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Real Dads. Real Talk.
George Dutra & Gabriel “Gabe” Smith sit down every Tuesday night in Richmond, Virginia for honest conversation about fatherhood — the wins, the failures, breaking the cycle, and showing up for your kids. No experts reading scripts. Just dads talking.
Full episodes and clips on the show's YouTube channel — @roguedadspodcast.
Open the channel →The show's Spotify page — hit follow so new episodes land in your library.
Open in Spotify →The best minute of every episode, plus what's coming to the table next Tuesday.
@roguedadspodcast →The Show
The Rogue Dad's Podcast started as one dad's journal — a way to be there for his daughter in the moments he might miss. Now it's a weekly table where dads talk straight about raising kids, men's mental health, and doing it differently than it was done to them.
Co-host
George came to fatherhood later in life. His daughter Rogue is nine, and she's the reason this show exists — every episode is a conversation he wants her to be able to hear someday.
By day he's a meat cutter in Chesterfield and the founder of Body Buddz, the family business that sponsors the show. On Tuesdays, he's at the table.
Co-host
Gabe's kids are grown — 25 to 36 — so he's the voice at the table who's already been where younger dads are standing, and isn't afraid to say what he'd do over.
He owns Curry's Caribbean Restaurant & Bar, where the show records on Tuesday nights when the restaurant is closed and the conversation can stay real.
Watch & Listen
The newest one from the table at Curry's, with the three episodes before it right below — four at a time, so this section stays short no matter how many episodes the show makes. The full archive lives on YouTube and Spotify.
Latest Episode
Episode 4 · Oct 30
George & Gabe at the table for a Halloween-night conversation. George published this one himself to YouTube and Spotify on October 30.
▶ Watch Episode 4
George's longtime friend Hakim Bey joins the table. Music by GODFELLAZ. Launched October 19.
The conversation that gave the show its most-shared clip — the tap-out passage, kept whole, the way it was told at the table.
Where it starts: who George and Gabe are, why the show exists, and the promise behind it — real dads, real talk, every Tuesday.
That's every episode so far — when a new one lands, it takes the top spot and the oldest of these four rolls into the full archive on YouTube and Spotify.
Who's at the table next? See the recording calendar below — starting with Dr. Daniel Singley on Tuesday, November 3.
Recording Calendar
One card for every Tuesday at the table. The show records every Tuesday at 6 PM at Curry's — on purpose after the workday, because most guests are working parents.
Tue · Nov 3 · 6 PM
Psychologist · Center for Men's Excellence
Fathers' mental health — why dads carry it quietly, and what actually helps.
Remote from California
Tue · Nov 10 · 6 PM
CEO, Fatherhood Foundation of Virginia
Building stronger fathers across Virginia — and the programs doing it.
In person at Curry's
Tue · Nov 17 · 6 PM
Richmond City Council
Richmond families — and what the city can do for the dads raising them.
In person at Curry'sTue · Nov 24 · 6 PM
Recording night at Curry's
The fourth Tuesday is being locked in now — the table books a few weeks out, so every guest gets time to prepare.
Still bookingGuest to be announced — recording night at Curry's, 6 PM. This Tuesday is still being locked in.
M4K Richmond results — the final totals are in for Chris Beach's “Fathers with Fuzz” Mustaches for Kids fundraiser.
Dr. Sarah Scarbrough — founder of REAL LIFE in Richmond, on dads coming home and rebuilding a life with their kids. In person at Curry's, 6 PM.
Ralph Brewer — author of REBUILD, joining the table remote at 6 PM.
Christmas — no recording this week. The table takes the holiday with family.
These are the guests booked at the table. Pick one, send your question, and George & Gabe may ask it on air at that guest's recording. Questions go straight to the show at roguerva@gmail.com, labeled with the guest they're for — so send yours before their Tuesday.
♥ Cause of the Month — November 2026 · Spotlight
Donate to the M4K Team Directly →Each month the show spotlights one local cause, and supporting the show also supports that cause alongside the podcast itself. For November 2026 that's the Fatherhood Foundation of Virginia, through Chris Beach's Mustaches for Kids team — growing mustaches all month to fund fatherhood programs across Virginia. Your support backs this podcast and the fathers and causes we choose to spotlight — the dads we feature, the GoFundMes we share, and work like this. A new cause gets picked each month.
Dads Helping Dads
This show exists so dads don't carry hard seasons alone. These are real, live fundraisers for fathers in the Richmond area right now — plus the local organizations doing fatherhood work every week. Give if you can. Share either way. When you support the show itself, you're also backing the fathers and causes we choose to spotlight here — like the dads above and their GoFundMes. And if you give to a dad's GoFundMe directly, every dollar goes straight to him. The show takes no cut of that, ever.
Richmond · Dad of Two
Richmond knows RJ — from Poes Pub and Shenanigans, the ballfield as an assistant coach, and helping his boys Eli and Asher build Pinewood Derby cars. He's been out of work since December 2025 and is now fighting stage 4 colorectal cancer, through chemo, radiation, and major surgery ahead.
The need: living expenses so he can focus on fighting and getting back to watching his kids grow up.
Donate on GoFundMe →Richmond · Dad of Four
David and his wife Karen packed up their home in San Antonio and moved to Richmond to be near family after his stage 3 laryngeal cancer diagnosis. A father of four and grandfather of six, he worked from age 14 into his seventies — the provider his family never had to worry about. He has completed treatment and is rebuilding his strength at home.
The need: growing medical bills, and a car of their own so he can get to appointments without relying on family for every ride.
Donate on GoFundMe →Richmond · Dad of Two Daughters
For over 30 years Jhoon has served this community through the U.S. Postal Service, working the San Francisco and Richmond plants — a husband and father of two daughters who has always shown up for everybody else. In September he was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic colon cancer.
