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Welcome to Dad Jeans, the podcast of, by, for and about dadding in this infant century number twenty-one. Brought to you by two men—the formerly hip Jeffrey Dinsmore and formerly happening Brendan Hughes—who now have relatively young children and are sorting out what it is that has happened to their…

Jeffrey Dinsmore & Brendan Hughes


    • Aug 14, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 31m AVG DURATION
    • 138 EPISODES

    4.9 from 45 ratings Listeners of Dad Jeans that love the show mention: dad jeans, dads, super funny, beer, hilarious, insightful, guys, best, great.



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    The Southern Puppy Blood Drinking Jubilee Cotillion: Dad Jeans 148

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 66:51


    Summer vacation is over and it's time for a little more Dad Jeans in your ears! In case you're wondering what is going on at the beginning of the episode, we lost 30 minutes through a recording failure. But never you fear! We get back on track! The Dads don't give up! 

    Tickling My Business: Dad Jeans 147

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 69:11


    Tonight we introduce our first episode thumbnail created by AI! Look at that guy's weird ear! Makes me want to vomit! 

    We're Comin' on Christmas!: Dad Jeans 146

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 82:39


    Welcome back to our annual ho ho hotacular with the dads gabbin' about all your favorite holiday predicaments and predilections including: cookies! Elves! What's in Santa's lap! Bruce Springsteen! With very special guest: Elon Musk! 

    Stormfighters of Courage: Dad Jeans 145

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 98:22


    The dads are finally back in the decidedly unfilthy garage to talk about Twitter's demise! What they been doing! Current events! Macrame wall hangings! With a special premiere reading from  Jeffrey's new balls-to-the-wall action podcast: Professor Blowjob and the Storm-Fighters of Courage!

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    Flirting with Mimmin: Dad Jeans 144

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2022 87:58


    Oy bruv! You fancy a podcast with yer mates down at the pub? Take a listen to Dad Jeans, the podcast for right geezers! 

    Takes a Little Googlin: Dad Jeans 143

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 97:26


    Civilization's fate will be determined by one of two movies from 2021: Licorice Pizza or Don't Look Up. The red pill or the blue pill. There can be only 1. Hear which path the Dads have chosen on this week's Dad Jeans. Plus: all the other usual bullshit!

    Taking Care of Business While Deep Frying My Sandwich: Dad Jeans 142

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 92:39


    This is Elvis, baby. Lemme tell ya something. When I'm not busy recording international hits or getting underage girls all shook up, ya know what I'm doing? I'm listening to Dad Jeans while eating a fried peanut butter banana sandwich. Those boys are a real hoot, good clean fun. If you like to TCB like me, put some fried PB&B in your veins and some of this hot stuff in your ears, baby.

    Defending the Milkman: Dad Jeans 141

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 89:21


    Hope you had a good Thanksgiving! Now get rid of your gas stove, you turkeys!

    Welcome to the Show: Dad Jeans 140

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 76:50


    This week, Jeffrey welcomes his very special guest Brendan to discuss Brendan's podcast Dad Jeans featuring his very special guest Jeffrey, host of Dad Jeans!

    I Missed Your Wife's Pants: Dad Jeans 139

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 77:01


    Someone gave us one star on iTunes. One person. It's all 5s and that one monster giving us a 1. Here we are, producing free content for like 8 years or whatever, and some creep rolls in and destroys our perfect rating for his personal pod jollies. It's a sick world. Enjoy.

    Just Give Me the Hi-Hat: Dad Jeans 138

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 97:16


    Join the Dads for another thrilling episode full of Dad-related content including news slumps! Working from home! Grave new worlds! Nerd wives! Screaming kids! Plus Jeff unleashes his newfound Owen Wilson impression! 

    Poor Ignatius: Dad Jeans 137

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 73:58


    The Dads are back in the new filthy garage to hear Brendan's harrowing tale of breaking up a dog fight and also terrible roommates! Rock at 46! Loop-de-loops! Gloomhaven! Dinner after vacation! 

