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Dead Dads is the podcast for men navigating life after losing their father — honest, occasionally dark-humored, and built by two guys who've been exactly where you are right now.
Listen NowWhen Roger Nairn and Scott Cunningham each lost their dads, they went looking for something real to hold onto. Not a five-stage framework. Not a therapist's pamphlet. Just someone who got it. They couldn't find that conversation — so they built it.
Dead Dads is a podcast for men who've lost their fathers and are figuring out what comes next. The stuff nobody prepares you for: the paperwork marathons, the garage full of things your dad swore he'd fix, the password-protected iPad, and the grief that blindsides you in the middle of a hardware store on a Tuesday afternoon. As Roger put it in the blog post "Why did we start Dead Dads?": "We started it because we couldn't find the conversation we were looking for."
This isn't a grief seminar. It's a conversation — raw, honest, and built around the experiences men actually have after losing a dad:
If any of that sounds familiar, you're in the right place. Episodes like "He Got the Call… and Had to Tell His Family His Dad Was Dead" (featuring guest John Abreu) and "If You're a Guy Who Lost His Dad… Listen to This" (featuring Greg Kettner) put real stories at the center — no polished bios, no PR pitches, just men talking honestly about one of the hardest things a person can go through.
The Dead Dads blog goes deeper on the specific experiences the show touches on. If you're in the immediate fog of fresh loss, posts like "The Day My Dad Died: An Honest Account of Those First Horrible Hours" and "After the Funeral: How to Build Real Support When Everyone Goes Home" speak directly to where you are right now. If you're wrestling with something harder to name — guilt, anger at your dead dad, the pressure to suddenly become the man of the house — pieces like "Why Being Pissed Off at Your Dead Dad Is Completely Normal" and "The Grief Guilt Trip: Why Feeling Bad About Your Relationship With Your Dad Is Normal" are worth your time.
Most grief resources are built for a clinical setting. Dead Dads is built for a conversation between two guys who've been there — and everyone else who has too.
Roger Nairn and Scott Cunningham both lost their fathers. They're not commentators on grief — they're living it alongside you. Every episode comes from that shared, personal place.
Paperwork. The garage. The password-protected iPad. The grief that hits you in a hardware store. Dead Dads covers the practical and emotional chaos that real men actually face — not the sanitized version.
Grief is heavy. Occasional dark humor doesn't make that less true — it makes it survivable. The show holds both: genuine vulnerability and the kind of laugh that only people who've been there will understand.
Every guest is a real person with a real story about losing their dad. The show's guest policy says it plainly: "No PR pitches. No polished bios. Just real people with real stories."
Dead Dads is on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, PocketCasts, Castbox, PlayerFM, and Podchaser.
Leave a message about your dad. Suggest a guest. Read reviews from other men who found the show at exactly the right moment. You're not the only one going through this — and this is the place that proves it.
“Men don't usually talk about losing their dads. When they find Dead Dads, something shifts.”
"Great show and insight" — 5 stars
It's genuinely built for men. The hosts are men who lost their dads. The guests are men who lost their dads. The tone — honest, direct, occasionally dark-humored — reflects how men actually talk when they're not performing strength for someone else. Posts like "Man Up Is the Worst Advice You'll Get After Your Dad Dies" say it plainly: this show pushes back on the pressure to perform.
Not at all. Start by just listening. Most men find the show when they're not ready to talk — and listening to someone else's story is often the first step. When you're ready, you can leave a message about your dad, suggest a guest, or write a review. There's no pressure and no timeline.
That's most relationships. The show doesn't require that your dad was a hero. Guilt, anger, unfinished conversations, things left unsaid — all of it gets covered. The blog post "The Things I Regret Saying (and Not Saying) to My Dad" is a good place to start if that's where you are.
Completely normal, and the show says so directly. "Why Being Pissed Off at Your Dead Dad Is Completely Normal" is exactly what it sounds like. Grief is not a clean emotion, and Dead Dads doesn't pretend otherwise.
Pick any episode that matches where you are. The episode "What Happens After Your Dad Dies That No One Prepares You For" is a strong starting point. You can also browse episodes by topic on the website at deaddadspodcast.com. If reading is easier right now, the blog post "Why Standard Grief Advice Feels Useless When Your Dad Dies" cuts right to it.