Matt Wertz: The Perfect Amount of Children

Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin

That Sounds Fun Network

Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Wertz is back! Longtime friend Matt Wertz details the daily chaos of his "punk rock" family of four, including managing the mental load and surviving on essential baby tech like the Snoo and the revolutionary swivel car seat. But the true trauma centers on his $300 green hoodie that was ruined by an oil stain. We also reflect on the benefits of late-life fatherhood, having gotten the "hustling" out of the way, and recall the wild, early touring days of playing for sorority chapter meetings to promote Austin shows. Plus, Matt shares details on his exciting new custom songwriting venture, Song Portraits. Join us: ⁠⁠http://dadville.substack.com⁠⁠ Wanna advertise? ⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠ Thanks to our sponsors! Quince - Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://quince.com/dadville⁠⁠⁠ for⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! NIV - Save an additional 10% on any NIV Application Bible and NIV Application Commentary Resources by visiting http://faithgateway.com/nivab and use the promo code DADVILLE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dadville
0:02.0	Yeah
0:05.0	Hi, I'm Dave Barnes
0:07.3	And I'm John McLaughlin
0:08.4	And welcome to Dadville
0:09.6	Dadville's a podcast
0:11.8	Where we talk about life, love,
0:13.7	And the pursuit of awesome dadding
0:15.7	It's funny thoughts and deep talks
0:18.0	So please enjoy your time here in Dadville
0:20.3	And enjoy this episode with Matt Words.
0:29.8	So you were just commenting, both of you were just commenting on my outfit, which is, you know, to be expected.
0:35.8	What do you, I know that you don't laugh me because I'm wearing one too.
0:38.3	What do you call these?
0:39.3	A hoodie. Yeah. So a hoodie's not just this. All three of us are wearing hoodies. Are we? Yeah, we are. Should we rank them? Wait, wait, wait, wait. It's not just the hood, but it's the... What? What else would it be? hoodie, I think of a hoodie as an appendage to a sweatshirt.
0:55.0	No, no.
0:55.6	The whole thing is called a hoodie.
0:57.3	Okay.
0:57.7	Yeah.
0:58.0	And, What else would it be? When I think of hoodie, I think of a hoodie as an appendage to a sweatshirt.
0:55.1	No, no.
0:55.6	The whole thing is called a hoodie. Okay. Yeah. And a sweatshirt without a hoodie is a sweatshirt. Okay. So I got this hoodie. Well, it's a non-hooded sweatshirt. Oh, gosh. You just say sweatshirt for short. Red-hooted sweatshirt. That's what we did in Kansas
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