To All the Desperate Dads I’ve Loved Before

from Obsessed: A Podcast About Your Hyper-Fixations · host Nina Concepción and Katherine Bourne Taylor

This week we are discussing one of our favorite tropes in TV and film - The Desperate Father. We cover why we're drawn to this trope, and talk about our fav dads on the brink from Twilight's Charlie Swan, to the Mandalorian, to The Last of Us' Joel Miller and more. There's so many we didn't even get to, we might have to do more!!! Enjoy! Get more at backdrop.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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