The Dad Pod

Welcome into The Dad Pod with Erik Miller, Tony Diaz and Brian Dancel.

This week, the guys take on the World Cup Quarterfinals and the way the USMNT got bounced by Belgium in the Round of 16. The guys get into a spirited conversation about soccer and it's place in the American sporting landscape. The 2026 MLB All Star game selections were announce and the guys do their best to get into the swing of the mid summer classic.

In "Stuff that Brian doesn't know", Tony almost gets Brian with All-Star Bass Lines.

Erik wants to know traditions that our families have started completely by accident, in our Moment With Dad.

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Happy 250th Birthday America!

Erik, Tony and Brian take on the situation between Dalton Rushing and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers. World Cup action is heating up as we head to the Round of 32 knockout stage. How great have these games been?

If the guys could change the NFL Overtime rules, how would they change them? A MUST listen.

Tony asks the guys "are we still cool?" ... And in our weekly "Moment with Dad" Erik asks if you have one trait that you could take from your child/children, what would it be?

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Welcome in to Episode 20 of the Dad Pod with Tony Diaz, Erik Miller and Brian Dancel.

This week, the guys talk about the World Cup and how impressed they are with the US Men's National Team. Give quick thoughts on Wyndham Clark winning his 2nd US Open title, the huge trade in the NBA involving Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat.

The guys go over three of their guilty pleasures, with some surprises involved.

Finally in a Moment with Dad, the guys go over something that use to be so important to them, that they no longer care about.

A really fun and interesting episode on The Dad Pod.

On this Father's Day edition of the Dad Pod, Erik, Tony and Brian have their children chime in on a very touching question.

The guys have a grilling draft, their answers will have you hungry.

The New York Knicks win their first Championship in 53 years, former Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby is off to the NFL Supplemental Draft and the World Cup is off and running in North America.

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On this episode of The Dad Pod, The guys get into a great conversation about the Brendan Sorsby situation. Knicks are off to a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals. The World Cup kicks off on Thursday and the guys talk about what they are expecting.

Tony asks Erik and Brian about their favorite sports to watch that aren't football, basketball, baseball or hockey. Interesting answers all around.

If your child were able to "draft" one of your traits, what do you think they would choose? A great question to cap this week's edition of The Dad Pod.

Episode 17 of the Dad Pod, the guys tee it up with a number of sports topics including HUGE NFL Trade News with two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett getting traded to the Los Angeles Rams. The guys talk NBA Finals with the Knicks up 1-0 in the Championship Series. Terrible weekend for UCLA Baseball and Softball.

Tony asks the guys a really interesting question about sportsmanship, Erik and Brian offer up some great takes on the world of sports.

Also, what would 18 year old you, tell the current version of you? The guys offer up hilarious answers in this entertaining edition of The Dad Pod.

On a packed Dad Pod, the guys tackle the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, the NCAA Softball and Baseball Championships, the verbal spat between Texas and Texas Tech and Brendan Sorsby's appeal to play in 2026.

The guys discuss their favorite TV shows of all-time and get into an interesting list.

Of the most sage advice that your parents ever gave you, what stood out the most even though at the time you may have not understood what was being asked of you.

Erik, Tony and Brian get into it all on this edition of The Dad Pod.

Welcome into the 15th episode of The Dad Pod with Tony, Erik and Brian. This episode covers numerous topics including the PGA Championship Winner Aaron Rai, The NHL And NBA Playoffs close to crowning Champions, The Dodgers now on a 7-1 roll since Chicken Little appeared, Brian shares a story about flying in and out of John Wayne Airport and what it had to do with recent events.

Tony did a fun exercise with the guys as they constructed their ultimate NBA 3 on 3 team to virtually take on each other's teams. Wait until you hear the results and some of the nuances that Tony held the guys to when constructing their team.

In this week's Moment With Dad, Erik puts forth a question that really made the guys think.

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Another packed episode of the Dad Pod coming your way! Erik, Tony and Brian take on a couple of sporting events that are on their mind; among them have we seen the last of LeBron James in a Laker uniform? Victor Wembanyama sits out Game 4 of the Western Conference Semis. What's wrong with the Dodgers. UCLA's Megan Grant continues one of the best Senior Year's ever by breaking a 31-year old record.

With the World Cup coming to North America, Tony asks the guys what the best game they've ever seen in person and on television was.

In this week's Moment with Dad, Erik asks what part of being a Dad feels most important at this stage in your children's life?

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Welcome into another edition of The Dad Pod on a special Mother's Day edition and how fitting coming off a weekend that saw the 152nd Kentucky Derby and Golden Tempo winning the Run for the Roses being trained by the first-ever female to win the Derby. Erik, Tony and Brian also spotlight some of the inspiring careers of females in sports that you may have heard of or forgotten about.

In the final segment, Erik asks the guys about success and what attributes to it most, timing or persistence.

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