Sad Dads Club Podcast

This week the guys discuss trips to the grocery shopping, shopping around and, of course, forgetting stuff, shopping and preparing meals that are vegetarian and not vegetarian, the guys attend a Halloween party at Zombie and Dragon's house, making food and drinks for the party, picking costumes, appeasing the picky eater, plus more!

Show starts with a little Ingress talk, Gym tells a interesting story about a chance meetup, Jason makes anniversary dinner, Gym's wife get some cookies but..., that turns into a conversation about cookies,  Mmmm cookies, Foo wants to know what human feats or feelings get you feeling, Foo has a new Fat Tire bike that needs help,  electric scooters, plus more!

This week Gym fights a Subway App order snafu, Foo fights his internet connection, the guys share their experience with trying to keep their kid's phone usage under control, when does Apple do a USB-C phone? Foo has a recent experience with one of the dogs and seizures, plus more.

This week Gym grapples with some sad news, Foo has some people he'd like to pay respects to, Foo goes motorcycle riding with Mike and is amazed with Mike's BMW and it's logging abilities, plus more.

This week we kick off Season 5 with a visit from out wives.  Foo wants to know about the wive's Love language, Shana collects fabric birds and snowmen, Venus reads, Gym takes his wife to a punk rock show, What deep dive shows do you share with your significant other, the wives get a chance to pick us apart, What smart watch device works for you, plus more!

This week the guys follow up on some more Ingress chat are trying to grasp their new play style, Foo's dad finally gets a new phone, Foo's dad is having trouble getting a doctor's appointment, an update on my wife's union plight, Piper has a direction on her career that she's geeked up about, Foo has sexy time for a pen, plus more!

This week the guys get torched by some Pringles, they have some Ingress news which came unexpectedly, being okay with talking about your struggles, lab experiments that are necessary?  What's your love language?  Be mindful of your hydration levels.  Plus more!

This week Gym requests that you don't be a happy clicker, Foo wants you to pay attention to your game, Gym learns about Union processes and hopefully people get their worth, Foo gets to fix a couple of laptops that scammers hit, plus more!

This week the guys are oppressively hot and are willing and able to tell you about it thanks to HVAC systems, can't take the dog out in this heat, is it possible to shade your house?  Gym wants to know.  When do the number of EVs start to make a difference at the pump?  Ever had a key delivered to your car's roof?  Gym has for some reason.  Foo is displeased with Amazon Day deliveries.  Words used...

This week Foo is forced to relearn how to exit his new dining table, mosquitos just need to go, Gym gets a non-Covid head cold, could we ever have another lockdown situation?, Foo runs West Wing in the background, Gym finds a troubling fault in the Star Wars realm, Mike trolls Foo with his own Star Wars related button lore, Gym has questions regarding the entirety of the Star Wars universe, plus m...

This week the guys roll with major technical problems but still manage to get a shout out and we apologize about the audio quality.  Foo has a graduation party for his daughter, Gym's daughter grapples with technical issues at her new school, Foo tries to make Piper understand that she's in command of her own destiny at school now, Venus crashes the show, House of Dragons, UnCoupled, plus more!

This week the guys talk about the current wave of heat, Foo has to back off a gym machine, Gym moves his daughter to Grad School and has the feels, Foo finds a helpful TikTok related to clothes fitment, a quick talk about Severance, plus more!

This week Foo battles with a horror film LED flashing problem, Gym battles with some LED bulbs he put in his headlights, Foo has a rave in his bathroom, both guys are tackling the kids heading back to school, Gym tries to sell Foo a timeshare, plus more!

This week Foo recants his most recent visit to the gym, adult sports leagues, talking about MLB and Vin Scully (RIP), Gym talks about Llama Parties, electric fences and an old artsy friend, Foo talks about the camping box, plus more.

This week Foo relays a story where a red hat is involved, Gym enjoys making a stranger laugh unexpectedly, Gym continues to dial in Melly's Subaru, all the kids are starting in a new direction in the coming weeks, Gym misses the simple days of just making pizza and the benefits of having a good team firing on all cylinders, just win the lottery, are you a gambler?  Plus more.

This week the guys discuss vasectomies, Gym's son moves out (again) and leaves Gym with some work to do at home, when couples telecommute, Stranger Things (with spoilers) and your happiness anchor music, plus more.

This week Foo talks about his recent off-grid trip to Alaska for family guy time with ocean fishing, whale watching and serving as killer whale bait.  Foo also ends up with Covid after coming back.

This week we have our friend Mike guest hosting in Foo's absence.  We talk travel and machine gun sightings, Mike's son is learning how to drive, Chandler finally gets his GTI out of Gym's garage, we agree Chrysler products are horrible, taking care of your car to have the paint fail sucks, tools are expensive but they can save you money, we discuss Mike's knew surgery and his recovery, leaving th...

Dave Sampson is in studio filling in for Foo this week.  We cover a slew of topics, airplane efficiency, wrenching in your garage, Robot vacs and mops, ADHD/ADD, restless leg syndrome, having your neighbor be your doctor who's friends with your wife, 115 octane gas, Dave is a Mikita guy and we're still friends, Roe v Wade, guns?, Covid, plus more!

This week the guys reminisce about vacationing with their families when they were younger and appreciating the things we had.  We discuss the problems of EP 195 and our apologies.  Gym gets a new robot vacuum to replace the subpar one he had.  Gym talks about his new grill.  Does caffeine affect you, if so how much?  #JetBlue tries.  Foo realizes what's wrong with his garage door opener.  Gym want...

This week Foo has got stories about his his trip to the East with a bunch of Middle Schoolers.  Unscheduled stops in your flight to get gas.  Foo rides the Beast boat in NY harbor that gets you wet but not getting wet.  Foo becomes a part of the Blue Man Group show.  Foo finds some good food, plus more!

This week we have Tony Overbay, a Licensed Family Therapist and fellow podcaster, is filling in for absent Foo.  Tony, a true Sad Dad who scrolls too long looking for a text thread, struggles with his son's towel mountain laundry, his daughter's recovery from a terrible accident, Tony's recent discovery that he's ADHD, plus much more.

This week the dads days are filled with all the Dad stuff.  Foo gets ready to go on an end of school year trip with his son to DC, Foo's daughter turns 18 and graduates high school, and Foo's kids have end of year concerts.  The guys talk about letting your kids have more freedom.  Gym talks about his daughter graduating with her BA and her newfound Squishmallow fame plus the rest of what's to com...

This week Foo becomes an accidental Lyft driver, some people have turbos but don't know, Gym finds out that they will likely be without cable TV and is figuring out the lay of the land and has questions, plus more!

This week Foo's kids show some interest in joining our gym, Foo learns from an Ape, Foo learns about, "three on the tree," Gym learns about his car's extended warranty and vacuum actuated motor mounts, Gym's weekend is filled with Pick-n-Pull and a GTI air intake repair, Haynes manuals are worth it, plus more.