Podcasts by Deconstructing Dad Podcast

A Friends 50th Brings Out A Flame Thrower and a Pot Smoking Granny! from 2023-11-02T16:16

Friend of the show and long time contributing podcaster Grant aka The Kilted One returns to discuss turning 50 years old. He also shares his worries for sending his kids cross country alone for ...

Pregnancy Test Speculations and Pizza from 2023-09-17T10:49

This week I'm back with my girlfriend, Dr. Producer Kyle, to discuss a multitude of things happening in and around our lives. We start off with the big question of "How old is too old for a man ...

Binge Eating and Post Urination Drip with Neighbor Cole from 2023-07-26T12:58

On occassion my guest will resort to his old eating habits and shamefully eat from multiple fast food resturants in a single meal. After losing 100 pounds and living a much more healthier lifest...

Abort Surprise Rallies, MRI Trauma, Little Mermaid Love from 2023-06-08T01:52

Father of the Year Jason The Angry Ginger is joined today on the show with Dr. Girlfriend. She has a name, and we'll get to that later... 

Things discussed today on the show and in no par...

First Coffee, Then Birds and Bees Stuff! from 2023-05-25T16:43

Dan and Jay grab a big cup of coffee and sit down for a chat about fatherhood, dealing with family illness, loss and making the "Sex Talk" comfortable for both parent and child. 

How Has Your Parenting Style Changed? from 2023-05-10T16:44

Grant returns to the show to answer one question, "What has changed in the way you view the job of parenting, over the years?" 

Should you be completely hands on? Should you be their frie...

8 Things Today's Kids Wouldn't Even Recognize from 2023-04-28T20:55

As a father of 5 kids, sometimes you've gotta look back at your own life to appreciate the way the future turned out. Sometimes when you do that, you might have to ridicule how easy it is you're...

Too Many Birthdays, Not Enough Money! from 2023-04-19T03:59

In the ongoing attempt to deconstruct Dad, A.K.A. The Angry Ginger, Producer Kyle PhD once again takes on cohosting duties. 

Things discussed in this episode very from us taking Staycatio...

Canadian Mitch's Gets Stitches! from 2023-04-08T00:17

I sit down with my long time cohost, Dan to discuss life, parenting and his recent health scare but before all of that he informs me that it's been a year since we last recorded. I can't believe...

Vegas Footlong's, Streaming Infidelity, and Living With Brain Damage from 2023-03-22T22:03

Producer Kyle PhD joins Jay (sometimes refered to as The Angry Ginger) in this episode where they discuss the Good, the Bad, and The Ugly of thier first year living together. Some of the things ...

10 Reasons Why You Should Read My Dad Blog from 2023-03-16T00:43

In this episode, Jay makes an impromtu call to an old cohost for a response to a draft of his new blog post. The review gets personal but it should convince anyone to read the blog...or not. 

Drinks and D*cks, Big and Small (Part 2) from 2022-12-08T20:21

Kyle returns to the show as we continue our conversation that started with Part 1 which was previously released over the summer. Yes, it's been awhile. My apologies for my absences and for not b...

So Ya Wanna Move In? (Part One) from 2022-06-21T13:40:16

Cohost Dan sits this one out so my girlfriend. Ahem, excuse me. My now live-in girlfriend, can sit down on mic with and discuss dating after divorce and then dating me. We talk about the slow de...

Kids over Guns... and Strippers! from 2022-06-09T23:03:38

Dad's and their riding lawn mowers... am I right? Dan has a new one and he's proud landscaper!

Ginger has officially begun to blend families.

Talks of travel sports, time for the p...

10 Single Father Hardships to Overcome from 2022-04-05T19:09:37

In this episode, Ginger scars his son, whom he thought was sleeping in the backseat, but apparently was wide awake and getting a life lesson from an Eminem Song. Dan becomes a Home Depot-Set Bui...

Ep 49: A Christmas Concert Scrooge and a Football Championship Remembered from 2022-03-17T14:28:39

In this thought to be lost forever pre-christmas episode, Dan and Ginger discuss the holidays and upcoming plans, the adorble cutness of childrens school christmas concerts and how that wears of...

