{"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":296,"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":"2026-06-17T18:21:15.702018+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-old-dads-5483331"},"episode":{"title":"DOD281: When Your Couple Friends Divorce","slug":"dod281-when-your-couple-friends-divorce","published_at":"2026-06-12T07:34:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-old-dads-5483331/dod281-when-your-couple-friends-divorce","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dear-old-dads-5483331","url":"https://47b2965d-764b-48e4-b219-44189baf0e3e.libsyn.com/dod281-when-your-couple-friends-divorce","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/47b2965d-764b-48e4-b219-44189baf0e3e/Episode_281.mp3?dest-id=3473495","summary":"Thomas's friends are divorcing, and hearing the details hits a little too close to home. The dads dig into what it really means when someone can't stop making their partner feel small, whether people can actually change, and what it says about you when a friend's failing marriage makes you quietly wonder about your own. For Patrons : Eli is chaperoning a field day and we are all praying for him. Join the Facebook Group! facebook.com/groups/dearolddads For comments, email thedads@dearolddads.com","meta_description":"Thomas's friends are divorcing, and hearing the details hits a little too close to home. The dads dig into what it really means when someone can't stop ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2915,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dear-old-dads-5483331/episodes/dod281-when-your-couple-friends-divorce/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/dod281-when-your-couple-friends-divorce.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}