Dear Old Dads

I love dear old dads. I have been a loyal every week listener since the first episode. I love talking ship, serious inquiries only, d and d minus, good awful movies, scathing atheist, Skepticrat, citation needed. Pretty much anything this gang puts out I listen to and love. I would give 5 starts except this review is here to leave one criticism of the cast. During the trump election episode the entire panel seemed to agree that this election (luckily) won’t affect little kids and so keeping the information from them is only helpful. The day after the election my son same home crying. He is half Mexican, 1/4 Hawaiian, 1/4 white. He was bullied at school. He told us the bully made fun of his brown skin. He cried and cried and said over and over he wished he had white skin. That there must be something wrong with him because no one wants to be his friend. Trumps message was hatred of minorities. Racial minority status is impossible to conceal. This election absolutely does affect little brown and black kids. There are children who need to understand what is happening. So they know it’s not because there is something wrong with them.

I identify so strongly with Thomas when he talks about how difficult it is sometimes to manage personal feelings of stress vs making sure your kids are having a good time. Anytime I go out to do something with my kids, my biggest concern is that I’m not going to be able to handle whatever it is we’re doing. I feel like such a failure of a mom in those scenarios… so it’s validating to hear other parents talk about that struggle. Thanks dads!

I’m a childfree woman, and I still love this podcast. The way that at least on person throws the other two off completely every episode brings me immense joy. All three hosts have charm and chemistry between each other that makes me smile while listening.

Great show, about progressive fathers. Was the start to listening to the rest of their podcasts. Great balance of humor and topics that are growth focused. Enjoyable and thoughtful.