Ira's own father, Barry Glass, co-hosts this special Father's Day show. Prologue: Ira talks with his father and co-host for this show, Barry Glass, about his own early days working in radio. (3 minutes) How the World Sees Your Father: LA writer/performer Sandra Tsing Loh discovers that a local rock band has recorded a song about her own father, wildly misinterpreting who he is. They think he’s a free spirit; she believes he’s a worried, miserly grump. She invites the band and her father into the studio to discuss it. (10 minutes) And If That Diamond Ring Don’t Shine: Ian Brown explains the lengths a normal dad will go to give his daughter a memorable birthday party, including a birthday stunt so crass that he and his wife shocked all of their friends. (12 minutes) Ian is the author of The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Journey to Understand his Extraordinary Son, and Sixty: A Diary: My Year of Aging Semi-Gracefully. The Moment Dad Left: Audio artist Jay Allison and writer Dan Robb present an audio montage on the moment Robb’s parents divorced. (11 minutes) Reconciling With Dad: Chicago playwright Beau O’Reilly talks about how he reconciled with his estranged father years ago by becoming an alcoholic just like him. (14 minutes)
Dad.
And what we're gonna do is we're gonna go through this thing, and they'll be stopping and starting.
Hello?
Yeah, I'm here.
Okay.
Hi.
Hi.
They'll be stopping and starting.
And if.
Basically, if you feel like saying anything you want over the course of this, it'll be better if you just jump in and say it.
Okay.
For Father's Day this year, it seemed fun to rerun this episode from the earliest days of our radio show.
This is an episode that I co hosted with my dad.
And this was made so long ago that my father, in this recording, he's the same age that I am right now in 2023, as I'm saying these words to you.
Okay?
So, dad, so you have the script.
I have the script.
And have you been practicing like crazy?
Can I hear just a little sample of you reading something?
Sure.