Digital Father: Fatherhood and Manhood in the 21st Century

TDD-018- The Daddy Dialogues Christmas Special

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:58:50 +0000

It’s a very special, not to be missed holiday show. Join Roland, Vinny, and their special guests for an outrageous holiday show!

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Best wishes to you and your families for a wonderful holiday season.

Thanks for listening!

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us feedback and we’ll include it in an upcoming episode of The Daddy
Dialogues. It’s easy:

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This show is brought to you by…

Vincent Green is a veteran Podcaster and provides professional podcast consulting services. You can also enjoy more of his opinions on family, marriage, technology and faith.

Roland Reinhart is a veteran marketing and advertising professional. Learn about his interactive marketing services or enjoy more of his parenting advice and inspiration.

TDD-017- Change!

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:19:51 +0000

Vinny and Roland discuss frustrations with politicians, CEOs, and
lousy Christmas gifts. Plus good gift ideas, favorite holiday movies,
comic memories and holiday safety tips.

Time Index:

[00:30] Post-election Thanksgiving hijinks.

[03:15] It’s a month since the elections, and the change that was so
hyped can’t come fast enough. We seem to be poorer than ever and the
prospects are getting worse. We talk about interesting solutions we’ve
heard.

[25:00] Listener feedback from Pete in Australia.

[27:45] Christmas/holiday gifts that suck.

[45:10] Holiday gifts that don’t suck.

[57:00] Favorite holiday movies.

[01:01:00] Memories of Opus, Bloom County, Calvin and Hobbes, Doonesbury

[01:06:00] Carbon monoxide and electric safety reminders

Links Mentioned:

Favorite holiday movies:

Best wishes to you and your families for a wonderful holiday season.

Thanks for listening!

Join our conversation…

We’d like to know what you think about the topics we discussed. Send
us feedback and we’ll include it in an upcoming episode of The Daddy
Dialogues. It’s easy:

You can leave a comment on the blog.
In the U.S., you can leave a voice message at (908) 344-5688.
You can also record your own message and upload an audio file at our official website:http://TheDaddyDialogues.com/contact

This show is brought to you by…

Roland Reinhart is a veteran marketing and advertising professional. Learn about his interactive marketing services or enjoy more of his parenting advice and inspiration.

Vincent Green is a veteran Podcaster and provides professional podcast consulting services. You can also enjoy more of his opinions on family, marriage, technology and faith.

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TDD-014 Scary Halloween Things, like Ghosts and Backups

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:57:49 +0000

Can you believe it’s time for Halloween already? Vinny and Roland talk about our
annual Halloween traditions, lamest costumes, favorite horror films, and the scariest thing of all, backing up your computer.

Start times:

[01:00] Backup strategies for Apple Mac owners

[11:30] Halloween discussion

Links mentioned:

Jungle Disk

Time Machine

SuperDuper

Amazon S3 - Simple Storage Service

Our Horror Movies Recommendations:

Tweens:

Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Abbot and Costello Meet the Monsters

Teens:

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Man With Two Brains

Young Frankenstein

Ghost Busters

Little Shop of Horrors

Chick-Flick:

Scream

Gaslight

Shawn of the Dead

Halloween I & II

Dracula (1979)

Psycho (1960)

The Birds (1963)

Dad-Core:

28 Days Later / 28 Weeks Later

Resident Evil

Cube

The Grudge

Dead Alive

Final Destination

Alien

The Amityville Horror

The Omen

I Know What You Did Last Summer

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TDD-013 Smugness

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:05:50 +0000

Mac users can be pretty smug, but not nearly as smug as Prius-driving Mac users. Vinny and Roland catch up on their PC vs Mac problems. Then these two Toyota Prius owners are going head-to-head about their hybrid car ownership experiences. We’ll break down how a hybrid works, driving habits, and real-world fuel mileage results. If you’re curious about buying a hybrid car, you’ll definitely want to listen to this conversation.

Hybrid conversation starts at 21:00.

Thanks for listening!

Links Mentioned:

WikiHow - tips for Prius owners
South Park “Smug Alert” — Watch what happens when the fine citizens of South Park start driving hybrid cars.

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TDD-012 Vacations, Staycations and Bad Behavior. Oh My!

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:16:55 +0000

Back from summer vacations and stay-cations. Vinny and Roland catch
up on summer family outings and new ways of handling bad behavior.

Plus, listener feedback from Steve in Roanoke, IL in the United States and Pete from FreakedoutFathers.com in Seaford, Victoria, Australia.

Next episode: Thinking of buying a hybrid car? Well
these two Toyota Prius owners are going head-to-head about their hybrid
car ownership experiences. We’ll break down how a hybrid works, driving
habits, and real-world fuel mileage results. If you’re curious about
buying a hybrid, you’ll want to hear this conversation in two weeks.

Thanks for listening!

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TDD-011 - Our Favorite Movies Based On Comic Books

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:52:19 +0000

Vinny from the Digital Father Podcast and Roland from the Bad Dad Podcast proudly present: The Daddy Dialogues. Candid Conversations about being a father, a husband, and a man.Our bi-weekly chats are getting ridiculously long. This will most likely be the last of our nearly hour-long episodes. We’ll be forcing ourselves back to the half hour format.

Flix Picks…

Our personal recommendations by age group.

