Daughters and their Fathers: It's Complicated

Patricia K. Meyer
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Join host Patricia K. Meyer, screenwriter, producer, and professor, as she delives into the rich tapestry of father-daughter relationships through intimate conversations with creative professionals, scholars, and experts who will share their personal and professional insights. The podcast host invites daughters and fathers to sign up to tell their stories in their own recording sessions, which will be featured in future episodes.

Episodes

  1. EPISODE 12: Dad, I'm Just Listening

    09/19/2025

    EPISODE 12: Dad, I'm Just Listening

    A San Fernando Valley native, a proud parent of two, longtime IT communication technology broker, and now a professional visitation monitor in family law cases. David recounts raising a daughter as a single father and shares his challenges as well as his success.

    27 min
  2. Episode 11: No Words Will Ever Do

    09/06/2025

    Episode 11: No Words Will Ever Do

    Pia Massie, award-winning multi-media artist, activist, and teacher, chronicles her challenging but loving relationship with her father, starting with the death of her mother when Pia was only four.

    53 min
  3. Episode 10: Why Did You Let the Cockroaches In?

    08/16/2025

    Episode 10: Why Did You Let the Cockroaches In?

    Terri Hanauer is a multiple award-winning Los Angeles theatre director, actor, photographer, and author. In this episode, she illuminates her years growing up with her formidable father -- a lifelong butcher, shul gabbai, and Holocaust survivor.

    45 min
  4. Episode 9: The Song and Dance Man

    08/02/2025

    Episode 9: The Song and Dance Man

    Gail Rosenblum is a Minneapolis-based journalist, essayist, public speaker, teacher, and producer, whose work has appeared in dozens of newspapers and national magazines over more than forty years. She recounts her Renaissance Man of a father — clinical psychologist, professor, and Civic Light Opera star.

    32 min
  5. Episode 8: You Had It In You All Along

    07/20/2025

    Episode 8: You Had It In You All Along

    Counselor, author, and podcaster Susan Burrell recounts her unexpectedly positive relationship with her elderly father and reveals the steps she took to finding renewed happiness in love and life.

    45 min
  6. Episode 7: The Stuff of Dreams

    07/20/2025

    Episode 7: The Stuff of Dreams

    Jungian analyst, lecturer and author Susan E Schwartz, PhD, shares her Jungian analytical perspective on the father-daughter relationship and illuminates how we can use our own dreams to understand how best to heal our emotional wounds.

    47 min
  7. Episode 6: Always Better Late Than Never

    06/05/2025

    Episode 6: Always Better Late Than Never

    Screenwriter and director Vicki Polon (writer of Girlfriends and Mr. Wonderful) shares her unexpected late-in-life relationship with her father.

    27 min
  8. Episode 5: I Love Your Majesty

    06/04/2025

    Episode 5: I Love Your Majesty

    Scholar, author, and positive psychology coach, Diane Dreher discusses fathers and daughters in Shakespeare's plays.

    34 min
  9. Episode 4: Colorful is an Understatement

    06/02/2025

    Episode 4: Colorful is an Understatement

    SNL writer Margaret Oberman shares stories about growing up with a mobbed up father.

    41 min
  10. Episode 3: Clothed with Strength and Dignity

    06/02/2025

    Episode 3: Clothed with Strength and Dignity

    Biblical scholar Dr. Johanna Stiebert shares insights on fathers and daughters in the Old Testament.

    41 min
  11. Episode 2: I Just Thought You Didn't Like Me

    05/25/2025

    Episode 2: I Just Thought You Didn't Like Me

    Podcast host Patty Meyer speaks with Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Ernest Thompson, who wrote the play and film, On Golden Pond, about the film's father-daughter dynamics (starring Henry and Jane Fonda) and his own personal experiences as a father of two daughters. For more information about Ernest Thompson: ernestthompson.us Podcast website: podcast.patriciakmeyer.net

    40 min
  12. Episode 1: Who's Afraid of the Man in the Big Black Boots?

    04/14/2025

    Episode 1: Who's Afraid of the Man in the Big Black Boots?

    Host Patricia K. "Patty" Meyer discusses her lifelong commitment to cracking the father-daughter code.

    22 min
  • 12 Episodes

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Join host Patricia K. Meyer, screenwriter, producer, and professor, as she delives into the rich tapestry of father-daughter relationships through intimate conversations with creative professionals, scholars, and experts who will share their personal and professional insights. The podcast host invites daughters and fathers to sign up to tell their stories in their own recording sessions, which will be featured in future episodes.

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