    The Ryan Summerstacular: Dad Jeans 136

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 72:58


    Our kids are old so this week we're living vicariously through the experience of (relatively) new dad and longtime Friend of the Pod Ryan Summers! 

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    Savage Whimsy: Dad Jeans 135

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 65:08


    This week, we cover celebrity wedding guests! Claudia vs. Froggy and the naming of our anxiety voices! And the sprint of irrelevance!

    Better than Varmint Is a Hell of a Tuesday: Dad Jeans 134

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 77:18


    This week we return to our normally scheduled programming with our patented and oft-imitated Dadcentric riffs on white mediocrity! Cults! Alone time vs. me time! Losing our weirdness! Support networks! Useless dads! 

    'twhere Shall I Pee and 'twhence!: Dad Jeans 133

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 90:39


    After many months of tree climbin' and moonshinin' we have returned to talk about what we did on our summer vacations and more new tales of amateur Dadding!

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    A Rotten Cesspool of Fiduciary Tomfoolery: Dad Jeans 132

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 75:13


    Shake your money maker! Make your money shaker! Join the Dad Jeans morning zoo crew to learn the secrets to making and spending money: the financial way! 

    I Always Forget to Put the Banjo Away: Dad Jeans 131

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 82:32


    In this episode we take the time to wholeheartedly apologize to Britney Spears, and also to the "leave Britney alone" guy, who as it turns out is now a porn star, look it up. #FreeBritney

    Prisoners of Our Dad's Whimsy: Dad Jeans 130

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 68:41


    Tonight we're talking about: Brendan's big move! The joys of pressure washing! Getting bikes! Big emotions! Hideous ear accessories! Whispering weirdoes! 

    The Chekhov Rule of Gunny Sacks: Dad Jeans 129

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 78:08


    If I see a gunny sack in the first act, it better be deployed in the last.

    Get Me-ow-tside: Dad Jeans 128

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 90:22


    Enjoy this pawsome new Dad Jeans for mew and meowers. 

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    Always Titrate Everything: Dad Jeans 128

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 95:47


    Happy New Year! Jeffrey and Brendan ring in the year with a new segment called AntiGra! ("Against the Grain") and we do a deep dive into maladies, our grave new world, Taytay and more.

    Let the Artists Art!: Dad Jeans 126

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 85:35


    More mush from the men of Dad Jeans. Today Brendan and Jeff discuss Cher's rib removal, facial tattoos, what to buy a 13-month old girl for Christmas, and the scourge of gifted and talented education. Listen in to equip yourselves for the coming week of parenting conundra.

    Pulling a Shorty: Dad Jeans 125

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 91:31


    Tonight we're talking about The Great Brain! Cumbergrinch! Watching vs. doing! Bullshit jobs! Talking things out! Politics and more politics!  Show notes: https://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-on-not-meeting-nazis-halfway/ Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald  

    The Ultimate Rub: Dad Jeans 124

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 74:33


    Tonight we're talking about Biden yard signs! Minimalizers! Reaching across the aisle! The sad death of outgoing voicemail messages! The pros and cons of entrepreneurialism! Plus calls from GOFOPs Brian Lavatory Perkins and Michaela Block!  Show notes:  Groom Mate Nose Hair Trimmer

    Don't Trust the Wheat, Trust the Chaff: Dad Jeans 123

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 90:35


    Tonight we're celebrating the end of the American nightmare and talking about the rapidity of irrelevance! Four Seasons Landscaping! Quiet music! Politics, politics, and more politics! With a special appearance by FOPs Michaela Block and Zorn Chamblad! 

    40% of America Is Your Pedophile Uncle: Dad Jeans 122

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 77:26


    Tonight we're URGING YOU TO VOTE as we talk about election insecurities! Nihilistic victories! The home is no longer a sanctuary! Spouse presents! Changing your frame! Container Store hate! Anti-clickbait! 

