Family, relationships, and comedy are the things that tie us all together. Hosts Dustin and Melissa Nickerson bring us in to have a laugh about it all.
Each week they dive into the funny realities of parenting, marriage, childhood, siblings, and so much more. It's funny, and a little a bit serious. The best way to handle family.
Parent Self-Care & Hot Car Naps
Backseaters, who hit their shower window today? If you miss it, you look great in that hat for the 5th time this week anyway. Today on the show we’ve got the Christmas Tree up early, some leftover frozen bbq to share, a slathering of commentary on skin care from our teenager, why taking naps in the car is maybe the best nap possible, and much more! Join the Dustin Nickerson Comedy Fans Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/dustinnickersoncomedy Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How to Be Married (To Melissa) today!” <a href=
Producer Andy here wishing you a week of stuffing yourself and family gathering photos you may forget and regret. However, we do hope you might remember some of the most horrific holiday moments in your life and that you’d share them for our upcoming holiday horror stories show. Please, Send your stories in by Nov. 28 to [email protected]. Today, enjoy last years Holiday Horror stories including tales about car seats covered in puke, presents covered in aphids and hospital sandwiches decidedly NOT covered in mayo. See you next week! - Join the Dustin Nickerson Comedy Fans Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/dustinnickersoncomedy Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : <a href= "https://
22/11/2023 • 43 minutes 57 seconds
Bougie Teens and Overpriced Jeans
Backseaters, loosen up those seatbelts! Thanksgiving is around the corner and we’re brining, buttering, and avoiding the dieters this season. Dustin and Mel bring the gravy train today with a slathering of laughs including a Stranger Danger for the books, Mel’s Disneyland memories, the melancholy reality of middle aged birthdays, Bougie Teens and Overpriced Jeans, and Dustin’s ode to Mel and the modern Woman, and MORE! Send us your favorite Disneyland memories or movie moments to [email protected] Join the Dustin Nickerson Comedy Fans Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/dustinnickersoncomedy Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH th
15/11/2023 • 55 minutes 14 seconds
A Salute for One-Kid Parents
Backseaters, if you’re gonna leave your kid at our house, we will be charging late fees for missed pickup times and overstays. We like you, We like your kids, but only for the first 12 hrs per stay. – We are excited to invite you to the new Dustin Nickerson Comedy Fans Facebook Group! Like Comedy? Like Dustin & Melissa? Like the Podcast? This is where we can talk and laugh about it all. Hit the link below and join. - On the show today Dustin encounters some church conference flavored stranger danger, Mel shares her PieTSD,we celebrate one-kid parents, your emails, and more! Join the Dustin Nickerson Comedy Fans Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/dustinnickersoncomedy Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on
08/11/2023 • 54 minutes 28 seconds
Thanksgiving is the Middle Child of the Holidays
Well, we’re officially allowing teen backseaters on the show so, no eating back there, do you have your house keys?, and no stops for friends! As you may have heard Uber is offering teen accounts and Dustin and Mel gotta break that down alongside why Thanksgiving sucks, Mel’s hard sell on her booty bump story, why holiday decorating early is a good idea, Five Nights at Freddy’s Bingo Dingo, your emails and more! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How to Be Married (To Melissa) today!” <a href= "https://www.thomasnelson.com/p/how-to-be-m
01/11/2023 • 53 minutes 22 seconds
Halloween is Better than Ever
Grab yourself a treat millennial backseaters, thanks to you it’s safe to say our Halloweens reign over all generations prior. We’ve got the best horror movies, decorations, costumes, and we gotta ask, why? How did this happen? Celebrate today (and this weekend ) with Dustin and Mel as we tour the virtual pumpkin patch full of laughter, freak out about the Exorcist, share our favorite and worst costumes, talk about Creed and Nickelback AGAIN thanks to an email, and more. Happy Halloween! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How t
25/10/2023 • 54 minutes 55 seconds
Baby Free at Baby Birthdays
Take advantage of those child free hands and fill up on those veggie, meat & cheese platters, and crispy beer coolers. Because, nothing beats attending a baby’s first birthday party, as long as it’s not your baby’s birthday! Hot off the Northwest Dustin recaps the Washington State Huskies football game, Mel finally learns how to go to the beach, why baby’s are terrible beach buddies, surviving the Fall school break, our new Stranger Danger segment with phone scams, and more! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How
18/10/2023 • 56 minutes 18 seconds
IKEA: The Allen Wrench in Your Marriage
If losing your keys isn’t bad enough backseaters, have you ever lost that tiny allen key that your DIY life depends on in the heat of an Ingatorp build?! Mel and Dustin have mastered the IKEA conspiracy to destroy all romantic partnerships after 19 years of committed home design and comfort avoidance. And would you believe it we get into a whole lot more than that today on the show giving unexpected credits to Nickelback and Creed, What animals we’d like to be, seeing Brandi Carlile and P!nk in concert, the La Mesa Oktoberfest, and more. Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com
11/10/2023 • 54 minutes 41 seconds
Why Would Anyone Grow Up?
