All Episodes

An Update from Off The Ball

The Dadcast S3 Ep.12 | Friendship fallouts, posting your kids & new dad essentials!

The Dadcast S3 Ep.11 | The dreaded summer holidays, greatest getaways & Father's Day debriefs...

The Dadcast S3 Ep.10 | Father's Day Special, summertime sleeping & do we give out too much??

The Dadcast S3 Ep.9 | The dads tackle the biggest issues like - to clean up the playroom or just leave it?

The Dadcast S3 Ep.8 | Camping adventures and the chaos of teaching kids how to cycle on the road

The Dadcast S3 Ep.7 | Would you be richer for a childless life? | Salvaging the sh*tshow & should we be explaining sportswashing?

The Dadcast S3 Ep.6 | "Are we going to be those people..?" | Kidless nights out, guilt & Guess Who?!

The Dadcast S3 Ep.5 | What is living in the moment? Taking the biscuit & #RIPCookie

The Dadcast S3 Ep.4 | By the book or going rogue, moving past monitors & is this pod actually liked..?

The Dadcast S3 Ep.3 | Stealing croissants, screentime & scrapping homework..?

The Dadcast S3 Ep.2 | Why don't toddlers appreciate us? Fearing the future - the end of hand-holding and teenage tantrums...

The Dadcast S3 Ep.1 | We're back, baby!

S2 Ep33: The End - final episode with new babies and a SNIP

S2 Ep32: DADCAST | Almost time for Big School

S2 Ep31: Dadcast | Paul O'Connell

S2 Ep30: DADCAST | WISHING THEY WERE OLDER

S2 Ep29: Dadcast | Preparation is key

S2 Ep28: DADCAST | THE LADS ARE BACK WITH THEIR QUESTIONABLE ADVICE...

S2 Ep27: Dadcast | The Dad's make a big commitment

S2 Ep26: Dadcast: Bloody Sunday, Parent-teacher meetings, moving house

S2 Ep25: Dadcast: Prepping for Xmas, and these endless days of winter

S2 Ep24: Do parents of teenagers ever get laid? And other important questions

S2 Ep23: Trouble sleeping, talking about racism to your kids, and cycling on the roads

S2 Ep22: Dadcast: The Dad's talk getting in to coaching

S2 Ep21: DADCAST: Fair Play Da - hearing your old pair having sex, and when to give your kids a phone?

S2 Ep20: Co-sleeping and the torture of no sleep, covid tests for kids, and eating out

S2 Ep19: Dadcast: All you ever wanted to know about The Snip but were afraid to ask (with an actual Doctor)

S2 Ep18: Dadcast: Restaurant nightmares, snip diaries, school fears

S2 Ep17: Dadcast: Will people send their kids to school sick?

S2 Ep16: DADCAST: I don't lose my temper, the red mist does not descend - which of the Dads is lying this week?

S2 Ep15: If a child poos in public and there's no-one there to see it does it really happen

S2 Ep14: Restaurants, Masks and back to school - the dad's wrestle with a mediocre new normal

S2 Ep13: Dad where do babies come from? How do they get in there?

S2 Ep12: Dreaming of divorce - literally not metaphorically

S2 Ep11: I'm not a performing monkey - why scheduling sex isn't for everyone

S2 Ep10: Death in the time of Covid-19

S2 Ep9: Go back and clean up the Pooh! A park-emergency and a delinquent Dad

S2 Ep8: Do not lose the rag: a new mantra for corona-chaos

S2 Ep7: Are we changed by this or ignoring the potential to become better Dads?

S2 Ep6: Quarantine-Cast - Coping mechanisms from the Dads of Dadcastland

S2 Ep5: Don't cough in McIntyre's face - from the front line of grossness episode 2 from Quarantine

S2 Ep4: Quarantine-Cast - The 4 Dads are locked away but nonetheless continuing on with their nonsese

S2 Ep3: Abandon hope all ye who enter here - listeners queries answered, swearing, technology hell, and your kids stealing your pins numbers

S2 Ep2: MAILBAG: The Dad's open the mailbag and get some inspirational messages from listeners

S2 Ep1: And we're back....the Dads are back for 2020 with renewed vigour

S1 Ep47: Christmas Special - safe for kids (kind of)

S1 Ep46: Gordon's Game - Dad, rugby player and now children's author Gordon D'arcy is this week's special guest

S1 Ep45: Why do we shout at our kids? When do you talk to them about porn? Do they need a phone? Does your wife complain about your phone use? Come on down, we got the show for you...

