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I wanted to share a few photos with you guys before tonight. The first photo is Brian just waking up from surgery. Don’t get it twisted—this was 100% Brian’s choice. Most people would’ve gone home, waited for the bandages to come off, and recovered. Not Brian. Bandages and all, he got on a plane almost immediately and flew from Detroit to Atlanta because nothing was going to stop him from meeting me and supporting Dad Talk Today as the very first guest on our television show. Most people don’t even know we landed two seasons on TV only two months after launching the podcast. The second photo is after the bandages came off, and the last few are from his most recent surgery, showing the incredible young man he’s become.

Tonight, Brian celebrates the final hours of his 23rd birthday by coming full circle with me as the final guest on Dad Talk Today. He doesn’t do interviews—this is something we wanted to do together because he was never just a guest or another story to me. He’s one of my closest friends, and that’s a friendship I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.

The idea to start Dad Talk Today was mine, and I had an important purpose behind it. But Brian gave that purpose a meaning I never could have imagined. Dad Talk Today didn’t just become a platform—it became the voice that helped save his life, and in return, he forever changed mine.

As Brian’s birthday comes to a close, so does Dad Talk Today. Together, we’re ending one chapter exactly where it all began. Join us live, wish Brian a happy 23rd birthday, and meet a true hero who has endured more than 250 surgeries but has never let adversity define him. ❤️

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DAD TALK TODAY

I wanted to share a few photos with you guys before tonight. The first photo is Brian just waking up from surgery. Don’t get it twisted—this was 100% Brian’s choice. Most people would’ve gone home, waited for the bandages to come off, and recovered. Not Brian. Bandages and all, he got on a plane almost immediately and flew from Detroit to Atlanta because nothing was going to stop him from meeting me and supporting Dad Talk Today as the very first guest on our television show. Most people don’t even know we landed two seasons on TV only two months after launching the podcast. The second photo is after the bandages came off, and the last few are from his most recent surgery, showing the incredible young man he’s become.

Tonight, Brian celebrates the final hours of his 23rd birthday by coming full circle with me as the final guest on Dad Talk Today. He doesn’t do interviews—this is something we wanted to do together because he was never just a guest or another story to me. He’s one of my closest friends, and that’s a friendship I’ll cherish for the rest of my life.

The idea to start Dad Talk Today was mine, and I had an important purpose behind it. But Brian gave that purpose a meaning I never could have imagined. Dad Talk Today didn’t just become a platform—it became the voice that helped save his life, and in return, he forever changed mine.

As Brian’s birthday comes to a close, so does Dad Talk Today. Together, we’re ending one chapter exactly where it all began. Join us live, wish Brian a happy 23rd birthday, and meet a true hero who has endured more than 250 surgeries but has never let adversity define him. ❤️

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After 7 incredible years… tonight, we turn the page.

🕚 LIVE at 11:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 PM Central / 9:00 PM Mountain / 8:00 PM Pacific

Tonight will be the final episode of Dad Talk Today.

But this isn’t goodbye.

It’s the closing of one of the greatest chapters of my life… and the beginning of another.

Seven years ago, I was a single dad who had just found out he was losing his job. I had no idea what came next. All I had was an idea that wouldn’t leave my head.

Later that year, I married the woman who believed in that dream just as much as I did. Even though you never saw her on camera, she has been every bit as much a part of Dad Talk Today as I have. So has our family. This wasn’t just my sacrifice—it was ours.

Together, we built a community of more than one million people. We changed lives, made lifelong friendships, and created memories I’ll treasure forever.

Then Dad Talk Today became something I never intended it to be.

I was told that if I truly wanted to help fathers, I had to help change the laws, and that meant stepping into politics. It wasn’t what I wanted, but I believed it was the only way to make a difference. Somewhere along the way, I lost sight of the original dream.

Not long after, one of the fathers I’d interviewed was murdered while picking up his children at a custody exchange. His family asked me to tell the world what happened. Then more families came. Eventually, I became the place people turned when fathers were killed in family court conflicts.

Then the stories became even harder.

Little children…

And even babies.

I covered stories I never set out to cover because those families deserved a voice.

That’s when I lost something even worse.

I lost my mind.

For four years, I kept hoping the passion would return.

It never did.

Instead, I sacrificed time, memories, and moments with my wife and children while trying to carry a weight that was never meant for one person.

At the beginning of this year, I stopped trying to survive…

…and started rebuilding the man behind the microphone.

Today I’m healthier than I’ve ever been, I’ve found a renewed passion for creating, and after months of planning, I’m finally ready for what’s next.

Tonight, I’ll tell you the whole story.

We’ll honor John Mast.

We’ll complete the circle with Brian Adams on his birthday. He'll be joining me as it was his birthday wish, as well as my own that he is with me.

He was there in the beginning, tonight he will be with me at the end.

And we’ll close one chapter before opening another.

I still believe in Dad Talk Today.

I still believe fathers deserve a voice.

I just believe it’s time for someone else to carry that torch.

As for me…

I’m ready to create again.

I’m ready to laugh again.

