Part Time Nerds Full Time Dads: Recent Episodes
Mike Laidman and Kris Blonski
We're Mike Laidman and Kris Blonski - two dads that also happen to be nerds! We certainly aren't experts but we're open to sharing our experience with other nerdy dads out there in the interest of keeping our kids alive!
The Dads go over their weekend experiences before diving into the MASSIVE twitch leak that occurred. Finally they take a hard turn into a deep discussion on emulation and whether they like it or not.
The Dads deep dive into the Facebook Whistleblower story and once again want to remind you that Facebook is a bad thing. Also, we talk about our kids.
We get some unsatisfactory results from the Activision Blizzard lawsuit, get really depressed about Social Media, and then mope about the new Mario Brothers movie! Wow!
The latest in YouTube vs Twitch, China's crazy new plan to control their youth's gaming habits, and good luck ever buying consoles and graphics cards until 2023
The Dads follow up with a lot of continuing stories and then throw in some new ones just for laughs
If you secretly hate the dad and kid stories, you're going to have to skip all the way ahead to minute 38 of this episode!
The Dads actually get an opportunity to see each other without children! We barely discuss that but it's so monumental that it has to be highlighted somehow!
The Dads stray from their usual light-hearted topics to discuss a very serious problem in the gaming world.
We deep dive into the world of Potty Training and Valve's new Steam Deck in this episode!
Happy Birthday to Kris! The Dads discuss the festivities surrounding the big day and then dive into the potentially disappointing Nintendo Switch reveal!
The Dads actually saw each other in person for the first time in 2021. Then they talk about Windows 11 for 30 minutes.
Seeing as it was fathers day, make sure to wish the Dad's a happy fathers day on our Twitter or Facebook @ptnerdsftdads
Mike is back! In our longest episode yet, the Dad's deep dive on the recent Apple announcements, E3, and a variety of smaller tech topics!
She's back for a record breaking 4th time! Topics of discussion are Tiffany's side of the new baby story, the latest Ben news, and then discussion about a parenting book that has been particularly helpful
The Dads have a healthy talk about the struggles of parenting a toddler, the drama surrounding the "alternate" Blippi, Mike's exciting new smart house purchases, Netflix gaming, and mobile gaming.
And we also talk an incredible amount of time about poutine. I guess we are Canadian afterall!
Kris is back with a bigger family and less sleep than ever before. Mike gets his shots and has to pack up his entire house. Apple vs Epic is exactly as nerdy as you expected.
Kris is off on a one-week maternity leave so in his place father of the year winner (contested) 2018, 2019, and 2020 and friend of the show Nykolai takes over!
One week to go before baby number two arrives, the dads talk about what on earth they're going to do next week. Mike shares a story about glasses. Kris talks Apple and then talks Blizzard!
The Dads talk about real actual parenting for a change before shifting gears and talking about Sony reversing their PS3 decision. Finally, Kris goes off the deep end in his love for NASA and all things space
The Dads get this train back on the track this week and discuss actual tech topics in addition to gabbing about their kids.
Listen, words can't encapsulate how badly this episode falls off the rails the further in you get
We got quite the episode for you this week! Corrections cul-de-sac makes it's triumphant return, we do a tech lightning round, and Elon Musk declares himself Tecknoking. Just another Thursday!
Celebrate our 125th episode by listening to us completely disregard and ignore the milestone!
Listen in as the dads completely disregard the podcast to just have a good ol' man to man chat about life in general
Ask yourself, what would it be like to be banned from 80% of the internet? Probably bad.
The dads talk about their kids and holiday adventures for the near entirety of the episode and then squeeze in some tech news just to pretend that they care.
The Dads have a chat about the dumpster fire that was 2020 and wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!
In the second longest episode ever, the dads cover a crazy week in tech! From Apples insanely priced headphones to the MASSIVE DisneyPlus news dump, there's definitely something for everyone in this episode!
As we celebrate another podcast milestone for Mike, the dads do another grab bag episode and finish it up with a discussion about a foldable device they are actually interested in!
The Dads have been building up dozens of small 2 minute topics and this is the episode in which they barf them all out.
The Dads do a quick charity review, proceed to jump the shark, and then delve into the deep dark depths of Mike's love affair with the PS5
The Dads hosted their podcast live during Extra Life this weekend and this is what the results were!
