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Episode 82: The Lost Tapes part 3 This is the FIRST episode that the Top Dads ever recorded. So please excuse the poor audio, but enjoy the pilot episode of the Top Dad podcast.  Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please be sure to follow us on social media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tik Tok @topdadpod for great Top Dad tips, tricks, jokes, and hacks. If you like ou...

Episode 81: When Dad has free time, what does he do? Parents have so few opportunities to spend time on themselves.  Either you are watching the kids, finishing up that project at work, or working on time with your partner. Very rarely do we get time to just have some me time.  What do the Top Dads do when they have a little free time? Check out this episode and find out how to use your free time...

Episode 80: Dads love March Madness like suburban Moms love Target. The NCAA college basketball tournament may be the greatest unscripted television a Dad will watch all year.  Ups and Downs. Bracket Busters. Last-second shots, and the underdog who knocks out a giant only to lose the next round.  March Madness has it all.   How are you going to spend your next three weeks? Bragging to the coworker...

Episode 79: Warm weather means tackling all of those Dad projects that you put off during the winter because it was too cold. The garage needs cleaning, don't worry Dad's on it. Does the backyard fence need mending? Dad's got it taken care of with twelve trips to Home Depot. Spring cleaning means an organization of all things Dad as the weather gets warmer. Let's be honest, onc...

Every year around the middle of March every school child gets a spring break. When you're in elementary school you dream about endless screen time and staying up late to watch movies. When you're in College you dream of Florida and the loose regulations of underage drinking of certain beach towns.  When you're a Dad you have to prep the lawn for the summer, dust off your golf clubs,...

Episode 77: The Luck of the Irish and why St. Patty's Day is great.  Every year between Valentine's Day and Easter we get a great little holiday called St. Patricks Day.  The most inclusive celebration of the color green and the shamrock. We all wear green, drink green beer, and at some point make the awful decision of ordering an Irish car bomb.  Follow along with the Top Dads as we rem...

Episode 76: Top Super Bowl Commercials of 2022 Why are Super Bowl commercials so important to Dads?  Without the commercials, there is no buffer.  Without the buffer, there is no chance of watching the Big Game without interruption.  No chance for a free day of day drinking with Dad buddies.  Eat a bunch of party-time food and party without a babysitter.  The TV commercials are what make the Super...

Episode 75: The Top Dad's guide to Valentine's Day. What to buy to keep the Mrs happy.  Dad hacks and tips for where to buy last minute gifts.  Plus our favorite Valentine's Day candy because we obviously love to talk about candy.    Thank you for listening and taking this journey with us. Please be sure to follow us on social media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tik Tok @topd...

Episode 74: The Winter Olympics are upon us, and nothing goes better with Curling than chicken wings made in the air fryer. Can you name more than five Winter Olympic sports? Can you name five things to make in your air fryer? Which one did you answer faster?  See we were right, everything is better when there is an air fryer involved.  Can the Top Dads finally bridge the gap between air fryers an...

Episode 73: Breakfast pre-digital When I was a kid we had to read the back of the cereal box at breakfast. We didn't have iPads and streaming devices. My wifi sounded like a truck air breaking in the middle of the night. We only had one phone, and you had to share it with the whole family. Growing up was hard in the pre-digital world.  Take a trip down memory lane with the Top Dads and relive...

Episode 72: Dirty Jobs for Dads Dads always get stuck doing the dirty jobs.  You have to help the sickly, the short, and the elderly. Need a spider disposed of? Don't worry Dad will murder that eight-legged freak.  Need a light bulb changed? Get me a ladder kid! Groceries in the car that need to be brought inside in only one trip... bam Dads on the job. Dirty jobs are not always tough, but th...

Episode 71: Dad's just winging it  What's a Top Dad to do when he has no idea about what this week's podcast is going to be about.  Wing it.   Need to give your children lessons on improving his/her public speaking. Wing it. Worried about what to serve at your Super Football Bowl party? Wing it.  Literally, just serve wings, but not boneless chicken wings cause those are just nugget...

The kids are on Winter Break from school. What's a Top Daddy to do when the kids are home and stuck inside for two weeks. Hot chocolate. Sledding. We discuss artificial legs...I know weird right. Watching Harry Potter movies. Bowling with the family. Going on dates with your kids.  The end of Winter Break and back to the normal life of School, Work, Gym, Tan, and Laundry.  Thank you for liste...

