{"podcast":{"title":"Dads on Books","slug":"dads-on-books-7306805","podcast_index_feed_id":7306805,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/dads-on-books","website_url":"https://dadsonbooks.transistor.fm/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0kGKlAgoa4fUYZlpdT6un7tJdHm8q52YMa12OPiK3RU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kM2U0/ZjAwZDBkZWJkM2Ux/MjQ4MTJmNjE1ODhl/NDliNi5wbmc.jpg","author":"MW Studio Services","episode_count":71,"summary":"Dads on Books is a podcast hosted by David Patrick and Mike Walker. The 2 dads discuss books, focusing on those read by their children and sometimes revisiting titles from their own childhoods. The podcast showcases their personal connections to the books and how their perspectives have changed as parents.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T18:18:43.051832+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dads-on-books-7306805"},"episode":{"title":"Shrek!","slug":"shrek","published_at":"2026-08-17T09:23:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dads-on-books-7306805/shrek","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dads-on-books-7306805","url":"https://DadsOnBooks.transistor.fm/s1/65","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/4756f169/427ef293.mp3","summary":"Did you know that Shrek! was based on a book called Shrek! ? Neither did we. And not just any book, but a book called Shrek! And Mike was all, \"we totally have to read this book one day.\" Well kids, today is the day... Well, it’s not the day that we read it—that was a few days ago... And this is not the day that we recorded it—that was also a few days ago. But TODAY is the day that the episode about the book and about the movie based on the book that inspired the episode drops. Well, not today, unless you listen on 8.16.26. This is the day that you are listening to the episode that dropped on that day that we recorded after we read the book , well after watching the movie it was based on. Mike and David both saw the movie but don’t remember much about it. But we do know this: the book is a lot of fun. There’s Shrek, who is more disgusting and vile than any creature depicted in cartoon world. There’s all kinds of fun rhythms as it goes back-and-forth and back-and-forth and hither and yon. It’s silly, random, whacky, and, as Mike put it, “a mixture of rhymey timey thingies and stuff that doesn’t.” There’s even a knight who smotes! And a hall of mirrors! Such a fun book. Check it out. If you like monsters and scary stuff: R. L. Stine’s Monster Blood And there’s a lot of monsters and scary stuff in Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaires’s Book of Greek Myths . And now a word from our sponsors. (Well, not really sponsors, just places we love to get books from and hope that you'll go to if you need one). Books in Stock in Wooster, OH A House with Books in Keller, TX River Forest Public Library , River Forest, IL Grapevine Public Library , Grapevine, TX Keller Public Library , Keller, TX Questions? Comments? Concerns? Have a great library or independent book store you love? Let us know!…","meta_description":"Did you know that Shrek! was based on a book called Shrek! ? Neither did we. And not just any book, but a book called Shrek! And Mike was all, \"we totally…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2491,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dads-on-books-7306805/episodes/shrek/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dads-on-books-7306805/shrek.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}