Ep 48: Deadbeat Dad's and Heart Attacks from 2022-02-25T02:39:14

In this ep, the great and powerful dads return to discuss one tik tok-er's unique way of living unblended while another one demands that all men in basements get their microphones revoked! 

Dan ...

Ep 47: How Was Your Podtoberfest Honey from 2021-12-04T22:49:02

Wrapping up our second day of Podtoberfest. The final hour and half of it all, The Maier's (Chris and Kristen), from How Was Your Week Honey join us to not really discuss parenting as much as we...

Ep 46: Worst Week Ever! from 2021-11-18T01:30:36

In what starts out as a great weekend for Ginger, a surprise birthday party, attending a post pandemic concert (is it post?), and family photo's, suddenly turns into one bad thing after another!...

Ep 45: Blending Families Post Vasectomy from 2021-11-09T17:00

Dan is thinking about getting a Vasectomy. Jay recently got one. What better time than now then to relive the horror of it all. We're 6 weeks out since Jay had one, so after dropping off his sam...

Ep 44: Parenting Through a Digital Detox with Diary of the Dad from 2021-11-03T00:13:02

Blogger Tom Briggs best known from his Diary of the Dad Blog, joins Dan and Ginger to discuss fatherhood. Are things done differently across da pond? What's it like managing a successful #DadBlo...

Ep 43:Blending Families with Marcus The Token from 2021-08-24T23:33:58

Jay and Dan have our first guest on the show. We discuss Blending Families, race, stereotypes, mixing cultures and chasing your dreams while being a stay at home/working father. 

Ep 42: Football Follies and a Crap Filled Shower Head from 2021-08-15T18:04:45

We take a break from releasing our banked episodes and jump in with an episode that took place just days ago! 

Dan has been a home owner for months now and you wouldn't believe the crap h...

Ep 41:Mental Healthy Facilities and Dumb Driving Instructors from 2021-08-03T23:35:43

In this episode, Ginger struggles to deal with his children's anxiety and depression. Two of them visit the hospital, but it's not like it was when he was a kid. It's accepted. It's talked about...

Ep 40: Decon Dan Is On The Market! from 2021-07-28T00:05:37

Jay the Angry Ginger gets a new podcast mixer and is elated! Dan is selling his house and is a bit anxious.

We discuss how the holiday treated us and prepare ourselves for what's to come ...

Ep 39: That's Right, The Dog Ate Its Face Off! (Family Traditions) from 2021-07-21T01:07:20

Hey Look kids, the Dad's are baaaaaack!!!!

Whilst cleaning out the garage, Jay The Angry Ginger discovers a corpse the haunts him. Dan shares his many Family "Holiday" Traditions and make...

Ep 38: Dan Plans To Move On After Rigging The Polls Before Friendsgiving from 2020-11-20T03:17:57

The holidays are coming up. Dan is selling his house. He fills us in on what it was like to work the election. We both have separate COVID scares and Ginger to find meaning... not really.

Ep 37: Dealing With Dad's Death, Bad Backs, and One Bathroom! from 2020-08-22T12:00

It's been a few months since the last episode. Come catch up with us!

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Using our time better now that there is no commute time to work and back. Finding a different normal. ...

Episode 36: Rona Love, Kittens, and Bears Oh My! from 2020-05-20T04:00

Ginger's house gets a triple kitten invasion. The neighborhood bear can no longer eat my children and Dan's neighborhood bear is no raccoon!

Masks, where to wear them and why? Are kids ad...

Ep 35: Another Quarantine Extension from 2020-04-29T17:42:37

Chris and Kristin Maier from the How Was Your Week Honey Podcast join Dan and Jay today. It's an extended episode, which is fitting for living in yet another extension of the quarantine.

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Ep 34: Overcoming Pandemic Anxiety! from 2020-04-15T15:23:34

In this episode we three Dad's discuss the change in our everyday normal lives. Adapting to the NEW NORMAL. Working from Home. Homeschooling. Finding structure in the Chaos.

Ep 33: Ginger's Diagnosis from 2020-04-01T18:16:56

In the Last Episode, Jay "The Angry Ginger" eluded to having some ADHD issues. After struggling with admitting that this might be a reality, and sick of struggling living life through a fog of a...