The need: over $52,000 for three weeks of treatment at the center his family chose, alongside chemo.
Donate on GoFundMe →Right here in Richmond — programs like 24/7 Dad, InsideOut Dad, and New Dad 101 that teach men to be active fathers and engaged partners. Their FATHER Christmas program has honored 260+ dads, given Christmas to 500+ kids, and put over $90,000 directly in deserving fathers' hands. Know a dad who deserves it? Nominate him. Can you sponsor one? This year's goal is 25 Richmond-area dads at $500 each.
vadad.org → · About FATHER Christmas →Chris Beach — who leads the Fatherhood Foundation of Virginia and sits at our table Tue Nov 10 — turned his 49th birthday on November 1 into a fundraiser. His Mustaches for Kids team, Fathers with Fuzz, is growing mustaches all November to fund fatherhood programs across Virginia. His goal: $2,649.
Donate to his team →Founded in 2016 by Dr. Sarah Scarbrough (at our table Tue Dec 8), REAL LIFE runs 11 recovery houses in Richmond and builds pathways for people coming home from incarceration — many of them dads rebuilding a life with their kids. Employment, housing, and a real second chance.
reallifeprogram.org →Fundraisers found and checked November 2, 2026. GoFundMe totals move fast — the live page always has the current number. The Rogue Dad's Podcast doesn't run these fundraisers and doesn't take a cut of any donation.
Support the Show
Supporting the show helps George & Gabe reach other dads — the ones carrying hard seasons quietly who need to hear they're not the only ones — and it keeps the lights on: the recording, the clips, the table at Curry's every Tuesday. It also backs the fathers and causes we choose to spotlight — the dads in Dads Helping Dads, their GoFundMes, and the local work we highlight each month, like the cause of the month above. This show is independent, just two dads and no network, and the honest goal is to grow it until it can be a full-time job. We're not there yet. Your support is how it gets there.
Pick an amount and hit the button. It opens an email to the show (roguerva@gmail.com) with your chip-in ready to send — the show replies with its secure Ko-fi donation link so your support lands in the right place, under the show's own account. When you chip in, you're supporting this podcast and the fathers and causes we choose to spotlight — including this month's cause above.
Thanks for chipping in! Your email app should open with the chip-in ready to send to roguerva@gmail.com — just hit send there, and the show will reply with its Ko-fi donation link.
No email app on this device? You can write to the show directly at roguerva@gmail.com and say you'd like to chip in.
Chipping in supports this podcast and the fathers and causes we choose to spotlight. To help a dad in the spotlight above directly, donate on his GoFundMe page — every dollar there goes straight to him.
Body Buddz handcrafted body butters sponsor every episode. Podcast listeners get 10% off with this code:
Got a Richmond business dads should hear about? Episode sponsorships and shout-outs start with one email to the show.
Email the Show →Merch
The words-only crown-mic emblem — small on the left chest, big on the back. This is the gear we've designed for the first drop — shown here as a showcase while the show's own shop gets built.
Small logo left chest, big crown-mic back print. The one from the launch photos.
For cold Tuesday nights and early-morning school runs alike.
Same chest-and-back layout, built for layering season.
Logo front and center, sized to fill the front panel.
The Rogue Dad's own shop is coming soon. The gear above isn't on sale yet — when the shop opens, this section is where you'll order it.
The die-cut crown-mic sticker is going up at Curry's, barbershops, and gyms around Richmond — two QR codes on it: one to watch, one to listen. Scan it wherever you see it, and give the show a follow.
Get Involved
Nominate somebody for the weekly shout-out, pitch yourself as a guest, float a guest idea, or send us a dad who needs the spotlight. Every form below goes straight to the show at roguerva@gmail.com.
Weekly Shout-Out
Every week at the table, George & Gabe name a Dad of the Week — and parents, grandparents, coaches, and mentors count too. Somebody who showed up for their kids in a way people should hear about: the hard shift then the school play, the custody fight they didn't quit, the dad quietly doing it different than it was done to him. Nominate yours and the show may read their name on the next episode.
The show books Richmond-area guests who work with kids and families — psychologists, physicians, group-home workers, coaches, teachers, authors, and dads with a story. Pitching yourself, or suggesting somebody else? Either way, use this form. Richmond-area guests come to Curry's in person: Tuesdays at 6 PM, after the workday, because most guests are working parents too. Tuesdays are booked a few weeks out, which gives every guest time to prepare.
Know a Richmond-area dad in a hard season — a fundraiser running, a family carrying too much, a story other dads need to hear? Send him our way and the show will look at featuring him in Dads Helping Dads.
Watch
The newest clips we've posted — sixty seconds at a time, straight from the show's Instagram. Press play right here; full episodes are up top.
From Episode 4 — the Halloween episode, George & Gabe at the table at Curry's. Posted October 30.
Watch on Instagram →Guest Hakim Bey on why having a daughter changes a man — the show's most-liked clip. From Episode 3, recorded at Curry's.
Watch on Instagram →George reading REBUILD by Ralph Brewer and finding his own life in every scenario. From Episode 2.
Watch on Instagram →The tap-out passage from Episode 2 — the moment the show is known for, told the way it was told at the table. Posted October 20.
Watch on Instagram →Every episode is filmed and recorded on Tuesday nights at Curry's Caribbean Restaurant & Bar in Richmond — Gabe's place, and the home of this show. The restaurant's closed on Tuesdays, so the conversation can stay real. Stop by for dinner any other night, and give them a follow.
This show is sponsored by Body Buddz. Use promo code DADPOD for 10% off at BODYBUDDZ.COM — handcrafted in small batches by our family, for yours.