Father Bother

By Jon Nathan Raby, Leon Perniciaro

Sick of the same bedtime stories? Join Leon and Nathan, two writers with young children, as they use silly characters and awful tropes to twist classic books into the perfect toddler tales.... more

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How many episodes does Father Bother have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.

Father Bother episodes:

July 19, 2021 E-I-E-I-Ohhhhhhhh (The Da Vinci Code)
It's our season one finale! Leon and Nathan put on their Holmesian caps as they transform Dan Brown's "classic" into a children's story about farm animals and aliens.
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42min
June 09, 2021 Memory Lanes (The Remains of the Day)
Get your bowler hats, it's time to take a drive with Leon and Nathan as they change Kazuo Ishiguro's historical novel into a children's book of loss, reunion, and lazy thrift store workers.
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31min
May 26, 2021 The Free Balloon (The Awakening)
Hello from the Latex Side! Leon and Nathan convert Kate Chopin's feminist classic into a story of balloons, static electricity, and special spaces in the sky.
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39min
May 12, 2021 I Don't Want to Learn My Letters! (Catch-22)
It's class time! Leon and Nathan go back to school to transform Joseph Heller's satirical novel into a story of education and biker gangs.
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39min
April 28, 2021 Bellyache! (Invisible Man)
Leon and Nathan get microscopic as they transform Ralph Ellison's classic story into a world of bacteria, sphincters, and cake...cake...cake...cake...cake.
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43min
April 14, 2021 Jane Pear (Jane Eyre)
Leon and Nathan battle the elements to make sure this story bears fruit as they take on Charlotte Brontë's classic Bildungsroman.
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36min
March 31, 2021 The Mattress With No Memory...Foam (The Bourne Identity)
What book are they covering? Who am I? If these are questions you're asking, don't worry! Leon and Nathan convert Robert Ludlum's spy classic with all the sleuthiness it deserves.
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35min
March 24, 2021 Salamander Surprise! (The Great Gatsby)
Cheers, old sports! Leon and Nathan trudge through F. Scott Fitzgerald's required reading to make a story about vanity, lies, and adorable axolotl.
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38min
March 17, 2021 Frankenstein Bubblegum (Frankenstein)
From disaster to bubblegum master! Leon and Nathan take on Mary Shelley's monster classic and give it the happy ending it deserves.
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35min
March 10, 2021 Juice's Journey (The Grapes of Wrath)
Their bowls are dusty and their bags are packed. Leon and Nathan take on/tackle John Steinbeck's depression-era classic. Get ready -- things are about to get juicy.
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40min

FAQs about Father Bother:

How many episodes does Father Bother have?

The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.