Ep 32: Dad's Back From Florida from 2020-03-18T22:50:37

Jay The Angry Ginger returns from a Podcast Convention and spending a few day's with his Dad. Health issues aside, it was an excellent trip away. Getting home on the other hand? A Stolen Car. An...

Ep 31: Inner Speech, Blackhole Movies, and Big Plans for 2020 from 2020-02-07T14:00:39

In this episode the "Dads" discuss the dangers of teenagers taking selfies, the loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter and how it hit us. Do we have Wills? Did you know that some people don't have...

Ep 30: Jesus Phlots from 2020-01-23T03:32:15

Vision Board, Pneumonia, First Love, Phloting, Journaling, Cell phones dropped in the neighboring stalls, and infecting your children with your sickness, all on today's episode of Deconstructing...

Ep 29: A Better Late Than Never Christmas Gift from 2020-01-15T05:00

In this episode, Jay and Dan battle the odds that is our work, personal and holiday schedule to discuss our heavy work loads and trying to be the best absentee father we can be! Kidding!

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Ep 28: Deep Dives and Skid Marks with a Beaver Weasel from 2019-09-13T17:14:37

Grant @Insta_Grants2 on twitter returns to finish off our conversation. We discuss more about friendship, getting older and of course friendship.

Having "The Talk" with our kids. Is it di...

Episode 27: Raising Children in the Realm of Suspicion from 2019-09-05T23:02:39

In this episode, my friend and old co-host Grant Markham joins me to discuss kids and Social Media. Should they have it? At what age? We also play catch up and delve in and out of our personal i...

Ep 26: Calendar Catch Up and Drivers Training from 2019-07-30T19:51:27

Finally after a 6 month absence, Dan The Kilted Ginger and Jason The Angry Ginger find an hour in their buys schedules to play catch up!

What have we been up to for the past 6 months?

Ep 25: Navigating the Red Flags of Tinder and it's Modern Day Sexual Revolution with Colleen Mullen from 2018-10-03T09:38:55

In this episode of Deconstructing Dad my guest a relationship therapist and host of Coaching Through Chaos and the cohost of Shrink 2 Shrink, Colleen Mullen joins me to talk All things Dating Ap...

Ep 24 Coded Texts from Kids to Parents&Old Fashioned Tips To Making Hubby Happy! from 2018-09-26T14:45:39

In this episode Jay and Dan are joined by regular guest Courtney "The Quadfather" Calkins!

We discuss the tricky techniques of coded texts. What do you and your kids have pre-planned so y...

Ep 23: Homebound and Exhusted from 2018-09-14T10:19:31

In this Episode, Dan returns home from France and boy is he whipped. Ginger has to pinkie promise not to embarrass his daughters at a restaurant and geeks out about Tom Cruise?

Ep 22: Dealing with Loneliness&Finding the New You from 2018-09-05T08:31:08

In this episode Courtney Calkins, a licensed marriage & family therapist for over 20 years, returns to the show to discuss the 5 stages of grief after a separation or divorce. We talk about my m...

Ep 21: Meeting Dan Part 2 (To Paris With Love) from 2018-08-27T10:36:14

In this, the second part of Dan and I meeting for the first time, we get carried away with our adult beverages. We discuss Night Terrors, Sleeping well in Hotel Beds, the meaning of WaWa and of ...

Ep 20: We Finally Meet Part 1 (Useless Know-It'All's) from 2018-08-14T12:27:21

Ginger Meets Dan for the first time ever. Is it awkward or is it something else?

Ep 19: Delete The Past For The Future? from 2018-07-29T01:23:34

In this we episode, 7 Days a Geek co-host @NeighborCole and monthly guest host @QuadfatherMft join me to discuss relationship issues.

What are the rules about your past when it comes to d...

Ep 18: Purging My Home After Divorce ...and Fireworks! from 2018-07-05T10:35:23

In this episode I discuss the last week or so of my life where I went though my house and purged all my old belongings. Cleaned out my house, my garage, bought a car, new beds, and furniture. Lo...

Ep 17: The Technologically Advanced Helicopter Parenting Implant from 2018-06-17T01:05:36

The Quadfather returns to help me review Black Mirror's ArkAngel episode.

