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Tell Me About Your Father

Erin Hosier, Elizabeth Thompson, Matthew Phillp

Booking Overview

A bi-weekly show focused on fatherhood, father figures, and how men shape our lives, with interviews that bring personal narrative and pop-culture framing. It’s a strong fit for authors, journalists, and cultural critics who can speak to identity, masculinity, and family dynamics through lived experience and media analysis.

Metrics

Episodes: 144

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 2.6k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

erin@dclagency.com

tellmeaboutyourfather@substack.com

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Host

Erin Hosier - Host of Tell Me About Your Father, a bi-weekly podcast about dads, father figures, and the paternal mystique. Episodes include interviews with people who have compelling father stories and pop-cult...

Elizabeth Thompson - Host of Tell Me About Your Father, a bi-weekly podcast exploring dads, father figures, and the paternal mystique. The show includes interviews and father-centered TV and movie recaps.

Matthew Phillp - Host of Tell Me About Your Father, discussing dads, father figures, and the paternal mystique through interviews, recaps of father-centered pop culture, and a segment called Daddy Issues.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Writers and cultural commentators with credible, publicly visible work (e.g., bestselling authors, established journalists/professors, film/culture critics, essay authors tied to notable media analyses). Guests should have compelling personal father stories or deep expertise in how fatherhood/masculinity show up in identity and media.
Required Achievements:  
New York Times bestseller authorship, Published cultural criticism or media criticism, Authorship of notable essays related to popular TV/film and masculinity/caregiving, Academic or professorial background

Recent Guest Discussions

Richard Lawson - Quirque Coding In Animation; Pedro Pascal’s Career; Comparisons Between Half Man And Other Franchise Material; Creator Self-revelation Onscreen.

Kathryn VanArendonks - An Essay About A Father Figure; Shifting Ideas About Masculinity And Caregiving In A TV Series; How To Watch Tv; Scene Production Details; Themes Related To Masculinity And Caregiving.

Benoit Denizet-Lewis - Change And Becoming His Father; Self-transformation; Transformation And Doubt; Identity/sexuality Shifts; How Parents Shape Resemblance And Change.

Recent Topics

Fatherhood, Masculinity, Queerness, Family, Parenting

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Tell Me About Your Father
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Nadia Bowers: Dear Dad

September 28, 2026

 “ When I said I was gonna move out to San Francisco, he said, "Why are you doing this to me?"Our guest today is Nadia Bowers, whose new memoir Dear Dealer is about the loss of her older sister Sasha at age 44 in 2015 due to an accidental fentanyl overdose. The book includes a series of letters to the imagined drug dealer who dealt the fentanyl that took Sasha’s life and beautifully captures the ways in which the family disease of addiction does not discriminate based on the educational backg...

Dads: You've Come a Long Way, Baby

June 21, 2026

“When your child is having an extreme outburst of emotions, for whatever reason it might be, repeat to yourself, ‘He's not giving me a hard time. He's having a hard time.’"The dad-themed books of my childhood were always found on the back of the toilet, or nearby. Filled with jokes about golf, alone time, toilet seats, alcoholism and contact sports, these short, often illustrated paper products reflected the expectations we had of fathers as the man in the house who most deserved a nap. On th...

Pride Cocktail Hour with Richard Lawson

June 12, 2026

In our annual Pride episode, Matthew is joined by film and culture critic Richard Lawson for a living room conversation over cocktails. Starting with Richard's fresh-out-of-the-theater reaction to He-Man: Masters of the Universe and Matthew's just-finished viewing of Richard Gadd's HBO series Half Man and what they have in common, they move into queer coding in animation, Pedro Pascal's career calculus, the relentless nihilism of Half Man versus the false resolution of Masters, and what it me...

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Frequently asked questions

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Tell Me About Your Father
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How do I get in touch with Tell Me About Your Father?

Tell Me About Your Father is hosted by Erin Hosier and Elizabeth Thompson. Its publicly listed emails are erin@dclagency.com and tellmeaboutyourfather@substack.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Tell Me About Your Father?

The publicly listed emails for Tell Me About Your Father: erin@dclagency.com and tellmeaboutyourfather@substack.com.

How many listeners does Tell Me About Your Father have?

Podseeker estimates Tell Me About Your Father reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Tell Me About Your Father?

Tell Me About Your Father typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: Writers and cultural commentators with credible, publicly visible work (e.g., bestselling authors, established journalists/professors, film/culture critics, essay authors tied to notable media analyses). Guests should have compelling personal father stories or deep expertise in how fatherhood/masculinity show up in identity and media. Common among recent guests: New York Times bestseller authorship; Published cultural criticism or media criticism; Authorship of notable essays related to popular TV/film and masculinity/caregiving. Recent guests include Richard Lawson, Kathryn VanArendonks, and Benoit Denizet-Lewis.

How hard is it to get booked on Tell Me About Your Father?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Tell Me About Your Father cover?

Recent episodes cover Fatherhood, Masculinity, Queerness, Family, and Parenting. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

erin@dclagency.com

tellmeaboutyourfather@substack.com

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