In this rant filled episode the dads tackle controversial topics like: Spoilers! Daylight savings time! Anti-consumer practices! Bad Venture Capital Choices!
The terrible twos have set in, William's big boy bed, Ben's a big helper, lets talk about Jackbox Games 7, Facebook's streaming service, and finally should streamers pay to stream the games?
Kris is filling this out in the morning and doesn't have time to listen to the episode and pick out the topics!
The Dads talk about Canadian Thanksgiving plans, if Prime Day was actually any good this year, the very popular PS5 teardown video, and finally Kris rambles for a long time about the latest Apple Event featuring the iPhone 12
A bit of a grab bag this week; the dads discuss the latest COVID rules in their home province, some fun new kid stories, go on a tangent about child edutainer Blippi, and then get into the latest and greatest tech news from the 2020 Google Event
In this episode, Mike talks about his family outing to get COVID tests, we talk about some actual honest to goodness TV and movie news, and then just dip our toe back into gaming when we talk about Amazon's new Luna streaming service
In this wall to wall episode the dads have so many topics that they actually had to cut some!
STRIKE FIRST, STRIKE HARD, NO MERCY. Also huge Xbox news. Oh, and PC Graphics Card news.
Be DAZZLED by the kid stories. Be TANTALIZED by the OnlyFans sidebar conversation. Be INFORMED by the discussion surrounding the Mario Bros 35th Anniversary releases. Be HAPPY for another episode of the podcast!
Thank you to all our listeners for sticking with us for 100 episodes! We're just as shocked as you that we made it this far and here's to another 100!
The Dads talk about life without Air Conditioning, replacing all their kitchen appliances, have sleepover parties, then talk about something they haven't talked about in months: Movies!
The Dad's discuss the latest dramas in their kids' lives, Halo is DELAYED, would you buy a console without any games, and then the biggest news in gaming in a very long time: Epic Games vs Apple.
We're back and paying attention to our audio inputs! The Dads discussion Kris' weekend vacation to Sherkston, the latest video game craze that is Fall Guys, all the new updates with Xbox and PS5, and then finally the latest phone from Google: Pixel 4A
August 6th, a day that will live in infamy, the podcast was suddenly and deliberately attacked by system settings and Windows 10 of the empire of Mike's computer. Mike was at peace with the empire, looking towards continued peace in the basement.
After running through some weekend plans and what the kids are up to, the Dads dive into the Xbox Games reveal that happened on July 23rd.
The Dads discuss their birthdays and how practical gifts are all the rage, walks with friends, Ben learning home maintenance skills, and upping the sass. Irrational kids make an appearance as the Dad's realize the terrible twos are very real. Mike finis
Happy Birthday to Kris! The Dads discuss the festivities surrounding the big day, finally wearing out Ben, Henry being a genius, spaghetti hugs, scooter crashes, wasp drama, and then finally discuss the PS5 price leaks!
Mike discusses the unfortunate news in the Laidman Family this week, then the Dad's talk about glasses and getting laser eye surgery. Of course we also have the latest and great child stories and then finish up with some Last of Us Part 2 discussions.
The Dads are back, fresh from celebrating themselves during Fathers Day. They dive into their individual days then talk about the surprising news of Mixer shutting down operations coming in July. Then Kris takes over the podcast and talks about the late
Mike explains what taking a vacation during Quarantine is like, Kid stories are harder to come by nowadays, and then lets face it the Dads talk about the PS5 for the majority of the episode!
We cram in a stunning amount of family and kid news this week; so much that we're not going to list it all! Then the Dads talk about their recent video game purchases: C&C Remastered and Minecraft Dungeons.
Kris goes back to the office this week, Jackbox games night retrospective, Dante Updates, Why did we have kids again?, and the latest SpaceX news!
The final COVID Chronicles mini-series show is upon us! Listen in amazement as the dads talk about their children, how Mike breaks Kris' heart by quitting Doom, and then they talk about the latest Microsoft Surface Lineup!
This is basically a clip-show-esque episode with 15,000 different topics over 45 minutes! Enjoy!
In this happy episode the kids learn some new acrobatic tricks, become addicted to video game music, what happened on Mothers Day, Kris gets Gigabit internet, and then the Dad's talk about hosting a Podcast Games Night!
