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PODCAST

Dads on Books

Michael Walker & David Patrick

Dads on Books is a podcast hosted by David Patrick and Mike Walker. The 2 dads discuss books, focusing on those read by their children and sometimes revisiting titles from their own childhoods. The podcast showcases their personal connections to the books and how their perspectives have changed as parents.

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All Episodes

57:39

This is Alan Katz! Part Two!! With 3 (threee)...

Dads on Books ·

2026/04/13

And 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 stories about about legal name changes and identity confusion with other writer. (Don't worry, no one got hurt) Alan shares more of his writing rules inlcuding (but not limited to) "Everything you do, any job you pick, is going to involve wriitng." and "Keep creating. Keep being funny." And so much more!Speaking of funny, Alan,

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59:01

Will the real Alan Katz PLEASE, SIT DOWN!!!

Dads on Books ·

2026/04/06

Thanks for indulging our April Fool's Day episode. To make up for our silliness we went to the land of of Alan Katz, where David and Mike get a flat tire. While attempting to fix-a-flat, they maunder and then meander into a lengthy conversation with "THE" Alan Katz. Not to be confused with Allan Katz, or A L Katz, not even the Alien Katz webtoon, although I feel a sudden urge to hug my cats.

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5:49

It's the Alan Katz Show

Dads on Books ·

2026/03/30

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 realsies????Wheut?

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30:29

The Good, the Bad, and the Naked Crayons

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2026/03/23

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 the same city in the same house in the same room in the same chair—Okay, wait. That's a little weird. There were two chairs and two Dads, but one room. And many, many, many...many crayons. (And some more crayons.) And definitely check out our video because if you like listening to Mike and David, you’ll love watching

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30:10

A seriously nightmarish-esque case of stripes or...

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2026/03/16

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 Camilla's house replete with news, people, hotdog, vendors, and other shenanigans, chicanery, tomfoolery and silly high jinks.Warning: there is some darkness, and a touch of "the scary," but the story is so much fun and the art is beautiful, and filled with so many details that you discover more each time you return to the book.And

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29:33

Road Trip to Chuggington: Stinky the Skunk Smells of...

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2026/03/09

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 35 words. He talks about his “yes and life“ and how he deals with the “mad magazine voice" in his head“ that led him to a career in radio where he got to be wacky and crazy and learned from his good friend Jim Patterson to "throw a pie in their face and once you have their attention, say something smart.” Chris explains that

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30:22

Dads on Steins: Grabenstein, Frankenstein, Einstein,...

Dads on Books ·

2026/03/02

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 award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein. We get to the bottom of the meaning and pronunciation of his name (nom de plume); how he writes; and how his writing was influenced by his experience in improv (back when he was Chris “The Banker” Grabenstein, chilling with Bruce “The Bartender” Willis and

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52:26

Ruby Bridges: Inspiring resilience since 1960

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2026/02/23

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 learned of her story through Fr. Mike’s (no relation) homily at his girls’ Catholic school, they decided to pick not one, but two books about Ruby Bridges to read and talk about: The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Colesand Through My Eyes: Ruby Bridges by Ruby Bridges And talk they do. In an episode where they aren't as wacky or

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31:12

George Washington: taking a bite out of life

Dads on Books ·

2026/02/16

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 wooden teeth? Neither did we. Did you know that he led the Continental army to win the Revolutionary War? We did, too. Just seeing if you’re paying attention. Good job.While this episode of Dads on Books is just as fun as all the other ones, we decided to celebrate Presidents’ Day with a little bit of learning and a whole lot of

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32:58

Pete the Cat is wearing a hat or Valentine’s Day is phat

Dads on Books ·

2026/02/09

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 hardware place and lightbulbs—the new college major and, one more thing... oh yeah! the book!!Pete the Cat--Valentine's Day is Cool has a lot of meaningful memories for Mike and his girls and none whatsoever for David's, but they both loved the book. In a role reversal, Mike actually has the book with a poster: missing, some

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29:47

Dan Yaccarino parte due (mille): Willa, Oswald,...

Dads on Books ·

2026/02/02

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. This time the Dads and the Dan talk about stories, books (The Luna Sisters) and of course, mid-century modern. Even though they post every Monday, they read and talked about Every Friday. They laughed, they cried, they promised not to pretend to cry. We finally get to the bottom of why Dan does what he does and digs what he

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29:49

Dan Yaccarino on Sorrento, Piccolo, and Jacques...

