Why Fatherhood Still Matters - with Bill Federer

Father’s Day is usually framed as a light holiday, but the real story is heavier and a lot more revealing. We sit down with historian Bill Federer to trace the origins of Father’s Day from a heartbreaking coal mine disaster that left hundreds of families without fathers, to the grassroots push that spread nationwide through churches and the YMCA. Along the way, we ask a simple question with huge consequences: what happens to a culture when fatherhood becomes optional, mocked, or absent? We a...