27 episodes
Daddyhood Colton Underwood
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- Kids & Family
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4.1 • 40 Ratings
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We’re having a baby!! Join Colton as he explores his journey from fertility to watching his baby take their first steps. During this next year, Colton’s life is going to change forever and he is going to take you along for the ride. Colton will walk us through his unique journey of fertility which comes with decisions about surrogates, egg donors, adoption processes, and much more. He will meet with professionals, friends, and expecting parents to discuss their experiences becoming a parent as well as share his own stories.
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Surrogacy Journey: A Conversation with Lisa Wippler
This week we dive into the world of surrogacy with Lisa Wippler. Lisa shares her experiences as a surrogate, while Colton reflects on meeting his own. Together, they explore the joys and challenges of carrying someone else's child, offering unique insights into this powerful journey.
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Breaking Barriers in Modern Parenthood with Dr. Kim Bergman
In today's episode, Colton talks with Dr. Kim Bergman, psychologist and surrogacy advocate. They discuss her extensive work in surrogacy, personal journey to parenthood, and advocacy for LGBTQ family building and rights.
This episode was shot by Eleanor Matthews, edited by Patchwork Piñata, and produced by Avery Siegel. Original theme music by Jon The Dad.
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Bad Situations not Bad Kids with Mark Daley
In today's episode, Colton talks with Mark Daley, author of 'Safe'. They discuss Mark's experience as a foster parent, his activism for foster children, and the challenges of the child protection system. Mark shares insights on LGBTQ+ family building, parenting amid trauma, and redefining child safety.
Mark Daley is the author of the bestselling book, Safe, A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take For Family. Daley has over two decades of experience in message development, communication strategy, and public policy, including as a communications director and spokesperson for then-Senator Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. He has worked with more than thirty members of Congress, numerous governors, and other elected officials. He is the founder of One Iowa, the state’s largest LGBTQ+ equality organization, and TheFosterParent.com, a national platform to connect interested families with foster care agencies.
This episode was shot by Eleanor Matthews, Edited by Patchwork Piñata, and Produced by Avery Siegel. Original theme song by Jon the Dad.
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From Infertility to the Embryo Transfer
This week Colton sits down with his doctor, Dr. Ringler to take us from Colton's infertility all the way through the embryo transfer.
Dr. Ringler was one of the world’s first physicians to help gay men have babies through egg donation and surrogacy. He is committed to helping all members of the LGBTQ community fulfill their dreams of having children and building families.
This episode was shot by Eleanor Matthews, Edited by Patchwork Piñata, and Produced by Avery Siegel. Original theme music by Jon The Dad.
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The Beginnings of Parenthood ft. Lindsey Metselaar
In today's episode, Colton sits down with Lindsey Metselaar: host of the popular 'We Met At Acme' podcast. They discuss Lindsey's journey into motherhood, her experiences during the first few weeks with her newborn, the challenges and joys of being a new parent, how her relationship has evolved since becoming a mother, her thoughts on work-life balance as a podcaster and entrepreneur, advice she'd give to expectant mothers, and so much more.
Check out Lindsey's podcast @WeMetAtAcme !!
This episode is sponsored by Peer Space. To learn more about Peerspace go to: https://www.peerspace.com/
This episode was shot by Eleanor Matthews, edited by Patchwork Piñata and produced by Avery Siegel. Original theme song by Jon the Dad.
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The Ethics of Picking a Surrogate with Dr. Brian Levine
Surrogacy is complex, but Nodal has a whole new solution - join Colton Underwood and Dr. Brian Levine for an illuminating talk on ethical family building.
To learn more about Nodal visit: https://www.nodal.com/
This episode was shot by Eleanor Matthews, Edited by Patchwork Piñata, and Produced by Avery Siegel. Original theme song by Jon The Dad.
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Customer Reviews
Colton helped me Come Out
So excited for this podcast! Colton’s journey certainly hasn’t been a traditional, mundane one but rather a tumultuous inspiring one that reflects so much of mine. I didn’t watch The Bachelor or know who Colton was until his documentary came out on Netflix. His journey helped me to find the courage to come out at the age of 31. It’s been a crazy journey since and I too want kids with my partner one day. So inspired by Colton’s self-aware journey and excited to see this next chapter!
Disappointing
I was intrigued and was excited to hear different perspectives on the journey to parenthood but so far have been disappointed in these episodes. So far it is mostly just interviews with companies who are trying to sell you a service. Glimpses of insight and science, but mostly long ads and sometime straight up “wellness” myths.
Show Plays Into Trans-Erasing Binaries
Colton I hope you read this and are open to the feedback because I loved that you mentioned you’re still learning. This is someone in your community who is trying to educate you so you can use your platform well.
My review is that I love Colton. I know he’s got a sketchy history but being extremely closeted does create mental health issues and anyone saying he hasn’t owned up to that hasn’t payed attention. Having said that, despite his genuine authenticity - which I love - he doesn’t seem to have made any growth towards decolonizing his heteronormative ways of thinking about family. Gus Kenworthy explained to Colton on Coming Out Colton what cisgender meant, and yet Colton continues to talk about biological parenting as being about “men” or “women.” The trans and non-binary community have quite a lot to say about gender-less parenting as well as gender identity and body parts so I’m just not interested in someone’s platform who can’t navigate both fields. Even in the first episode the trivia game was based off gender stereotypes of who’s going to change more diapers, who’s going to do what. That stuff is navigated situationally between two people based on capacity and energy and has nothing to do with one or the other. Like, it’s a fun game to play based off excitement about the future, but it’s red flags to me that the show has got nothing to do with parenting style etc. How to navigate a homophobic, cisgender privileged system as a queer couple who wants kids. To wit, what about adoption? Adoption isn’t even on the table? So many queer people face inordinate challenges through adoption. Also the font for the social media account of Daddyhood has “captioning” that is not at all focused on what visually impaired folx need. It’s too big and it’s too flashy and it’s too quick.
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