Family Ghosts · WALT FM

Untitled Dad Project

December 17, 2021·50 min·4 clips
Janelle's father died on her birthday, and she discovered none of his friends knew she existed.
The story begins with an old collaborator.

As heard by us

A tender look at grief, friendship, and the pressure to explain an absent father.

Untitled Dad Project follows Janelle Kastner, a former Family Ghosts producer, as she builds a season-long podcast out of the absence of a father story. What gives it weight is the way that gap never stays abstract.

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Why you'd press play

For when you want a season-long father story about absence, grief, and the friendships that help carry it.

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