The Father Factor Podcast
The Father Factor Podcast
with Byron Ricks, Joshua Warmbrodt, and Brandon Ricks
What happens when fatherhood leaves a void—or when it shows up with strength, wisdom, and love?
Join Byron Ricks, author of Searching for Dad: The Nine Side Effects of Growing Up Fatherless and How to Overcome Them, alongside co-hosts Joshua Warmbrodt and Brandon Ricks, for honest, transformative conversations about fatherhood, identity, healing, and legacy.
Whether you’re navigating life without a father, striving to become the father you never had, or raising a child impacted by fatherlessness—this podcast is for you.
With real stories, research-backed insight, and heartfelt wisdom, The Father Factor Podcast creates space for growth, understanding, and redemption. Because no matter where you start, healing is possible—and legacy can be rewritten.
The Father Factor Podcast
Understanding How Side -Effects Can Affect You Today
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We titled this Podcast "The Father Factor" because "Fathers Count positively or negatively. Whether these experiences are positive or negative they can create side-effects. In this episode Byron & Josh share stories that they experienced growing up in fatherless homes and the side effects they have had to deal with. Josh is bi-racial and grew up with his white mother and at one point lived in projects in the Midwest.
The first time he was called the "N" word was in the white projects.
Three of the side effects they touch on in this episode are: The Void, Not Feeling Respected, A Lopsided View of Sex and Intimacy and not feeling loved.
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