Paternology (FATHERHOOD) with Darby Saxbe

DADS. What makes a good one? What if you had a bad one? And how can fatherhood turn the tides on toxic masculinity? Also: diapers. The brilliant USC research psychologist,  fatherhood expert, and thus Paternologist Dr. Darby Saxbe covers everything from prehistoric family systems to social media expectations as we chat about male hormones during and after pregnancy, division of labor, dad bods, gorillas, TV dads, seahorses, trans dads, oxytocin, gender reveals, and how it truly takes a community to raise a kid. Her brand new book is  “Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How it Shapes Men's Lives,” and it’s great reading for anyone who was the result of a sperm and egg. Including frogs.   Visit Dr. Saxbe’s website and follow her on Instagram, Bluesky, Substack, and YouTube   Buy her book, Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives A donation went to Homeboy Industries More episode sources and links Zach Bogart’s “Oh hey” cataloguer site ohheyitsthe.site   Other episodes you may enjoy: Pride Month: Guests to Know and Love, Genealogy (FAMILY TREES), Matrimoniology (MARRIAGE), Evolutionary Biology (DARWINISM), Trolleyology (MORAL DILEMMAS + THE TROLLEY PROBLEM), Personality Psychology (PERSONALITIES), Molecular Neurobiology (BRAIN CHEMICALS), Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER), Sexology (SEX), Biogerontology (AGING), Mammalogy (MAMMALS), Dasyurology (TASMANIAN DEVILS)   400+ Ologies episodes sorted by topic   Smologies (short, classroom-safe) episodes   Sponsors of Ologies   Transcripts and bleeped episodes   Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month   OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes!   Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky   Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok   Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee   Managing Director: Susan Hale   Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth   Transcripts by Aveline Malek   Website by Kelly R. Dwyer   Theme song by Nick Thorburn   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.