A rare warm day brings the dads out of hibernation as they head outside for the weekend! The kids have some new tricks up their sleeves and then the dads talk PC Gaming!
The Dad's share their struggles with parenting burnout as their kids get bored and desire more entertainment. Then we swap war stories before talking about the Last of Us 2 leaks!
Play structures, headbutts, spit touching, WWE is essential, WWE fires everyone, the Dad's agree to try Stadia's free trial FOR YOU.
The Dads are so bored during the Quarantine that the podcast just keeps getting longer! Listen to us be fun and friendly friends.
We didn't have enough room in the title for the dozens of topics that we covered, each for 2 minutes a piece! It'll help pass the quarantine!
The Dads are back and talk about virtually socializing with friends and family, discuss how their kids love hanging out outside with the nice weather, and then how literally nothing is happening in the news that isn't Coronavirus related!
It's a new world out there and the Dad's share their stories on how things are different and how they're responding to life's new challenges. Then they talk Doom and gaming habits, and then talk about Animal Crossing (which neither have played).
Safe in their own homes, the Dads talk about how they're having to adapt to their Quarantine life. Then how companies are adapting (maybe permanently) to these new circumstances. Then finally Mike surprises Kris with news of C&C being remastered!
A return to form this episode: Mike discovers a fatal flaw in Kris selling his PS4, a discussion about Coronavirus causing part shortages, and then talking about game streaming services and the struggles they're having.
What initially was planned to be a well thought out episode slowly morphs into Mike and Kris completely ignoring the podcast side of the podcast and just start talking about anything and everything.
The Dad's pound out all the latest and greatest happenings with their kids, then dive into the newest specs and prices of the next generation of consoles.
The Dad's have a backlog of exciting kid stories, discuss playing games in VR, talk about the new Samsung Flip phone, and then finally Mike discusses Batman's transition back to comic books!
The Dad's are back and they're full of random information! I'd try to describe it all here but I only have a certain number of characters to type.
Mike makes his triumphant return and delights us all with the latest William stories and how the family survived their illness. Then the dads talk about babyproofing their houses now that both kids are walking. Finally, they talk about cable management.
Tiffany fills in for Mike as he battles illness. They talk about the latest in Ben's life, about how emails are killing the planet, and then the WWE Royal Rumble! I'm sure there's some other stuff in there as well.
After an extended time, Mike and Kris actually hang out in person! And then they talk about video games that 2020 is going to bring!
In depth conversation about the cesspool that is daycare, all the trouble that Ben the explorer gets into on a daily basis, William's vow of silence, bidets, and then finally some CES 2020 talk. Also f*ck vertical video.
The Dads are BACK! They discuss the boys second christmas and other events that happen over the holidays. Then they use the force to discuss the latest Star Wars movies!
The Dad's discuss the latest happenings before Christmas, the Niagara Falls waterpark weekend vacation, William takes his first steps, and then jump into the Video Game Awards!
The Dad's live their life a quarter mile at a time in this episode as they start off with the usual baby chatter, then move to their black friday shopping, discuss the Tesla Cybertruck, and then have an improptu discussion about favourite sports cars!
The Dad's get so caught up in talking about their kids that they hardly have time to talk about anything else on the show!
Mike starts us off with some good ol' fashioned homeownership problems. Then we discuss the bounty of subscription services available to us in gaming, TV, Movies and Music!
It's snowing. Ben goes to daycare full time. Laura goes back to work. THE STREAM WARS HAVE BEGUN.
Kris reveals he has the most deadly of illnesses: The Man Cold. Then the dads discuss the end of mat leave, the latest baby updates, and then spend the rest of the time talking about the extra life charity stream and how things went!
The dads power through a monster backlog of baby updates, then dive into their preparations for the big Extra Life Charity even on Nov 2nd, then finally talk about the brewing Twitch.TV vs Mixer streaming battle!
In this episode Kris and Tiffany kick Mike out of the recording booth as they takeover the podcast. They discuss their recent trip to Mexico and what it's like travelling with a baby on the airplane. And of course Ben's first birthday!
In this episodes the Dad's are separated by thousands of kilometers as the Blonski's are on vacation in Mexico. So Laura steps in and fills the gap in this hour long episode!
