I'm sorry this comment is so late in the game. I logged onto the archives to see if this series was available so I could recommend it to others. I'm confused by the comments here. I think disagreement is healthy but this is not what this looks like. Apparently this program touched a nerve. I heard all five of the father-figure programs. When I tuned in on March 3, expecting the Saturday Morning Talkies, I admit I was disappointed and even had a chip on my shoulder when I heard Kris would be replaced by a bunch of men for the entire month of March -- I mean, it was Women's History Month! But I believe the father figures show was one of the most feminist series on KPFA, and I enjoyed all of them. I am glad to see these men step up and take on traditionally feminine values. Do they do it perfectly? Definitely not. But they do it with grace and sincerity -- and I am very glad for that. I would love to see more of this.

This was a very disappointing show. Saturday morning talkies was great. Is it dead too?

I just wrote a review of the Father Figure program and it was blocked by your spam filter . I didn't use any profanity ...it was simply a very critical review and I really want the station to read what I said . Can you please let me know if it has been read? thank you.
Susan Bradford

wow ! that was the most horrible program I could ever have imagined to be on KPFA!!!!

Waylon is about the worst example of a good father I have ever heard speak, Adam was pathetic and Dave Zirin just went down about 100 points in my book as a credible person, hearing his story. I hope Hip Hop can do much better than this in parenting /fathering. What I heard is a terrible parenting model and these are no parenting experts at all...Drinking in parks when with your kids, buying strollers only to hold a "40"oz( hope that's only coffee and not booze, but when is a parent all jolted up on caffeine ever a good thing?), extolling how great it is to keep your toddler sleeping until noon?!? and this thing about not talking to them directly... you don't know children especially as young as newborn babies are needing their parents and others to speak directly to them. They are intelligent, conscious people, and this is how they learn language and how to talk. How ignorant can you be, you call yourselves parenting role models?
Come on ...please don't embarrass the listeners or the station by having this air another week.

I would be happy to give you several Bay Area Fathering and Parenting exerts who are young and hip but also conscious, mindful, loving and knowledgeable about what children truly want and need, who could actually help parents instead of showing a very negative aspect of the fathering role.

Dislike ~ thumbs down ~ BARF! ~ am I making my point clearly enough?