{"podcast":{"title":"Dear Old Dads","slug":"dear-old-dads-5483331","podcast_index_feed_id":5483331,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/418103/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/418103","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/f/7/b/2f7b43aaad7e022040be95ea3302a6a1/DOD_1400.jpg","author":"Thomas Smith","episode_count":292,"summary":"Hey kids, get ON our lawn! Dear old Dads is a podcast examining and deconstructing all things Dad. From parenting to patriarchy; manning the grill to manning up; Dear Old Dads asks – what even is a dad anyway? What does it mean to be a good man in today's world? What should it mean? Listen along as we definitely find the correct, concise answers to all these questions and more! ​Featuring Eli Bosnick, Thomas Smith, and Tom Curry!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-old-dads-5483331"},"episode":{"title":"DOD274: You Better Ask Nicely","slug":"dod274-you-better-ask-nicely","published_at":"2026-05-07T04:25:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-old-dads-5483331/dod274-you-better-ask-nicely","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-old-dads-5483331","url":"https://47b2965d-764b-48e4-b219-44189baf0e3e.libsyn.com/dod274-you-better-ask-nicely","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/47b2965d-764b-48e4-b219-44189baf0e3e/274_Episode_274.mp3?dest-id=3473495","summary":"Eli provides some important news from his corner of the globe (and it hopefully continues to be funny and hasn't resulted in anything terrible for anybody) before the Dads discuss gut reactions to something their kid does that they would have never done themselves as a kid. How do we process that response, and can we eventually calm this response? Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com","meta_description":"Eli provides some important news from his corner of the globe (and it hopefully continues to be funny and hasn't resulted in anything terrible for anybody…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dear-old-dads-5483331/episodes/dod274-you-better-ask-nicely/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-old-dads-5483331/dod274-you-better-ask-nicely.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}