Dad Stories: a multi-generational podcast about childhood and growing-up
A boomer dad and his millenial child compare and contrast childhood experience stories in order to better understand what is really different between generations.
- Update frequency
- every 34 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 51
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
EP 31: Everyone BEHAVE! Grammy and Grandpa are here!
With this episode we add another generation to our multi-generational podcast! Because we have not been able to get out and visit friends and family, we have mostly been staying in touc…
EP 30: After School Activities – Getting Comfortable Kicking and Hitting Strangers
Since many kids of all ages are now getting their formal education remotely, we were wondering how they were going to do their extracurricular activities. It brought to mind many memori…
EP 29: Amusement Parks! So What Does the Inside of Space Mountain Look Like. Special Guests Mom and Bobby
Most of us have gone to Amusement Parks during our college years . In this episode, we share our memories and opinions of Amusement Parks based on our individual and shared experiences.…
EP 28: Study Abroad-College Kids On Their Own in Europe. What Could Go Wrong?
EP 28: Study Abroad-College Kids On Their Own in Europe, What Could Go Wrong?
College is, theoretically, a place of higher learning and represents a period of time where one might learn …
EP 27: The Best Thing You Ever Learned In College
College is a place of higher learning and theoretically represents a period of time where one might learn many things in the classroom. For this episode, we challenged ourselves to thin…
EP 26: Sooo … Was it an Ill-Spent Summer?
This episode continues our discussion of college and young adult years. This second episode discusses our unique experiences that occurred during our summers while in college. For Eden,…
EP 25: Living the Journey - Things I learned in College Part 1
Heading into our summer season, we move from childhood stories to our college and young adult years. This first episode discusses our unique experiences learning about gender inequity t…
EP 24: Our First Anniversary!: A Year in Review
Welcome to our anniversary special! This episode looks back over the past year of Dad Stories. We share behind the scenes thoughts and experiences. If you are curious about what it cost…
EP 23: Evil Insect Collector vs. Classy Clock Collector: Childhood Hobbies!
This episode covers topics surrounding childhood hobbies. We discuss examples of what inspired us to start some of our hobbies including parents, school, scouts and even television. We…
EP22: Eden and Dad's Excellent Adventures!
We have been spending a good deal of time on our podcast talking about our different experiences over the past 20 some years. Today we are going to talk about the experiences that we ha…
EP 21: MUSIC LESSONS: I hate music lessons! (with Special Guest Bobby!)
Most people either took some kind of musical instrument or singing lessons as a kid or knew other kids that took lessons. For a great majority of us, we went into music lessons with gre…
EP20: The Tooth Fairy WIll Give You Money for Doing What?!!: Making Money as Kids
How does taking your dog for a morning walk result in a podcast episode. When you see the early morning papers being delivered by an adult driving around dropping of news papers in peop…
EP19: SuperHeros, SuperPowers and Heros: What is your Superpower?
This episode was inspired by a recently read novel about a young girl who goes through a series of life events and meets people along the way with whom she identifies their superpowers.…
EP 18: Flying Asparagus and other items from the Family Dinner Menu (with family chef mom!)
Projectile Vomiting and other items off of the Family Dining Menu. Every family has a story or two involving a family meal. We cover many family dining topics such as informal meals, v…
EP 17: Misadventures, Food, Fun and Foreign Language: Family Vacations!
Whether it is the annual trip to grandparents or an epic trip to some forsaken corner of the world, family vacations are sure to bond, teach, test, fascinate and entertain everyone in t…
EP 16: Christmas Music: Batman Smells and Other Pertinent Holiday Music Topics
This episode discusses several important topics around the sounds of the holiday season. Pagans, kid’s parodies, the discomfort of Christmas caroling, picking favorite and least liked h…
EP 15:Thanksgiving - Over the River and Through the Woods!
Most of us think of Thanksgiving as a day of eating and watching parades and football with friends and family. But there is so much more to this celebration that can be good and bad dep…
EP 14:Rants, Vents and Politics: Tales from the College Admissions Front (feat. Special Guest, Mom)
After 12 years of school the next step for many high school students is going to college. The only problem is you have to get a college to accept you and that requires submitting an app…
EP 13: Halloween Stories: Treats? ... or Tricks!
Halloween Stories. Is it us or does there seem to be more treating than tricking on Halloween these days? You can decide for yourself after listening to this episode that compares and …
EP 12: It's Not A Football Game If There Is No Marching Band!
Our fall series continues with an exploration of that important fall event, the halftime show of the Friday night football game. This episode presents a behind the scenes look at being …