Backseaters, enjoy doing nothing back there but listening, while the adults up here manage the key fob location, keep our eyes on the road, 10 and 2, and keep the wheels on the road. Needless to say Dustin would rather be coasting through his late 30’s but alas, adulting calls. Regardless of what we say we’ll discuss, we do actually discuss Dustin’s weekend throwing his first itch at the Mariners game, attending funerals, Mel reorganizing the house, the woes of adulthood, and why there is nothing wrong with having ADHD. Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson<
04/10/2023 • 57 minutes 23 seconds
Mel Spends Her Bunny Money
Grab your PSL’s and kick misogyny to the curb, Fall is here to stay! The scones are warm and the breeze is cool, and this is going to be a very nice show today. Mel and Dustin announce their newest pet purchase, we tell animal horror stories in prep for halloween, we invite the government into our bodies, why Mel is so loved and needed in our home, quokkas, and Las Vegas Bingo Dingos! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How to Be Married (To Melissa) today!” <a href= "https://www.thomasnelson.com/p/how-to-be-marri
27/09/2023 • 58 minutes 19 seconds
On Southwest, You're Family.
Now Boarding, Backseaters section B! Keep those aisles clear and judgment free!! We’re all equals here and when your cruisin’ with Dustin and Mel today, you’re family. Today on the show, another awkward flight passenger, how to buy a phone for your kid, the Big Apple & Radio City Music Hall, Dolly Parton’s America Podcast, and more!. Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How to Be Married (To Melissa) today!” https://www.thomasn <p dir=
20/09/2023 • 1 hour 1 minute 27 seconds
The New Family Pet Will Be - REPLAY
Producer Andy here welcoming you to this fallback throwback episode as Mel and Dustin are embracing the autumn on the east coast this week. Hope you had a chance to catch Dustin with Taylor Tomlinson at the legendary Radio Music City Hall. If you didn’t, that’s fine, you can experience what it’s really like to see him, just outside of most major cities, on his Headlining tour, Halfway There , before the year ends. Head over to dustinnickerson.com for tour dates and tickets. In the meantime enjoy this episode until we return next week. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https:
13/09/2023 • 53 minutes 44 seconds
Gotta Fit It In When You Can
Amidst the new busy fall schedules, we’re grateful Backseaters that you could make time for us today, because when it comes to a great podcast you gotta fit it in when you can. Laughing this week? Stretching? Gotta fit it in when you can. We squeeze in some laughs about exposing your kids to the Zoo, Drunk Hecklers, IKEA furniture fails, Your first job in 20 years, Anxious and Angry sports parents, Bad parenting advice and much more! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How to Be Married (To Melissa) today!” <a hr
06/09/2023 • 58 minutes 10 seconds
Trader Joe's is a Hoax
Tuck & Roll Backseaters, there’s no way we’re getting stuck in this overcrowded zoning issue of a Trade Joe’s Parking Lot. Dustin and Mel have some big news to share today, Tiki is a having a moment, We’ve lost our sense of formality, Your emails, reviews, and more! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. Order Dustin's book: How to Be Married (To Melissa) today!” https://www.thomasn <a href= "https://www.thomasnelson.com/p/how-to-be-married-to-me
30/08/2023 • 55 minutes 19 seconds
First Day Vs First Week of School
Put away those “first day of school everything is great and new with the world” vibes Backseaters, it’s pedal to the metal into week one of the school year and the Nickerson’s are already planning their escape! This episode is packed with the hottest parental takes on the state of women’s fashion, surviving Hurricane Hilary, relating with your kids anxiety in today’s world, ‘Punk Rock’ Dad Makovers, why you can still be a Christian in the entertainment industry, your emails, and more! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson</a
23/08/2023 • 52 minutes 53 seconds
Back to School, Back to Schedules
Hope you’re ready for literally dozens of daily car rides backseaters because schedules are BACK and Mel and Dustin couldn’t be more thrilled to pump up the gas budget for the new school year. This week, we uncover the cause and cure for all of mid-life’s problems, consider how to talk to our children about aliens, Dustin has too much earwax, a Southwest flight for the memory books, 19 years of marriage, your emails, and more! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIE
16/08/2023 • 53 minutes 19 seconds