I’m ready to live again.

Dad Talk Today is ending.

DTT is just beginning.

I’ll see you tonight. ❤️

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🚨 Breaking News: 🚨

My undefeated MMA career has officially come to an end. 😂

All weekend long people kept asking if I was a UFC fighter. I had to keep telling them, “Nope… just a guy who loves the sport.”

Well… this weekend I finally got my opportunity.

Unfortunately, my professional MMA career lasted about three seconds before The Predator handed me my first loss. 😂

Official record: 0-1.

Turns out UFC Hall of Famer Don Frye is exactly as tough as I always imagined.

Honestly, if you’re going to lose your first fight, there are a whole lot worse people to lose to.

I’ll be back after a little ice, ibuprofen… and maybe a better game plan. 💪🤣

📸 Huge thanks to Ken Rochon for capturing the exact moment I realized I may have chosen the wrong career. 😂

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Dan Severn, Don Frye, and Myself got to meet Kelsey Grammer this morning backstage before our presentation in Las Vegas at Caesar's Forum. Super nice guy, got the UFC legends and Frasier backstage, feels like my childhood all over again! 😂

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Enjoying a fun night out eating Japanese BBQ with my friends and legends, UFC Hall of Famers Dan Severn and Don Frye. Beginning of a great weekend!

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A 43-year-old sitting mayor was convicted of sex crimes involving a 16-year-old boy.

Think about that for a second.

Not a teacher.

Not a neighbor.

Not a stranger.

A sitting mayor.

Now here’s the question nobody wants to ask.

If this had been a 43-year-old male mayor and a 16-year-old girl, would we be having the same conversation?

Would the headlines be the same?

Would the public reaction be the same?

Would the sentence be viewed the same?

Would anyone be making jokes?

Because when cases like this involve a female offender, I often see people saying things they’d never say if the genders were reversed.

A child is a child.

And a position of power is a position of power.

I don’t care if the offender is a man or a woman.

The standard should be the same.

Every time.

What’s interesting is that the world loves to tell men what’s wrong with them.

We’re constantly told men don’t talk enough.

Men don’t open up enough.

Men don’t share their feelings enough.

Men need to be more vulnerable.

Then something like this happens.

And you look at the comments.

You see people laughing.

You see people making jokes.

You see people acting like a 16-year-old boy was somehow lucky.

Then we turn around and ask why so many boys grow up into men who never tell anyone what happened to them.

Why would they?

If a young man sees people treating a male victim like a punchline, what lesson is he supposed to learn from that?

That people care?

That he’ll be taken seriously?

Or that he’s better off keeping it to himself?

Maybe before we lecture men and boys about speaking up, we should make sure we’re willing to listen when they do.

Because equality doesn’t just apply when it’s convenient.

It applies when the conversation gets uncomfortable.

— Eric Carroll
Dad Talk Today

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🔥 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🔥

A little over a month ago, I was contacted by a convention in Las Vegas and specifically asked to bring Dad Talk Today as part of the media team.

It’s been a while. This will be my first convention appearance in over three years.

And if the boys are back in town, I’ve met a few friends along the way that I thought might like to join me this go around.

And now it’s official.

💥 DON “THE PREDATOR” FRYE
💥 DAN “THE BEAST” SEVERN

will be joining me Friday and Saturday at the Dad Talk Today booth.

Not just UFC Hall of Famers. Legends. Icons. Godfathers of the sport.

Before the bright lights, before the million-dollar contracts, and before the UFC became a worldwide phenomenon, men like Don Frye and Dan Severn were sacrificing their blood, sweat, tears, and pieces of their souls to build the sport from the ground up.

They didn’t inherit the UFC.

They built it.

And they paid for it with their bodies.

They didn’t witness UFC history.

They wrote it.

The ONLY place you’ll be able to meet Don Frye and Dan Severn during FreedomFest will be at the Dad Talk Today booth.

We’ll have autograph signings, meet-and-greets, photos, stories from the trenches, and on Saturday we’ll host a special panel discussing the beginnings of the UFC, the battles these men fought, and the incredible journey that helped shape the sport we know today. You’ll even get to see some incredibly rare championship belts from the earliest days of the UFC.

And with Conor McGregor expected to make his return that same weekend right down the road…

Who knows?

Maybe we’ll catch up with a few more friends while we’re in town. 🤷🏽‍♂️

The Predator.
The Beast.
Dad Talk Today.

FreedomFest 2026 • Caesars Palace • Las Vegas
July 8-11, 2026

This is going to be one hell of a weekend.

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Tonight at 9PM EST.

Hundreds of questions have been sent in about the Whittakers, West Virginia, APS, the investigation, and everything surrounding the story.

Tonight I’ll be reading viewer emails and answering as many questions as possible.

With nearly 300 emails already submitted, I probably won’t be able to get to every single one, and I’ll avoid repeating questions that have already been covered during the stream.

See you tonight.

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Coming up in about 30 minutes. Guys I've gotten over 100 questions and emails. Going to do my best to get to as many as we can. See you soon.

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