The Dad's delve deep into their kids brains and discover their innermost secrets. Then deal with Mike's deep and dark 1st world dilemma. Then talk about their most anticipated game release of 2020: The Last of Us Part 2!
The wives are back to their normal lives, so it's once again up to the Dad's to handle this week's episode. It's all over the place! Fairs, Area 51 Raids, Kid Updates, Apple tech events and SO MUCH MORE.
Listen, sometimes you have the time to listen to the entire podcast before you write this description and sometimes you don't. This is the latter. It's a great episode. You'll love it.
This week the Dad's dazzle everyone with the fact that they actually hung out in person after bedtime. Then review Fossil's WearOS based smart watch. Then talk about hobbies. Yes, hobbies.
You've never seen such a jam packed episode! The Dad's tease their plans to support the Extra Life Charity, hop into some corrections, slide over to an interesting listener email, skip to the latest baby updates including Williams first night away from t
What year is it?! The dads talk Super Nintendo vs Sega Genesis in this episode due to the exciting new release of the Genesis Mini! And, of course, we've got some more baby news to share!
Not much baby action this week, so the Dads talk about the latest WWE PPV, SummerSlam held in Toronto! Then dive into some minor Corrections Cul-de-sac action, and of course end with a delightful listern email from our newest superfan!
So much has happened in the baby world this week that we dedicate nearly 3/4 of the show to it. Both kids have officially become independently mobile, we throw in some corrections to our previous corrections (correctception)
In this episode we discover that Mike is losing his memory, as well as other fun stuff such as Ben and Henry's first visit to the Aquarium, a video game in which rats eat people, and the very lucrative Fortnite World Cup!
In this episode: The Dad's do a final review of their cottage vacation, respond to some viewer mail, and then do a big dive into Comic-Con!
In this rare, unedited episode, the Dads are live on vacation in their secret attic clubhouse. Learn about their first family vacation in sunny Crystal Beach!
The Dad's touch on a tremendously wide breadth of topics this week. So wide that they aren't even going to bother listing them all in this description. Does that make them lazy? Perhaps. Does that make them efficient? Absolutely!
In this baby heavy episode we discover what everyone was up to over the long weekend. Then we are introduced to the new crisis affecting children everywhere, Teething Attacks.
The Dads power through a variety of topics this week: Mike's Allergies, William sitting, Ben walking (with a walker), Robocalls, Pronouciations, and then dig deep into the second attempt at the Drive-in and give an quick and dirty review of Toy Story 4.
The Dads reveal all the fun and exciting things they got up to for fathers day! Then talk about their special Dads' night out that was secretly arranged by their lovely wives.
The Dad's flip the switch this episode and go full time nerd as they do a deep dive into the latest tech news! They discuss the latest news about the Google Stadia game system, Apple's WWDC, and all the game news coming out of E3.
In this episode: The latest and greatest baby updates! The corrections den (potentially renamed to corrections cul-de-sac) makes its triumphant return! Optomitry education and glasses technology! Mike's NYC trip and its disappointing snacks!
In this episode The Dad's actually deliver some expert advice: Don't let your child crew on plugged in phone chargers (and other insightful parenting tips).
In this extended length episode the Dad's start off with some baby updates before moving to the meat of the episode: The Game of Thrones Series Finale! They discuss the final episode and then have a final discussion about the last season
Keeping it short and sweet this week with some discussion about NYC and its pizza, the latest babies stories such as teething and crawling, and then we dig deep into Mothers Day!
In this episode the Dads start off with some delightful stories about Ben's newfound crawling talent, delve into a listener email, Mike lets us know if breast pumps work for men, discuss a study that suggests that when it comes to burping your baby we've
The Dad's talk about the latest and greatest baby news before diving into their kids first drive in experience. And then they dig deep into Avengers: Endgame to close out the podcast! Warning! There will be spoilers!
In this episode the Dads seemingly talk about any random thing that pops into their head. Topics range from Easter dinners, renaming corrections corner to the corrections den, dry vaginas, the maple leafs, cereal, spoilers, and the upcoming Avengers!
In this episode the dads have a funny new segment with corrections, we discuss Bens first family trip to Virginia, USA only snacks, and then William's bad day after getting his four month shots.
The Dads somehow come up with even more baby stories before starting to delve deep into their love of Game of Thrones prior to the final season starting this Sunday!
