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June 2025

Getting Back to Business
On rock-and-roll and lifelong loves
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
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Happy Father's Day
On riding a very small bike alongside a very small boy
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
Vol. 139 - Is it even fatherhood if you don't end up in the ER sometimes?
On head injuries and solo parenting
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
Why I Do This.
On finding community and trying to make the road a bit less scary for those who come behind.
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
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May 2025

Vol. 138 - A Requiem for My Old Life
What was can never be. (And why that's a good thing.)
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
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Vol. 137 - Everyone Has a Plan Until They Get Punched in the Mouth
On Mike Tyson and sick kids.
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
Vol. 136 - A Season of Introspection
(or) How thoroughly am I fucking my kids up?
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
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Sunday Funnies May 5, 2025
Happy Mother's Day
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
Vol. 135 - Outside Voices
On hearing it from someone else
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
BADIHAF Now on Instagram!
Everybody wants to be a <CONTENT CREATOR>
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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani
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