{"podcast":{"title":"The Dad Edge Podcast","slug":"the-dad-edge-podcast-522814","podcast_index_feed_id":522814,"rss_url":"https://gooddadproject.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://thedadedge.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/6/5/2/f652108ec70d8db2a04421dee9605cbd/Dad_Edge_Show_Art_new.jpg","author":"Larry Hagner","episode_count":1516,"summary":"The Dad Edge Podcast is a movement. It is a strong community of Fathers who all share a set of values. Larry Hagner, founder of The Dad Edge, breaks down common challenges of fatherhood, making them easy to understand and overcome. Tackling the world of Fatherhood can be a daunting task when we try to do it alone. The mission of The Dad Edge Podcast is to help you become the best, strongest, and happiest version of yourself so that you can help guide your kids to the best version of themselves. Simple as that. Everything you need and all of our resources can be found at thedadedge.com/podcast","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T10:20:46.741003+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dad-edge-podcast-522814"},"episode":{"title":"How Your Old Solutions Became Your Current Problems featuring Gary John Bishop","slug":"how-your-old-solutions-became-your-current-problems-featuring-gary-john-bishop","published_at":"2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dad-edge-podcast-522814/how-your-old-solutions-became-your-current-problems-featuring-gary-john-bishop","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dad-edge-podcast-522814","url":"https://thedadedge.com/1503","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/gooddadproject/7.12.26_-_Gary_John_Bishop.mp3?dest-id=264727","summary":"Gary John Bishop is the New York Times bestselling author behind Unfu k Yourself* and Stop Doing That Sh t*, whose books have sold over 4.5 million copies and whose audiobooks alone have topped 2 million. Making his sixth appearance on the show, the Scottish philosopher and personal development author joins Larry to break down his newest book, Now What , and challenge the entire premise of self-help. This conversation gets into why chasing the next fix keeps you stuck, how your old solutions quietly become your current problems, and why self-invention beats self-improvement for good. If you're a dad who's done all the work, read all the books, and still catches himself asking why life feels the same, this one will reframe how you see time, identity, and being present with your kids. Timeline Summary [1:02] – Gary returns for his sixth appearance and the \"Larry and Gary Show\" reunion [3:13] – The line that started it all: solving your life instead of living in it [5:23] – Why the book slapped Gary around as he wrote it and questioned everything he knew [6:38] – Realizing most of what we call fulfillment is actually just relief [8:03] – Now is not a time, now is a place, and now is eternal, but you're not [11:28] – How Gary scrapped a finished manuscript and rewrote the guts in 30 days [14:20] – The difference between having knowledge of something and truly knowing it [22:12] – How old solutions become current problems: work ethic turning into workaholism [27:03] – Larry on his son's graduation and why he felt joy instead of regret [29:52] – The meerkat in the cathedral and why context is your one true superpower [32:16] – Alan Watts on standing in a river with the past and future always here [36:13] – Self-invention over self-improvement and why the \"self\" isn't broken…","meta_description":"Gary John Bishop is the New York Times bestselling author behind Unfu k Yourself* and Stop Doing That Sh t*, whose books have sold over 4.5 million copies…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4413,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dad-edge-podcast-522814/episodes/how-your-old-solutions-became-your-current-problems-featuring-gary-john-bishop/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dad-edge-podcast-522814/how-your-old-solutions-became-your-current-problems-featuring-gary-john-bishop.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}