the Chief parking lot, written off by half the town, a reputation already hurt before they ever got the keys. Everybody had an opinion. Most of them weren't good. But this isn't really a gym story. Before these two ever took on a business people had given up on, they almost gave up on each other. This week they sit down with Mitch and Bill and get honest about the hard years, the near-end of their marriage, the faith that pulled them back, and the second chance that turned into something neither of them saw coming.

Episode 71 - Rev. Ethan Moore - Two Dads, One Father

Around here, the church is the center of everything, but that doesn't always mean it's the center of our own minds. This week, we fix that. Father Ethan Moore [https://www.holycrossfop.org/parish-staff-1] of isn't the priest you grew up picturing. He rides a motorcycle, he's got the hair, and he's out to reach a generation that quit listening. We sat down with one Father to get into the life he gave up to take the collar, the loneliness nobody asks about, doubt, and what he'd actually say to the folks who drifted from the pew years ago and still feel weird about it. We run a community mailbag stacked with your questions, then close with a game where we make a real priest decide whether your everyday shortcuts are sins. Some of you are in trouble.

Episode 70 - Mollie Verdier - What Nobody Tells You About Losing a Child

After losing two of their own children, Morgan and Marion, Mollie Verdier [https://www.instagram.com/morgansplacecemetery/] turned the hardest thing a parent can face into a mission to make sure no family walks that road alone. This week Rob and Mitch sit down with Mollie Verdier of Morgan's Place [https://www.morgansplacecemetery.org/] in Sidney, Ohio - a cemetery she and her husband Nathan built on their own farm to give miscarried, stillborn, and unborn babies a dignified burial at no cost to families. Mollie shares the 3am calling that started it all, the three promises she made that night, and why she believes joy and sorrow can live in the same room. If you've walked through this, or love someone who has, this one's for you. You're not alone, and there's help. Learn more or donate at morgansplacecemetery.org. This episode is dedicated to Neal Ray Sr. - Bill's grandfather, a father of six boys and grandpa to many.

Episode 69 - Spank & Rob Wente - Group Therapy with the Dads!

It's Men's Mental Health Month, so we did one a little different. Spank from Gilbert Station pulled up to the table to talk about what he's going through - and the four of us got into the stuff guys around here usually dodge. Don't worry, it's still us. There's plenty of laughs, some games, and the usual nonsense along the way. It gets real, but it gets dumb too - that's kind of the whole point.