	Vinny	Roland
Toddlers-Tweens:	N/A	Batman (1965)
[07:08] Teens	The League of Extraordinary Gentleman (2003)Spider-man (2002) Fantastic Four (2005)	Catwoman (2004)Barb Wire (1996) It’s Casablanca set in the not too distant future. Honestly! With big breasts and lots of stuff getting blown up. Okay, maybe these are based on repressed adolescent teen boy fantasies. But Pamela Anderson really plays the role by Humphrey Bogart.
[16:45] Chick Flick	Superman - The Movie (1978)	Spider-man (2002)
[25:15] Dad-core	Unbreakable (2000)	Hellboy (2004)Sin City (2005)
[38:00] Avoid These Stinkers:	Mars Attacks (2005)Supergirl (1984) Batman and Robin (1997) “There are nipples on the Bat suit” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Transformers (2007)Judge Dredd (1995) Daredevil (2003) The Phantom (1997)

[48:40] Celebrity Comic Book Baby Name Trivia

Next episode: Thinking of buying a hybrid car? Well these two Toyota Prius owners are going head-to-head about their hybrid car ownership experiences.

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TDD-010 - Baseball Safety or Weenie-fication of Our Youth? Plus Summer Safety Tips

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:51:13 +0000

Vinny from the Digital Father Podcast and Roland from the Bad Dad Podcast proudly present: The Daddy Dialogues. Candid Conversations about being a father, a husband, and a man.

Our bi-weekly chats are getting ridiculously long. Latest came in at two hours. (We just can’t seem to shut up.) So we’re breaking this up into two episodes:

This episode:
- [02:00] We recap our respective Father’s Days.
- [10:30] Roland’s big honkin’ green middle finger get him into trouble.
- [17:00] Painting woes yield fighting blues.
- [18:20] Do you answer your cell phone during church service?
- [20:25] How kid-friendly is your church?
- [27:00] We talk about being an overprotective parent; and opposing views on how much safety equipment is too much. Are we turning our kids into weenies?
- [51:00] Essential summer safety tips from LittleLeague.org:
  - Sun, sunscreen, shade - “Drink early, drink often”
  - Watch for storms: “If You See It, Flee It. If You Hear It, Clear It.”
    Go into enclosed building. If no building, go in car with windows rolled up.
    Wait 30 minutes before returning to play after last sign of lightning activity in your area.
Next episode, we’ll be sharing movie recommendations for Comic book adaptation to the big screen.

After that, we’ll get stricter about getting the episode down to thirty minutes — we promise!

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TDD-009 - Movie Theater Money Saving Tips; “Epic” Movie Suggestions

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:48:37 +0000

Vinny from the Digital Father Podcast and Roland from the Bad Dad Podcast proudly present: The Daddy Dialogues. Candid Conversations about being a father, a husband, and a man.

[Start time 10:00] Vinny needs to mow his lawn with one of these bad boys.

[15:00] Taking the family to the movie theater.

[19:00] Covert tips for saving money when taking the family to the movies.

[30:00] What’s your fondest movie memory?

This Episodes Flix Picks Theme: “Epic”

[Start time 35:00] Our personal recommendations by age group.

	Vinny	Roland
Toddlers-Tweens:	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)	N/A
Teens:	Return of The Jedi (1983) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)	Treasure Island (1950)
Chick-flix:	Gone with the Wind (1941)	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Dad-core:	Tora, Tora, Tora (1970)	The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (2004)
Honorable mentions:	The Ten Commandments (1956) Gladiator (2000) Midway (1976) Ben Hur (1959) The Magnificent Seven (1960) 300 (2007) A Bridge Too Far (1977) The Longest Day (1962) Glory (1989) The Alamo (2004)

Next episode, we’ll be sharing recommendations for Comic book adaptation to the big screen. Email your suggestion or record a voice message by June 16, 2008.

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Digital Father 39- Happy Anniversary Baby

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:50:13 +0000

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Father’s Day is coming: What are you getting him? Sex and marriage issues, and a few technical issues resolved.

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TDD-008 - Don’t Hose Your Wives House on Mother’s Day

digitalfather@worldofbernie.com (Vinny Green) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:14:47 +0000

Vinny from the Digital Father Podcast and Roland from the Bad Dad Podcast proudly present: The Daddy Dialogues. Candid Conversations about being a father, a husband, and a man.

[Start time 01:45] Vinny talks about overzealous music judges and how wonderful children can respond.

[Start time 03:40] Roland’s house is the only one in the
neighborhood with it’s very own port-o-potty on the lawn. Neighbors are
jealous.

[Start time 07:00] The dads discuss internet access woes and the joys of fiber optic broadband.

Home Topic: Property Safety

[Start time 10:15] Vinny and Roland discuss recent property damage
resulting from tree collapses their property. Vinny shares great
information about insurance for home disasters, especially about what’s
typically covered and what isn’t.

Links mentioned:

[Start time 24:00] As your family begins to spend more time outside,
be sure to evaluate your property for safety hazards. Roland tells how
his ten year old BBQ grill became engulfed in flames while making
Mother’s Day meal. Remember to always keep handy a functioning fire
extinguisher specifically for grease fires.

This Episodes Flix Picks Theme: “Baseball”

[Start time 30:00] Our personal recommendations by age group.

	Vinny	Roland
Toddlers-Tweens:	Angels in the Outfield (1994)	Everyone’s Hero (2006)
Teens:	The Sandlot (1993)	The Bad News Bears (1976)
Chick-flix:	The Natural (1984)	Bull Durham (1988)
Dad-core:	Eight Men Out (1988)	Field of Dreams (1989)
Honorable mentions:	The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) Grand Slam DVD Giftset (Bull Durham / Eight Men Out / The Jackie Robinson Story / The Pride of the Yankees) The Pride of the Yankees (1943) Hardball (2001)	Damn Yankees (1958) The Rookie (2002) Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns (1994) Major League (1989)

Next episode, we’ll be sharing recommendations for Epic Adventure movies. Email your suggestion or record a voice message by Wednesday, May 28, 2008.

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