World's Greatest Dad with Ali & Neil22 Apr

The Fatherhood Framework: Dylan Macinerney on Public Policy, Diapers, and the Culture Wars

Dylan McInerney spent five years on Capitol Hill, built a career in public policy and strategic communications, and now writes the Substack newsletter The Fatherhood Framework, where he explores modern fatherhood through the lens of culture and policy. He also has a two-year-old who has completely wrecked his assumptions about himself. In this episode, Neil and Ali sit down with Dylan to talk about what parenthood actually does to the way you think, not just as a parent, but as a citizen. They get into the real cost of childcare (spoiler: it's up to $1,400 a month in Austin and climbing), the invisible labor gap between moms and dads, and why school schedules are still basically designed for a family structure that barely exists anymore. From there the conversation opens up into the culture war, gambling ads during the Super Bowl, what stories might actually unite dads across the political divide, and whether good policy can survive an era when politics has become everyone's part-time entertainment. Dylan makes a compelling case that investing in kids is not a left or right issue, it's the only bet that actually pays off long term. Plus: why Dylan thinks his two-year-old has exposed him as far less patient than he ever imagined, what he hopes his son will one day read in his writing, and a lightning round that somehow arrives at both Old Yeller and Jason Segel in Shrinking. A genuinely thoughtful and fun episode.

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