David Patrick
Read books to his kids. Rereads them and talks to Mike about them. And has a lot of other interesting things about him, but Mike wasn't sure what he wanted said about him. Peace out. Stay in scene.
Appears in 55 Episodes
Out of the Dust, another episode, another classic, another opening, another show
Mike and David turn to a classic, Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, an historical novel set in the Oklahoma panhandle during the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression. D...
Rip Van Winkler, or the one where Fonzie takes a quick nap
Our very first episode of our very second season!!!There's so much in this episode, that we don't know where to begin. The beginning? Why not? David discovers that the...
Pimples of the Goosiest Kind, or Goosebumps & Monster Blood by R'L Stine
How do we start the last episode of our first season? With our first RL Stein book: Goosebumps: Monster Blood!Is it the first or the third or the 30th of the Goosebump...
Mysteries and Dogs: Pink Piggy and Stories and Squeeze Toys
Mike and David have a wonderful conversation with author Linda Harkey award winning writer of many wonderful books from Story Monsters. The Dads talk about her latest ...
Who's next on the Stinky, Slimey, Moldy Train?
Mike and David sure love stinky books and books with slime mold, so Stink and the Attack of the Slime Mold by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds is the m...
Each Peach Parent—Pear Plum Fee Fi Fo Fum!!
In another Back to the Basics (and Board Books) or BB(BB) episode, Mike and David dish on one of David's favorites, Each Peach Pear Plum. Mike's opinion? "It's one o...
This is Alan Katz! Part Two!! With 3 (threee) exclamation points!!!
zAnd now part two of our talk with Alan Katz, author, poet, father, and really awesome guy.There's more jokes and what if we talked a poem called, "What If" and fun st...
Will the real Alan Katz PLEASE, SIT DOWN!!!
Thanks for indulging our April Fool's Day episode. Now back to the real stuff with the real Alan Katz, author of 1 or 2 or 52 books, and, to quote Alan, "twelve of the...
It's the Alan Katz Show
WHOLEY COW, BATMAN! THIS COW SMELLS LIKE...Fill in the blank for a chance to be live with Clean Slate Dave.... & Mike.Ut oh... Spagetios???OMG]]OMG.. is this for real...
The Good, the Bad, and the Naked Crayons
We are fresh off a St. Patrick's Day Eve recording of The Day the Crayons Quit in our first episode where Mike and David are in the same continent in the same state in...
A seriously nightmarish-esque case of stripes or Camilla Cream and her Lima Beans
This episode has it all! Stripes: the two dads read about them, they talk about them, David even wears them. There are specialists, experts, the carnival outside Camil...
Road Trip to Chuggington: Stinky the Skunk Smells of Lemoncello, Part toot
We had so much fun with Chris Grabenstein, we had to split it in to two parts! Chris regales us with tales from his book The Crossroads, and how he can tell a story in...
Dads on Steins: Grabenstein, Frankenstein, Einstein, and other Stinky Stories
DoB welcomes our third author and first non-daughter, non-Dan guest! None other than the perfectly paraphrasing prosaist of Ms. Pennypickle’s Puzzle Quest multiple awa...
Ruby Bridges: Inspiring resilience since 1960
Mike and David are moved by the inspiring story of Ruby Bridges, a six year old, black girl who was integrated into New Orleans public schools in 1960.After David lear...
George Washington: taking a bite out of life
Did you know that George Washington had fake teeth? We did, too. Did you know it was a problem his entire adult life? Neither did we. Did you know he didn’t have woode...
Pete the Cat is wearing a hat or Valentine’s Day is phat
In their very first Pete the Cat episode, Mike and David talk and talk and talk about being home alone—aaaaaaaarrrrg!!!—and snow and sleds and Ace the friendly hardwar...
Dan Yaccarino parte due (mille): Willa, Oswald, Every Friday, and friends
Mike and David are such fans of the Dans, especially Dan Yaccarino author of Piccolo, they had to split their awesome, fun, super conversation in two—due!—episodes. Th...
Dan Yaccarino on Sorrento, Piccolo, and Jacques Cousteau, parte uno
Mike and David continue their celebration of Danuary with their second author guest Dan Yaccarino which means all of their guests are either daughters or Dans. They ha...
Danny's Doodles of poodles and oodles of noodles (Karen)
In our continuing celebration of "DANUARY!!!", Mike and David discuss Danny and Danny’s Doodles— which turn out to be not quite as doodly or noodley as you might thin...
Danny and the Danuary Dinosaur
Mike and David struggle with the calendar but successfully locate Danny and the Dinosaur in David’s attic, aka Narnia. This "50sy" classic features a dinosaur that flu...