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The Back Nines, Bedtimes & Bourbon Podcast is a long-game fatherhood show for married men navigating the second half of life with intention, responsibility, and a little bourbon at the table.

09/25/2026

There’s expensive bourbon and cheap bourbon.

There are expensive tee times and cheap tee times.

There are expensive friends and cheap friends.

Sometimes the expensive bourbon is worth every penny. Sometimes the cheap bottle surprises you.

Sometimes the expensive course is immaculate. Sometimes the $30 course gives you the best round you’ve had all year.

And sometimes that high-maintenance friend costs you more than the bourbon and golf combined.

Price doesn’t always equal quality.

Bourbon. Golf. Friends.

Choose wisely.

Especially the friends. They drink your bourbon and somehow never Venmo you for the tee time.

09/22/2026

A focused look at the letter B through brethrottled moments, betrayal, and brutality, with a direct, lively take on each theme and what they reveal.

09/21/2026

“Till death do us part.”

Not “till murder-suicide breaks us apart.”

After watching the Netflix documentary about the pastor who allegedly killed his wife, I kept coming back to something I believe pretty strongly about marriage:

When you marry someone, you take on a responsibility for their well-being. Physical. Mental. Emotional.

That doesn’t mean you control them. It means the person sleeping beside you should never have to wonder whether YOU are the danger in their home.

It also reminded me of something Jordan Peterson has talked about: a good man isn't harmless. He should be capable of being dangerous, but disciplined enough to control it.

I think there’s something worth discussing there.

Strength without restraint is just violence. Restraint without the ability to act isn't necessarily virtue. Being capable of protecting the people you love—and having enough control over yourself that they never need protection FROM you—is where character comes into play.

Because my wife and kids should know two things without question:

Dad will protect us.

And we will never need protection from Dad.

As for anyone else who hurts them?

Well… apparently Facebook’s Community Standards frown upon detailed discussions involving wood chippers.

So we’ll leave that part to the imagination.

What do you think? Does marriage come with a responsibility to actively protect your spouse’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being?

09/11/2026

One thing nobody really tells you about fatherhood is that your kids becoming adults doesn’t mean the job is finished.

The job just changes.

When they’re little, you’re fixing scraped knees, broken toys, and whatever mysterious disaster happened five minutes after you told them not to do exactly what they just did.

When they’re adults, apparently you’re replacing fuel tanks.

My oldest daughter is a college student, and her car recently needed a new fuel tank. The quoted repair was going to be over $2,000—which isn’t exactly pocket change for anyone, much less a college student.

So Dad went to work.

A little research, some creative budgeting, a fair amount of stubbornness, and working until about 9:30 last night later, the job was finished for less than a quarter of what the repair would have cost.

And it got me thinking about something for the podcast:

What does helping our children look like once they’re adults?

There’s a line somewhere between helping them stand on their own two feet and still being Dad when life throws something at them they aren’t quite equipped to handle yet.

Maybe fatherhood isn’t about eventually becoming unnecessary.

Maybe it’s about teaching them to handle life themselves while making damn sure they know that, when they really need you, Dad still has a toolbox.

So, fellow dads: what’s something you’ve found yourself doing for your adult children that made you realize the parenting job never actually ends?

09/10/2026

Golf Tip of the Day: Tempo Over Power

Want more consistent contact? Stop trying to murder the golf ball.

One simple thing to work on is keeping your weight favoring your front foot through impact. It helps move the low point of your swing forward, encouraging you to strike the ball before the turf instead of hanging back and hoping physics feels charitable.

And remember: tempo over power.

A smooth, controlled swing that finds the center of the clubface will usually serve you better than swinging out of your shoes. You don’t get bonus strokes for making the ball afraid of you.

Next time you’re at the range, forget distance for a few balls. Favor that front side, find a comfortable rhythm, and focus purely on clean contact.

Smooth swing. Solid contact. Let the club do the work.

— Back Nines, Bedtimes, & Bourbon

09/07/2026

This week on Back Nines, Bedtimes, & Bourbon:

The ABCs of: Birdies, Bogeys, and Brand Wh**es

We’re continuing our ABCs of Golf series with the letter B, and apparently we decided subtlety was overrated.

Birdies: Everybody wants them, but what happens after you make one? We’re talking about the pressure a birdie can put on your next shot and why sometimes the hardest thing to do is simply get out of your own head and keep playing your game.

Bogeys: Wait…bogeys can LOWER your score? Yep. We’ll talk about playing smarter, accepting the occasional bogey, and why taking a five can be a hell of a lot better than turning one bad decision into a seven or eight.

Brand Wh**es: Titleist. Callaway. TaylorMade. Ping. Cobra. Pick your tribe and prepare for battle. Golfers can be fiercely loyal to their equipment—and sometimes just as fiercely opposed to whatever logo is on somebody else’s bag.

We’ll get into why certain clubs get bashed regardless of how they actually perform, whether brand loyalty really matters, and the strange world of branded golf equipment—including the time Mercedes offered a set of Mercedes-branded golf clubs with the purchase of a new car.

Were they good clubs? Did that matter? Or are golfers sometimes more interested in the name stamped on the club than where the ball actually goes?

Grab a drink, bring your opinions, and join us for The ABCs of: Birdies, Bogeys, and Brand Wh**es.

Because golf is already hard enough without arguing about the logo on the thing you’re using to hit the ball into the woods.

09/04/2026

I was at Walgreens when the young cashier asked me a question that aged me approximately 20+ years on the spot:

“How did people date before cell phones?”

I laughed on the outside.

On the inside, something died.

So I explained to him that not only did we date before cell phones, but if you wanted to talk to your girlfriend or boyfriend, you had to call their house.

Their HOUSE.

On a phone attached to a wall.

And then you had to survive the most terrifying part of teenage dating:

Their dad might answer.

There was no texting “here.”

No “wyd?”

No location sharing.

No casually sliding into DMs.

You dialed that number knowing full well somebody’s father might pick up and hit you with:

“Who is this?”

And suddenly you forgot your own name.

We weren’t dating.

We were conducting hostage negotiations with someone’s parents just to talk for 20 minutes.

So here’s the question for everyone who remembers the ancient times:

What part of pre-cell-phone dating would absolutely break teenagers today?

Because apparently we’ve reached the age where we have to explain that romance existed before unlimited data.

My back hurts now.

09/02/2026

Michael and Stephen break down what "allocated" really means in whiskey: limited production, long aging decisions, distillery and state allocation policies, and the role of marketing and resale in driving scarcity. They use examples (Buffalo Trace, Weller, BTAC, Blanton's), explain lotteries, barrel...

09/02/2026

A lively look at bourbon and barrels, with a playful nod to back nines and bedtimes. Expect a relaxed, topic-focused stream for anyone curious about the story behind the pour.

08/27/2026

Stephen and Michael kick off their "ABCs of" series with A for "Adrift," exploring modern fatherhood challenges.They share personal stories—an 18-year-old’s trip to West Virginia, struggles with responsibility, and how social media and screens shape kids’ priorities—and discuss practical app...

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