It's Not a Family Vacation Til Someone Gets Sick
Hope you brought your hydration backseaters, Mel and Dustin take us into the depths of the southern woods for a hot takes on family camp, “real” camping, Lizzo’s allegations, getting sick on vacation, why we should capture Willy again, and Bingos Dingos on the Georgia Aquariaum and touring Graceland. Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DONTMAKEME at <a href="http://www.bark.us"
09/08/2023 • 1 hour 3 minutes 59 seconds
How to Get Your Kids Out the Door Without Losing Your Mind (REPLAY)
Hey there backseaters, hope you're enjoying the summer air and long vacations this year. We'll be back next week with an all new episode, as we are all on the road this week. Check out this re-run you may have never heard! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DONTMAKEME at www.bark.us for your free 7 day trial and 15% OFF your LIFETIME subscripti
02/08/2023 • 43 minutes 4 seconds
Are All Beaches Nude Beaches?
Shield your eyes and cover your ears Backseaters, we’re heading to the beach and don’t be too observant about it! Mel and Dustin keep us up to date on family travel with absurd hotel breakfast hours, AirBnb vs Hotels, managing kids at the beach or pool, questionable new beach swimwear, Dustin’s favorite things about Mel, and more. Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DONTMAKEME
26/07/2023 • 56 minutes 56 seconds
Bitter Barista, Smooth Coffee
It’s a big day for the Nickerson minivan backseaters, as Dustin and Mel are now the proud parents of a 16 year old with a driver’s license. So hold on back there as we breakdown the new potential rules and anxieties about teenage driving, yell at Seattle’s painfully slow traffic habits, discuss why judgy baristas are best, how Seattle has lost it’s cultural edge, and much more. Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with B
19/07/2023 • 51 minutes 34 seconds
Every Part of the Whale
Backseaters, ever done a job and didn’t get paid? How about payment in animals? If yes, you’re not alone! Dustin and Mel take us on a grand tour of troubling babysitting stories, call to question pizza-crust deniers, when your home becomes a teenage convenience store, awkward hotel check-ins, a family review on Orlando Universal Studios, and much more! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use
12/07/2023 • 59 minutes 39 seconds
Wetzel's Pretzel's Needs a Beer Garden
The only thing that has us more excited than this week’s episode backseaters, is the idea of Wetzel’s Pretzels quenching that warm Saturday afternoon at the mall salty pretzel with a crisp, cold, lager. While we’re making this stop in Orange County, Mel checks out the Hello Kitty Cafe, we celebrate her birthday, consider sports counseling, Lance Armstrong sets the record for celebrity irony, a Bingo Dingo on the Flash, and more! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOG
05/07/2023 • 1 hour 23 seconds
Movies are the New Books
Wanna juice up that stimulation in backseat this week? Kick back, relax, throw on the Netflix AND TikTok at the same time and let it rip! While we’re maxing out doing something while doing nothing, Dustin and Mel return this week to observe the difficulties of teenage motivation, how movies have maybe had their heyday, Kung Fu, the return of JNCO Jeans and Rainbow Sandals, the dystopian future we’ve left for Gen Z, a Little Mermaid Bingo Dingo and more! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your
28/06/2023 • 52 minutes 13 seconds
Placenta Stroganoff
It’s leg day, and we’re heading straight to the playground backseaters. What better way to squeeze in that much needed crossfit session in, than while watching your 2 year old traverse that sketchy balance beam alone. Is this a terrible idea? Find out today on the show as we breakdown playground fitness, oversharing on airplanes, 80’s parenting VS now, Knott’s Scary Employment, a Bingo Dingo on Lizzo in concert, and your emails! Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Techno
21/06/2023 • 1 hour 1 minute 5 seconds
Father’s Day Fixer Upper
Backseaters, take a deep look at your podcast dad at the wheel here, and reach for that gift this week that’s REALLY gonna help him out. Dustin needs it, he’s been up with 1:45am PST and flew in just for this episode and we could use a hand! We determine the Hottest Rockstar of all-time, Sub Par Graduation Plans, Father’s Day, the problem with Hotel stays with Kids, a Bingo Dingo on the Series Finale of Ted Lasso, and an email that takes us back the pinnacle of 90’s schoolyard insults. Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor:
14/06/2023 • 58 minutes 15 seconds
Dustin and Mel Have a Field Day!
