Dear Old Dads

DOD303: A Load-Bearing Fantasy

Tom is alive and recovering! He'll be back soon. In the meantime, the glowing Lydia Smith fills in again. Remember the guy who realized his wife will never match his kink

Best of Tom: When Kids Protect Parents (DOD117)

The last Best of Tom for October is a March 2024 episode that's explicit, even for us. This is the full patron cut, so it ends with the after-show stories patrons got. It

Best of Tom: How Many Pots Have You Smoken (DOD75)

Best of Tom continues with Tom, the squarest man in podcasting, on kids and drugs. This is the full patron cut, so it ends with the Breckenridge edibles story we still br

Best of Tom: Family Vacations and the Snapping Turtle (DOD65)

Best of Tom continues with the episode the snapping turtle comes from. We've called that story back nearly thirty times since, and public listeners have never heard it: i

Best of Tom: Family, Wrong or Wrong (DOD58)

Best of Tom continues with the patron cut of a May 2023 episode, so if you're not a patron, there's a story at the end you've never heard. Every download helps keep Tom's

Best of Tom: The Car Wash Fight Club (December 2022 Bonus)

Best of Tom continues, and this one has never been on the public feed. It's a patron bonus from December 2022, and it holds the story we've called back more than any othe

Best of Tom: Are We Spoiling Our Kids? (DOD4)

Best of Tom continues. While Tom recovers, we're replaying his classic stories in order so the running jokes make sense, which means we're still in the early episodes, an

Best of Tom: How Do We Protect Our Kids From Bullies? (DOD3)

Best of Tom, part 2! While Tom recovers, we're replaying his classic stories in order. They're repeats, but each one is the extended patron cut, so if you're not a patron

Best of Tom: Get to Know the Dads (DOD1)

While Tom recovers, Dear Old Dads is on a break, so this month we're replaying the Best of Tom: a curated run of his classic stories, in order. These are repeats, and eac

Tom's Not Ok. We're Taking A Break.

Yeah so you kinda have to hand it to Tom's luck demon. It's undefeated. It has Tom fighting his own bones.

DOD302: Viced Rhino Transed All the Kids

Tom is out (spine goblin is at work today), so the dads are joined by YouTuber and dad-of-five Viced Rhino, who has a really good Tom impression. His family also stole th

DOD301: Lydia's Got Her Groove Back (Tom Does Not)

Tom is still in the hospital, so the dads are keeping it (relatively) mild this week. Joining Thomas and Eli is the one, the only Lydia Smith, honorary dad and apparent i

DOD300: She'll Do It If You Want To

Note: This episode was part of the double record while Tom was home from the hospital. As mentioned previously, he is currently back in the hospital and we wish him speed

DOD299: Tommy's Got Back (Problems)

Note: Since this episode recording, Tom has been readmitted to the hospital. He's been keeping folks updated in the Facebook group so join up there if you haven't yet! Lo

DOD298: The Enwrights Answer Everything (Including the Separate Houses Thing)

Note: this one was recorded the same day as the previous release, so mentions of Tom in the hospital are related to that time period! Heath and Anne join Thomas and Eli

DOD297: The Dead Speak! Somehow, Tom Returned

Tom is in the hospital, and it's not just his usual laziness. We don't think, anyway. Thomas and Eli play three voice memos Tom recorded from his hospital bed, including

DOD296: Give Your Baby a Whole Bottle of Cocaine

Eli reports back on Max's first night on Baby Adderall, and it went exactly as well as you'd expect. The dads then tackle a listener who is losing an argument with his pa

DOD295: Fight Me, Children

Eli comes back from a dad-friends vacation with a story about roughhousing, including a rare joyful moment for Max. Later, a Reddit dad gets benched from family time beca

DOD294: Hi Bored, We're Dad

The dads dive into a discussion about boredom, and what kind of responsibility you have as a parent to prevent or resolve it for your kids. And at the end, Tom gives a sn

DOD293: "My Partner Threw Something At Me and Our Son..."

After talking about AI and Tom's cat adoption journey, the dads turn to a concerning listener email that is asking the wrong question. Join the Facebook Group! facebook