Dads on Books ·

2026/01/26

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 had so much fun, this is only part one!Dan and the Dads talk about Dan's latest book, Piccolo and its celebration of Dan's Italian heritage and its themes of putting others before yourself and the importance of gelato. That's Italian for ice cream. They also discuss I Am a Story, An Octopus Followed Me Home, The Undersea Life of

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30:15

Danny's Doodles of poodles and oodles of noodles (Karen)

Dads on Books ·

2026/01/19

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 think— plus other fun stuff in a book, that’s oddly doodly, oodly, feudily, silly billy, and even a touch serious.They’ve got everything! There’s mismatched socks, a string diet where even the tuna is stringy, unevenly short pants, and sensible shoes (sensible black shoes, I can't trust this writer at all, can I?), and David and

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28:59

Danny and the Danuary Dinosaur

Dads on Books ·

2026/01/12

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 fluctuates from "row-house sized" to "lamp-post thin". The Dads explore the Syd Hoff-ance—the 27-year gap between sequels—and David’s 2055 "heaven" debut. They close with "killer" jokes about —nope, note telling and still not telling. Happy reading!

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27:47

The Going to Bed Book: Good sleep habits thru...

Dads on Books ·

2026/01/05

Mike and David have a rockin’ conversation about Sandra Boynton’s Going to Bed Book. WARNING: The animals do something CRAZY before going to bed!! You were warned. And they will they will rock you(r kids to sleep)! Mike and David deal with grammactical (sic) errors, math is hard, and politics? (No). There's also an epiphany about a hippo—hippiphany?—about who—whom?!—is brushing their teeth. No buts about it, these animals are wild! If you liked this episode, check out these:Who was Laura

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33:11

THE Sleepover From the Black Lagoon and exactly...

Dads on Books ·

2025/12/29

In our first ever year-end wrap up, Mike and David talk about a book they didn’t necessarily love, but then discovered that they loved a lot about it and then discovered in an epiphany kinda way that they DO like it as David did some inadvertent research. Mike and David's neologism du semaine: (new word of the week): Millustrations!Speaking of which, it's a great book for encouraging young boys to read because there are a ton (millions?) of very fun illustrations. Check it out. And if you

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28:15

The Story of the Wooden Coin, and a Couple of...

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2025/12/22

Lots of fun as the Dads talk about The Story of the Wooden Coin, our first Christmas book—well, the first Christmas book at Christmas time. David dances on rhythm whatever that means; Mike chose the Hanukkah book, so, naturally, since David is Catholic, Mike chooses the Christmas book—wait, what?! Also, it’s our second episode in a row to reference Lake Placid 1980. A season of Miracles. Warning! There might be some verklemption (verklempting?) and other issues with no tissues.If you liked

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27:49

All About Hanukkah, Channukah, AND Khanukkah

Dads on Books ·

2025/12/15

In our first holiday episode—well, at least our first episode on a book about a holiday around the same time that the holiday that the book is about falls—anyway here’s our first book about Hanukkah: All about Hanukkah by Judyth Groner and Madeline Wikler, illustrated by Kinny Kreiswirth. Everything you wanted to know about Hanukkah and so much more! Among other things, David doesn't start at the beginning and eventually figures it out. Mike learns the origin story of a scene that David did

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29:39

Good Night Gorilla, don't monkey around while...

Dads on Books ·

2025/12/08

Holy carp! this is our 30th episodeand at this moment we have 988 listens!!Mike and David return to short books—board books even!—with Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann, and they are so excited about good and night being two words and the comma in the title!!The Dads discuss the nods to Goodnight Moon including the ever-present mouse and the ever-present, or almost always ever-present balloon and other mysteries and controversies.The chat? Mike comes clean, David learns he’s been

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45:18

Carbles Marbles, Castro's Astros

Dads on Books ·

2025/12/01

We get to part two of our conversation with My Weird School series (and many many other silly and some not silly books) Dan Gutman. Our surprise guest shows up. Will we find Dr. Carbles? Or his marbles? Take a listen and find out.Bonus stuff: Dan’s writing tips for young (and old) aspiring writers:Start with “what if?” and add imagination. What if Castro became an Astro?Get ‘em with the first sentence. Regarding drafts: “pretend to be somebody else while reading what you wrote.“Put the

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