On Netflix's Adolescence, Fatherhood, and Presence (Part 1)

In this inaugural episode of The Good Dad Podcast, Blueprint's David Kuhl and Paul Nakhla discuss Adolescence, a British-produced limited series released on Netflix earlier this spring.

Over the course of a four-episode arc, the show moves from the alleged, and ultimately inescapably true, accusation of a terrible crime committed by a 13-year-old boy, and how it impacts him and his relationship with his father, and ultimately entire community.

David and Paul address some themes that emerged from the show, and how we can begin to think about Adolescence as an instructive narrative to thinking about boys and men—and the cultural forces that influence their identities within and without their families—in the modern era.