What a Hell of a Way to Dad

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This week Francis and Beth get on a big boat in the ocean as we sail the Disney Destiny Cruise ship. We talk about our favorite spots on the ship, how we like to relax, and what we're planning on next

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This week Jack and Francis get the houses ready for Halloween. We have Halloween jokes, Home Depot Skeletons, Costco Pumpkin Pies, and the post school nap ready for you

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October is finally here, and We've got some Halloween shows for you this month, starting with Evil Dead: The musical with Eric of the Soundtracker podcast. I found the most Community Theater, recorded on a handcam version of the musical on Youtube. Your hosts suffered through the terrible singing and overacting bring you our take. Which boiled down to "This could be better if literally anyone else was performing it"

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This week Francis is joined by Charles of the No Homework podcast to watch another episode of Deadliest Warrior. This time it's the Roman Centurion vs Rajput warrior. We've got gutted pigs, slabs of beef, and ballistics get torsos taking on giant crossbows and deadly frisbees.

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This month Jack takes Francis watch Episodes two and three of season one. We are diving into the mind of Agent Cooper as Francis begins to regret the decision to watch this show all the way through. I'm sure it only get more normal from here.

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This week I'm joined by one of my many cinema friends to debate what the most Steven Spielberg movie is. Did he peak with Jaws? Did he keep the magic alive with Shutter Island? Is the final answer Hook? You'll have to listen to find out more

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This week Carey is back as we enjoy a MASHCast interlude and watch the failed pilot WALTER starring Gary Burghoff

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This week author and fellow St. Louisian Devin O'Shea joins Francis to talk about some local history, specifically the kind done by racist white people. We discuss the long history St. Louis has with the labor movement, our own experiences with the yearly VP Fair, and how to improve upon the offered merchendise the current Veiled Prophet society has to offer

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This week Francis is joined by Roz of the Well There's Your Problem Podcast, a show about engineering disasters with slides. We talk about his motivations to start the podcast, his favorite engineering marvels, and we discover a shared love of weird little museums.

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This week on the show Eric joins Francis once again to talk about the Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit from 1977. The incredible music, animation, and giant dwarf noses, all shown in under 90 minutes.

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Jack and Francis are back for Season 2 of Twin Peaks. Who is the giant dream man? How many more people are going to die in this hospital? Does Jack still have his Log Lady costume? None of these questions are answered, but speculation abounds.

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This week Francis and Jack talk about their various travels through Wisconsin, Ohio, and a little hole-in-the-wall town called New York City.

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And you thought the stores were putting out Halloween candy early. This month Francis and Beth ignore the heatwave and watch the new Christmas in July movies released on Hallmark. First up is Christmas under construction, featuring a reality show couple who fix your home and your relationship. Next is O Little Christmas Market where the talented architect and the midrange diorama builder save the Christmas market. Finally we watch Snowbound for the Holidays to save the run do...

This week Josh Boerman joins Francis for another Spike TV blast from the past as they watch the TV show 1000 ways to Die. We've got rednecks getting bit by snakes, late night electrocutions, and Germans being German

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It's the final episode of Season 1 Twin Peaks. Do we discover the killer? Will Bobby stop giving us the crazy eyes? This week we talk about TV tropes and the importance of good police work.

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This week Francis and Jack take a trip to Costo to expand their wardrobe, discuss min/maxing your everyday carry, and answer questions

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This week Francis and Carey finish off Season three of MASH. We say goodbye to Trapper John and Henry Blake and close out this first arc of MASH and discuss the incoming personnel.

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This week Miss Elizabeth joins Francis to talk about a birthday trip to one of the oldest stops on Route 66. We have been visiting this underground cavern for years and been witness to the many changes over the years, as well as the scenes that have endured.

From the pendulum that doesn't work, the asbestos tiling in the largest inner chamber, and of course the many, many roadside billboards directing you to the world famous Jesse James hideout

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We're closing in on the end of Season 1 and I'm told it only gets weirder from here. Listen today to hear a Twin Peaks superfan (Jack) walk me through this mental trip of a show with newbie (Francis)

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Dusty Gannon of the Goth wave band Agonal Gasps joins Francis to discuss being in the military, changing your personal brand, and how to prepare for an arrest

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This week Francis and Beth go to Chicago for a dance competition and stop at some roadside towns to take in the midwest culture. We stop off in Atlanta Illinois on the way up to visit some giant fiberglass friends, and Pontiac Illinois on the way home to visit their Route 66 museum complex.

