Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin

Updated: 18 Feb 2025 • 221 episodes
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Welcome to Dadville! Join musicians and sometimes-comedians Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin in the journey of life, love and the pursuit of dad-ding on the Dadville Podcast. Get your fill of dad jokes, laughs, and heartfelt conversations while these guests talk about parenting while leaving you with new lessons for your own kids.  Stick around for visits from Momville as each share their unique insight into this crazy world of parenting. Pull up a lawn chair and join every Tuesday.

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You could call Andy Crouch an author. You could also call him a former editor of Christianity Today. Or even a Partner for Theology and Culture at Praxis (which he still is). And on good days you could call him a connoisseur of Bach piano sonatas. Today on the pod he joins the fellas to discuss the challenges of parent

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Jon Acuff 11 Feb 2025 • EN

Jon Acuff: I was "Youth Group" Cool

This week we have our resident inspirer-in-chief of Dadville, Jon Acuff, swinging by for a talk about his latest book, How Teens Win, which he wrote with both of hid daughters. Between Dave, Jon, and Jon Acuff that makes 10 books (several which are NYT best sellers.) Dig in as Acuff talks about this view on regrets, th

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Well, we finally did it. Today marks the 200th episode of Dadville and the fellas mark the occasion by talking about their favorite Dadville moments, how it has affected them as parents, and what they do to foster friendships as an adult. Tune in to hear some early Dadville history and some behind-the-scenes laughs. Jo

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Folk-rock's most powerful couple, Abner and Amanda (aka Johnnyswim), are dropping in for a couples edition of Dadville. We love hearing how couples met, and this one is an all-timer that was four years in the making. They also discuss their approach to parenting, dealing with unrealized depression, and how they keep ha

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The boss is here! Annie F. Downs is a podcaster, public speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and one of the reasons Dadville exists. Annie joins the fellas this week to share her new kids book, Where Did TJ Go? It aims to help kids deal with grief and loss through the story of Annie's nephew TJ. This is a powerf

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Buckle up. Big laughs are ahead this week. Kristin and Jen from iMOMSOHARD join the fellas to talk about the funny side of parenting. They share their stories behind doing a live standup tour, creating a podcast during COVID, and how both of their husbands help keep things rolling. Catch #iMOMSOHARD on tour: https://ww

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