As far as childhood pissing contests go, having a dad in the army is hard to beat. While other fathers are yawning their way through paperwork, your pops is flying helicopters or jumping out of them. But, as we grow up, visions of 'Top Gun' glo

Episode 12 - Bio Shock | Part 2

Apr 7th, 2021 49m 40s

[NOTE TO LISTENERS: Begin with Episode 11 - Bio Shock | Part 1]In Ep. 11 we heard from upstanding sperm donor and cherry-picking storyteller, Dr Tom. Now it’s the mums’ turn. Strap in with Georgia and Giules as they put voice to their own imma

Episode 11 - Bio Shock | Part 1

Mar 30th, 2021 26m 17s

Many childless people in their 30s are asking themselves the billion dollar question: should I have children? In this episode, Jump Daddy turns the mic weapon on Dr Tom, who comes out with a shock of a shortcut...**SPOILER AHEAD** Dr Tom is

Episode 10 - Future Dad

Mar 24th, 2021 42m 29s

We hear about a new model of parenthood, from two new dads, Rob and Ivan. They’re a married couple leading a growing family with the birth of their daughter, Pia. In just two years, these two fathers went from seriously thinking about having a

Episode 9 - Departed Dads

Mar 17th, 2021 53m 37s

This episode is an homage to the dads we have lost. While we can’t interview these departed fathers directly, we ask their children to voice them again through memories, stories and the objects they left behind. The texts, the birthday cards, t

Episode 8 - Zareer & Yuhan

Mar 9th, 2021 39m 1s

Good thoughts, good words, good deeds—so goes the old adage of Zoroastrianism, the oldest monotheistic religion in the word. And so lives Zareer, star dad of episode 8. Zareer is a helluva character. Born in Secunderabad India to a Parsee famil

Episode 7 - Eiji & Taichi

Mar 2nd, 2021 36m 2s

Eiji and Taichi, father and son, are always on the move. Eiji grew up in a tiny mountain village in rural Japan. He left to go to university in Tokyo, where he met his wife Michiko. But soon enough, not even the bright lights of Shinjuku suffic

Episode 6 - Kat & The Colonel

Feb 23rd, 2021 38m 44s

We suspect - though we can neither confirm nor deny - that the dad of this episode is a spy. Known to some as ‘The Colonel’, to others as ‘The Ropy Tea Planter’, to others as ‘El Tigre’, to yet others as ‘Dodi Al-fayed’, this poised James Bond

Episode 5 - Kim & Ems

Feb 16th, 2021 40m 14s

Kim is the rock and roll dad you wished you had. From a solid start trotting around 70s Europe via highly unconventional means, to his mature gig as a Jack Nicholson lookalike, Kim has the role of hip architect down pat. But there have been a l

Episode 4 - Rob & Nick

Feb 9th, 2021 42m 2s

Once upon a time, Rob was the face of Melbourne weather. Not because he has a terrible face. Far from it. He was the slickest and most dapper local weather presenter in all of Australia; in the words of the network that poached him, ‘the best i

Episode 3 - Ross & Pip

Feb 2nd, 2021 39m 15s

[Note from St. Quentin: This week’s dad interview is a bit quieter than the rest of the episode, so you may want to turn up the volume at times.]Ross is a man of the lab and the land. He shuttles between being a world-class cancer researcher a

Episode 2 - Nina & Ian

Jan 26th, 2021 36m 30s

Ian is an accomplished screenwriter with a velvet pen and silver tongue. His big breakthrough was writing the screenplay for Blue Murder, a successful mini-series about Australian police corruption and the underworld of organised crime. Ian can

Episode 1 - Micko & Berbeć

Jan 19th, 2021 37m 51s

Micko is a virtuoso cellist. He played in one of Poland’s premier classical ensembles before moving with his wife and two sons to Australia, after the fall of the Berlin wall. That much is clear. But as for the rest, the enigma of Micko is hard

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Dad to Me - Trailer

Jan 5th, 2021 46s

Launching January, 2021: A new podcast featuring Dr. Tom, Jump Daddy and the world's hottest fathers. The series asks the questions grown children have always wanted to ask their own dads, but have always seemed too awkward, out-of-place or sca