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This week Jasper Craven joins Francis to discuss his latest book "God Forgives, Brothers Don't".

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When investigative reporter Jasper Craven first dug into Valley Forge Military Academy five years ago, he uncovered an acrid strain of masculinity that was raw, violent, fiercely hierarchical, and quickly mutating out of control. Initially, he had assumed that military education was a dying, outmoded brand. But as he looked deeper, he found a sprawling, well-funded network featuring dozens of military schools, like V...

Nick Slayton joins Francis to dive back in Deadliest Warrior, and we're picking one of the most confusing and potentially offensive episode for the big comeback. We'll dip in and out of Deadliest Warrior in the coming months as there's a whole well of Spike TV for us to plumb for psychic damage.

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This week Jack and Francis discuss episodes four and five of Twin Peaks, wherein we go to an awkward funeral, learn about the evil woods, and take fashion advice from Dr. Jacoby

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This week Beth joins me once again to talk about cruising. The kind you do on a boat, not the kind you do at a truck stop bathroom. 

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This week Jack is on to talk about his trip to St. Louis. We took him to the City museum and stuffed him full of Provel afterwards and somehow he survived.
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This month Francis and Carey talk about two food centric episodes in Season 3: Private Lamb and Adam's Ribs

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This week Beth and Francis talk about winning the blue ribbon at the State Fair, the books we're reading, and the movies those books turned into.

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This month Jack takes Francis watch Episodes two and three of season one. We are diving into the mind of Agent Cooper as Francis begins to regret the decision to watch this show all the way through. I'm sure it only get more normal from here.

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This week Francis and Nate talk about losing baby teeth, childhood injuries, and the joy of wearing sweatpants

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This week Francis and Nate break down the 1984 classic kids movie The Neverending story. We follow Bastion as he plays hooky to read a book in the attic of his school, transporting him to a magical land full of Rock monsters, depression swamps and sphinxes with huge cans.

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This week Francis and Jack hit up the thrift store to expand our cooking options, brag about shopping efficiency, and go to the No Kings protests.

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Friend of the show and Lions Led by Donkeys host Joe Kassabian talks to Francis about his latest book The Highlands Burn. Joe is diving into Gunpowder Fantasy as he tells the story of Sayat and the Foundling Brigade. This book has revolvers that shoot sorcery, descriptions of how much it sucks to live through a siege, and the time honored favorite: corrupt military police. Preorder today The Highlands Burn

This week, and for many weeks in the future, Jack joins Francis to watch through Twin Peaks. Why is it different from every other millennial podcasters who have already done this? Because Francis knows nothing about it, and Jack is a rabid fan of the series. For this episode we talk about our relationships with David Lynch movies, and dig into the opening episode of the series that inspired everything that came after. Future episodes will be available at the 3$ level of the Patreon. And I promise we're gonna do it all, through the weird and the bad.

This week Francis and Nate stuff insulation into their walls as the mercury fluctuates, childhood peer pressure, our mustard collections, and waxing nostalgic about hanging out at the airport.

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This week to better understand the GenX mind, Francis and Nate watch Kevin Smith's directorial debut Clerks. A movie about nothing and everything at the same time. Does it hold up? Is it as good as you remember when you were 17 and watching for the first time? Find out at the $5 and up tier today!

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This week Francis is joined by his wife to discuss our favorite trinket based religion. Both raised in the St. Louis Catholic Church, we talk about the perversion of the religion by converts, the loss of yet another third space, and how to tell if you're at a good Fish Fry.

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This week Eric Peacock from SoundTracker joins Francis one again to take in some Musical Theater. From the Golden Age of Musicals, we watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Seven mountain man brothers need wives and when courtin' fails they resort to kidnappin'. Filmed in beautiful cinemascope and filled with acrobatic dance fights (and quite a few brawls), this movie manages to be fun and entertaining seventy years later, if just slightly problematic.

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This week on DadChat, Francis and Nate talk about the coming Spring weather, Hair Metal, the increase of the Golf Cart Class, and Canadian TV.

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