Henry and Mom talk to Dad about Mom and Dad’s twenty-forth anniversary, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Al Capone Does My Shirts, the kids at home with Mom and Dad gone, the back porch bird, band camp, school starting, and Henry and Phoebe’s crazy music video. In the News, there’s an update to the football-field-pooping school superintendent story, a story about the… Read more →

Phoebe talks to Dad about the impending end of summer, the countdown to college, all-nighters, Pheobe’s t-shirt quilt, the jeans quilt that Dad’s ex-girlfriend gave to him, Harry Potter books and movies, Harry Potter’s birthday, Mom and Dad’s anniversary, the vulture in the back alley, and Maisy’s birthday.  In the News, Dad and Phoebe talk about a test for self-driving… Read more →

Will and Henry talk to Dad about vacation and their family reunions in the mountains of Utah and Colorado, raspberry shakes, hiking, seeing a moose, San Pellegrino’s unofficial sponsorship, Snow Moutain Ranch, seeing deer and a porcupine, playing frisbee golf, tubing down a summer tubing hill, ziplining, rock climbing, minigolf, Ant-Man and The Wasp, Henry’s birthday, Nintendo Labo,and games we… Read more →

Phoebe and Mom talk to Dad about Phoebe being home alone, our pseudo-sponsorship from San Pellegrino, kids’ lullaby versions of indie rock songs, The Bus Song by Jay Som, kids’ music, Phoebe’s imminent departure for college, the family’s penchant for word games, dropping off at college being a Mom thing, the hot Texas summer, Phoebe’s AP test results, and a… Read more →

Elizabeth and Phoebe talk to Dad about World UFO Day, Elizabeth’s Birthday, Koko the Gorilla, Elizabeth’s cats, Phoebe’s upcoming time home alone, and Phoebe’s calligraphy.  The girls and Dad have a quick session of What You Listening To?  (Dad’s pick: the Japanese punk pop band Lucie, Too; Phoebe: new Julien Baker song, Distant Solar System; Elizabeth: Japanese band The Pillows). … Read more →

Will and Henry talk to Dad about their upcoming car trip, “It’s So Hot…” jokes, the new Five Nights at Freddy’s game, and Ant Man and The Wasp.  In the News, Dad talks about he hottest day in Glasgow, Scotland.  William has a story about fireman who completed a pizza delivery, and Henry shares a story about how Minecraft is… Read more →

Phoebe talks to Dad about the World Cup, the return of the unnamed back porch bird, summertime heat, the renewal of Somebody Feed Phil, and Phoebe passing her driving test.  Phoebe and Dad give a Maisy Update.  In the News, Dad tells the story of Zsa Zsa the English bulldog, this year’s winner of the World’s Ugliest Dog contest, and… Read more →

Will talks to Dad about the first day of summer, summer youth orchestra, the bird on the back porch, and Incredibles 2.  In the News, Will reads a story about a paleontologist who thinks we’re about five years away from being able to create dinosaurs from chicken DNA, and Dad talks about the death of the lowland gorilla Koko and… Read more →

Henry and Mom talk to Dad about the surprise vacation that Henry, Mom and Dad took to Seattle and Portland, including the Chihuly Museum and Gardens and the Marvel exhibit at the Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle’s infamous Gum Wall, and Portland’s Japanese Gardens. The podcast gives an update on Phoebe’s viral tweet, which is now also a story at… Read more →

Phoebe and her friend Ileagh talk to Dad about graduation, boba drinks, and Phoebe’s viral tweet.  In the News, Phoebe reports on an MIT experience to train a psychopath AI by feeding it violent images from Reddit.  Ileagh gives us a Florida Man update by reading a story about a man who stole zoo animals and brought them to his… Read more →