Welcome to the Bullwhip Podcast. I am a Amanda Carpenter sitting in for Charlie

Sykes for another summer Monday with Will Salatin. But will I look outside today and

I fear the summer is winding down quickly. I'm so sad that you used the word fear. Don't

you love the fall? I love the fall, Amanda. I do. I guess you know what? I'm not ready

for my kids to go back to school. I feel like it's been a short summer with them. It's

been so great because they're getting a little bit older now. You know, my son is cooking.

He's nine. He's getting hungrier, which is alarming. He's eating enormous amounts. But

it's been very nice for me because I have always done all the cooking for our family. My

husband is a saint. He does all the dishes. I've done dishes very rarely in our whole

entire marriage. So that's our trade off. But it's become so much easier because they've

taken an interest in cooking. Like I woke up the other morning and my son is making scrambled

eggs for his breakfast sandwich, which included an everything bagel, ham, cheese, and the

eggs. And I was like, can I have one? And would you believe it? He cooked it for me and

it was delicious. And it's probably one of the most amazing things that's happened. So

I don't want him to go back to school any time soon.

Well, you may have selfish motives, but I applaud you. First of all, I'm super excited

to hear that your son likes to cook. And I encourage parents all over the world, teach

your sons to cook. Some of them won't want to, but some of them will love it. And you just

will help to rectify one of the great imbalances in the world about men, men not cooking.

Well, you are speaking my language. It is amazing. My husband is wonderful. I'm not ditching

on him. But it is amazing to me that some men can go through pretty much their whole lives

without knowing or having to cook a meal for a holiday for someone else. Because that

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