Dad's Daily Diary: the Best Bits
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Show overview
Dad's Daily Diary: the Best Bits has published 15 episodes during 2026. That works out to roughly 2 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 7 min and 9 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 15 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Dad.
From the publisher
Think David Sedaris or Alan Bennett and you've got the style of this podcast: a weekly selection from my daily blog, Dad’s Daily Diary, at https://threeflats.wordpress.comA journal recounting the absurdities of everyday life. An AI analysis likened it to the sort of thing the two authors previously mentioned might write which just shows you how much you cannot trust technology.At its heart, it remains a private, personal account which just happens to be on the internet...
Latest Episodes
Weekly Stories: A Tale of Two Theatres & Bee-ing in Pain
Cracking Up & Feeling Wuff - the best bits from this week
A Note-able Meeting & Let The Record State
Channels of Communication & Headaches and Harmony
Digging, Ducks and Distance & Ctrl, Alt, Delete
S1 Ep 10Keyed Up Artwork & Cross Words and Coffee
Keyed Up Artwork explains why my middle son was so grateful for me spending over the odds on a piece of original art.Cross Words and Coffee explains why a smell in the kitchen is stopping me finishing my crossword.Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.comI wrote everything you here including the music...
S1 Ep 9A Boy and His Bike & Mr Stevens and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
A Boy and His Bike is about why my walk home was delayed by a very unfortunate situation.Mr Stevens and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is about what I get up to when 'Mr Stevens' has a service.Both were taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.comI wrote all the words and all the music too...
S1 Ep 8Cutting Remarks & Bonkers Banking
Cutting Remarks involves me telling a Brand New Joke after a certain amount of context.Bonkers Banking explains why a two minute process took nearly an hour to complete.Both are taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.comI also composed and performed the music.
S1 Ep 7Wine, Woman and Song & Son Shine
Wine, Woman and Song talks about an unusual event - me being sociable.Son Shine is about how one of my boys got me through a tricky day.Both are taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.comThe music is mine too...
S1 Ep 6Another Day in Paradise & Couples' Therapy
Another Day in Paradise is an account of what happened in the office when Important People Turned Up.Couples' Therapy explains why my car stopped talking to me last week.Both were taken from my daily blog www.threeflats.wordpress.comAnd it's my music too...
S1 Ep 5The Cult of Mum & Playing Tag
The Cult of Mum describes mum's attempts to convert people to her way of doing laundry.Playing Tag is about how I tried to mess around with an algorithm on my blog.Both the above were taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.comEverything you heard was written by me - including the music.
S1 Ep 4Holiday Typewriter & The Best Laid Plans...
Holiday Typewriter is about what I got up to in a hotel room before collecting my son for a visit.The Best Laid Plans follows directly and is about what went wrong...Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.comI wrote and played the music too.
S1 Ep 3Brain, Brain, Go Away & Pots, Pub and Pain
Brain, Brain, Go Away is about the weird things that my brain does to me both asleep and awake.Pots, Pub and Pain is my Friday diary entry with a warning about the dangers of floss harps.Both are taken from my daily blog at www.threeflats.wordpress.com The music is mine - I wrote it and that's me playing it too.
S1 Ep 2Lies, Damn Lies & Smiling Through the Tears
Lies, Damn, Lies is a post about the stupidity of statistics.Smiling Through the Tears is all about my relationship with my son and my dad.Both are taken from my daily blog available at https://threeflats.wordpress.comThe music is composed and performed by me too.
S1 Ep 1The Wisdom of Yoof
An introduction to the podcast: the cast, the reason it exists, and the first story about the perils of using AI if you're old school like me.It really is based on a daily blog that has been running since January 2018. https://threeflats.wordpress.comThe music is written and performed by me too.