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Nikki Bon’s absentee, rock and roll, space cadet dad has just come back into her life. So now she has to try and teach him how to be a father. This is a podcast documenting comedian Nikki Bon and Bobby, the retired drummer, as they attempt to mend their relationship. For the first time ever Nikki confronts Bobby and the two hash out their issues, make up for lost times and do all the things Bobby missed out on. In hopes that he will learn how to be a dad. This podcast is intended to be a guide for parents in similar situations to better understand their child, have a stronger long distant relationship and not make the same mistakes he did. Will Nikki be able to turn Bobby from drummer to dad? Here’s a clue. She still has abandonment issues.
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Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020
50 min
Bobby has never had to censor himself in front of a child before, so there are a few things he doesn’t quite understand and this episode is FULL of them.
Welcome to the part of the podcast where my distant dad justifies calling me sexy because of my career (sadly, not a joke), quotes Kung Fu Panda, continues to chew Nicorette into the microphone and gets weirdly philosophical… again. But guys, I swear Bobby’s not creepy.
Lesson number one for how to be a dad: don’t call your daughter sexy under any circumstance. If you take only one thing away from this episode, let it be that. Distant dads all around the world it’s time to learn what you can and can’t do when hanging out with your child—hint, it’s nothing like hanging out with your kids. This list includes:
- Calling your daughter sexy
- Hot, yeah that’s also out of bounds
- Saying anything that you save for your girlfriend
- Having naked photos of women out when your kids are around
- Watching films that are inappropriate for their age
- Dating someone who’s younger than your daughter
- Bedroom-related comments, kids don’t need to hear that
It’s not that long of a list but you might want to grab a pen for this one. Dad’s this is a great one if you want to know how to communicate with your daughter. If you find yourself getting into sticky situations and starting out-of-bound conversations, then it’s time for you to tune in.
Bobby and I are on a long journey where I teach him how to be a father. Not just for ourselves but for all of the distance dads and their daughters out there. If you’re looking to rebuild your father-daughter relationship, this is an episode you need to listen to.
Want to read the emails that we talk about but were too vulnerable to share on the podcast? Sign up to our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nikkibon.
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Whether it be advice you need, advice for us or questions you think we should ask each other, we want to hear from you ! E-mail us what you would like to hear or activity ideas whoadadpodcast@gmail.com.
Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020
42 min
My dad has just arrived in L.A. and we're about to spend the most amount of time together we have in our life—one week. He's 65, I'm 33, and we haven't spent more than five days together. This could be a disaster.
See, Bobby wasn't around most of my life—he's a rock n'roll drummer (need I say more)—and for most of my life we’ve had an awkward, distant, pretty much non-existent relationship. He was an absent father. But a few years ago my friend's dad passed away and it made me realize how much I didn’t know about my dad and that I wanted to change that.
This isn’t the first time we’ve tried to re-establish our father-daughter relationship—but we’re ready to try again. However, I’ve come to realize that he’s jumping into fatherhood at 65 and needs a little help. I’m going to have to teach him how to be a dad. And I figured why not document this journey?
This episode is all about the history of our father-daughter relationship. We’re heading back in time to discuss some of my childhood memories and how Bobby remembers them. He’s sharing his insights into our early relationship and talking about what he would do differently if he could go back now. It’s an interesting comparison—his memory versus mine.
We’re covering the time that I felt like my dad really saw me, my young adult belief that my identity was that I didn’t have a relationship with my dad and how getting information out of him is like pulling teeth. Somehow we also manage to cover Bobby’s curly hair, Mr. Rogers (the HBO documentary and not the Tom Hanks version) and fake news? I might regret this decision...
They say parenting is a life-long journey, I think it's high time for Bobby to learn how to be a father, care to come along for the ride?
Not vulnerable enough for you? Want to support us on this journey? Sign up to Patreon to have access to our email correspondences that did a number on our relationship, videos, unedited eps and classic documented Bobby moments.
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Aug 23, 2020
Aug 23, 2020
1 min
Whoa, Dad! trailer with Nikki Bon and her dad, retired drummer Bobby Economou.