Dad Saves America

John Papola

dadsavesamerica@substack.com

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Booking Overview

A weekly interview-and-commentary show focused on fatherhood, American civic life, history, free society, and cultural issues, featuring prominent intellectuals, authors, commentators, and other experts alongside solo deep dives. Strong pitch candidates include published historians, economists, psychologists, physicians, political and cultural commentators, and authors with well-defined perspectives on family, citizenship, education, or American institutions; booking difficulty is high because the show has hosted nationally recognized figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 216

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

dadsavesamerica@substack.com

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Host

John Papola - Filmmaker, entrepreneur, commentator, and father who examines major American issues through the lens of fatherhood, civic responsibility, and the preservation of a free society.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established experts, authors, historians, economists, psychologists, physicians, political commentators, and cultural thinkers with demonstrable expertise and a strong perspective on American society, family, civic life, history, or free markets.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Recognized subject-matter expertise, National media or public commentary

Recent Guest Discussions

Phil Magness - The 1619 Project, The Historical Relationship Between Slavery And Capitalism, Adam Smith, The American Founding, Abolition, And How Slavery Should Be Taught.

Recent Topics

Fatherhood, Civics, American History, Capitalism, Education

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Dad Saves America
:

Mamdani's Own Mom: "He Is Not an American AT ALL”

July 11, 2026

Last week, Zohran Mamdani “celebrated” this country’s 250th birthday by sitting behind George Washington’s desk and lecturing America about who we are. His own mother once said he isn't American at all, and never wanted to be. These days, most other countries have a higher opinion of the United States than Democrats.Every immigrant who takes the citizenship oath swears to uphold values we’ve stopped taking seriously as a country. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just upheld birthright citizenship...

The 1619 Project Wasn’t About Race. It Was an Attack on Capitalism. - Phil Magness

July 09, 2026

I sat down with Phil Magness, economic historian and author of “The 1619 Project Myth,” to discuss how the New York Times rewrote the founding narrative of the United States, first in print but eventually in schools nationwide.We get into:* How Phil caught a fabricated claim about Excel and plantations* How the “new historians of capitalism” rewrote economic history* Why Adam Smith, the father of capitalism, disproves the 1619 narrative* Why libertarians and marxists united against the 1619 P...

The Real Reason Gen Z Doesn’t Care About 1776

July 03, 2026

Most Americans can quote a line or two of the Declaration of Independence, but almost no one has actually read the whole thing. Today I'm going line by line to unpack what Jefferson was actually arguing and why it matters even more now than it did in 1776.A generation raised with little independence and everything on demand can’t fully understand the values woven into the Declaration and how they apply today. In 2026, it isn’t all that suprising that Gen Z is increasingly pro-socialism and an...

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