Real Conversations About Losing Your Dad — No Filter

The Conversations Nobody Else Is Having

Most grief content sounds like it was written by someone who has never actually cried in a hardware store. Dead Dads is different. Hosted by Roger Nairn and Scott Cunningham — both of whom have lost their own fathers — the podcast goes straight to the stuff that actually happens after your dad dies: the paperwork marathons, the garage full of tools nobody knows what to do with, the password-protected iPad, and the grief that ambushes you on a random Tuesday afternoon.

As explored in "The Modern Man's Guide to Grief Podcasts: Why Raw Storytelling Beats Clinical Advice", the format that actually reaches men isn't a therapist reading from a script — it's two people talking honestly about shared experience. That's exactly what Dead Dads delivers, episode after episode.

What Each Episode Covers

No two episodes are the same, but every conversation orbits the real, unfiltered experience of losing a dad:

• The emotional stuff — grief triggers, the silence that follows loss, what to do when it hits you sideways
• The practical stuff — estate logistics, family dynamics, the endless bureaucratic aftermath of death
• Guest stories — real men sharing what happened when their dad died and how they're figuring out what comes next
• Dark humor — because sometimes the only way through is a well-timed laugh

Episodes That Represent the Show

In "He Got the Call… and Had to Tell His Family His Dad Was Dead", guest John Abreu walks through the moment he received the news and then had to sit his family down and say it out loud. In "If You're a Guy Who Lost His Dad… Listen to This", Greg Kettner talks about his own grief journey in the kind of detail most men never share publicly. And "What Happens After Your Dad Dies That No One Prepares You For" does exactly what the title promises.

The show described it best in its own words: "It's a show for men figuring out life without a dad — one uncomfortable, occasionally hilarious conversation at a time." If you've been looking for that conversation and couldn't find it, this is it.

Why Dead Dads Episodes Hit Different

Six things that make this podcast unlike any other grief resource you've tried.

• Hosted by Men Who've Been There — Roger Nairn and Scott Cunningham both lost their fathers. This isn't a show about grief — it's a show from grief. That difference is everything.
• No Clinical Scripts, No Forced Optimism — As "Why Clinical Grief Podcasts Fail Men (And Why Dark Humor Actually Works)" argues, prescriptive advice and hollow positivity don't reach men. Dead Dads skips both in favor of honest conversation.
• Real Guests with Real Stories — Every guest episode features someone with a genuine story — not a polished media bio. The show's own guest policy says it plainly: "No PR pitches. No polished bios. Just real people with real stories."
• Practical AND Emotional — Episodes don't choose between the logistics of loss and the feelings of it. You'll hear about password-protected iPads and what grief sounds like at 2am — sometimes in the same conversation.
• Available Everywhere You Listen — Dead Dads is on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, PocketCasts, Castbox, PlayerFM, and Podchaser. Start wherever you already listen.
• Browse by Topic — Not sure where to start? Episodes are browsable by category on the website, so you can find the conversation that matches exactly where you are right now.

What Listeners Are Saying

These are real reviews from men who found the show when they needed it most.

Dead Dads, By the Numbers

The show is available everywhere — and the community keeps growing.

9 Platforms

Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, PocketCasts, Castbox, PlayerFM, and Podchaser — wherever you already are.

2 Hosts, 1 Shared Experience

Roger Nairn and Scott Cunningham both lost their fathers. The show was born because they couldn't find the conversation they were looking for.

Real Guest Stories, Every Episode

From John Abreu to Greg Kettner, every guest is a real person with an unpolished, unfiltered story about losing their dad.

Topics That Actually Matter

Paperwork. Estate chaos. Grief triggers. Dark humor. The show covers all of it — because grief isn't just one thing.

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