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Are You Prepared for Disasters? The Cast of Dads Discuss This in Episode #11
With the recent tragic disasters striking around the globe recently, when the Cast of Dads got together to record Episode #11, we spent a majority of the show talking about the serious subject of family preparedness when a catastrophe strikes. It's a touchy subject to discuss, actually, because when you listen to others, you realize how far behind you might…
Read more →February 23, 2010
Cast of Dads: Podcast #10 – “Kids Online & How To Do It Right”
In this tenth episode of the Cast of Dads podcast we discussed a very important topic that all parents should seriously be considering, that of educating your children about the various social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. This is particularly personal to me as my oldest daughter (a "tweenager" – pre-teen) is starting to ask more about various social…
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Cast of Dads: Podcast #9 – “Valentine’s Day” (Massacre?)
So it is pretty obvious to me that I'm not the only guy who struggles during the romantic times of Valentine's Day. For Episode #9 of Cast of Dads, we decided that it would be appropriate to record our podcast on Valentine's Day itself. Well, it proved to be an interesting podcast filled with awkward silences, proving the fact that…
Read more →February 10, 2010
Cast of Dads: Podcast #8 – “Superbowl Sunday!”
Dads are all about sitting around and watching sports and nothing else, right? Especially on Superbowl Sunday! Well, we actually have lots of different opinions on sports and a variety of other topics. So, we decided that we just HAD TO do our weekly podcast (Cast of Dads) on Superbowl Sunday in order to discuss sports, parenting and a variety…
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Cast of Dads: Podcast #7 – “We Were ALL Morons!”
We got some great user feedback on some of our previous podcasts that we were geeking out a bit too much. Since we listen to our audience, in this episode, we tried to eliminate most (if not all) of the tech and focus more on being a dad and a parent. Episode #7 of the Cast of Dads podcast is…
Read more →January 19, 2010
Cast of Dads: Podcast #6 – “Truckers (and others) Love Technology!”
On Episode #6 of the Cast of Dads podcast titled "Truckers Love Technology," we spent much of the podcast answering a question sent in by a daddy trucker ("Jokerman" by his handle). Jokerman had some questions about technology specifically from a driver's perspective. When I think about it, I simply could not live with my daily dose of various podcasts,…
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Cast of Dads: Podcast #5 – “Guys Love Gadgets”
This episode of the "Cast of Dads" podcast was something near and dear to my heart…GADGETS! With CES 2010 having just finished, we decided that the theme for the podcast would be gadgets and technology. Jeff Sass provided some great insight having just gotten back from CES (I covered the show remotely) but we all weighed in with differing opinions…
Read more →December 30, 2009
Cast of Dads: Podcast #4 – “Making It To Midnight”
Well, the other Cast of Dads members and I just couldn't end the year without doing ONE more podcast. Episode #4 is appropriately titled "Making It To Midnight" and if you listen to it, you will see how aptly named it is as well as what is on our minds right now! The topics of Episode #4 seemed to have…
Read more →December 21, 2009
Cast of Dads: Podcast #3 – “Mustaches, Massages & Man Purses”
Just in time for the holidays, the "Cast of Dads" got together for our 1st annual holiday podcast. In Episode #3, titled "Mustaches, Massages & Man Purses", we discussed a variety of "hot" topics, despite the crazy (snowy) weather blanketing everywhere (except in California where it is just raining). You can always find the latest episodes as well as the…
Read more →December 18, 2009
Cast of Dads: Podcast #2 – “Vomiting, Vaccines, Vacations & More”
A bit delayed, heck, it is the holidays and we have all been pretty busy. But our Cast of Dads Podcast #2, which I have titled "Vomiting, Vaccines, Vacation & More" is now live! Obviously it goes beyond those three "V's" mentioned. The Cast of Dads is a new podcast put on by 5 Daddy Bloggers. We all worked together on…
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