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Devon Dad Adventures

by Andy Mackay

A podcast about parenting life in and around Devon.

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Episodes

  1. In Defence Of Homer Simpson: Last Exit to Springfield

    Inspired by a Church Sermon that said “don’t be like Homer Simpson”, I started watching The Simpsons to decide. Is he really that bad? After a trip to the dentist this morning, I figured I would break my own rules, and jump from series 1 to somewhere deep in the forth season to talk dental plans,...

  2. In Defence Of Homer Simpson: Life on the fast lane

    Inspired by a Church Sermon that said “don’t be like Homer Simpson”, I started watching The Simpsons to decide. Is he really that bad? Life on the fast lane is the one where... well its the one with the bowling ball. In Homers defence, there are no good adults in this story really.

  3. In Defence Of Homer Simpson: The Telltale Head

    Inspired by a Church Sermon that said “don’t be like Homer Simpson”, I started watching The Simpsons to decide. Is he really that bad? In the Telltale Head, Bart pulls a prank, asks Homer for advice, the family go to church, and father and son face the first Springfield mob - together. Somewhere…

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  4. In Defence Of Homer Simpson - The Call of The Wild

    Inspired by a Church Sermon that said “don’t be like Homer Simpson”, I started watching The Simpsons to decide. Is he really that bad? Basically it’s a yes and No answer... in The Call of The Wild. Yes it goes a little bonkers at the end (Remember it’s a TV show), but considering how bad the trip...

  5. In Defence of Homer Simpson - "Moaning Lisa"

    over the last 12 months I've found myself watching ALOT of TV shows, including a lot of The Simpsons, while trying to answer a church sermon that discussed "Dont Be Homer Simpson" Here's episode 6 - "Moaning Lisa". its a nice little episode showing Homer taking the time to understand Barts...

  6. In defence of Homer Simpson - "Bart The General"

    In the absence of anything happening. Ever. I'm watching a lot of The Simpsons, while drinking wine - while trying to answer a church sermon that discussed "Dont Be Homer Simpson" Here's episode 5 - "Bart The General", and well, if last weeks was a bit of a mess, this simply isn't good. But the...

  7. In defence of Homer Simpson - "There's No Disgrace Like Home"

    In the absence of anything happening. Ever. I'm watching a lot of The Simpsons, while drinking wine, well - its wine this week - while trying to answer a church sermon that discussed "Dont Be Homer Simpson" Here's episode 4 - "There's No Disgrace Like Home", its a bit of a mess, the podcast isn't...

  8. In Defence Of Homer Simpson: Homer's Odyssey

    In the absence of anything happening. Ever. I'm watching a lot of The Simpsons, while drinking cider. While trying to answer a church sermon that discussed "Dont Be Homer Simpson" Here's episode 3 - Homer's Odyssey, where Homer goes on a journey of self discovery, finishing in a test of…

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  9. In Defence Of Homer Simpson: Bart the Genius

    In the absence of anything happening. Ever. I'm watching a lot of The Simpsons, while drinking cider. While trying to answer a church sermon that discussed "Dont Be Homer Simpson" Here's episode 2 - Bart the Genius, where Homer adjusts his parenting depending on who he thinks his son is, I forget...

  10. In Defence Of Homer Simpson: The First One

    In the absence of anything happening. Ever. I started wondering about attempting a commentary piece. Then, there was a church sermon which included the advice. "Dont Be Homer Simpson" Is he that bad? Here's my attempt at starting a defence of Homer Simpson as both a father and human being, while...

  11. The One Where We Went To Killerton

    A little one about wondering around Killerton Nation Trust near Exeter, and introducing a new segment: “Not Everything is Terrible”. And finally. How do you host a kids party during a pandemic??? I also sound kinda tired... sorry about that, maybe I should have had some coffee or something...

  12. The One Where We Went Bowling

    When you're looking for somewhere distant from people, not outside... and well... not in the house. We took the small one bowling for the first time -- music: www.purple-planet.com

  13. Where we went to Danes Wood

    When we went to actually find Danes Wood. Near Exeter

  14. The One Up at Woodbury

    In the first of a series of attempts at looking at social distancing in Devon, the crew take a wonder up to Woodbury Common near Exeter.

  15. Where you can start to hear social distancing bite.

    Asthma, social distancing, lock down. What is going on? Mostly this is me rambling. And not getting anywhere. For that I’m sorry.

  16. The One With The Litter Pick

    So this is the thing I’ve been meaning to do for ages, and the sound quality is terrible! At least it gives you an idea of what the wind was like right? Anyway... this is when we joined in some litter picking.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A podcast about parenting life in and around Devon.

HOSTED BY

Andy Mackay

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