Dadcast - Misadventures in parenting

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Subscribers: 301
Reviews: 8
Episodes: 173

Podcast Listener
 Mar 30, 2020
Good craic and informative

David
 Feb 26, 2020
A brilliant funny take on all the joys of being a Dad!


 Dec 18, 2019

Paul Darrell
 Aug 7, 2019
These guys make me feel so much better about parenting abilities. Hilarious and educational in equal measure. A must listen for all dads.

Anto
 Jul 11, 2019
my favourite podcast, so relatable

Description

So we're still going 70-odd episodes in - feel free to start at the start or dip in and out. We love you either way. If you like anything you hear, or indeed have questions you can just leave a review by clicking here (https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/dadcast-misadventures-in-parenting/id1437650268?mt=2) . Parenting is tough. It's also hilarious, annoying, brilliant craic, dangerous and soul destroying in small, and sometimes big measures. This podcast is for all the Dads and Mums who know this all too well, or indeed for anyone thinking of becoming a parent, or anyone who knows a parent. Caked in snot and puke this is the unvarnished truth of being a Dad. Featuring the ramblings of Adrian Barry, Nathan Murphy, Dave McIntyre and Ger Gilroy, the Dadcast will examine the worst excesses of sleep deprivation, unruly toddlers, inopportune poohs and escaping from the trap of middle age spread. Publishing weekly every Tuesday, or whenever the kids’ chicken pox allows, the Dadcast welcomes your feedback however tangential or nappy-brained. dadcast@offtheball.com for your comments, advice and sleeping tablets, or tweet the Dads @dadcastpod

