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Dead Dads
Dead Dads Podcast is a show for men who’ve lost their dads.Roger Nairn and Scott Cunningham talk about father loss, grief, anxiety, numbness, family weirdness, dark humour, and the identity shift that comes after one of the biggest relationships in your life is gone.Some dads were great. Some were complicated. Some were distant. We make room for all of it.Real conversations with real men in the club no one asked to join.Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen.deaddadspodcast.comDeath. Jokes. Closure. Not always in that order.
Dead Dads
Dead Dads Podcast is a show for men who’ve lost their dads.
Roger Nairn and Scott Cunningham talk about father loss, grief, anxiety, numbness, family weirdness, dark humour, and the identity shift that comes after one of the biggest relationships in your life is gone.
Some dads were great. Some were complicated. Some were distant. We make room for all of it.
Real conversations with real men in the club no one asked to join.
Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen.
deaddadspodcast.com
Death. Jokes. Closure. Not always in that order.
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About the Hosts
Roger Nairn
Host
Roger Nairn is a dad, a husband, and the co-host of Dead Dads. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of JAR Podcast Solutions, where he helps brands tell better stories. After losing his father, Roger started this show to talk honestly about what comes next. The grief, the absurdity, the paperwork, and the parts most men don’t say out loud.
Scott Cunningham
Host
Scott Cunningham is a husband, a father of two, and as of 2021, a member of the "My Dad is Dead" club (the initiation fee was high, but on the plus side, he IS saving on 'Happy Father's Day' cards).
Like his co-host Roger, Scott is currently navigating the bizarre afterlife of the living—trying to make sense of a world where his dad isn’t around to give unsolicited advice on life purchases. He’s here to talk about the grief, the anger, and the kind of pitch-black humour that makes people at dinner parties feel incredibly uncomfortable. If it wouldn’t fit in a eulogy, it’ll probably end up in an episode.
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