Let Me Ask My Dad

06/02/2023

New episode!

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.

16/10/2022

New episode live! This week we discuss Burning Man. Check it out on your favorite podcatcher or at askdadcast.com.

26/04/2022

Here is a sneak peak of our most recent episode of , available on your favorite podcatcher.

26/04/2022

New episode! This week we discuss glasses and visions and unrelated things. Add some fun glasses to the comments!

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.

26/02/2022

Guess who finally got around to editing an episode that definitely was not recorded almost a month ago. It was me. Enjoy! - Mel

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.

14/01/2022

New episode is live!

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.

25/12/2021

Believe it or not, this picture is related to our newest episode.

25/12/2021

Happy Holidays everyone - our newest episode is live!

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....

30/10/2021

What topics do you want us to talk about on future episodes?

28/10/2021

Tangents include: John talks about p*e 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

27/10/2021

14/10/2021

New episode all about 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 bed...

26/09/2021

Why am I uploading an episode on a Sunday? Well, it's very late.

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, cinnam...

26/08/2021

New episode!

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.

13/08/2021

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.

09/08/2021

Mel also went to Ikea. A different Ikea, on a different day.

09/08/2021

Guess where we went Saturday.

29/07/2021

Tangents include: pools and BBQ, people who live in apartments are as****es, 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 dr...

15/07/2021

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 Br...

16/06/2021

Here is a little teaser of today's episode:

16/06/2021

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.

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

02/06/2021

New episode is live! In this one we discover how very old John is and how Mel apparently only listens to emo music.

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.

20/05/2021

Real talk - This episode is late because I forgot to upload it this morning and took my dog to the park instead. - Mel

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.

06/05/2021

New episode is live!

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, zipl...

22/04/2021

New episode live!

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, Alas...

07/04/2021

New episode is live! Sorry about missing a week, Mel got super busy.

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 st...

10/03/2021

New episode is live!

Tangents include: mandatory dentist appointments, military dentistry, old fillings, silver bullets, is that a cow, wisdom teeth we don't do well with pain killers, Mel's top surgery, twilight sleep, dentist horror stories, somehow we worked ghosts into this one, teeth dreams, bite alignment, always....

25/02/2021

New episode is up! Sorry for the delay, Mel is still feeling under the weather.

Tangents include: hot vernors, hot liquor, pharmacutical sodas, coke syrup, DO NOT USE BLACK SALVE, old medicine smells bad, oil pulling, asprin, p*eing vitamins, hiccup cures, vicks vaporub, nasty medicine dance, physics (not) of swallowing pills, good smells are good, epsom salts, bath bombs, a lo...

10/02/2021

Ep 10 is live! It's a long one, but a fun one. Check it out at askdadcast.com or on your favorite podcatcher.

28/01/2021

New episode is live!

Tangents include: helicopters, flying cars, autonomous driving, data mining, its hard to trust cameras, don’t leave children in the car, air travel, drones, autopilot, transporters, hyperloop, stargate, public transit, rideshare, twitter, social media, tiktok, and twitch.

Tangents include: helicopters, flying cars, autonomous driving, data mining, its hard to trust cameras, don’t leave children in the car, air travel, drones, autopilot, transporters, hyperloop, stargate, public transit, rideshare, twitter, social media, tiktok, and twitch.