Let Me Ask My Dad
Let Me Ask My Dad
Mel and John
Adult Child host Mel (they/them) has a bi-weekly chat with Dad host John (he/him). Tangents ensue.
32 - Reality TV
Tangents include:  The Truman Show, trashy Fox shows, going into a business and fixing it, ghosts, and at one point we just list restaurants we have been to. 
Feb 6, 2023
46 min
31 - Halloween Costumes
Cold weather, Dress Barn, underage drinking, gay bars, Fur Rendezvous, cosplay, Nicholas Cage, and 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
Oct 31, 2022
38 min
30 - Burning Man
Tangents include: Leave no trace, playa lung, no buying only gifting, the other BLM, prescription goggles, post apocalyptic, a bunch of drugged up hippies, electric unicycles, rich people, and Paris Hilton.
Oct 16, 2022
39 min
29 - Glasses
Tangents include: Lasers, Austin Powers, John's special actor glasses, Assman Combat Glasses (try saying Ray Ban Wayfarers 3 times fast),  Mr. Magoo, contacts are the worst, fashion old lady style, BGCs, time blindness, somehow we figured out how to talk about family vacations again, elbow sneezing. 
Apr 26, 2022
41 min
28 - Small Talk
Tangents include: Weather, you too, condoms and..., late night purchases,  customer service scripts,  the nod and the thank you wave, bumper stickers, exercise, don't talk to us at lunch, excuses to exist conversations, hair cuts, sports, murder in Europe, Duolingo, and then weather again.  
Feb 26, 2022
44 min
27 - Kids TV
Tangents include: black and white vs color, live action weird puppet shows, jumping the shark, Canadian TV, at one point we complain like old people about how easy kids have it these days, streaming, sick day TV,  Nickelodeon, gross animation, King of the Hill, and John praises Ted Lasso for a while. 
Jan 14, 2022
45 min
26 - Holiday Traditions
Warning - this episode will make you hungry. Tangents include: large extended families (sorry Kenny), ham vs. turkey, Mele Kalikimaka, tamales, lobster rolls, holiday travel, orphan holidays, free work turkeys, breakfast, side dish opinions, old gross Jell-O recipes, grandmas tiny hands, dates (the fruit), and cranberry sauce.
Dec 25, 2021
40 min
25- Surgery
Tangents include: John talks about pee ALOT in this episode, gallbladder removal, robotic assisted surgery, recovery time, after surgery briefing, medication, top surgery, dinosaur arms, hernias, butt surgery, cravings, pain relievers, TENS units, LASIK, combat Assman glasses, anesthesia 
Oct 28, 2021
40 min
24 - Weddings
Tangents include: Officiating, Universal Life Church, weird familial naming conventions, staircases, throwing rice, catering, wardrobe malfunctions, sympathetic crying, mistakes, Myspace proposal, flight times, not getting murdered by a stranger, Taco Bell, planning a family vacation again, loft beds, and wedding attire. 
Oct 14, 2021
44 min
23 - Malls
Tangents include: 80's mall culture, anchor stores, mall naming conventions, mall movie theaters suck, store nicknames, mall walkers,  Mel's distain for a specific Round Table Pizza, Sword and Dragon stores, "fancy" restaurants, food courts, John's love of Hotdog on a Stick, mall/airport food, cinnamon rolls, we actually hate the mall, Spencers, French fries, townsquare style malls, John complains about expensive cars, ice rinks, Sur La Table, and cast iron.
Sep 26, 2021
41 min
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