If you're not familiar with this show... I think you can still listen and then decided if it's something you'd li...

Ep 16: Bad Eating Habits&Wipe it till it's White! from 2018-06-08T09:24:12

In this very special episode, Father Dan chats with me (The Angry Ginger) about kids Bad Eating Habits, Finding common ground with your kids and exploring mutual interests with them. Dan's Mom w...

Ep 15 Let's Talk About School Shootings from 2018-06-01T09:46:42

While driving home from work last week Friday morning, my daughter called to tell me that the school(s) were closing because of a school shooting threat. After having a few conversations with my...

Ep 14 Is Your Kid "Hammocking"? from 2018-05-25T04:30:28

This week, Dan a.k.a. Father 45 returns to the show, and after accepting the fact that he had to listen to me podcast with another podcaster, we get down and dirty with a few topics that should ...

Ep 13 Love Bites to Dog Bites from 2018-05-17T21:13:21

This episode is a cross over from Part 1 of the 7 Days a Geek Summer Movie Preview Episode.

In this Ep, Neighbor Cole joins me to discuss a weekend of epic proportions.

We discuss ...

Ep 12: No Phone Zones&More One on One Time from 2018-03-21T07:13:32

In this episode Dan gloats about the Eagles winning the Super Bowl and recalls how much work actually goes into creating themed bedrooms. 

Each of us are dating now... but how much should...

Ep 11 Single Dads on Viagra and Holiday Traditions from 2017-12-28T08:41:35

This episode previously aired live during the 7 Days a Geek 30 Days of Podcasting. 

In this episode of Deconstructing Dad, Dan and I field questions from the live chatroom. We al...

Ep 10: Halloween and Worst Kids Theme Songs Ever! from 2017-11-23T01:21:33

Does your kid have a favorite show that just makes you cringe? We go over a list of out top worst songs we could stand never listening to again. 

We also discuss trick or treating with th...

Ep 9: It's NOT Dads V.S. Moms from 2017-08-30T16:27:51

The media like's to show us modern day dad's as bumbling incapable morons. We're always portrayed as the parents who were never able to get the training wheels off. At best, we're babysitters. S...

Ep 8: The Talk from 2017-08-14T09:16:15

In this episode, Jay and Dan talk about having "The Talk"! You know the one you feared having with your parents as a child. Well now we are the parents, and it's time to have that "Talk" with ou...

Ep 7: 13 Amazing Facts about Happiness from 2017-07-20T19:36:08

In this episode AG and Dan are joined by friend of the show and fellow podcaster Courtney Calkins from the Quadcast Podcast. You'll remember him from episode 3. This week we discuss Happiness. Listen

Episode 6:Demolition Disney Dads from 2017-07-13T02:03:11

The Dads are back!!! WE WERE ON A BREAK!!!

Constructions, Vacations and Parents of the week! 

Ep 5:The Secret Society of Parenting (Sh*t, Snot, and Puke Oh My!) from 2017-05-25T07:52:33

In this episode Dan shares with me (and of course you the lovely listener) maybe the most graphic, and fear inducing horror show of a story that could ever happen to a parent in a public place, ...

Ep 4: The Importance of Kids, Relationships, and Yourself from 2017-05-18T01:35:03

In this Episode Dan (Father 44) returns to chat with Jay The Angry Ginger.

Seems these Dad's want to lose weight...but how much of it is actually "Genetic Double Chins" compared to fat th...

Ep 3:Divorce Counseling&Fatherhood Through the Years from 2017-05-08T09:40:42

In this episode, The Angry Ginger is joined by fellow podcaster and friend Courtney Calkins. A Marriage/Family Therapist by trade, we talk a bit about how to divorce in a more healthy way.

Ep 2: Fat F*ck Future from 2017-05-02T06:57:07

In this episode (Jay) Ginger and (Dan) Father 44 open the show with a little vacation talk. 

Ginger spent a few days in Florida for his Dad's 70'th Birthday and Dan is planning a family v...

Ep 1: Life After Marriage and Other Origin Stories from 2017-04-24T04:26:08

In this Episode Jason (The Angry Ginger) and Dan (Nickname undetermined) sit down to discuss Fatherhood before and after marriage. Their idea's and plans for the podcast. 

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