The Good Enough Dad with Maggie Dent

Maggie Dent is one of Australia's most recognized parenting educators, known especially as a champion of boys and men. With The Good Enough Dad, she flips the usual podcast formula by interviewing fathers rather than telling them what to do. The title itself sets the tone: perfection is not the goal, and showing up imperfectly still counts. Across two seasons and around 45 episodes, Maggie sits down with dads from wildly different backgrounds -- professional athletes, musicians, military veterans, authors, and plenty of regular guys just trying to figure it out. The conversations are honest and frequently moving. Guests talk about their own fathers, their failures, the moments they got it right, and the pressure they feel to perform a version of masculinity that doesn't always leave room for tenderness. Maggie's interview style is gentle but probing. She has a knack for getting men to open up in ways they probably don't in their everyday lives, and her decades of experience working with families gives the conversations real depth. There's a strong Australian flavor here -- many guests are from Down Under -- which gives it a distinct character compared to the American-dominated dad podcast space. The weekly episodes are well-produced and run at a comfortable length for a single listening session. If you're drawn to the idea that good enough really is good enough, and you want to hear real men talk honestly about the messy, beautiful work of fatherhood, Maggie Dent has created something genuinely special here.