This is a Father's Day special unlike anything the Dudes Without Dads podcast has ever released.

Joshua Brown flips the script. In this live, unscripted episode, he's not the interviewer — he's the one in the chair. Alongside him is William, his half-brother. Same dad. Different moms. Two men who grew up without a father, found each other through God's providence, and are now walking out reconciliation together.

Gary Moritz steps in to steward the conversation — drawing out the pain, the truth, and the redemption that both men have lived.

In this episode you'll hear:

• Joshua's story of being reconciled to his Heavenly Father after a life-altering car crash — and then finding his earthly father and his half-brother
• William's story of being rejected by his dad at 12, blamed for his grandfather's death, and sent spiraling into drugs and the streets of North Nashville
• The difference between the dad who walks out and the dad who stays but checks out — and how both leave the same hole in a son
• What a father actually hands a son: his name, his worth, his sense of belonging
• How Men of Valor, a Nashville incarceration rehabilitation ministry, became a turning point in William's redemption
• What it means to let your work become a witness of who you worship
• Why reconciliation with the Heavenly Father is the only thing that truly fills the hole an earthly father leaves behind

"Once you get reconciled in a right relationship with your Heavenly Father, the byproduct is you want to go and help others be reconciled to their Heavenly Father as well."

"Forgiveness is more for you than them. I had inner peace for the first time in my life. It's just Jesus — just Jesus."

This episode is for every man who grew up without a father. For every man still carrying the weight of rejection. And for every man who needs to know — God was writing your story the whole time, even in the moments you couldn't see Him.

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What do you do when your father gives you the keys to his brand new truck — and four days later takes his own life?

Cory was 30 years old, had just celebrated his birthday five days earlier, and had an 8-month-old daughter at home when his father died by suicide on May 15, 2010. In this raw and unforgettable episode, Joshua Brown sits down with his friend Cory for one of the most honest conversations the Dudes Without Dads podcast has ever had.

This isn't just a story about loss. It's a story about what happens to a son when his father was physically present his entire life — but never really there. And what it costs a man when that father disappears forever before the relationship could ever be repaired.

In this episode, Cory opens up about:

• Growing up with a dad who was in the house but emotionally absent
• Always feeling like a constant disappointment — even during baseball games his dad coached
• The moment he came home from a party to find out his dad had tried to take his life
• The lie that followed him for 15 years: "I'm not enough"
• How that lie showed up in his marriage, his fatherhood, and his pastoral ministry
• What his counselor finally told him that started to bring real healing
• Learning how to be a son to a Heavenly Father who loves you for who you are — not what you do
• The three roles every man needs: a spiritual father, brothers, and sons to pour into

This episode is for every man who lost his dad before the relationship was ever whole. It's for every man still trying to prove he's enough to someone who's no longer there. And it's for every man brave enough to finally name the pain out loud.

"Forgiveness is more for you than them. I had inner peace for the first time in my life. It's just Jesus — just Jesus."

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What is a father wound? How do you heal it? And what does the Bible actually say a man is supposed to be?

In this episode, Joshua Brown sits down with Robert Lewis — founder of Men's Fraternity, author of the bestselling Raising a Modern Day Knight, and co-founder of BetterMan — for one of the most important conversations in the Dudes Without Dads catalog.

Robert has spent four decades in rooms full of men, opening the Bible and helping them figure out who they are. His work has reached over 5 million people across 80+ countries. And in this conversation, he brings all of it to five questions every man needs to answer.

You'll hear:

• A clear definition of the father wound — and why most men don't know they're carrying one
• How the wound hides as overperformance, anger, addiction, and depression
• The three-part blessing from Matthew 3:17 that every son needs to hear from his father
• What it looks like to "go get the blessing" from your dad — even now
• How to break the generational cycle and become the dad your kids need
• The Bible's four-pillar definition of manhood, straight from Genesis

Robert closes with a line that will stay with you: "You can't become what you can't define."

This episode is for the man who had a dad but grew up without one. It's for the dad who wants to do better but doesn't know how. And it's for every man who's ever wondered — what am I actually supposed to be?

🔗 Resources:

• BetterMan (free resources, videos, workbooks): https://www.betterman.com
• Raising a Modern Day Knight by Robert Lewis: https://www.amazon.com
• Apply to be a guest: https://www.DudesWithoutDadsPodcast.com
• Dudes Without Dads: https://www.dudeswithoutdads.com

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