Deconstructing Dad Podcast

Jay the Angry Ginger gets a new podcast mixer and is elated! Dan is selling his house and is a bit anxious. We discuss how the holiday treated us and prepare ourselves for what's to come in the future.

Hey Look kids, the Dad's are baaaaaack!!!! Whilst cleaning out the garage, Jay The Angry Ginger discovers a corpse the haunts him. Dan shares his many Family "Holiday" Traditions and makes Jay feel like less of a Father. We discuss a documentary that causes us to have a Social Dilemma and we promise to be back next week with more of us... from the past but keep listening and we'll all catch up tog...

The holidays are coming up. Dan is selling his house. He fills us in on what it was like to work the election. We both have separate COVID scares and Ginger to find meaning... not really.

It's been a few months since the last episode. Come catch up with us! Topics: Using our time better now that there is no commute time to work and back. Finding a different normal. Exercising the smart way once you admit to getting older. Dealing with the emotional residue after losing a parent. Remodel or move?

Ginger's house gets a triple kitten invasion. The neighborhood bear can no longer eat my children and Dan's neighborhood bear is no raccoon! Masks, where to wear them and why? Are kids adapting to this new trendy lifestyle and ladies... Laugh at your man's jokes!

Chris and Kristin Maier from the How Was Your Week Honey Podcast join Dan and Jay today. It's an extended episode, which is fitting for living in yet another extension of the quarantine. Do you find that you're drinking more during all of this? What do you miss most and what do you think will change after this quarantine? A few more topics we delve into are: Home Remodels Politics Home Schooling E...

In this episode we three Dad's discuss the change in our everyday normal lives. Adapting to the NEW NORMAL. Working from Home. Homeschooling. Finding structure in the Chaos.

In the Last Episode, Jay "The Angry Ginger" eluded to having some ADHD issues. After struggling with admitting that this might be a reality, and sick of struggling living life through a fog of a million thoughts, he seeks the help of a professional. Do I have ADHD? Was my fear of being diagnosed with something else finally a reality? Press play as I, and special guest host "Step-Dad" on Mic, The Q...

Jay The Angry Ginger returns from a Podcast Convention and spending a few day's with his Dad. Health issues aside, it was an excellent trip away. Getting home on the other hand? A Stolen Car. An Ex-Wife performs daylight robbery and an underage child gets inked without permission! A 70th Birthday is celebrated. Kids move too slow and a Dad admits to himself that he is mentally handicapped and migh...

In this episode the "Dads" discuss the dangers of teenagers taking selfies, the loss of Kobe Bryant and his daughter and how it hit us. Do we have Wills? Did you know that some people don't have Inner Dialogues or "Inner Speech"? We also discuss the Blackhole movies that we just have to sit down and watch everytime...and how fun it is to introduce our children to them.

Vision Board, Pneumonia, First Love, Phloting, Journaling, Cell phones dropped in the neighboring stalls, and infecting your children with your sickness, all on today's episode of Deconstructing Dad. Also, Broadway, Sex Trafficing, Too many darn cats, Teenage entitlement, Who's apple watch is it and more....

In this episode, Jay and Dan battle the odds that is our work, personal and holiday schedule to discuss our heavy work loads and trying to be the best absentee father we can be! Kidding! Enjoy!

Grant @Insta_Grants2 on twitter returns to finish off our conversation. We discuss more about friendship, getting older and of course friendship. Having "The Talk" with our kids. Is it different for a father to a daughter than a father to a son? Beaver Weasel gets brought up. It's best you just listen... and now that I'm writing this I realize we didn't even tell you, the listener, the really funn...

In this episode, my friend and old co-host Grant Markham joins me to discuss kids and Social Media. Should they have it? At what age? We also play catch up and delve in and out of our personal issues and our personal issues with parenting. Do you feel guilt for your children taking on your more negative traits? We get deep! Enjoy!  

Finally after a 6 month absence, Dan The Kilted Ginger and Jason The Angry Ginger find an hour in their buys schedules to play catch up! What have we been up to for the past 6 months? Pets, Relationships, Kids and Modesty (or not having any at all), Drivers Training, Break-Ups, Divorce and so much more is covered!

In this episode of Deconstructing Dad my guest a relationship therapist and host of Coaching Through Chaos and the cohost of Shrink 2 Shrink, Colleen Mullen joins me to talk All things Dating Apps.  The Good, The Bad, The Ugly of it all. We talk profile do's and don'ts. Safe dating practices. Red Flags and more.

In this episode Jay and Dan are joined by regular guest Courtney "The Quadfather" Calkins! We discuss the tricky techniques of coded texts. What do you and your kids have pre-planned so your kid can get out of a sticky situation without any explanation or backlash? An article from the 1950's was unearthed here at Monkey Poo Studios and these Modern Day Dad's discuss what makes a man happy today......

In this Episode, Dan returns home from France and boy is he whipped. Ginger has to pinkie promise not to embarrass his daughters at a restaurant and geeks out about Tom Cruise?

In this episode Courtney Calkins, a licensed marriage & family therapist for over 20 years, returns to the show to discuss the 5 stages of grief after a separation or divorce. We talk about my mindset with dealing with loneliness and how important it is to take the time to find out who I am before entering into a relationship. He also brings the show a couple of gifts in the form of some audio fro...

In this, the second part of Dan and I meeting for the first time, we get carried away with our adult beverages. We discuss Night Terrors, Sleeping well in Hotel Beds, the meaning of WaWa and of course Paris! Just like the title says!

Ginger Meets Dan for the first time ever. Is it awkward or is it something else?  

In this we episode, 7 Days a Geek co-host @NeighborCole and monthly guest host @QuadfatherMft join me to discuss relationship issues. What are the rules about your past when it comes to deleting phone numbers or pics of your ex? Also I recently invited a friend of the ex's over and that didn't go well. Was I in the right or the wrong? We end with this question for the listeners. Can Men and Women...

In this episode I discuss the last week or so of my life where I went though my house and purged all my old belongings. Cleaned out my house, my garage, bought a car, new beds, and furniture. Lot's going on in the Ginger homestead. Some fun stories to be told for sure. Also, Dan and I discuss funny 4th of July stories. There's always one idiot with a firework!

The Quadfather returns to help me review Black Mirror's ArkAngel episode. If you're not familiar with this show... I think you can still listen and then decided if it's something you'd like to watch. This series always makes me think about so many aspects of life. This episode allows us to focus on parenting. How much should you as a parent insert yourself into the life of your child?  If you coul...

In this very special episode, Father Dan chats with me (The Angry Ginger) about kids Bad Eating Habits, Finding common ground with your kids and exploring mutual interests with them. Dan's Mom want's to know if he's had a "Good Poop" recently, and we discuss some listener feedback!