Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Dad podcast, where on the weekends, we do a deeper dive

at how to get better at our most important job, being a parent.

I'm down here by the Gulf with my family, spending a little time at the beach, putting the

finishing touches on the Justice Book before that goes into production.

It's been awesome.

It's very, very hot. We're escaping the heat dome in Texas, slightly different heat dome here in Florida, but at least we've

got the ocean. It's amazing. That leads me to today's guest, which is a book we've been reading

every night as a family from one of my son's favorite authors and my favorite authors. The fact that we can

already share one is pretty cool. Talking about the one and only Steve Ronella. I really love

Steve's last book, Outdoor Kids in an Inside World, which I have raved about. I have told a million

people about it. I would carry that at the painted porch too. You'll definitely like it.

But the new book, Catch a crayfish, count the stars, fun project, skills, and adventures for

outdoor kids. There's a ton of stuff in here for families and kids alike. I am a huge Steve

Ronella fan. I've raved about his stuff many, many times for very good reason.

And without further ado, here's my interview with the one and only Stephen Ronell.

This isn't in the studio.

We did it over Skype.

There was a little bit of lag here and there, so you might hear some slight strange edits.

But we had a great time, and it's always a pleasure talking to one of my favorite people.

Well, it's a reminder of sort of how simple the thing has to be for a human to manage to get excited about it.

Like, we're in Texas, so it's kind of a good rock area, I guess in some sense, but like,

we live on this dirt road.

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