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Dad Saves America

by John Papola

Proud papa, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and arm-chair philosopher John Papola explores the biggest issues facing our country through the lens of fatherhood, releasing exclusive interviews and deep dives every week. We need to make sure the next generation of Americans is raised to thrive in a free society and be champions of civilization. Dad Saves America has hosted all sorts of experts in the studio, including Jonathan Haidt, Dr. Drew, Michael Shellenberger, Bret Weinstein, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Adam Carolla. www.dadsavesamerica.com

Latest episodes

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I Debated a Marxist Professor for 4 Hours.

I sat down with Professor Andrew Hartman, a Marxist historian at Illinois State University and author of “Karl Marx in America,” for a good-faith, no-holds-barred debate

Nov 12
3 h 43 min

Did Democrats Win the Midterms or Did Trump Just Lose?

Democrats took the House and the Senate, and even Texas went blue. Voters blamed high gas prices on the war in Iran, the incoming House Oversight chairman told the admini

Nov 7
1 h 09 min

Why Islam Keeps Bringing War to the West - Raymond Ibrahim

I sat down with Raymond Ibrahim, historian and author of “Sword and Scimitar” and “Defenders of the West,” to discuss what Christians need to know about Islam, the real h

Nov 5
1 h 25 min

Zombie Politicians, Boomer Vampires, and the AI Skeleton Key

From mailers pushing trans kids to leave their families to an AI discovery that could break the internet, this Halloween is shaping up to be a scary one. And that’s befor

Oct 30
1 h 03 min

Ryan Long on Why AI Isn’t Funny, the Manosphere Is Over, and Rap Is Dead

I sat down with comedian Ryan Long, who is featured in our new comedy pilot, “The Experts,” to talk about how media and culture are changing in 2026. Watch “The Experts”

Oct 29
1 h 49 min

French Riots and Campus Degeneracy: Is the West Too Far Gone?

France is still on fire. A town hall nearly 200 years old has burned to the ground, and police are now drawing the line at the Louvre. Back home, the Cornell 7 case has b

Oct 23
1 h 13 min

Bryan Callen: "The Experts" Are Paid to Manufacture Truth

I sat down with comedian Bryan Callen, who directed and stars in our new comedy pilot, “The Experts,” to discuss why outrage pays better than nuance, how he found his way

Oct 22
1 h 51 min

The Cornell 7 Scandal Exposed the Biggest Lie of Feminism

The Cornell 7 case has reignited the campus sexual assault panic of the mid-2010s. Jane Doe's own written statements described the events as consensual, but her story lat

Oct 17
1 h 12 min

Victor Davis Hanson: The Left REALLY Hates the Middle Class

I sat down with Victor Davis Hanson, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of the “The Counterrevolution”. Victor is a Stanford PhD who still lives on his fa

Oct 15
1 h 50 min

France’s "Mostly Peaceful Jihad” Threatens the Whole Christian West

For the past three weeks, riots have spread across France. The corporate press is calling them mostly peaceful protests over school funding. Meanwhile, student rioters ar

Oct 9
1 h 18 min

How White Guilt Became the Most Powerful Weapon in Politics - Eli & Shelby Steele

I sat down with Shelby Steele, an author and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, and his son Eli Steele, the filmmaker behind “What Killed Michael Brown?” Together,

Oct 8
2 h 04 min

Trump's Going All-In on AI. Will His Midterm Gamble Pay Off?

On Tuesday, the CEOs of Nvidia, Google, Meta, xAI, Anthropic, and more joined President Trump to discuss the development of AI, or, as the President has rebranded it, Sup

Oct 2
1 h 21 min

Bad Therapy, Gender, and Lindsay Clancy Psychosis - Andrew Hartz, Ph.D.

I sat down with Andrew Hartz, a practicing clinical psychologist and the founder of the Open Therapy Institute. His organization is working to filter out the political bi

Oct 1
2 h 50 min

Big-Government Progressivism Is a Su*cide Pact

1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to a dysfunctional public school as a political statement, and is now paying the price. For years, socialists l

Sep 26
1 h 37 min

Ben Slivka Predicted the Internet Era. He Doesn't Buy the Hype About AI.

I sat down with Ben Slivka, an early Microsoft executive who led the team that built Internet Explorer, served 20 years on Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees, an

Sep 24
2 h 30 min

The Anthropic Whistleblower Is Not Who You Think He Is

AI researcher Jacob Coxon quit his job at Anthropic last week and became a whistleblower, warning that the race toward superintelligent AI is "gambling with our lives." A

Sep 19
1 h 27 min

Catholic Historian: Here’s Why We Know That the Bible Is True

I sat down with historian of early Christianity Matthew Larsen, Ph.D., fresh off his shoot in the Middle East tracing the life of Paul the Apostle, to dig into the eviden

Sep 17
3 h 15 min

25 Years After 9/11: How “Never Forget” Became “We Deserved It”

Zohran Mamdani just appointed Ramzi Kassem, a lawyer who once represented an Al Qaeda member, as New York City's chief legal counsel. This sparked outrage from 9/11 famil

Sep 12
1 h 35 min

I Interviewed the 9/11 Mastermind’s Family. Here’s What I Discovered. - Richard Miniter

I sat down with investigative journalist and author Richard Miniter to reflect on the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Richard has spent decades reporting

Sep 10
3 h 16 min

Bond Market Breakdown: Are We Headed for Another Fall Financial Crisis?

The bond market wobbled this week, and Secretary Bessent is now buying back government debt just to keep long-term interest rates from climbing further. Bond market volat

Sep 5
1 h 25 min

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A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Actually listens and doesn’t talk over his guests. Interesting content and nuanced opinions.

lisaversa01 · Aug 2025

Excellent conversation with Katharine Birbalsingh! I have listened to other interviews with her and kept wanting to know more about her teachers! Thanks for asking because her stories were inspiring!!

LizLouise28 · Jan 2025

Everyone should listen to these insightful interviews. Yeah, as a dad I probably get an extra lift from the content, but they’re really just great conversations about things that matter.

LakePlacidBlues · Nov 2023

I love this podcast, which is why it is so frustrating that I can’t hear it. I listen to most of my podcasts at a medium volume on very high-quality headphones (Trekz AfterShokz). I can barely hear this podcast on the road at maximum volume. The quality of the sound (when I can hear it) is great, but I usually can’t hear it. This only occurs when I listen to this podcast; I have no problems with any others. I would love it if the volume could be augmented. Thanks so much. I am a new listener, but I genuinely love this podcast.

raustew1 · Aug 2025

I discovered the Dad Saves America podcast when an episode about early childhood parenting featuring an interesting guest popped up in my YouTube feed. As a parent of three, I enjoyed the episode, I was intrigued and subscribed, hoping for more content on similar topics. However, when I got in my car that same morning, I opened up my podcast app searched for the Podcast and listened to the latest episode. The episode was about Immigration and the discussion felt one sided and sensationalist. The host and guest focused on exaggerated issues, painting a picture of widespread chaos, while subtly acknowledging that these were not the majority of cases. Still the episode dwelled on these outlier problems, framing them as the core of the immigration issue. A quick glance at other recent episodes made it clear that the show had shifted focus. What started as a podcast about fatherhood had morphed into discussions on political hot topics and even conspiracy theories. I was disappointed to see the original parenting focus abandoned in favor of more controversial subjects.

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