Episode Date
An Update from Off The Ball
Aug 08, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.12 | Friendship fallouts, posting your kids & new dad essentials!
Jun 30, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.11 | The dreaded summer holidays, greatest getaways & Father's Day debriefs...
Jun 21, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.10 | Father's Day Special, summertime sleeping & do we give out too much??
Jun 14, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.9 | The dads tackle the biggest issues like - to clean up the playroom or just leave it?
Jun 06, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.8 | Camping adventures and the chaos of teaching kids how to cycle on the road
Jun 02, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.7 | Would you be richer for a childless life? | Salvaging the sh*tshow & should we be explaining sportswashing?
May 10, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.6 | "Are we going to be those people..?" | Kidless nights out, guilt & Guess Who?!
Apr 26, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.5 | What is living in the moment? Taking the biscuit & #RIPCookie
Apr 18, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.4 | By the book or going rogue, moving past monitors & is this pod actually liked..?
Mar 28, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.3 | Stealing croissants, screentime & scrapping homework..?
Mar 15, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.2 | Why don't toddlers appreciate us? Fearing the future - the end of hand-holding and teenage tantrums...
Mar 10, 2023
The Dadcast S3 Ep.1 | We're back, baby!
Mar 10, 2023
S2 Ep33: The End - final episode with new babies and a SNIP
Feb 01, 2022
S2 Ep32: DADCAST | Almost time for Big School
Jun 29, 2021
S2 Ep31: Dadcast | Paul O'Connell
Jun 15, 2021
S2 Ep30: DADCAST | WISHING THEY WERE OLDER
Jun 03, 2021
S2 Ep29: Dadcast | Preparation is key
May 18, 2021
S2 Ep28: DADCAST | THE LADS ARE BACK WITH THEIR QUESTIONABLE ADVICE...
May 11, 2021
S2 Ep27: Dadcast | The Dad's make a big commitment
May 04, 2021
S2 Ep26: Dadcast: Bloody Sunday, Parent-teacher meetings, moving house
Nov 26, 2020
S2 Ep25: Dadcast: Prepping for Xmas, and these endless days of winter
Nov 17, 2020
S2 Ep24: Do parents of teenagers ever get laid? And other important questions
Nov 10, 2020
S2 Ep23: Trouble sleeping, talking about racism to your kids, and cycling on the roads
Oct 29, 2020
S2 Ep22: Dadcast: The Dad's talk getting in to coaching
Sep 30, 2020
S2 Ep21: DADCAST: Fair Play Da - hearing your old pair having sex, and when to give your kids a phone?
Sep 21, 2020
S2 Ep20: Co-sleeping and the torture of no sleep, covid tests for kids, and eating out
Sep 15, 2020
S2 Ep19: Dadcast: All you ever wanted to know about The Snip but were afraid to ask (with an actual Doctor)
Sep 07, 2020
S2 Ep18: Dadcast: Restaurant nightmares, snip diaries, school fears
Sep 01, 2020
S2 Ep17: Dadcast: Will people send their kids to school sick?
Aug 24, 2020
S2 Ep16: DADCAST: I don't lose my temper, the red mist does not descend - which of the Dads is lying this week?
Aug 17, 2020
S2 Ep15: If a child poos in public and there's no-one there to see it does it really happen
Aug 10, 2020
S2 Ep14: Restaurants, Masks and back to school - the dad's wrestle with a mediocre new normal
Aug 03, 2020
S2 Ep13: Dad where do babies come from? How do they get in there?
Jul 21, 2020
S2 Ep12: Dreaming of divorce - literally not metaphorically
Jul 15, 2020
S2 Ep11: I'm not a performing monkey - why scheduling sex isn't for everyone
May 27, 2020
S2 Ep10: Death in the time of Covid-19
May 11, 2020
S2 Ep9: Go back and clean up the Pooh! A park-emergency and a delinquent Dad
May 01, 2020
S2 Ep8: Do not lose the rag: a new mantra for corona-chaos
Apr 21, 2020
S2 Ep7: Are we changed by this or ignoring the potential to become better Dads?
Apr 09, 2020
S2 Ep6: Quarantine-Cast - Coping mechanisms from the Dads of Dadcastland
Apr 03, 2020
S2 Ep5: Don't cough in McIntyre's face - from the front line of grossness episode 2 from Quarantine
Mar 25, 2020
S2 Ep4: Quarantine-Cast - The 4 Dads are locked away but nonetheless continuing on with their nonsese
Mar 20, 2020
S2 Ep3: Abandon hope all ye who enter here - listeners queries answered, swearing, technology hell, and your kids stealing your pins numbers
Feb 20, 2020
S2 Ep2: MAILBAG: The Dad's open the mailbag and get some inspirational messages from listeners
Jan 27, 2020
S2 Ep1: And we're back....the Dads are back for 2020 with renewed vigour
Jan 13, 2020
S1 Ep47: Christmas Special - safe for kids (kind of)
Dec 18, 2019
S1 Ep46: Gordon's Game - Dad, rugby player and now children's author Gordon D'arcy is this week's special guest
Nov 19, 2019
