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Dear Old Dads

Dear Old Dads

By: Eli Bosnick Thomas Smith Tom Curry
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Hey kids, get ON our lawn! Dear old Dads is a podcast examining and deconstructing all things Dad. From parenting to patriarchy; manning the grill to manning up; Dear Old Dads asks – what even is a dad anyway? What does it mean to be a good man in today's world? What should it mean? Listen along as we definitely find the correct, concise answers to all these questions and more! ​Featuring Eli Bosnick, Thomas Smith, and Tom Curry!2022 Social Sciences
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  • DOD265: Positively Negative

    DOD265: Positively Negative
    Mar 20 2026

    Pretty sure this is the first episode where the dads touch on adoption, and we have a great listener email to kick off discussion about a particular aspect of creating an adoptive family.

    And since we kicked off the episode talking about optimism and pessimism, please be sure to chime in on the comment thread below or in the Facebook group with your position on whether you are a "hope for the best" kind of person or an "expect to be disappointed" person!

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    45 mins
  • DOD264: Choice Paralysis Analysis

    DOD264: Choice Paralysis Analysis
    Mar 18 2026

    Tom gives us a health update of his own that is WILD and exactly what we've come to expect and love about our Tom; then, the dads answer a listener email involving choice paralysis and how to help our kids, if it's something they experience, through it. Personally, I blame the Grail Knight scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade for mine. "He chose...poorly."

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    40 mins
  • DOD263: If I Had a Nickel for Every Time Some Dude Used Polyamory as an Excuse to Cheat...

    DOD263: If I Had a Nickel for Every Time Some Dude Used Polyamory as an Excuse to Cheat...
    Mar 13 2026

    ... we could turn off auto ads. I don't know. I almost titled this "If I had a new partner" instead of a nickel but it didn't actually make sense. Annyyyyway We're making Tom talk about polyamory again! Join the dads as they dissect a truly awful Reddit post about a marriage opening up. Is any part of what happened in that story actually ethical non-monogamy? Does the polyamory community co-opt language that should be reserved for other groups? And in a spirited back and forth, could the "right person" make you "be" monogamous or polyamorous? But first, BLUEY TALK. Because those two topics go together.

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    49 mins
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I'm actually a patron of this show because patreon benefits rule and I love the extra stories and bonus content. I'm not a father, not a parent of any kind. But I love this show because it helps me put my own father into better perspective and learn about the new parental values of today. This show is extremely funny, touching, and relatable. Highly recommended.

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I love this podcast. Having become a step dad in my late 30's after spending most of my life never thinking I'd have the responsibility of parenting I never thought I'd need to know these things, but now that I am I was lost at it. These fellows have helped alot in righting that ship.

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I'm not a dad but I found what they talk about very insightful and maybe one day I will use what I learned to be a great father

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