Keeping Dad Alive

12/25/2023

I just watched this short film and signed the petition. Highly recommend watching the film and you can decide for yourself.

Coca-Cola has a long history of setting the standard for refillable glass bottles. But today, it is the biggest plastic polluter in the world. We're urging Coke to prioritize reuse and refill, instead of single-use plastic, by: Bringing back the refillable glass bottle and extending their 25% refill...

12/15/2022

New Bonus Episode now posted: "Archives, Sibs, and Toss"

Join Margaret and Kerry as they sift through and dispose of their parents' legacy, finding moments of sorrow, humor, and peace.

Richard and Eunice left behind a 100 boxes’ worth of personal papers and family records. Margaret and her sister Kerry must dispose of it all.

12/27/2021

Dear Listeners,
I’m Margaret Poethig and I have some news about my dad Richard. He passed away on November 22, in 2021, at 96. He died, with exquisite grace, of old age.

This episode of the podcast was recorded last year, but never posted. It's titled, "Requiem for Impossible Matter"
https://keepingdadalive.com/season2-requiem-for-impossible-matter/

Richard imagines life after death on an undiscovered planet in a far-flung galaxy where he can recreate his life with his beloved wife Eunice.

Thank you for listening.

11/17/2021

Episode 6 (Season 2): Mr. Richard
Richard is in hospice and bed bound and needs caregivers 24-hours-a-day. He marvels at all the attention. For his caregivers, it’s a vocation in the deepest sense of the word. Richard makes a case for more public support for caregiving.
Find a link to the podcast in the replies.

09/15/2021

Episode 5 (Season 2): A Bold Move to a New World
Richard is about to embark on his final journey. He recounts an earlier voyage by train, boat, and plane with his young family to their new home in the Philippines. On a stopover in Japan, Richard attends a conference about his new vocation: the urban-industrial mission of the church.

Richard is about to embark on his final journey. He recounts an earlier voyage by train, boat, and plane with his young family to their new home in the Philippines. On a stopover in Japan, Richard attends a conference about his new vocation: the urban-industrial mission of the church.

08/15/2021

08/13/2021

Episode 4 (Season 2): Hellish Jobs
What does vocation mean to someone in a hellish job? The Ministers in-Industry-Program put seminarians to work in steel mills to teach them what the industrial system does to people.

If you've ever had a hellish job, and even if you haven't, you'll get a new perspective on it from Richard and Margaret in this episode of the Vocation Season.

https://keepingdadalive.com/season2-episode4-hellish-jobs/

07/23/2021

Episode 2 (Season 2): Good Will
People popped up in Richard’s life and gave him direction. Call this vocation, good will, or “breaking the spell”—each one altered the course of his life. And it started with the neighbor, Mrs. Masek.

https://keepingdadalive.com
And on Apple podcasts - don’t forget to leave a review!

07/23/2021

Finally! A new episode of Season 2:
Episode 3 - Henny and Ernest

"Richard, the son of a working class father and a mother with higher aspirations, found a way to honor them both through his vocation. Richard’s sister Erna helps memorialize their resilient lives."

07/10/2021

Zach - whoever you are - thank you for listening and maintaining Keeping Dad Alive’s 5-star rating on Apple podcasts.

06/23/2021

Episode 1 (Season 2) - Cosmic Theologian, is now available.

Margaret asks "why do you talk so much about vocation?” Richard’s surprising answer spans time and space—from Luther’s understanding of Beruf that launched the Protestant Reformation to Richard’s current theological ideas about what holds the universe together.

https://keepingdadalive.com/season02-episode01-cosmic-theologian/

At the start of Season 2, Margaret asks “why do you talk so much about vocation?” Richard’s surprising answer spans time and space—from Luther’s understanding of Beruf, which launched the Protestant Reformation, to Richard’s current theological ideas about what holds the universe togethe...

06/20/2021

Listen to the trailer for Season 2 — On Vocation

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keeping-dad-alive/id1537419643

‎Society & Culture · 2020

05/25/2021

Richard is reading a passage from the Book of John to illustrate a point ... for Season 2 of Keeping Dad Alive.

05/11/2021

Episode 11 of the podcast - "The money episode" - tells the family story of the Hotel Eden luxury suite incident in Rome, Italy. Found this photo of Richard's daughters Margaret, Johanna, and Kerry taken in 1968 during that trip. If you didn't catch that episode you can find the link here or on your favorite podcast player: https://keepingdadalive.com/episode-11-the-money-episode/

04/19/2021

Episode 13: Rhythm of the Seasons -- the final episode of Season 1 of Keeping Dad Alive -- is now posted on the website and podcast players everywhere.

It's Spring and Richard and his family are vaccinated and looking ahead to better days (with caution about the new variants of course). It's time to reflect on the wild journey we've been on.

Richard’s been clocking his progress through the coronavirus pandemic by the seasons, hoping he would make it to this point. Now that he’s made it to Spring, it’s time to end Season 1 of this podcast and pause for reflection.

03/26/2021

Episode 12 - Hitchhiking with Ben

Richard’s grandson Ben tries to interview him about cars, but the conversation quickly goes off track. Ben struggles to get the answers he was hoping for while Richard (and Margaret) are confused by Ben’s line of questioning.

Richard shares tales of hitchhiking cross country in the 1940s and riding a jeepney in the Philippines. Ben learns about a black man named Joe Louis (aka Buddy Louis) and hones his listening and interviewing skills.

https://keepingdadalive.com/episode-12-hitchhiking-with-ben/

Richard’s grandson Ben tries to interview him about cars, but the conversation quickly goes off track. Ben struggles to get the answers he was hoping for while Richard (and Margaret) are confused by Ben’s line of questioning.

03/12/2021

Woo-hoo! Keeping Dad Alive reached 1,000 downloads today. Thank you all for listening to our podcast.

You can catch up with all the episodes at
https://keepingdadalive.com/episodes/

03/10/2021

Episode 11 - the Money Episode

Money is an emotional trigger for Richard and it rubbed off on his kids. Margaret and her sisters unpack the family dynamic, starting with the Hotel Eden luxury suite incident in Rome, 1968.

Listen on your favorite podcast app or on the website at

https://keepingdadalive.com/episode-11-the-money-episode/