Welcome back to the Beneath the Surface podcast. In this episode, Corey and Sean wax lyrical about fatherhood. Both are fathers of three (though Corey is a father to four if you count BOTE). Both are also businessmen and dedicated men of their craft.

In this episode, they talk about that balance. They relive some of their best moments as working fathers, including some of the more infamous times they brought their kids to work. As always, there are some heartfelt moments and some hilariously absurd ones (like the time Sean’s baby appeared on the cover of a Tenacious D album which ended up being banned from Wal-Mart).

If you’re a dad or a son or a daughter or even just a lover of #dadjokes, you’ll find something to appreciate in this episode. So sit back and enjoy.

Links from the Episode
Find some photo inspo at SeanMurphyPhoto.com. 

Blast back to the past with this Tenacious D music video.

Enjoy these 99 dad jokes from Bored Panda. 

Who’s in the Episode
Lead Designer, Co-Founder, and CEO at BOTE, Corey Cooper is a licensed engineer hailing from Auburn University. Corey is the pioneer of the DarkRoom, assisting with the design of the machinery, concepting the layout and ultimately developing the workflow used in DarkRoom production. Corey’s passion for this project is so strong that on any given day, regardless of how busy things are at BOTE, you will often find Corey working in the DarkRoom.

Sean Murphy is the Director of Photography at BOTE and a world-renowned photographer based in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. After spending most of his career based in Los Angeles, shooting for brands like Adidas, Red Bull, and Toyota, just to name a few, Sean moved back to the Redneck Riviera. You can find Sean capturing gritty America and spontaneous moments that translate into visually stunning photography.  

Sound Bites
"We are lucky that our careers allow us to involve family because that’s what BOTE is, a family. Recently we’ve been doing a lot more family focused content. As we get older, the value of family and being dads becomes more and more apparent, more and more valuable. The solo and aspirational stuff is cool, but at the end of the day, everyone can relate to family." – Corey Cooper, CEO and Co-Founder at BOTE 

“We had no option. We started the business about a year after he was born. I’ve always joked that BOTE was another one of my babies because they were at the same time. But you’re kind of raising them together, the business and the kid. I didn’t have an option.” – Corey Cooper, CEO and Co-Founder at BOTE