    It's All Gone Pear Shaped

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 79:50


    Tonight we're talking about butt lickers! Mine Craft fanatics! Social dilemmas! Creeps! Being fine! Scrivener! Mid-tier friends!  Notes: The Social Dilemma - Netflix Creep 1 & 2 - Netflix

    Alpaca-Poly Blend: Dad Jeans 120

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 77:12


    Tonight we're talking about White House super spreaders! Jeff's take on The Mezzanine! How Brendan listens to music! Cat Seat Headrest! Das Boot! Matching Halloween outfits!  Notes: The Mezzanine - Nicholson Baker Car Seat Headrest — Teens of Denial Simon starring Alan Arkin Blands article: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-07/welcome-to-your-bland-new-world-of-consumer-capitalism

    Emotional Mulligans: Dad Jeans 119

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 90:08


    Tonight we're joined by Love You creator Brian Kahn to talk about our families not getting us! Oranges and Lemons! Terrifying our children! Drive-thru blow ups! Giving yourself a break!  Links:  Love You: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBtgyEWqL5jQ3vakMVlNotw Oranges & Lemons: https://open.spotify.com/album/3suXBde2fATz1UzA6f7UoA?si=Hrd-LuS7TcSiKJ0jK1Me0A

    It's Not a Key Party Without Some Fondue: Dad Jeans 118

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 82:16


    Tonight on Brendan's birthday we're talking about drawing boundaries! Kids with disposable income! The uselessness of Instagram! Avoiding adventure! Disinterest in our children! Avoiding work! Political defeat!

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    No Eye Hickey for Mickey: Dad Jeans 117

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 87:50


    Tonight we're talking about living among the octopi! YouTube parenting! Career emergencies! Grappling with genders! Passing time! Proper online arguments!  Links: https://www.thecut.com/amp/2020/08/youtube-myka-james-stauffer-huxley-adoption.html

    Glistening Braids of Golden Wonder: Dad Jeans 116

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 94:26


    Tonight we're talking about teaching our kids political hate! Kids shows and books we love! Challenges! And a very special meandering Spite Club with our old pal Brian L. Perkins!  Links: www.brianlperkins.com

    Decorative Inertia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 75:51


    Tonight we have special guests galore with Jeffrey's wife Sarah Cole! Music legend Frankel a/k/a Michael Orendy! And we're talking about mommy boards gone wrong! New vinyl! Weird orthodontia! Shitty usernames! Awful joke structures!  Anti-racist resources: How to Be an Anti-Racist: Ibram X. Kendi Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race: Reni Eddo-Lodge The New Jim Crow: Michelle Alexander So You Want to Talk About Race: Ijeoma Oluo Records: Frankel - Big Plans Hinds - The Prettiest Curse Brown Recluse - Evening Tapestry Evans the Death - Evans the Death

    This Lasagna is so Fourteen: Dad Jeans 114

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 80:43


    The boys take on the horrors of everyday life, including, but not limited to, but perhaps most especially especially, the children going to school without leaving the house. 

    Antipathy, Certainty, Conspiracy: Dad Jeans 113

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 86:55


    Tonight we're talking about inoffensive grandpas vs. the revolution! The tragedy of the well adjusted! Unattended birthday parties and the moms who make them happen! The KLF! 2001! Amazing dads! TikTok teens! Not socializing! 

    Beholden Caulfield: Dad Jeans 112

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 67:36


    Tonight we're talking about coming around on Biden! The instantly forgotten Axios interview! Children as an extension of you! Pursuit of sensation! Spongebog Squirepants! Bad Covid words! The terror of underwriting! 

    Nicr Nicr Nice Hesus Jesus: Dad Jeans 111

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 85:55


    And we’re back! Tonight we’re talking about: WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT AT ALL TIMES, COVID-19.

