{"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":"Stop Fighting the Past & Build a Vision Together In Marriage","slug":"stop-fighting-the-past-build-a-vision-together-in-marriage","published_at":"2026-07-08T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dad-edge-podcast-522814/stop-fighting-the-past-build-a-vision-together-in-marriage","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dad-edge-podcast-522814","url":"https://thedadedge.com/1501","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/gooddadproject/7.7.26_-_Joe__Larry.mp3?dest-id=264727","summary":"Larry Hagner and Joe sit down for a Wednesday Q&A the day after Larry's 51st birthday, and this one goes deep on marriage repair. Nick brought a raw, real question to the room: his wife has finally said she's willing to try to fix things and go to counseling, and he's scared. Scared to hope. Scared she doesn't mean it. Scared he'll lose himself in the process of trying to save the relationship. What follows is one of those conversations that only happens when the guys in the room have actually lived it. Joe opens up about being what he calls a three-time marriage loser and a one-time marriage big winner, and he doesn't dress it up. He blew up three marriages before he learned the thing that changed everything: when you take your wife as your bride, you inherit all of her wounds, even the ones her father put there, even the ones you didn't create. Your job isn't to fix only the damage you did. Your job is to become sensitive to all of it, so she finally feels safe enough to lower the shields. Then Larry brings in two tools that shift the whole frame. The first is vision, fast-forwarding the tape to a year from now and asking your spouse what you'd both be celebrating, because whatever we focus on grows and whatever we resist persists. The second is forgiveness, and here Larry shares the framework Father Stephen Gadberry gave him: forgiveness isn't a single conversation, it's a plant. You water it, you don't overwater it, and as it grows you keep pruning it. You forgive but you never fully forget, so you keep coming back to the conversation with curiosity instead of an attack. If you're a man trying to rebuild trust in a marriage that's been hard for years, or you're carrying resentment you don't know how to put down, this episode gives you a real place to start. It'…","meta_description":"Larry Hagner and Joe sit down for a Wednesday Q&A the day after Larry's 51st birthday, and this one goes deep on marriage repair. Nick brought a raw,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dad-edge-podcast-522814/episodes/stop-fighting-the-past-build-a-vision-together-in-marriage/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/stop-fighting-the-past-build-a-vision-together-in-marriage.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}