How You Do Dad

The Takeaway Table

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Welcome to How You Do Dad, a podcast hosted by Minghan, Dennis and Jon as they take on the wild journey of balancing being dads while trying to be just - guys. Join this trio, as they share their ups and downs of their new lives as parents - navigating the unpredictable twists and turns together. We’re all still figuring this thing out, but we’ll share what we’ve learned so far.

9 SEPT

#7 How Do We Explain Money To Kids? Ft. Andrew Ngo, with Maybank

In this episode, we have Andrew Ngo from Stoned & Co joining us in the studio to chat about all things money with kids! Teaming up with Maybank, we’re diving into financial planning for kids. We’ll expose our childhood allowances, how it shaped our view of money growing up, and discuss the best ways navigate the trickiest question: “Dad, what is money?”. Join us as we learn from mistakes and figure out this thing called daddyhood. #ItsGottaBeMAE Join Our Telegram Community! https://t.me/hyddannouncements ____ Welcome to How You Do Dad, a podcast hosted by Minghan, Dennis and Jon as they take on the wild journey of being the asian dad in this new era. ____ NEW PODCAST EPISODES BIWEEKLY ON MONDAYS AT 11AM! ____ Follow The Takeaway Table! https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ Follow Ming Han! https://www.instagram.com/dmingthing/ Follow Dennis! https://www.instagram.com/dennisyin/ Follow Jon! https://www.instagram.com/jonchuajx/ Follow Andrew https://www.instagram.com/andrewngo/ Follow Maybank https://www.instagram.com/mymaybank/ ____ CHAPTERS 01:00 - Meet Andrew Ngo! 04:53 - Money Talks With Our Kids 09:44 - THE SG BABY BONUS?? 14:00 - Learning The Value Of Money 18:49 - We’re Not Seeing The Money 21:59 - Crazy Canteen Allowances 24:59 - Life Without Ewallets 25:35 - Our Yippie Memories 28:40 - Our Childhood Allowances 29:23 - What’s Wrong With Our Accents?! 32:00 - Our Beliefs About Money 33:48 - Balling For The Family 38:35 - Understanding New Gen Money 42:13 - Should Kids Earn Money? 47:40 - Understanding Privilege and Spoiling 49:00 - Best & Worst Money Lessons

58 min
19 AUG

#6 Juggling our passions, poisons and work ft. Lawson (Venturi Motors)

“Every hobby need to become work meh??“ This episode of How You Do Dad takes us on a little field trip to Gasket Alley, where we sit down with Lawson, the owner of Venturi Motors, to explore turning passions into work! We'll also discuss short-term passions that emerge after having kids and how becoming a dad changes our approach to balancing work and interests. Join us as we learn from mistakes and figure out this thing called daddyhood. Join Our Telegram Community! https://t.me/hyddannouncements Follow The Takeaway Table! https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ Follow Ming Han! https://www.instagram.com/dmingthing/ Follow Dennis! https://www.instagram.com/dennisyin/ Follow Jon! https://www.instagram.com/jonchuajx/ ____ CHAPTERS 02:00 - Dads On A Fieldtrip 04:40 - THIS IS NOT A CAR EPISODE… 05:22 - Loaded Questions 08:10 - The Blue Myvi Club 09:40 - How Venturi Motors Came To Be 12:18 - How We Pursued Creative Jobs 15:00 - Don’t Have A Fall Back 24:20 - The Turning Point To Pursue 30:30 - The Changes In Our Risk Appetite 34:30 - Managing “Dad Time” 37:53 - Short-Term Passions After Kids 40:30 - Making Our Time Worth It 44:11 - Your Marriage Needs Passion(s) 49:50 - Friend Group Baby Wave 53:58 - What We Would’ve Done Better 55:37 - Dennis' SPECIFIC Comment 57:12 - EV Car Tangents 59:55 - Join Our Telegram!

1h 1m
5 AUG

#5 Postpartum depression, bringing the baby home and supporting the new mommy Ft. Jazel

The most careful week of our lives… Let’s dive into the rollercoaster of baby arrivals, from crazy hospital bills to our love for confinement ladies and how we navigated postpartum with our wives. We still have a lot to learn, but here's what we've got so far. Join us as we figure things out the best we can. Join Our Telegram Community! https://t.me/hyddannouncements Follow The Takeaway Table! https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ Follow Ming Han! https://www.instagram.com/dmingthing/ Follow Dennis! https://www.instagram.com/dennisyin/ Follow Jon! https://www.instagram.com/jonchuajx/ ____ CHAPTERS 02:25 - Mrs Yin In The House! 07:15 - The Terror Of Taking The Baby Home 11:00 - Choosing The Right Stroller 18:00 - Finding The Right Doctor 20:00 - The Upfront Cost 24:45 - The First Month Home 28:27 - The Standard of Confinement Ladies 35:20 - The Confinement Centre 38:15 - Sudden Transitions As 3 43:45 - Present Dads Are Useless 54:40 - Postpartum Depression with Jazel 59:00 - Remembering Who You Are 1:04:26 - Join Our Telegram!