S1 Ep45: Why do we shout at our kids? When do you talk to them about porn? Do they need a phone? Does your wife complain about your phone use? Come on down, we got the show for you...
Nov 19, 2019
S1 Ep44: BONUS LOST EPISODE
Nov 19, 2019
S1 Ep43: Hug your parents + indpendent Kids: Nathan nearly falls asleep during the conversation but it's very on brand with Dadcast, Dave wants his kids to need him just a bit..
Oct 30, 2019
S1 Ep42: The Miscarriage episode: Inspired by an email to dadcast@offtheball.com, the Dad's talk miscarriage, fertility issues, booking holidays and minibreaks for the mid-term.
Oct 25, 2019
S1 Ep41: GUEST DAD ALERT: the dads welcome an author and parent of older kids to studio to enlist some help in the battle to keep kids off screens.
Oct 14, 2019
S1 Ep40: This week Dave goes gallivanting in town, Nathan answers listeners questions, Adrian’s wife threatens him to stop being so giving and the big question is: What was your best decade?
Oct 14, 2019
S1 Ep39: How long do you persist with something your kids keep calling boring? When do you let them play on the road? And other mundane but vital questions..
Oct 01, 2019
S1 Ep38: Promotion, Kilbane's dog Maguire, a single swollen ball
Sep 24, 2019
S1 Ep37: Post Picnic Stress Disorder - schedules are cleared
Sep 16, 2019
S1 Ep35: SPECIAL GUEST ALERT: Paul Howard is with us to talk about his new book Schmidt Happens
Sep 09, 2019
S1 Ep36: ELECTRIC PICNIC TRUTH BOMB SPECIAL - everyone's in trouble
Sep 04, 2019
S1 Ep34: Does becoming a Dad make you risk-averse? Giving up current affairs, soother removal, and watching Euphoria as documentary
Sep 04, 2019
S1 Ep33: Just resting it on the urinal...tales of woe from teaching boys how to standy-uppy pee
Aug 12, 2019
S1 Ep32: The nicest letter ever written to us, a first time parent doesn't want any more and staycations reviewed
Aug 09, 2019
S1 Ep31: Dave's free gaff, Ger's bad parenting, kids talent shows, climate change and worrying about the future
Jul 14, 2019
S1 Ep30: The door is never locked...update on nappy training and a nice day out for everyone
Jul 10, 2019
S1 Ep29: Live potty training episode - Dave McIntyre's Fridge and much more
Jun 24, 2019
S1 Ep28: Another x closer to death - unusually high levels of swearing this week
Jun 17, 2019
S1 Ep27: What I did on my holidays - the Nathan Murphy Episode
Jun 14, 2019
S1 Ep26: McIntyre's back but the kids toys might not be, also Sports Day - to celebrate or not?
Jun 03, 2019
S1 Ep25: Sibling rivalry, holiday hell and WAY TOO BUSY schedules (for sex)
May 31, 2019
S1 Ep24: Do you have to schedule sex? Also summertime brings travel issues
May 22, 2019
S1 Ep23: When you threaten to leave your kids by the side of the road, should you just do it?
May 08, 2019
S1 Ep22: Sleep issues revisited, also the one where the Dads are only slightly glad to be back at work
Apr 29, 2019
S1 Ep21: When is it ok to call for help - after an hour? Your kid is being bullied? Dad's in the Ladies toilets - WTF?
Apr 11, 2019
S1 Ep20: Nathan patronises Adrian for having younger kids, but it's ok because Adrian quietly judges him in return
Mar 27, 2019
S1 Ep19: Dads For Daughters and Sport - Kieran Donaghy + Andy Lee join the conversation
Feb 28, 2019
S1 Ep18: To phone or not to phone? Mailbag special with stunningly bad advice coming your way from under-qualified Dads
Feb 19, 2019
S1 Ep17: To cry it out or not to cry it out? Andy Lee, World Champion + Dad, joins the Dads to talk singing, crying and sleeping
Feb 12, 2019
S1 Ep16: Pregnancy tests + a mailbag special - pooh in the sea, family changing rooms with no family,
Feb 08, 2019
S1 Ep15: Childcare crisis alert - how do you decide who minds the kids?
Jan 31, 2019
S1 Ep14: Regretting having kids, calling your kids bluff and losing
Jan 31, 2019
S1 Ep13: What do you do with a 4 year old who just won't do what you ask them?
Jan 16, 2019
S1 Ep12: Does that need plastic surgery? One of the Dads sees the A+E
Dec 20, 2018
S1 Ep11: WARNING EXTREME SWEARING - we blame the kids for it
Dec 11, 2018
S1 Ep10: Does travel alone make you a guilty Dad? Dave's in Philly to find out..
Dec 04, 2018
S1 Ep9: Sister on Sister Hair Crime
Nov 29, 2018
Adrian is missing, dropping kids and pooh up the back
Nov 20, 2018
S1 Ep7: What's the deal with boozing in front of your kids?
Nov 13, 2018
S1 Ep6: Tiger parenting, good contraception, breast feeding solidarity
Nov 06, 2018
S1 Ep5: Pregnancy Snoring and the spare room - the most controversial subject tackled yet
Oct 30, 2018
S1 Ep4: Picky eaters and learning how to eat as a parent, or rather not to ea
Oct 23, 2018
S1 Ep3: Hospital trips with young 'uns; getting induced - "good luck with that" says Dave
Oct 16, 2018
S1 Ep2: BABY ALERT! Fecundity abounds which leads to discussions of the snip.
Oct 09, 2018
What's it like to be a Dad? The good, bad and mostly ugly is all here...
Sep 28, 2018