About Dead Dads

Dead Dads is a podcast about losing your father and everything that goes with it (before, during and after).

Not in a neat, five-steps-to-healing way. More in a messy, funny, uncomfortable way. The way it actually happens.

The show is hosted by two guys, Roger Nairn and Scott Cunningham, who have both recently lost their dads. They are not experts. They are not healed. They are not here to tell anyone how to grieve.

They’re trying to figure this out together.

Each episode is a conversation with someone whose dad died. Some recently. Some decades ago. Some relationships were close. Some were complicated. Some were… unfinished.

We talk about what doesn’t usually make it into polite conversation:

The weird timing of grief.
The dark jokes you make and immediately feel bad about.
The moments where you’re fine. Then suddenly you’re not.
The fact that loss doesn’t end. It just changes shape.

This isn’t a self-help show.
It’s not a grief manual.
It’s not here to fix anyone.

Dead Dads exists because grief is isolating, especially for men, and especially when it doesn’t look like the version people expect.

Real grief is stranger than that. And often lonelier.

If your dad is gone, this show might feel familiar.
If your dad is still alive, it might make you think differently about time.
Either way, you’re welcome here.

Give Dead Dads a watch (or listen) and share with someone who could really benefit from the show.

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 dad, a husband, and the co-host of Dead Dads. He recently lost his father and, like Roger, is trying to make sense of what that actually means in real life. This show is his way of talking through the grief, the confusion, the dark humor, and the moments that don’t fit neatly into a eulogy.