1h 5m
22 JUL

#4 SHE’S GOING INTO WHAT? The daddy baby prep, water burstings and shocking birth stories.

We dive into the chaos of preparing for a new baby. From packing the delivery bag to navigating the overwhelming world of strollers, and supporting our wives through some interesting prenatal classes. We'll also discuss the shocking realities of childbirth, so brace yourself for wild stories about dilation issues, failed epidurals, week-long labors, and C-sections. We still have a lot to learn, but here's what we've got so far. Join us as we figure things out the best we can. ____ Join Our Telegram Community! https://t.me/hyddannouncements Follow The Takeaway Table! https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ Follow Ming Han! https://www.instagram.com/dmingthing/ Follow Dennis! https://www.instagram.com/dennisyin/ Follow Jon! https://www.instagram.com/jonchuajx/ ____ CHAPTERS 03:23 - Shoutout to a new Daddy, Hanpin Ma. 05:04 - The Pop Day… 05:55 - Overpacking The Delivery Bag 08:50 - Signing The Delivery Room Document 10:58 - New Baby, New HOUSE??? 11:54 - The Babymoon 13:40 - Pregnancy Cravings = Baby’s Cravings 17:00 - Never Move Houses When Your Wife Is Pregnant 19:35 - Buying A Porche For The Baby 26:20 - Sleeping in Hypnobirthing Classes 32:30 - Wives Going To Prenatal Classes Alone 34:00 - Delivery Room Chaos 35:20 - Birth Stories: Dialation Horrors 43:50 - ONE WEEK of Labour??? 47:00 - Failed Epidural and Vacuuming The Baby Out 52:00 - As Curious As You Are… Don’t Look Down. 53:20 - Preparing For The Long Haul After Birth 58:00 - How We Split Our Chores 01:01:50 - Outro

1h 3m
10 JUL

#3 Is it harder for men to be truly happy?

Does wellness truly exist in men? In this episode, we’re exploring what wellness truly means for the moderns dads. From fighting through the new pains (and cramps) of fatherhood, to balancing our passions and responsibilities and learning to stay healthy for our families. We still have a lot to learn, but here's what we've got so far. Join us as we figure things out the best we can. Join Our Telegram Community! https://t.me/hyddannouncements Follow The Takeaway Table! https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ Follow Ming Han! https://www.instagram.com/dmingthing/ Follow Dennis! https://www.instagram.com/dennisyin/ Follow Jon! https://www.instagram.com/jonchuajx/ ____ CHAPTERS 00:00 - What have the guys been up to? 03:50 - Let’s Talk About Wellbeing 07:00 - Jon is a pilates girlie 08:00 - Getting The Uncle Cramps 16:20 - What’s The Point Of Working Out 20:44 - Finding A Purpose In Obsessions 23:35 - We Don’t Think, Just Do. 26:40 - “Circuit Breaker” in SG 32:10 - Does “Wellbeing” Even Exist in SG? 41:45 - Is It Harder To be Happy Now? 46:10 - Spoiling Ourselves 54:35 - Scary Questions Our Wives Ask 56:36 - Dennis Eats 10 Egg White A Day 58:00 - If We Could Fix Our Downfalls… 01:05:00 - Stop Spoonfeeding Your Friends 01:05:44 - Outro

1h 7m
24 JUN

#2 The Silent Dad curse, guilty pleasures, and sacrificing our hobbies?