The Dads double down on the child talk in this episode, delivering a solid 45 minutes of discussions about kids. Sleep training, Baby-led feeding, other small developments... they discuss them all!
In this tech heavy episode the dads take a deep dive into the variety of new Apple Services announced during the recent Apple event, and then discuss the newly announced Google Stadia gaming system.
Is the future of Video Games digital and cloud based? The Dads take a deep dive into game distribution and discuss Googles (at the time) yet to be announced game console designed to shake up the industry! We also discuss the latest kid updates!
This week the dads discuss how challenging it is to try and make plans with other people, answer a listener question, and then discuss the ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA!
In this special episode the dads have a good chat about what their kids have been up to and then take a deep dive into the podcast itself as they celebrate 25 episodes!
This week Mike gets to parent William all on his own (for the first time ever), we discuss sleep schedules and how our kids are sleeping, and then take a step back in time and take a look at some of our favourite games, movies, and things that turn 20!
This week the Dads discuss the joys of the Jolly Jumpers and then take a deep dive look at the entire Battle Royale market, including the new kid on the block Apex Legends. The numbers, the money, how much lasting power does it all have?
This week we learn about the adventures of Mikes CPR class and then go off the rails and discuss whatever random stuff pops into our heads. Very professional!
The Dads decide to pull back the curtain on their love for WWE Wrestling and have a full blown discussion about their hopes and dreams for Wrestlemania. Then they flip the switch and talk about how excited they are to introduce their kids to nerd stuff
Podcast EpisodeWe take a good hard look at the strangest baby names coming out of Canada this year and pass some significant judgement upon them. Then we swap some delightful baby stories before things go off the rails and we start talking about records,
In this extended episode the Dads take a quick look at all the 2019 movies and video games that they're looking forward to missing, talk about their childrens exciting new Mother Goose program, and then finally review the longest listener email ever
In this episode we learn about umbilical hernias, discovering that raising children is great for our dad bods, and a bunch of other random stuff!
Happy New Year! In this episode we discover what Grandma thought about the podcast, discuss how the kids handled their first Christmas Holidays, and then end up talking about how quickly the kids are changing!
The Dads reveal their nerd sides by discussing what they'd do to their houses with an unlimited budget and then we pull back the covers on Mikes strange obsession with game boxes.
A hearty discussion about what life is like in Kris' basement, how the visit to Santa went, how baby brain is affecting our lives, and then how on earth can we see the latest movies now that we have kids!
The Dads talk about what the kids are up to lately and drop right into a big Christmas chat!
The Dads have a good chat about gadgets for baby and for adults! Such thought provoking topics as what baby gadgets have been winners and losers, and then dip their toe into the smart home discussion!
The Dad's talk about William coming home, what they did on Black Friday, and then get into a random discussion about DLC and digital software!
The Dad's discover the power of their podcast when it comes to raising children, give the latest updates on their kids, and then have a sudden video game discussion!
The Dads discuss what it's like to stand in for your wife at a baby shower, how life has been with the baby, dealing with visitors, and have a brief discussion about Red Dead Redemption 2!
The babies have arrived in this SUPERSIZED EPISODE! Enjoy 1.5 hours of the Dads reliving the births of their children. Nerd talk to return next episode!
The Dads eye the baby countdown clock and discover all the shocking things that happen to their wives close to birth, talk about the cool tech toys that exist nowadays, and how the library has suddenly become really cool!
The Dads discuss becoming unces, bid the maternity class goodbye and remince about all the good times, and the latest updates about the podcast!
The Dads have a healthy discussion about Mike's obsession of the new PS4 game Spiderman, brainstorm future episode ideas, the latest class stuff and more!
The Dads discuss what they've been doing to prepare for the baby. A healthy discussion on what toys and gadgets they've collected so far, what toys we played with, and has baby technology gone too far?
The Dads switch gears and decide to discuss their pregnancy experience so far. A heartfelt review of their maternity classes since they're halfway through, opting to use midwives instead of just an OB, and how supportive they've been throughout!
This week, the Dad's talk video games! How they plan on gaming into fatherhood, introducing their kids to gaming, and revealing that one of kids already has a PSN account.
The (almost) Dad's get to work figuring out this whole podcast business and somehow record an entire episode. Prepare yourself for discussions about baby names, potential pregnancy pacts, and what are we going to do about social media!