Let Me Ask My Dad

Episodes

1. 32

   32 - Reality TV

   Tangents include: The Truman Show, trashy Fox shows, going into a business and fixing it, ghosts, and at one point we just list restaurants we have been to.

   Feb 6, 2023

   46m
2. 31

   31 - Halloween Costumes

   Cold weather, Dress Barn, underage drinking, gay bars, Fur Rendezvous, cosplay, Nicholas Cage, and 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

   Oct 31, 2022

   38m
3. 30

   30 - Burning Man

   Tangents include: Leave no trace, playa lung, no buying only gifting, the other BLM, prescription goggles, post apocalyptic, a bunch of drugged up hippies, electric unicycles, rich people, and Paris Hilton.

   Oct 16, 2022

   39m
4. 29

   29 - Glasses

   Tangents include: Lasers, Austin Powers, John's special actor glasses, Assman Combat Glasses (try saying Ray Ban Wayfarers 3 times fast), Mr. Magoo, contacts are the worst, fashion old lady style, BGCs, time blindness, somehow we figured out how to talk about family vacations again, elbow sneezing.

   Apr 26, 2022

   41m
5. 28

   28 - Small Talk

   Tangents include: Weather, you too, condoms and..., late night purchases, customer service scripts, the nod and the thank you wave, bumper stickers, exercise, don't talk to us at lunch, excuses to exist conversations, hair cuts, sports, murder in Europe, Duolingo, and then weather again.

   Feb 26, 2022

   44m
6. 27

   27 - Kids TV

   Tangents include: black and white vs color, live action weird puppet shows, jumping the shark, Canadian TV, at one point we complain like old people about how easy kids have it these days, streaming, sick day TV, Nickelodeon, gross animation, King of the Hill, and John praises Ted Lasso for a while.

   Jan 14, 2022

   45m
7. 26

   26 - Holiday Traditions

   Warning - this episode will make you hungry. Tangents include: large extended families (sorry Kenny), ham vs. turkey, Mele Kalikimaka, tamales, lobster rolls, holiday travel, orphan holidays, free work turkeys, breakfast, side dish opinions, old gross Jell-O recipes, grandmas tiny hands, dates…

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   Dec 25, 2021

   40m
8. 25

   25- Surgery

   Tangents include: John talks about pee ALOT in this episode, gallbladder removal, robotic assisted surgery, recovery time, after surgery briefing, medication, top surgery, dinosaur arms, hernias, butt surgery, cravings, pain relievers, TENS units, LASIK, combat Assman glasses, anesthesia

   Oct 28, 2021

   40m
9. 24

   24 - Weddings

   Tangents include: Officiating, Universal Life Church, weird familial naming conventions, staircases, throwing rice, catering, wardrobe malfunctions, sympathetic crying, mistakes, Myspace proposal, flight times, not getting murdered by a stranger, Taco Bell, planning a family vacation again, loft...

   Oct 14, 2021

   44m
10. 23

    23 - Malls

    Tangents include: 80's mall culture, anchor stores, mall naming conventions, mall movie theaters suck, store nicknames, mall walkers, Mel's distain for a specific Round Table Pizza, Sword and Dragon stores, "fancy" restaurants, food courts, John's love of Hotdog on a Stick, mall/airport food,...

    Sep 26, 2021

    41m
11. 22

    22 - Fairs

    Tangents include: Renaissance Faires, Highland games, fair food, the turkey leg industry, empanadas, Greek food, local fairs, beer tents, mead, ciders, drinking games, ATMs, nothing costs $10, cash only, bank robbers, escaping casinos and department stores.

    Aug 26, 2021

    41m
12. 21

    21 - Video Games

    Tangents include: Classic games/arcade games, sword store at the mall, Magnavox Odyssey, Pinball Hall of Fame, Duck Hunt, Xbox, GTA, Wii, Mario, Twitch, Animal Crossing, Rockband/Guitar Hero, Karaoke, Diablo, Ingress, Pokemon Go, sound cards, and LAN Parties.

    Aug 13, 2021

    47m
13. 20

    20 - Pools and Beans

    Tangents include: pools and BBQ, people who live in apartments are assholes, pool bottoms are made of sandpaper, dogs falling in (Mel 100% references a Jenna Marbles video here), put on a shirt, heat stroke and heat exhaustion, sun safety, 80 degrees is too cold, bodies of water are more fun with...

    Jul 29, 2021

    43m
14. 19

    19 - Ikea

    This is one of those episodes that is only interesting to us. Tangents include: the bread line, people watching, John keeps mentioning the Soviet Union for some reason, Mel's napkin hacks, John's food storage hacks, pizza cutters are not for real pizza, ulu knives, stupid lighting, Dr. Pixar, The...

    Jul 15, 2021

    46m
15. 18

    18 - Father's Day

    Tangents include: puffy paint, ugly clothes, Abraham Lincoln with a boombox, holiday commercialism, Santa pizza and beer, amazon wishlists, a sock guy, interrupting puppy, the box of stuff, non-perishable goods, cologne for nephews and lotion for nieces, gift baskets, once again we end the…

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    Jun 16, 2021

    38m
16. 17

    17 - Concerts

    Tangents include: The Doobie Brothers, landfills, small bar shows, slam dancing, autographs, areas suck, I'll be at the bar, neo-n*zis, casino shows, teen pop punk, crowd surfing, some noise, state fair concerts, sugary music, FAIR SCONES, then we ended the episode by just planning family vacations.

