As the summer starts to wind down, the Cast of Dads convened via the phone waves again to record another laughter-fill and educational podcast, “Orangutan Hang and the Olympics.” With just days to the start of the Summer Olympics 2012 in London, we believe we might have figured out another Olympic sport – the Orangutan Hang – but you will have to listen to the podcast to understand what it was all about.
Episode #53 ran the gamut of topics, anywhere from talking about DEET, West Nile Virus and popping mosquitos, to really enjoying Olympic warmups understanding driving distractions and memories of time past. For me, my thoughts were around an upcoming solo ballet performance of my oldest daughter in a fundraising gala hosted by the Dizzy Feet Foundation. As of the writing of this article, the gala has taken place and it was a huge success. For those of you who like So You Think You Can Dance, you might recognize the people below:
If you didn’t, they are Twitch, Allison and Lil’ C. And my daughter’s gala ticket was sponsored by Summer Glau:
Can you tell that I’m one proud daddy? That’s what being a dad is all about – helping your children achieve their dreams!
The Topics
Here are some of the topics we covered in Episode #53:
- Trying out Uberconference
- West Nile Virus worries?
- DEET
- Malaria dangers in Africa
- Minnesota mosquitoes are huge
- Have you ever popped a mosquito?
- The Olympics
- The Princess Bride
- Dizzy Feet Gala
- Mini-Cooper Countryman
- Texting and walking
- Lady falls in the fountain video
- Driving distractions
- Worry about kids driving vs. convenience of them having their license
- Grampa Sass
- Eddie Murphy Raw
- Huckapoo shirts
- Sexy track and field warm up
- Women boxers and pregnant shooters
- Need for parenting experts?
- Traits skip generations
- Doing the Orangutan Hang!
The Audio
As always, the full podcast is available on CastofDads.com and on iTunes. You can also listen to the podcast here: Cast of Dads – Episode #53 “Orangutan Hang and the Olympics”.
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Cast of Dads is a group of podcasting and blogging dads who gather to gab about fatherhood. The cast of dads includes C.C. Chapman , Jeffrey Sass , Max Kalehoff , Michael Sheehan , and Brad Powell , who collectively represent 13 kids from the youngest of babies to full grown adults. Each of them brings a unique perspective to being a father.
HTD says: Go Team USA!