Our Dads Died
Our Dads Died
Our Dads Died
Dead dad? Dealing with parental loss and grief? Need something to make you smile? Our Dads Died is the podcast that laughs in the face of death. Join Tom Gerken and Rich Spalding as they discuss all the things you don't normally hear about dying - from dead relatives popping up in your dreams to what not to say to someone whose dad just died. 
S3 Ep10: Any Other Business
Secret families, the thing you're worried about discovering about your dead relatives, and a box filled with season 17 of Coronation Street... all topics we cover in this season's Any Other Business.
Jun 6, 2024
42 min
S3 Ep9: Inconceivable, it's Darran Griffiths!
Hey, that's the name of the show! Darran Griffiths joins the podcast on the same day we discover, in a horrifying twist of fate, that Rich is the fifth friendliest man in the world according to Google.
May 30, 2024
1 hr 3 min
S3 Ep8: Stuart Laws after a two week hiatus (sorry)
Stuart Laws, who definitely has a dead dad (we think), joins the pod! Sorry about the two week delay, Tom's rabbit was sick. No, really. We're back!
May 17, 2024
1 hr 9 min
S3 Ep7: Rhiannon Shaw... and can you blame them?
Rhiannon Shaw - comedy writer and stand-up - join us for a big funny chat about death as we tackle the big question - can you blame them? This is a silly one at times so if you're in the mood for a laugh while grieve, this is the one for you. Enjoy!
Apr 26, 2024
1 hr 1 min
S3 Ep6: Dadvice
What advice did our dads give us before they died? Do you make yourself live by these words, or do you disregard them? What's so wrong with kicking it to the French? All these questions answered on this week's Our Dads Died!
Apr 18, 2024
47 min
S3 Ep5: Go see Rich's show in London this week!
Rich is doing a work-in-progress show for his debut Edinburgh Fringe hour in London this week! Gather Your Skeletons is on at the Bill Murray Pub in Islington. Let's go! Full episode next week!
Apr 10, 2024
4 min
S3 Ep4: Dr Nat analyses our broken brains
Dr Nat is here to therapise (is that a word?) Tom & Rich. It turns out our brains are about as messed up as you'd have thought.
Apr 5, 2024
1 hr 7 min
S3 Ep3: Death Anniversaries (featuring Tom's Depressing Ryanair Adventure)
Look, all I'm saying is, the hidden costs of grief include forgetting to check-in online before getting to the airport. Join us as we chat about all the anniversaries that you now have to deal with after someone passes away - from their birthday to their deathday.
Mar 29, 2024
56 min
S3 Ep2: Philipp Kostelecky and the gift from dad after he died
It's not clickbait. Philipp Kostelecky really did get a Christmas present - and a hand-written letter - from his dad several years after he passed away. All that and more on this week's episode of Our Dads Died.
Mar 22, 2024
1 hr 3 min
S3 Ep1: Uncanny's parapsychologist Evelyn Hollow is here!
Evelyn Hollow, resident paranormal psychologist on BBC TV and radio series Uncanny, joins Our Dads Died to talk about her father, and Season 3 officially begins with a bang! (that's actually a pun)
Mar 15, 2024
1 hr 13 min
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