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Stay-at-home dad convention, Same-sex wedding industry

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A dad feeds his baby
Ted Farmer is framed by baby bottles as he holds Henry at his Alpharetta, Ga., home Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005. The bottle on the left is a regularly available bottle, the two on the right are smaller bottles holding measured amounts of formula for preemies. The Farmers still use the bottles that they got at the hospital as they have not been able to find replacements. Ric Feld/AP Photo  

We learn more about the challenges facing stay-at-home dads as a national convention for them comes to Milwaukee this week. Then, a Wisconsin marketing professor shares her research into how same-sex couples navigate the wedding industry.

Featured in this Show

  • The challenges facing a growing population of stay-at-home dads

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    Milwaukee is hosting the HomeDadCon this week, a national convention for stay-at-home fathers. We talk to one of the organizers and a UW-Milwaukee sociologist about why more dads are staying home and what challenges they face.

  • Wisconsin researcher looked at same-sex couples navigating the disrupted wedding industry space

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    Our guest shares analysis of a study that looked at how same-sex couples reckon with the long-held binary of ‘bride and groom’ in America’s wedding industry, as they planned their own ceremonies and celebrations.

Episode Credits

  • Rob Ferrett Host
  • Sarah Hopefl Technical Director
  • Lorin Cox Producer
  • Tim Peterson Producer
  • Noelle Chesley Guest
  • Jonathan Heisey-Grove Guest
  • Amber Epp Guest

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