    Jun 2, 2021

    43m
17. 16

    16 - Pets

    Tangents include: creative pet naming, gerbils are awful, fish are boring, your cat is cheating on you, people names, birds are scary, Furbies, rescue animals, snakes, and Alice Cooper.

    May 20, 2021

    41m
18. 15

    15 - Mars

    DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded prior to the recent SpaceX splash down. Tangents include: tiny helicopters, AI, Martians, all other planets suck, Col. Chris Hadfield, Ring doorbell, the ocean is big AF, the Titanic, Science (brought to you by Redbull), SPACE GUNS, skydiving, scuba diving,...

    May 5, 2021

    41m
19. 14

    14 - Camping

    Tangents include: Boy Scouts weird naming conventions, wilderness suvival skills, reality TV, Alone, fire dancers, tent vs camper, Homer AK, weird KOA experiences, absurdly deep swimming pool, combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut and arcade, South to Alaska, awkward Sonic employee, paid camping,...

    Apr 22, 2021

    39m
20. 13

    13 - Dreams

    Tangents include: malls, school dreams, anxiety dreams, airports, fictional dream friends, waffle house, Denny's with a bar, lucid dreaming, malls again, teeth falling out, can I do this in real life?, doors that don't close, fun house labyrinths, stealing hotel breakfasts, elevators, and then we...

    Apr 7, 2021

    37m
21. 12

    12 - Dentist

    Tangents include: mandatory dentist appointments, military dentistry, old fillings, silver bullets, is that a cow, wisdom teeth we don't do well with pain killers, Mel's top surgery, twilight sleep, dentist horror stories, somehow we worked ghosts into this one, teeth dreams, bite alignment…

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    Mar 10, 2021

    36m
22. 11

    11 - Home Remedies

    Tangents include: hot vernors, hot liquor, pharmacutical sodas, coke syrup, DO NOT USE BLACK SALVE, old medicine smells bad, oil pulling, asprin, peeing vitamins, hiccup cures, vicks vaporub, nasty medicine dance, physics (not) of swallowing pills, good smells are good, epsom salts, bath bombs, a...

    Feb 25, 2021

    42m
23. 10

    10 - Vampires and Zombies

    Tangents include: vampires, vampire "rules", romanticizing monsters, Near Dark (John kept calling it After Dark), Mel doesn't know actors from 80s movies, apparently its ok to talk about zombies during a pandemic, rabies, viral zombies, apocalypses plans, movies aren't real but plagues are, sick...

    Feb 10, 2021

    45m
24. 9

    9 - Future Technology

    Tangents include: helicopters, flying cars, autonomous driving, data mining, its hard to trust cameras, don’t leave children in the car, air travel, drones, autopilot, transporters, hyperloop, stargate, public transit, rideshare, twitter, social media, tiktok, and twitch.

    Jan 27, 2021

    44m
25. 8

    8 - Bermuda Triangle

    DISLAIMER: This episode includes discussion of conspiracy theories. We recorded this back in December 2020 and avoided any theories that were medical in nature or overly political. Tangents include: Bermuda Triangle , don't read wikis before bed, plot twists, flat earth, hollow earth, trees…

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    Jan 13, 2021

    31m
26. 7

    7 - Jobs

    Featuring Magnus the dog being very loud. Tangents include: classified papers, social security cards, signatures. Donuts, child labor laws, arcades, golf, Mesopotamia, a toilet paper rant, bouncy houses, John's weird thing against carnies, no one pays for newspapers, community access tv, and…

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    Dec 31, 2020

    36m
27. 6

    6 - Holiday Parties

    Tangents include: potlucks, bad food, grape jelly and meat, strangers are weird , sarcasm is mean, video duplication, why you don't give tired 20 somethings free drinks, drunk instigators, white elephants, legit good gift ideas, and some not at all distracting chair noises.

    Dec 16, 2020

    34m
28. 5

    5 - Secret Societies

    Welcome to our most tangent filled episode yet! There is also a built in drinking game: Every time John says "nefarious" take a drink. Tangents include (but are not limited to): The Da Vinci Code, The Illuminati, The Masons, meetings in the woods, sexism, cannibalism, animal based clubs, and for...

    Dec 2, 2020

    36m
29. 4

    4 - Self Care

    This week John and Mel talk about how they practice self care. We discuss yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, ASMR, background noises, and rain.

    Nov 18, 2020

    32m
30. 3

    3 - Aliens

    This week we talk about how unfathomably big the universe is, abductions, ancient aliens, and John's history of "alien calls".

    Nov 3, 2020

    36m
31. 2

    2 - Ghosts

    In our Halloween-ish episode, John and Mel talk about ghosts. We discuss spooky noises, cabinets opening, ghost hunting shows, the Winchester Mystery House, and ouija boards.

    Oct 21, 2020

    36m
32. 1

    1 - Amusement Parks

    Adult Child host Mel and Dad host John discuss amusement parks.

    Oct 7, 2020

    32m