Let Me Ask My Dad

Let Me Ask My Dad

Adult Child host Mel (they/them) has a bi-weekly chat with Dad host John (he/him). Tangents ensue.

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February 5, 2023 46 mins

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. 

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Cold weather, Dress Barn, underage drinking, gay bars, Fur Rendezvous, cosplay, Nicholas Cage, and 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

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October 16, 2022 39 mins

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.

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April 25, 2022 41 mins

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. 

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February 26, 2022 44 mins

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.  

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January 13, 2022 45 mins

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. 

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December 24, 2021 40 mins

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.

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October 27, 2021 40 mins

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 

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October 13, 2021 44 mins

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. 

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September 26, 2021 41 mins

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 rin...

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August 25, 2021 41 mins

Tangents include: Renaissance Faires, Highland games, fair food, the turkey leg industry, empanadas, Greek food, local fairs, beer tents, mead, ciders, drinking games,  ATMs, nothing costs $10, cash only, bank robbers, escaping casinos and department stores. 

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August 12, 2021 47 mins

Tangents include: Classic games/arcade games, sword store at the mall, Magnavox Odyssey, Pinball Hall of Fame, Duck Hunt, Xbox, GTA, Wii, Mario, Twitch, Animal Crossing, Rockband/Guitar Hero, Karaoke, Diablo, Ingress, Pokemon Go, sound cards, and LAN Parties.

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July 28, 2021 43 mins

Tangents include: pools and BBQ, people who live in apartments are assholes, pool bottoms are made of sandpaper, dogs falling in (Mel 100% references a Jenna Marbles video here), put on a shirt, heat stroke and heat exhaustion, sun safety, 80 degrees is too cold, bodies of water are more fun with drinks, Monday though Sunday, mostly dead bat, Jimmy the Cheeseburger Bug, cold beans, canned meat products, mispronouncing words to spel...

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July 14, 2021 46 mins

This is one of those episodes that is only interesting to us. 

Tangents include: the bread line, people watching, John keeps mentioning the Soviet Union for some reason,  Mel's napkin hacks, John's food storage hacks, pizza cutters are not for real pizza, ulu knives, stupid lighting, Dr. Pixar, The Brave Little Toaster, make dinosaur sheets for adults you cowards, Mel doesn't understand how solar power works, it took us n...

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June 16, 2021 38 mins

Tangents include: puffy paint, ugly clothes, Abraham Lincoln with a boombox,  holiday commercialism, Santa pizza and beer, amazon wishlists, a sock guy, interrupting puppy, the box of stuff, non-perishable goods, cologne for nephews and lotion for nieces,  gift baskets, once again we end the episode by just planning a family vacation.       

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June 2, 2021 43 mins

Tangents include: The Doobie Brothers, landfills, small bar shows, slam dancing, autographs, areas suck, I'll be at the bar, neo-n*zis, casino shows, teen pop punk, crowd surfing, some noise, state fair concerts, sugary music, FAIR SCONES, then we ended the episode by just planning family vacations.

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May 20, 2021 41 mins

Tangents include: creative pet naming, gerbils are awful, fish are boring, your cat is cheating on you, people names, birds are scary, Furbies, rescue animals, snakes, and Alice Cooper. 


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May 5, 2021 41 mins

DISCLAIMER: This episode was recorded prior to the recent SpaceX splash down. 

Tangents include: tiny helicopters, AI, Martians, all other planets suck, Col. Chris Hadfield, Ring doorbell, the ocean is big AF, the Titanic, Science (brought to you by Redbull), SPACE GUNS, skydiving, scuba diving, ziplining, and distilled water.


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April 22, 2021 39 mins

Tangents include: Boy Scouts weird naming conventions, wilderness suvival skills, reality TV, Alone, fire dancers, tent vs camper, Homer AK,  weird KOA experiences, absurdly deep swimming pool,  combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut and arcade, South to Alaska, awkward Sonic employee, paid camping, Alaskan hot dog hustle, Greatful Dead, and goat farm AirBnB.


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April 7, 2021 37 mins

Tangents include: malls, school dreams, anxiety dreams, airports, fictional dream friends, waffle house, Denny's with a bar, lucid dreaming, malls again, teeth falling out, can I do this in real life?, doors that don't close, fun house labyrinths, stealing hotel breakfasts, elevators, and then we start talking about malls for the 3rd time this episode.


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