Are We Bad Dads?
Dave Atkins, Mateo Boyd, and Aaron Sharp
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S3E8 - The Dads Take on the Cuban Missile Crisis, One More Time
The story of the Sixties continues in Episode 8 of Season 3 as Mateo, Aaron, and Dave take on the book Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii Plokhy. As a special bonus this…
S3E7 S3E7 - The Dads Take On Kevin Costner's Accent and the Movie 13 Days
The story of the Sixties continues in Episode 3 of Season 3 as Dave, Mateo, and Aaron are joined by friend of the podcast Josh Strychalski to talk about the Cuban Missile Crisis movie 13 Days,…
S3E6 S3E6 - The Dads Take on The Berlin Wall and Tunnel 29
The story of the 1960s continues in Season 3 Episode 6 as Aaron, Dave, and Mateo take on what has become one of the dad’s favorite books they’ve ever read together, Tunnel 29: The True Story of an…
S3E5 S3E5 - The Dads Take On The Right Stuff
The story of the Sixties continues Season 3 Episode 5 where Dave and Aaron are joined by Ryan Ash to take on the movie The Right Stuff, the memorable movie about the Mercury 7 astronauts. In this…
S3E4 S3E4 - The Dads Take On the 1960 Presidential Election
The story of the Sixties continues in Episode 4 of Season 3 as the dads take on the 1960 election between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy after reading The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon,…
S3E3 S3E3 - The Dads take on All In The Family, Andy Griffith, and TV in the 1960s
The story of the Sixties continues in Episode 3 of Season 3 as Dave and Aaron are joined by friend of the podcast Josh Strychalski to talk about All In the Family and TV in the 1960s. We tackle some…
S3E2 S3E2 - The Dads Take On American Graffiti
The story of the Sixties continues in episode 2 of Season 3 as the dads take on the classic film American Graffiti. Dave enjoyed this movie. Despite it being ranked as one of the America Film…
S3E1 S3E1 - The Dads Take on the 1960s
The dads are back for Season 3 and they are ready to delve into the story of the 1960s. In this first episode of Season 3 the dads assess what they know about the ‘60s, what they think they know…
S3 Season 3 Trailer
On August 13 the dads will be back for an all new, bigger, better Season 3 of the Are We Bad Dads podcast with twenty episodes that tell the story of the 1960s. This is where we've been, and where…
S2E14 S2E7 - The Dads Take On the Second World War and Dave Reading the Wrong Book
In this episode the dads take on A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell.Here are answers to some questions you may have before…
S2E3 S2E6 - The Dads take on Avery Brundage (again), Rowing, and The Boys in the Boat
In this episode the dads take on The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.Here are answers to some questions you may have before listening to this episode: Are any of the dads rowers? No. Do any of…
S2E2 S2E5 - The Dads Take on A Square Meal, the Great Depression, Liver Loaf, and Our Family's Culinary Habits.
In this episode the dads take on A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression by Jane Ziegelman and Andrew Coe. Start the episode because the dads are funny, and generally a delight to…
S2E1 S2E4 - The Dads Take on A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan
In this episode the dads take on A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them by Timothy Egan. A Fever in the Heartland is about a dark…
S1E10 S2E3 - The Dads Take On George Washington, Lord Cornwallis, and the Revolutionary War
In this episode Aaron, Dave, & Mateo discuss Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown.You are probably tuning in to this episode…
S1E9 S2E2 - The Dads (and some of their offspring) take on Jane Addams, Women's Rights, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Creation of National Parks
In this special episode, with Mateo out of pocket in France, Dave and Aaron are joined by three special guests, two of the Atkins brood and one Sharpnado.In this episode two Atkins boys tag-team and…
S1E8 S2E1 - The Dads Take on Soccer, Music, Pottery, Dance Recitals, Jiu Jitsu, and How Their Families Handle Extracurricular Activities
In this episode the dads go off-script and instead of discussing their favorite history books they lean heavy into fatherhood and discuss how their family handles extracurricular activities. About a…
S1E7 S1E7 - The Dads Take On the Fifties, the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, and Doris Kearns Goodwin
After a brief hiatus to give the dads more time to navigate some stressful waters Dave, Mateo, & Aaron are back to discuss Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin.Join us for a wide-ranging…
S1E6 S1E6 - The Dads Take on Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics
For this month’s special Black History Month episode of the Are We Bad Dads? Podcast Jonathan Jordan of The Games Odyssey Podcast joins the dads to talk about Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics in the…
S1E5 S1E5 - The Dads Take On Teddy, the Entire Roosevelt Clan, and Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough
With Mateo out dealing with sick kids Aaron and Dave man the Bad Dad ramparts and somehow manage to get in an entire episode about Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough. Why was Teddy Roosevelt…
S1E4 S1E4 - The Dads Take On Birds, Planes, and the Wright Brothers by David McCullough
In this episode we learn that Mateo is passionate about this book, that Dave is passionate about women's suffrage, and that Aaron is most definitely an only child.Dave would also like it to be a…
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