    Dadtervention: Dad Jeans 110

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 59:09


    This week we’re talking about: outbreak preppin’! The end of civilization! Secret shames! Ripping kids off of fences! New jobs! The annoyance of shoes! Becoming a cynic! New themes songs! Valuable insights from the minds of professional dads!

    Tight, Taut, and Delicious: Dad Jeans 109

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 87:12


    Tonight we’re talking about having it average! Goofy foot Segways! Missing busses! Boomercrats! The modern mall! What the Constitution Means to Me! Plus exclusive inside scoop on the Taylor Swift documentary!

    Peppered with Testicles: Dad Jeans 108

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 87:32


    The boys are back and we’re worse than ever! Tonight we’re talking about: government failures! Multiple realities! Elephants in the White House! Sad dads!Baby love! Limits and curation! Roadblockers! Plus we unveil our new mantra: a life more ordinary!

    Your Disappointment Is My Hat Full of Bees: Dad Jeans 107

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 74:10


    Tonight we’re talking about Glenn Steadman! Halloween with children! The misery of the Sopwith Camel! Midsommar!  The impossibility of breakfast! David Foster Wallace! Derailers! Stocks! Bonds! Blood diamonds!

    Firing Seagulls at Bottle Rockets: Dad Jeans 106

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2019 47:44


    Tonight we're talking about whatever.

    Out of the Cave: Dad Jeans 105

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2019 72:21


    Tonight we’re talking about Ian Dury & the Blockheads! Taking women seriously! Pop in the sauna! Soybeans! Johnny Tremaine! Hanging with Tanya Donnelly! Surprise visits! Dandelion art! Hushed conversations!

    The Dark Episode: Dad Jeans 104

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2019 106:37


    Tonight we’re coming to you completely unedited to talk about mini-disc ice breakers! Eight Is Enough! The treasonous Mr. Barr! Taking a stand against hunger and weapons! Dad recommendations! F**king cancer!

    LoPoGueNi—Local Podcast Guesting Night w/ Chris Baty: Dad Jeans 103

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 86:30


    Tonight the Dads are joined by Very Special Guest Chris Baty, founder of National Novel Writing Month a/k/a NaNoWriMo! Learn about what it takes to start a national movement! Bask in the accumulated wisdom of three dads just trying their best to get through the day! Learn more about NaNoWriMo at: https://www.nanowrimo.org/.

    Occidental Jeans: Dad Jeans 102

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 68:28


    Tonight we meet at Occidental College in praise of Avery Brooks! Indie pop mixes! Skiing adventures! Sad dads! Schitt’s Creek! Terrible child musicians! Aggressive intactness! Download Jeffrey’s indiepop mix at http://jeffreydinsmore.com/welcome-to-the-jangle-what-i-learned-from-pop/ pw: 1nd1ep0p

    Same Dad, New Jeans: Dad Jeans 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 82:52


    Welcome to Season 4! This week we’re talking about: horse children! Marathon mania! The Brothers Gibb! Conservative MAGA punks! The real story being the pee tape! Shooting dirty looks at kids!

    You Did Good, Dad: Dad Jeans 100

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 73:59


    Jeffrey here. Episode 100 is not the jolly celebration we had been anticipating because something unbelievable and awful happened to me in the last week that I needed to talk about with Brendan. Thank you for listening & we love you all.

    Scurillous Old White Men of Privilege: Dad Jeans 99

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2018 75:12


    Tonight we’re talking about deplorable men! Heroic women! Listening to our own advice! Conference call etiquette! The 8 elements of worldview! With a special call from American treasure Zoram Chamblad!

    Time Hobos: Dad Jeans 98

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018 86:39


    It’s been a long, strange summer, but we’re back in the filthy garage to talk about: StoryCorps! Time vises! Rear Window vacation! Emmy robberies! Kavanaughnsense! Crying in softball! Men problems!

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