Episode 69: Happy New Year from the Top Dads!  Top Dad Ken and Matt discuss their hatred for NYE as an adult. We reminisce about the good ole days when NYE was spent in a dark dingy and smokey bar. TDM schools us on why stone crabs part ways with their claws of their own accord. TDK reminds our listeners not to fall asleep during the podcast. OH YEAH! how could I forget? Its episode sixty-nine, so...

Episode 68: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or Bah Humbug. It's the Christmas episode from the Top Dads! We catch up on all things Holidays, and in Top Dad fashion we have many tangents. What's your favorite Burt Reynolds character? Smoky and the Bandit vs Gator. There's a whole thing with Vidal Sassoon and Pert shampoos. The difference between butchers and barbers, and basically ta...

Episode 67: The many faces of Dad during the Holiday Season. How to wrangle the kids pre-present opening. Making breakfast on Christmas morning. What to get the wife when you start your shopping on Christmas Eve? How to look surprised at what your wife bought your children, and finally Dad tips on how to get through building that GI JOE aircraft carrier late Christmas Eve. Happy Holidays and a Mer...

Episode 66: The Thanksgiving post-show. Allow the Top Dads to recap their Thanksgiving holiday. Try to follow along while the Top Dads do some ranting and venting. Top Dad Ken goes on a fat Turkeys are better kick. While Top Dad Matt tries to navigate the difficult waters surrounding three teenage Nieces in town for the Turkey Holiday. We love our families, but sometimes a Dad just needs to rant a...

Episode 65: The Top Dads give thanks on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Feeling fat? Bloated? Did you eat too much pumpkin pie? Do you still have the meat sweats on day 3?  Not too worry, spend your post Thanksgiving with the Top Dad and find out about poor man's perogies, our top pie pics for any occasion, and the tradition of who cuts the Turkey. Thank you for listening and taking this journ...

The year was 1996 and 14-year-old Top Dad Matt was super excited about Nintendo 64. Meanwhile, 16-year-old Top Dad Ken was cruising for girls around downtown Naperville in his new ride, a beautiful metallic blue 1989 Pontiac Sunbird.  Fast forward 25 years and follow Ken's trip to the Dik Doc about getting clipped. An in-law visit for Top Dad Matt in Iowa, and a Top 5 Field of Dreams joke at...

Episode 63: Top Dad Matt: Cars? Top Dad Ken: The Band or the Movie? How does a one-word text followed by a terrible Dad joke turn into an entire episode? Listen to episode 63 and find out about Top Dad Matts's new car purchase. Top Dad Ken sings "Who's Gonna Drive you home?" And of course, we figure out who's our favorite character from the movie?  From Henry Ford to the P...

The Top Dads take on the toughest parenting questions and subjects yet again in E62. What are the top Halloween candies to steal from your children? Is it stealing since they are your kids? I mean they don't pay rent, and they eat for free the least they can do is share in the Halloween booty that is Trick or Treating!  Top Dad Ken and Matt cover all the best candy to pilfer from your childre...

Moms and Dads need date night like kids need recess.  I guess you could say that date night is basically the parent version of recess.  Kids need to get the wiggles out so they can pay attention in class.  Parents need to get their wiggles out so that they can pay attention to their kids. Trust the Top Dads. We know how to crush date night so you can get your wiggles out. Thank you for listening a...

After 59 episodes we are finally getting around to using some of the original Top Dad brainstorming ideas.  Great Dad ideas such as: What's on my Netflix? Last week in parenting. What cool shit did I buy lately? What's hot on Tik Tok? Just the TIP - tips from the Top Dad's and Dad Hacks 2.0. The TOP DAD's do an entire episode dedicated to the long and well thought out plan of a...

The carnival won't take them. Boarding school is too expensive and the circus has all but eliminated child labor.  What should you do with your kids now that it’s fall and you can no longer let them run free in the backyard? The TOP DAD's give you the run-down on top 8 FALL activities to do with your kids. From pumpkin patches to board games and everything in between the TOP DADs are her...

Happy technically it's fall week on Top Dad!  The fall season is upon us and that means we have pumpkin-spiced everything, apple cider donuts, pumpkin patches, Halloween decorations, haunted houses, and the difficult choice of how to pick the right costume for your children.  Don't worry and don't be scared the Top Dads are here to help you through the end of October on our Spooky H...