The Dad Project
The Dad Project
Podcast Description
The Dad Project is dedicated to celebrating and uplifting single fathers of colour, sharing their powerful stories of perseverance, love, and hope. By highlighting their unique journeys and the challenges they overcome, the project seeks to dismantle stereotypes and emphasise the importance of men’s mental health and emotional well-being.
Through authentic storytelling, The Dad Project inspires understanding and compassion, fostering a community that values the strength and dedication of these fathers and encourages them to share their truths.
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The podcast explores themes of resilience, mental health, and parenting challenges, sharing powerful stories like Kiran Dhilan's battle for 50/50 custody of his autistic son and Aaron Dale's insights into co-parenting and personal growth.
The Dad Project is dedicated to celebrating and uplifting single fathers of colour, sharing their powerful stories of perseverance, love, and hope. By highlighting their unique journeys and the challenges they overcome, the project seeks to dismantle stereotypes and emphasise the importance of men’s mental health and emotional well-being.
Through authentic storytelling, The Dad Project inspires understanding and compassion, fostering a community that values the strength and dedication of these fathers and encourages them to share their truths.
What would drive a loving father and husband to rob 12 banks and what happens after the fallout?In this astonishing episode of The Dad Project Podcast, host Naroop Jhooti speaks with Reed Domingo for one of the most gripping and deeply human conversations we've ever shared. Reed takes us through his unbelievable journey, from a privileged start and successful career to financial collapse, desperation, crime, incarceration, and ultimately redemption.This is more than a story of crime and consequence. It's about love, fatherhood, resilience, and finding your true self in the darkest places. Reed opens up about battling infertility through IVF, falling into overwhelming debt, contemplating suicide, and rebuilding his identity in federal prison—where he emerged not broken, but transformed.🎧 Raw, vulnerable, and unexpectedly uplifting, this episode reminds us all that we are exactly where we’re meant to be, and it’s never too late to write a new chapter.00:00 Intro: ”Exactly Where You're Supposed to Be”01:42 Meet Reed: A Life Like a Movie04:07 Boarding School & Early Independence08:25 Family, Love & Emotional Expression13:28 Rejecting Expectations & Redefining Success17:14 Civil Engineering… for Love20:36 Discovering Computers, Moving to America24:34 Life in Southern California29:17 Falling in Love & Facing Infertility33:05 The Long IVF Journey Begins39:20 Failure, Sex & Coping Mechanisms43:48 The Ninth Attempt: Success & Chummy is Born48:00 Daddy-Daughter Fridays & Deep Bonding52:03 Letting Go: When Your Daughter Falls in Love57:57 Parenting Advice from Experience1:01:08 $250,000 in Debt & Desperation1:06:15 Growing Weed, Losing Hope1:10:34 Contemplating Suicide1:15:12 Robbing Banks as a “Soft Crime”1:20:59 The Motorcycle Bandit & FBI Pursuit1:25:41 Arrested at Home on His Birthday1:29:19 Prison: Becoming Mr. Reed1:35:05 Deportation, Co-Parenting & Resilience1:39:21 Finding Love Again & Healing Through Acceptance1:42:24 Final Thoughts: Never Speak Ill of the Other Parent🔔 Like, subscribe, and share this incredible story to support The Dad Project and spark deeper conversations about fatherhood, resilience, and redemption.📲 Follow The Dad Project:Instagram: @thedadprojecthqTikTok: @thedadprojecthqFacebook: facebook.com/thedadprojecthqYouTube: @thedadprojecthqX (Twitter): @thedadprojecthqLinkedIn: The Dad Project
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