The story of the Sixties continues in Episode 4 of Season 3 as the dads take on the 1960 election between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy after reading The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960 by Gary A. Donaldson.

The 1960 election was one of the closest elections in history, and changed the way campaigns are run, candidates are chosen, and how we think about presidential candidates.

Also in this episode:

• The dads discuss why everything is all the boomer’s fault.

• Dave accuses Aaron of fake news

• The dads explain why they started reading Theodore White’s The Making of the President: 1960, and quickly switched to a different book.

• Dave and Aaron ponder whether their wives are too classy to listen to the podcast.

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Look, we’re busy dads who barely have time to do a podcast, but for Season 3 we’re endeavoring to send out regular emails with even more great content with a head for history and a heart for fatherhood. Sign up for our emails at https://mail.baddadpod.com/subscribe If our kids take it easy on us (doubtful, but hope springs eternal at the beginning of a season) we are also going to be posting clips for all of our episodes to our YouTube channel. Occasionally we may even post some stuff to ⁠Instagram ⁠.

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