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Two Sweary Dads on Podchaser
by Ben Slinger & Trevor Scott
Your hosts are Ben Slinger (father of a 2 year old boy and twin 9 month old girls) and Trevor Scott (father of a 3 year old boy). Together they discuss the vagaries of fatherhood in Australia, tell stories of joy and frustration, and go off on tangents that don't involve their children at all (because not everything is about being a Dad).
Episodes
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032: Greaseproof Paper and See ya Laters
In their final episode for a while, Ben and Trevor do a little bit of a Two Sweary Dads retrospective, then chat a bit about wheelie shoes, what they got (and didn’t get) out of tertiary education, and butts (of the cigarette kind). Eldritch Rites – Burning the Brunny Shadow Beast Records…
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031: Coconut Trees and Bags of Tea
This week Trevor and Ben do a toilet training recap, wonder how Ben’s kid knows about husking coconuts, and spend a bit too long inventing a sequel to the ever popular T-Bag series of kids shows. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 031: Coconut Trees and Bags…
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030: Cool Dads and Comrades
Ben and Trevor are on form for their 30th episode, chatting about the women’s march against Trump, being a Cool Dad, and Australia Day swingers. They go deep on tennis before discussing different styles of teaching, school nicknames and the intricacies of sharing politics with our kids. Subscribe...
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029: Storms of Hale, Beyond the Veil
Ben and Trevor discuss child supervision and starting kindergarten, how old their kids need to be to start a band, broaching the difficult subject of death with our kids, and write yet another love letter to Disney/Pixar and musicals in general. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music…
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028: Dr Scraps and Microsoft Slaps
A shorter episode this week as Ben and Trevor re-record after a tragic Windows Update killed their first attempt. They discuss kids at adult New Year parties, their goals for 2017 and improvise a couple of terrible kids shows. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The…
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027: Puke on the Sheets and Santa's Receipts
In the final episode for 2016 Trevor and Ben remark on yet more sick kids, Aussie versions of Christmas carols, the etiquette of Santa’s gift giving, their Bill and Ted moment, and Randy Quaid. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 027: Puke on the Sheets and...
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026: Creative Fables and Trump Vegetables
Trevor and Ben are alone again, and discuss PAX, the Trump sadministration, engaging creativity in our kids and involving kids in our creativity, as well as reminiscing about old creative projects that never went anywhere. Videos discussed in this episode Sibling Battle: Decoy Sibling Battle 3…
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025: Convene with Jayneen
Ben and Trevor talk to children’s author and teacher Jayneen Sanders about body safety, gender equality, and the challenges of writing books about these sensitive but important issues. Jayneen Sanders on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 025: Convene...
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024: Rescue Remedy and One Nation Insanity
Shayne Joseph guest stars with Trevor and Ben this week as they discuss vaccinations, dumb down the immune response, talk about the US election for (hopefully) the last time and we find out the best way to make Shayne unfollow you on Facebook. Science On Top Podcast Subscribe on iTunes Website...
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023: Kangaroo Meat and Putting Down The Seat
Food is our topic this week, and we discuss the battles over the dinner table with our kids, bad food experiences we’ve had, Ben rants about breakfasts and we talk about the marshmallow test. Plus toilet seat etiquette, bad breath and we invent a terrifying new children’s show about birds....
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022a: Reform into a Lame Storm
Ben and Trevor find themselves on the wrong podcast and hilarity ensues. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 022a: Reform into a Lame Storm appeared first on Two Sweary Dads.
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022: Prison Riots and Fort Fires
Trevor’s Dad joins the Two Sweary Dads this week to discuss his career path through prison officer, to community corrections, to child protection worker, as well as some funny stories about Trevor’s early life. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 022: Prison...
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021: Curse Words and Voting for Turds
Ben and Trevor discuss disciplining their children, timeouts, renegade rules, children’s sports, their earliest memories, swearing around their kids, what generation they are part of and Ben goes on another Drumpf Rant ™. If you want to read about the horrific child abuse manual masquerading as...
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020: Autism Vaccine and Two Girls Named Colleen
Trevor and Ben discuss the spreading of disease, childhood illnesses, the new Kevin Smith film Yoga Hosers, and announce a big change to the podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 020: Autism Vaccine and Two Girls Named Colleen appeared first on Two…
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019: Ants On A Twig and a Duck That's Too Big
Ben and Trevor discuss imaginative games their kids play, and games they played as kids, including magic spells, action figure battles, ant torture, and games that ended in tears. They also do a totally spontaneous review of StoryBots, then riff on some ideas for terrible kids shows that results…
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018: Two Lads and a Sweary Grandad
Ben’s dad Ian joins in the fun as the first ever guest on Two Sweary Dads, and Ben and Trevor grill him on the difficulty of raising 60 kids, regrets and expectations, the chick magnetism of guitars, evil beardless versions of themselves, and how he met the love of his … The post 018: Two Lads…
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017: Egg Strikes and Riding Bikes
Father’s Day episode! Trevor and Ben discuss Stranger Things and the freedoms of our childhood, fending for ourselves in high school, horror movies involving spiders and the Pullman/Bridges/Daniels dilemma. Plus a boys weekend recap! Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust...
