Stop Handing Your Son an App. Give Him Something Real w/ Dominic Andres of Roughhouse Magazine

Dominic Andres had a job and a visa lined up to sell cars at military bases in Japan. He stayed home to start Roughhouse, a print adventure magazine for boys, instead. Today, he joins Jason Craig to explain why boys are hungry for something real and why it should arrive in the mailbox.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why a magazine in the mailbox breaks the spell of the internet in a way no app for your kids ever will
• What made a young writer turn down a job selling cars in Japan to publish for boys
• Why boys today are deficient in reality, and why they crave it
• Why the magazine is written only for boys, and how a co-ed version would get in the way
• How short, digestible pieces can hook a boy who doesn’t like to read

Resources Mentioned:

• Fraternus
• Roughhouse Magazine
• The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
• Outlaws of Ravenhurst by Sr. M. Imelda Wallace, SL
• Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

Find Your Brothers:

You Need Brothers, And They Need You.
DON’T GO ALONE

Fraternus gets men out from behind their screens and shoulder to shoulder, building a Catholic culture their sons can inherit.

Find your brothers at https://fraternus.org/memberships/

Chapters:

• 00:00: Introduction
• 02:56: Growing up homeschooled without the internet
• 06:39: A boys’ magazine or a car-sales job in Japan
• 09:51: Why a print magazine for boys in 2026
• 17:51: Reality is good: the vision behind Roughhouse
• 22:43: Why boys on a hay wagon say “this is good”
• 27:47: Why Roughhouse is only for boys
• 34:16: Male influencers and expertise without experience
• 36:47: What readers and parents are saying
• 43:10: A first book for a ten-year-old boy

Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios.