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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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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

The Sexual Revolution “Liberated” Adults. But What About the Kids? - Katy Faust

I sat down with Katy Faust, founder of Them Before Us and author of “Raising Conservative Kids in a Woke City,” to talk about what adults are and aren’t willing to sacrif

Sep 3
2 h 07 min

The Lindsay Clancy Trial Has Exposed a Moral Psychosis in America

The Lindsay Clancy trial has exploded into the latest social media gender war over postpartum mental health, the role of mothers in society, and the nature of moral respo

Aug 28
1 h 07 min

How Elite Consensus Botched COVID, Climate, and the Economy - Dr. Steven Koonin

I sat down with theoretical physicist Dr. Steven Koonin, author of “Unsettled” and former Under Secretary of Energy for Science under President Obama, to discuss what he

Aug 27
1 h 55 min

The Jason Arday Scandal Is White Guilt on Steroids

Last week, Cambridge’s youngest ever black full professor was found dead, days after resigning under investigation for plagiarism and his fabricated life story. Jason Ard

Aug 22
1 h 27 min

Can the West Survive Its Crisis of Faith? - Os Guinness

I sat down with Os Guinness, author of “Our Civilizational Moment,” to discuss how the West has become a “cut flower” civilization. Os argues that the slow secularization

Aug 20
1 h 56 min

America Feels Like It’s Falling Apart. We Can Still Save It. - 500K Subscriber Special

Thank you to all 500K+ subscribers to Dad Saves America! This show began in response to the mental health crisis I saw emerging among my son’s peers. Then COVID lockdown

Aug 15
1 h 18 min

We Stopped Disciplining Kids. Now They’re Destroying Civilization. - Katharine Birbalsingh

I sat down with Katharine Birbalsingh, headmistress of Michaela Community School and the UK’s most outspoken voice on education, to mark the launch of our new YouTube col

Aug 14
2 h 10 min

The Democratic Socialists Have a Working Class Problem

Socialist Abdul El-Sayed just won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, but the exit polls tell the real story. He dominated in college towns and lost badly in the workin

Aug 7
1 h 06 min

The Manosphere Is Only a Half-Answer for Young Men - Nick Freitas

I sat down with Nick Freitas, veteran, fellow podcaster, and author of “The Manbook,” to talk about what it actually means to be a man in the aftermath of the woke revolu

Aug 6
2 h 15 min

“I Plead the Fifth”: How Fauci’s Lies Destroyed the Expert Class

Rand Paul just released Dr. Anthony Fauci's personal diary, more than 1,100 pages stored on government servers, and then made him answer for it before the Senate. Fauci’s

Jul 31
50 min

Why Harvard Loses in the New College Rankings - Prof. Kevin Wallsten

I sat down with political scientist Kevin Wallsten to discuss his project building a new college ranking system from scratch. The standard metrics of acceptance rate, end

Jul 30
2 h 23 min

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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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