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Dear Old Dads
Eli Bosnick, Thomas Smith, Tom Curry
Frequency: 1 episode/5d. Total Eps: 262

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DOD247: Yuckin Yummers
Season 1 · Episode 247
mercredi 24 décembre 2025 • Duration 51:22
Tom's kids have a tendency to yuck other people's yum and it's driving him nuts. So settle in with a tall glass of chunky goat milk and listen to a Christmas Eve Dads.
DOD246: When You Want Takesies Backsies on Being a Parent
Season 1 · Episode 246
vendredi 19 décembre 2025 • Duration 44:38
What do you do when you regret being a parent and feel like the whole thing might have been a mistake? A listener writes in with these feelings and the dads are on it! It's probably a more common experience than you think. Unless you're Thomas.
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DOD238: A Step-Tom's Lament
Season 1 · Episode 238
vendredi 14 novembre 2025 • Duration 39:01
Oh, hey! Want to have all of the responsibility and weight of parenthood without any of the legal benefits ensuring you are connected to your kids? Try stepparenting! Tom leads today's chat with the dads as he breaks down the frustrating structure of America's step-parent.
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DOD149: Are Parents Living More Meaningful Lives?
Season 1 · Episode 149
vendredi 16 août 2024 • Duration 44:55
Today's discussion is focused on a tweet that caused a bit of a stir between the child-rearing and the child-free regarding finding meaning in life without children. Will the dads end up three-bearsing it?
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DOD148: Becoming the Black Sheep
Season 1 · Episode 148
vendredi 9 août 2024 • Duration 40:38
Recently, Tom has been challenging a family dynamic that is unwittingly "othering" one of the kids. The dads talk about being a black sheep, and the role parents can play in mitigating that risk in the future. And only patrons get to hear the bonus story where Tom had the chance to...rip into it.
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DOD147: No Kids Allowed
Season 1 · Episode 147
vendredi 2 août 2024 • Duration 43:04
The dads talk about spaces and events being inclusive and exclusive of kids. What do we do when our friends or family are creating the space but are oblivious to (or dismissive of) the significant logistics that are part of these decisions for parents?
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DOD146: Would You Kill 1 Trolley Problem To Save 2 Trolley Problems
Season 1 · Episode 146
vendredi 26 juillet 2024 • Duration 44:08
We've got a Reddit hypothetical that launches some great philosophical discussion regarding the push and pull of morality when our partners and kids would bear the sacrifice. We also discover Tom and Thomas are actually literal twins, and it freaks them out as much as it's bound to freak all of you out just reading it here.
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For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com
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DOD145: I Am Become Announcement Dad
Season 1 · Episode 145
mercredi 24 juillet 2024 • Duration 46:57
First, Eli gives us a bit of a lesson on the CrowdStrike situation for some reason. Then, Thomas's family has turned him into something he never thought he'd be. He shares the story of his shame in having to hire help.
Warning: this one gets yelly.
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DOD144: Having Our Kids' Backs
Season 1 · Episode 144
vendredi 19 juillet 2024 • Duration 42:23
Eli's TikTok-ery continues in this episode as the dudes discuss effectively advocating for your kid and tools to counter our, often unhelpful, natural reactions in that advocacy.
For extended episodes, bonus content, and most importantly, for an AD FREE SHOW, make sure to pledge on Patreon!
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For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com
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DOD143: Eli's Lawsuit; Dad Taxes Part 2
Season 1 · Episode 143
mercredi 17 juillet 2024 • Duration 47:43
It's an episode of updates in some stereotypical dad arenas: construction and taxes. Eli explains his experience of anger as he tackles his construction headache, while Thomas does something UNTHINKABLE to try and solve the dads' tax problems.
For extended episodes, bonus content, and most importantly, for an AD FREE SHOW, make sure to pledge on Patreon!
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For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com
Follow us on Twitter: @DearOldDads
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