In this episode, we expose our guilty pleasures, our crazy bachelor spendings and discuss how we've reprioritised expenses after kids. How do we spend right? Do we provide enough? Is there generational curse of the silent dad still around? We still have a lot to learn, but here's what we've got so far. Join us as we figure things out the best we can. Join Our Telegram Community! https://t.me/hyddannouncements ____ Welcome to How You Do Dad, a podcast hosted by Minghan, Dennis and Jon as they take on the wild journey of being the asian dad in this new era. ____ NEW PODCAST EPISODES BIWEEKLY ON MONDAYS AT 11AM! ____ Follow The Takeaway Table! https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ Follow Ming Han! https://www.instagram.com/dmingthing/ Follow Dennis! https://www.instagram.com/dennisyin/ Follow Jon! https://www.instagram.com/jonchuajx/ ____ CHAPTERS 01:15 - Jon’s impulsive Taiwan trip 02:25 - Majulah Singapura things 05:00 - Taiwan is crazy scary polite for asians 06:25 - How We Do Money? 07:00 - Trading cards are kinda like gamblings 08:25 - Jon’s guilty pleasure is… Grab Premium? 10:38 - Getting our wives approval to game 13:25 - Psychoanalysing our audio guy Ryan 15:15 - Why are Kancils called Kancils 16:35 - Why does Dennis need 4 cars??? 23:40 - How our mini person affects our spendings 27:25 - “Saving for a rainy day” 31:50 - Figuring out Jon’s SG bachelor expenditure 33:20 - A wake up call to our finances 40:30 - Popping bottles. 41:44 - Our biggest pivot after kids. 46:30 - Becoming the Silent Dad 52:00 - Our biggest problem: Resillience 54:20 - The Guiding Financial Principals 01:02:00 - Embrace the worries of providing 01:03:50 - Any advice, Dads? 01:05:35 - Outro

1h 6m
12 JUN

#1 Baby Daddies - Are we ready for this?

Excitement, worries, ups, downs - welcome to the first episode of How You Do Dad! This episode we dive into the early realities of the new dad life. We tackle our anxieties of starting out with no guidance as dads. From the initial awkward first few days, weeks and months to the nerve-wrecking moments of saying goodbye to the confinement lady. We still have a lot to learn, but here's what we've got so far. Join us as we continue figuring things out the best we can. ____ 🎉HYDD LAUNCH GIVEAWAY🎉 To celebrate our newest baby, we’re giving out some cool gifts over at our Telegram Channel! 🎁 From June 12th to June 17th, stand a chance to win some special Father’s Day prizes from our favourite brands like- @oatside x3 Cases of Oatside Mini Oat Latte @sttokeofficial x1 Coffee Cup @asicsmalaysia x1 Gel Kayano | Size US9 x1 Asics Crew Socks x1 Asics Waist Pouch Join Our Telegram Community! https://t.me/hyddannouncements ____ Welcome to How You Do Dad, a podcast hosted by Minghan, Dennis and Jon as they take on the wild journey of being the asian dad in this new era. ____ Follow The Takeaway Table! https://www.instagram.com/thetakeawaytable/ Follow Ming Han! https://www.instagram.com/dmingthing/ Follow Dennis! https://www.instagram.com/dennisyin/ Follow Jon! https://www.instagram.com/jonchuajx/ ____ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Telegram Giveaway! 01:30 - We used to pop bottles now we pop babies 02:14 - Defining the stereotypical asian dad 04:25 - Twins terrify us 07:00 - Was this an accident… 08:55 - Dennis tested his swimmers 17:38 - Telegram Giveaway! 21:21 - WTF is being ‘time challenged’??? 22:00 - Our biggest life changes 23:18 - Our alarm is the baby crying 26:00 - Jon gets nauseous with baby sh*t 28:00 - Splitting up the baby time 30:50 - Confinement ladies are godsent 35:30 - How do you bathe the kid?! 37:00 - Crime scenes at meal time 38:50 - There’s too much screaming 41:50 - I’m scared to be a role model 43:15 - New month, new baby 48:50 - Raising kids: MY vs. SG 50:10 - Setting an example 51:45 - We’re just figuring it out 53:45 - Outro

55 min

7 Episodes

Welcome to How You Do Dad, a podcast hosted by Minghan, Dennis and Jon as they take on the wild journey of balancing being dads while trying to be just - guys. Join this trio, as they share their ups and downs of their new lives as parents - navigating the unpredictable twists and turns together. We’re all still figuring this thing out, but we’ll share what we’ve learned so far.

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How You Do Dad

How You Do Dad

Episodes

#7 How Do We Explain Money To Kids? Ft. Andrew Ngo, with Maybank

#6 Juggling our passions, poisons and work ft. Lawson (Venturi Motors)

#5 Postpartum depression, bringing the baby home and supporting the new mommy Ft. Jazel

#4 SHE’S GOING INTO WHAT? The daddy baby prep, water burstings and shocking birth stories.

#3 Is it harder for men to be truly happy?

#2 The Silent Dad curse, guilty pleasures, and sacrificing our hobbies?

#1 Baby Daddies - Are we ready for this?

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