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016: Hair Hackers and Scream Trackers
Trevor and Ben discuss the musical instruments they learned as kids, the primitive days of digital music before MP3s, Windows 95 wav soundscapes, and play a game of Click Pitch resulting in haircuts and brain tapes. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 016: Hair...
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015: Bad Decisions and Circumcisions
Ben and Trevor get a bit silly after talking about the census, branded clothing, circumcisions, and vasectomies, then try out a new segment where they come up with ideas for new kids shows. Notes: Ben is aware that the word he should have been trying to say was ‘virile’, not … The post 015: Bad...
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014: Time Troubles and Paradox Bubbles
Trevor and Ben discuss play center security systems, rebooting Home Improvement, travel back in time to try to stop Donald Drumpf from being born, and discuss The Librarians in their third Rando Episodo segment. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 014: Time...
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013: Fearful Candor and Coriander
Ben and Trevor discuss amusing costumes, parenting failures, fears for the future, critical thinking and religion, peer pressure, friend groups and herbs that are gross. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 013: Fearful Candor and Coriander appeared first on Two...
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012: Baby Showers and Flower Powers
Ben and Trevor discuss body positivity, how much sex info is too much, teaching consent, and play a rousing game of Click Pitch, where they riff on game designs including flower powers, augmented reality train building, joysticks for your eyes, and the Jetsons. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter...
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011: Pokeguys and Political Sighs
Trevor and Ben lament the political hellscape they find ourselves in, lighten things up with some Pokemon Go discussion, rant a bit more about politics, figure out what to do when they’re not into the same things as their kids, get choked up at musical theatre and finally give a … The post 011:...
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010: Knitting Maths and Movie Snacks
Ben and Trevor discuss political volunteering, visiting the science museum, they Rando Episodo Drop Dead Diva, discuss taking kids to the movies and have a Pixar chat. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 010: Knitting Maths and Movie Snacks appeared first on…
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009: Spicy Chicken and Pee on a Stick(en)
Trevor and Ben talk about a disappointing family outing, the rush of buying new technology, when they knew they were ready to have kids, what it was like when they found out they were pregnant, miscarriages, hobbits and Drop Dead Diva. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by…
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008: School Peers and Turnbull's Tears
Ben and Trevor talk about sending their kids to kinder and school, get geeky about 90s computer technology, reveal their old embarrassing internet handles, and do another round of random game brainstorming. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 008: School Peers...
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007 Fights with Ginger Archetypes
Trevor and Ben chat about social media and the role it might play in their kids lives, go deep on bullying, discuss the lengths of their children and make a valiant attempt at improvised storytelling. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust The post 007: Fights with Ginger...
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006: Birthday Cheers, Clip Go The Shears
In which Ben and Trevor discuss children’s birthday parties (their kids and their own), get excited about sharing their favourite movies and games with their kids, and dissect an episode of The Hills in a (hopefully) amusing fashion. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook The post 006:...
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005: Child Screams and Fecal Themes
This week Trevor and Ben sit down and talk about childhood accidents, how difficult it is to name babies, gorilla enclosures, the problems with network TV, we introduce our new segment, and we chat a little about what games we’ve been playing. Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by…
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004: Loud Snorer and a Creepy Dora
Our hosts discuss how much TV their kids watch, the unblinking stare of Dora the Explorer, having introverted tendencies, the difficulty of changing unfortunate email addresses, scary spiders and VR porn. Ben singing Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (2005) Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook...
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003: Larry Duet and a Dragon Marionette
In this episode, Ben and Trevor discuss their regrets about never having played D&D until they were old men, talk a bit about board games (those they enjoy currently and those they enjoyed as children), remember the hey-day of Sierra adventure games, and talk about the bands they’ve played in. …...
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002: VR on the Vive with our Sister Wives
Ben and Trevor discuss Mother’s Day, vandalism, toilet training and improvise some game ideas. We also reminisce a bit about games from our childhood, and talk about the possibilities of the VR gaming platforms. Links: Use Your Words Subscribe on iTunes Website Twitter Facebook Music by Kurodust...
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001: Elbow Deep and Deprived of Sleep
In their very first episode, Ben and Trevor discuss some of the challenges of raising four kids between themselves, such as sleep deprivation and finding time to do anything other than be a parent. Links: Kurodust (our old band) Eldritch Rites (Trevor’s current band) Subscribe on iTunes Website...
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Your hosts are Ben Slinger (father of a 2 year old boy and twin 9 month old girls) and Trevor Scott (father of a 3 year old boy). Together they discuss the vagaries of fatherhood in Australia, tell stories of joy and frustration, and go off on tangents that don't involve their children at all (because not everything is about being a Dad).
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Your hosts are Ben Slinger (father of a 2 year old boy and twin 9 month old girls) and Trevor Scott (father of a 3 year old boy). Together they discuss the vagaries of fatherhood in Australia, tell stories of joy and frustration, and go off on tangents that don't involve their children at all...
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