Deconstructing Dad Podcast

Producer Kyle PhD joins Jay (sometimes refered to as The Angry Ginger) in this episode where they discuss the Good, the Bad, and The Ugly of thier first year living together. Some of the things discussed are summer vacations interupted, a couple of car crashes, a quick getaway to Vegas, too much roof damage for the insurance to cover, and recovering from an expensive Christmas.

We also try to solve the age old issue of Streaming Infidelity! Does your partner watch ahead of you? What are the rules? What should the rules be? When is it okay to break these rules?

We wrap up with a discussion about the new blog postings and an excerpt is read which gets these two lovebirds discussing a real life car accident that left Kyle with brain damage from which she will never recover from.

In this episode, Jay makes an impromtu call to an old cohost for a response to a draft of his new blog post. The review gets personal but it should convince anyone to read the blog...or not.

Kyle returns to the show as we continue our conversation that started with Part 1 which was previously released over the summer. Yes, it's been awhile. My apologies for my absences and for not being a very good podcaster.

I'm working on that... so in the meantime please enjoy the rest of a conversation I had months ago with my now live in girlfriend in which we discuss her past dating and sexual experinces in which I have perhaps more of a good time hearing about them than she did experincing them.

Cohost Dan sits this one out so my girlfriend. Ahem, excuse me. My now live-in girlfriend, can sit down on mic with and discuss dating after divorce and then dating me. We talk about the slow development from first date to denying we're dating to actually dating to "Hey, ya wanna move in with me and my FIVE kids!? You can bring yours along if ya like!"

Now that we're blending the family and trying to figure that out, there are lots of adjustments for the both of us. We share what some of those are all while drinking a little Apple Whiskey Truth Serum and having a few laughs!

Dad's and their riding lawn mowers... am I right? Dan has a new one and he's proud landscaper!

Ginger has officially begun to blend families.

Talks of travel sports, time for the parent over the child. Divorced and decision making around availablitiy is a real thing.

Ginger's daughter calls for a late night pick up. Dad's been drinking. To send and Uber or not?

We weight in on the School shootings and gun rights over kids right to ya know... live!

In our last story, we discuss a father who takes his daughter to the strip club, but he's not a bad father because he left her in the car!!

In this episode, Ginger scars his son, whom he thought was sleeping in the backseat, but apparently was wide awake and getting a life lesson from an Eminem Song. Dan becomes a Home Depot-Set Building-Theater Dad. We read about a mother who gets pulled over for drunk driving but denies ever having a drink... until her frightened unbuckled young son tells the truth from the backseat.

We also share a Top 10 list of Hardships we've had as single fathers.

In this thought to be lost forever pre-christmas episode, Dan and Ginger discuss the holidays and upcoming plans, the adorble cutness of childrens school christmas concerts and how that wears off. Dan also looks back at a time in his youth when he was part of a championship football team and contemplates making a documentary... once he comes into some money that is.

Dan has had it up to hear with parents weaponizing their children. Off with the dead beat dad's heads.

Ginger's health has taken a surprising turn. Two words, "Heart Attack"? Maybe it's not that bad? Maybe he's in denial?

Let us know!

You can reach the show by emailing the show [email protected]

as well as finding us on the Twitter:

Ginger is @s7evendaysageek

Dan is @Deac273

The show @DeconsructDad

Wrapping up our second day of Podtoberfest. The final hour and half of it all, The Maier's (Chris and Kristen), from How Was Your Week Honey join us to not really discuss parenting as much as we discuss things because we are parents.

In what starts out as a great weekend for Ginger, a surprise birthday party, attending a post pandemic concert (is it post?), and family photo's, suddenly turns into one bad thing after another! One kid takes a trip to the hospital, another gets in a bad car wreck while another decided Covid is what the house was missing. All of this and sooooo much more.

Dan finally lands a beauty and feels blessed. We discuss how odd it is to be with someone that's actually supportive and that darn Elf on the shelf gets brought up, so does a family vacation and we wrap things up with Dan's kid struggling with his decision to sell the family home for a home without a breeze because of better insulation and of course a better school district.