S1 Ep44: BONUS LOST EPISODE

S1 Ep43: Hug your parents + indpendent Kids: Nathan nearly falls asleep during the conversation but it's very on brand with Dadcast, Dave wants his kids to need him just a bit..

S1 Ep42: The Miscarriage episode: Inspired by an email to [email protected], the Dad's talk miscarriage, fertility issues, booking holidays and minibreaks for the mid-term.

S1 Ep41: GUEST DAD ALERT: the dads welcome an author and parent of older kids to studio to enlist some help in the battle to keep kids off screens.

S1 Ep40: This week Dave goes gallivanting in town, Nathan answers listeners questions, Adrian’s wife threatens him to stop being so giving and the big question is: What was your best decade?

S1 Ep39: How long do you persist with something your kids keep calling boring? When do you let them play on the road? And other mundane but vital questions..

S1 Ep38: Promotion, Kilbane's dog Maguire, a single swollen ball

S1 Ep37: Post Picnic Stress Disorder - schedules are cleared

S1 Ep35: SPECIAL GUEST ALERT: Paul Howard is with us to talk about his new book Schmidt Happens

S1 Ep36: ELECTRIC PICNIC TRUTH BOMB SPECIAL - everyone's in trouble

S1 Ep34: Does becoming a Dad make you risk-averse? Giving up current affairs, soother removal, and watching Euphoria as documentary

S1 Ep33: Just resting it on the urinal...tales of woe from teaching boys how to standy-uppy pee

S1 Ep32: The nicest letter ever written to us, a first time parent doesn't want any more and staycations reviewed

S1 Ep31: Dave's free gaff, Ger's bad parenting, kids talent shows, climate change and worrying about the future

S1 Ep30: The door is never locked...update on nappy training and a nice day out for everyone

S1 Ep29: Live potty training episode - Dave McIntyre's Fridge and much more

S1 Ep28: Another x closer to death - unusually high levels of swearing this week

S1 Ep27: What I did on my holidays - the Nathan Murphy Episode

S1 Ep26: McIntyre's back but the kids toys might not be, also Sports Day - to celebrate or not?

S1 Ep25: Sibling rivalry, holiday hell and WAY TOO BUSY schedules (for sex)

S1 Ep24: Do you have to schedule sex? Also summertime brings travel issues

S1 Ep23: When you threaten to leave your kids by the side of the road, should you just do it?

S1 Ep22: Sleep issues revisited, also the one where the Dads are only slightly glad to be back at work

S1 Ep21: When is it ok to call for help - after an hour? Your kid is being bullied? Dad's in the Ladies toilets - WTF?

S1 Ep20: Nathan patronises Adrian for having younger kids, but it's ok because Adrian quietly judges him in return

S1 Ep19: Dads For Daughters and Sport - Kieran Donaghy + Andy Lee join the conversation

S1 Ep18: To phone or not to phone? Mailbag special with stunningly bad advice coming your way from under-qualified Dads

S1 Ep17: To cry it out or not to cry it out? Andy Lee, World Champion + Dad, joins the Dads to talk singing, crying and sleeping

S1 Ep16: Pregnancy tests + a mailbag special - pooh in the sea, family changing rooms with no family,

S1 Ep15: Childcare crisis alert - how do you decide who minds the kids?

S1 Ep14: Regretting having kids, calling your kids bluff and losing

S1 Ep13: What do you do with a 4 year old who just won't do what you ask them?

S1 Ep12: Does that need plastic surgery? One of the Dads sees the A+E

S1 Ep11: WARNING EXTREME SWEARING - we blame the kids for it

S1 Ep10: Does travel alone make you a guilty Dad? Dave's in Philly to find out..

S1 Ep9: Sister on Sister Hair Crime

Adrian is missing, dropping kids and pooh up the back

S1 Ep7: What's the deal with boozing in front of your kids?

S1 Ep6: Tiger parenting, good contraception, breast feeding solidarity

S1 Ep5: Pregnancy Snoring and the spare room - the most controversial subject tackled yet

S1 Ep4: Picky eaters and learning how to eat as a parent, or rather not to ea

S1 Ep3: Hospital trips with young 'uns; getting induced - "good luck with that" says Dave

S1 Ep2: BABY ALERT! Fecundity abounds which leads to discussions of the snip.

What's it like to be a Dad? The good, bad and mostly ugly is all here...