The Daily Whatever, June 25: A Good Vintage with Sacha Cohen
Baby steps to living in France, and the long arm of American politics
The memoirist
Dana DuBois
Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy.
Stories by Dana
The Daily Whatever, June 24: Fuck Diabetes (and Israel and Iran Too, Apparently (and Trump))
From Iran and Israel and What's-His-Name, to diabetes, fuck everything
The Daily Whatever, June 23: Iran and Moms
With special guest The Momster (and her baby, Grace)
“We Just Bombed Iran…”
A quick roadtrip Live, recorded at a Florida rest area and posted from a McDonalds near St Augustine
The Daily Whatever, June 21: Happy Funtime Goodnews!
Turns out, there is a lot of good news out there in the world!
The Daily Whatever, Jun 20: Fucked-Up Friday with Frederic Poag & Walter Rhein
The episode I nearly slept through (but was so glad I didn't!)
The Daily Whatever, June 19: Expat Dads in France 🇫🇷 with Rich Kagan
What's it like to dump your American life and live in France? Amazing.
The Daily Whatever, Jun 18: Talking Taylor
Featuring Steve Uppendahl
It Was Rare, I Was There: Taylor Swift in Munich, Germany
My two teens and I traveled nearly 6,000 miles to see the Eras Tour. It was stressful, expensive, chaotic — and completely worth it.
The Daily Whatever, Jun 17: genXy Meets Gen X Crisis
From Iran, to climate change, to talking GenX with Rob Guess
The Daily Whatever, June 16: Weekend Review & Human Sovereignty
Almost too much to talk about from the weekend, and help me co-create Human Sovereignty
The Daily Whatever, Jun 14: No Kings Day News Round-Up with Frederic Poag & Walter Rhein
Professor Poag and the fantastic Walter Rhein kicked off an incredible No Kings Day
The Daily Whatever, Jun 13: Fucked-Up Friday with Ossiana Tepfenhart
A recording from Dana DuBois's live video
Stories About My Father
How dementia helped a GenX woman deconstruct a complicated relationship with her dad.
The Daily Whatever, Jun 12: Genxy Meets GenXcellent
Y'all! It's our 'Brady Bunch' meets 'The Partridge Family' episode!
The Daily Whatever, Jun 11: Fathers and Fatherhood with the Opinionated Ogre
A pre-Father's Day cathartic sharing of our paternal origin stories...
Dementia, Death, and Deceit: Three Dad Stories for Father's Day
A little light reading ahead of our Live podcast with the Opinionated Ogre tomorrow...
The Daily Whatever, June 10: Sea Glass in the Womb with Füsun Aydín
Excavating memoir and crafting a writing voice to do it
Happy Father’s Day to My Dad, Who Has No Idea What Day It Is
My father is much more likeable now that he has dementia.
The Daily Whatever, June 9: LA: The Beginning of the Endgame
A recording from Lawrence Winnerman's live video
The Daily Whatever: June 7 - Saturday Grab Bag
Sometimes the best-laid plans go sideways, and you end up having a blast!
The Daily Whatever, June 6: Fucked-Up Friday with the Opinionated Ogre
Turns out, sock-puppet theater is the best way to discuss fucked-up news!
The Daily Whatever, June 5: Parenting and Politics with Melissa Corrigan
...and the power of storytelling to change the world
The Daily Whatever, June 4: GenX Sex & Relationships
Wherein we discuss fucking during the most fucked-up Live ever...