Being in our 30s & Growing Up with an Absent Father
Cate & Ty Break It Down
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🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Cate & Ty are in downtown Detroit for today, feeling "old and lame" after staying up until 5am. They talk about the struggles of getting older, their mutual love for the "Irish Goodbye" and how Tyler doesn't like it when plans are altered. Things get serious when Cate asks about the impact of Tyler’s absent father, whose life was defined by addiction and time in prison. Tyler shares his earliest childhood memory—being a toddler and waking up to the flashlights of bounty hunters outside their trailer. He also reflects on the challenge of having to "burn down the fantasy" of an idealized dad and how the lack of a male role model ultimately shaped him into the dad and husband he is today. Lastly, Cate reads some Anonymous Secrets, and one in particular hits close to home.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back, guys. |
| 0:09.7 | Welcome. |
| 0:11.1 | It's umpte. |
| 0:11.7 | It means we're in the middle of the week, almost done. |
| 0:14.0 | Hallelujah. |
| 0:14.7 | Thank God. |
| 0:15.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:15.6 | We actually, we, uh, we got to go out with some friends last night, which we don't really get to do. Very rare. Yeah, because, I mean, we've come downtown a couple times and it's just, we just hang out with just me and you. But last night we actually got to get together with like a couple of our friends and my cousin, Jordan. And it was really, it was fine. It was fun. Barcade was great. |
| 0:38.0 | Yeah, we went to the barcade. Moot's is always good. Yeah, we went to the Moots Pizzeria downtown Detroit. If you haven't tried it, oh, dude. The New York. I was telling Tyler's cousin yesterday, I was like, we'll go to Moots. It's like a pizzeria and like pasta place. it's like an Italian place. |
| 0:54.4 | And I'm like, it's like a New York style pizza. |
| 0:56.3 | And he's like, eh, he's like, Iizzeria and like pasta place. It's like an Italian place. |
| 0:56.2 | And I'm like, it's like a New York style pizza. |
| 0:58.1 | And he's like, I've had New York pizza. |
| 0:59.6 | And I'm like, no, dude, I'm telling you. |
| 1:01.1 | And he's right though. |
| 1:02.9 | Not a lot of people get New York pizza right. |
| 1:03.5 | Right. |
| 1:04.9 | But I don't know, dude. |
| 1:06.7 | Moots got it. |
| 1:10.9 | And then yesterday when we were eating, he was like, okay. Yeah, dude. He looked at me. He's like 10 out of 10. |
| 1:11.7 | 10 out of 10. |
| 1:25.9 | I'm like, dude, I told you moots is good as hell. So good. That's the thing. Like downtown Detroit has so many good restaurants and like things to do. I love coming down here when we can. I just think Detroit gets a bad rap. It's like, hey. Yeah. Come on, man. |
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