Grab your Keds, jean shorts, and water balloons Backseaters, because it’s FIELD DAY and there are no tears, sorrow, nor pain where we’re going. That’s right, Dustin and Mel take us on a journey through the final days of school year, reminiscing on egg tosses with your besties, hacking the classroom prize economy, loathing long division, the “Drinking Wisconsinbly” theory, a bingo dingo on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and celebrating the one year anniversary of their hit book, How to Be Married (to Melissa). Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This We
07/06/2023 • 59 minutes 5 seconds
Boys DO Cry
In a rare and risque occurrence, we’re allowing an open container back there for this! Watch out, student driver in the front seat. Well, figuratively speaking. Our weekend was full of teenage antics from father-daughter travel joys with Dustin, dunking on children at birthday parties, wondering if choir should be more competitive, grasps at emotional male connection, the fear of puking, and much more. Enjoy the show! Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family: https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. U
24/05/2023 • 1 hour 5 minutes 55 seconds
Mother's Day MAYhem
Buckle up backseaters, it’s still the month of May and and we’re running on fumes into June. Dustin fails to offer up a satisfactory Mother’s Day experience, pimple patches flex their way into pop culture, Dustin buys Damien Rice tickets while managing the hiccups, we find rest and reverence in Lord Father Laundry, and we hit a few of your emails! Enjoy the show. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DONTMAKEME
17/05/2023 • 50 minutes 49 seconds
Coldness is the Enemy of Oldness
If you’re riding along with us today, enjoy the shower we just installed on the back and the complimentary sleeping bags, because May has us so busy there’s no point in getting out. Where do we even begin, this show is packed with rants, jabs, and laughs on the unrelenting family schedule of the late spring season, Taylor Swift’s Era err (Enlightenment tour?), annoying grandma’s, dying in the desert, a Dingo Bingo on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and much more. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Techn
10/05/2023 • 1 hour 2 minutes 52 seconds
All Talls Go To Tucson
Backseaters, jump on in, and buckle up. If you’re tall however, sorry not sorry if there’s no leg room. Short King and Queen Dustin and Mel are ruling the thrones up front today as we reminisce on the kids growing older, family swimming across the nation, a thorough review of Super Mario World at Universal Studios, a fan question on whether they should pursue professional stand up or not, and more of your emails. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy : https://youtu.be/0Dybn3Atj9k Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DON
03/05/2023 • 1 hour 7 minutes 4 seconds
Euro Nights with the Nickersons
Roll down the windows for this one back seaters, the smell of a surprise new segment has permeated the show today. While we prepare to taste the first ever Ranch Soda Cocktail, Dustin and Mel recap their travels in Europe and starting fights with their kids at 1am. Dustin may have also broke a world record for comedian travel, and we Bingo DIngo the all new Super Mario Bros. movie. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family >> Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@Dusti
26/04/2023 • 1 hour 2 minutes 49 seconds
Sorry About Your Pie with Kellen Eskrine
Kellen Erskine jumps in the hot seat today dropping some must have marriage and family tips that you don’t want to miss! Everything from amusement parks, his wife’s favorite pie recipes, Cruise Ships quandaries, and much more. Check out Kellen Erskine tour dates at: https://www.kellenerskine.com/ Listen to Dustin on Kellen’s Podcast The Book Pile: https://thebookpile.buzzsprout.com/1505809/12524279-how-to-be-married-to-melissa-by-dustin-nickerson-with-guest-dustin-nickerson Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family >> <span data-rich-links= "{"fple-t":"Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy","fple-u":"https://youtu.be/0Dybn3A
19/04/2023 • 56 minutes 39 seconds
You Can't Have Pokémon and Hate Your Parents
Mel and Dustin aren’t kidding around when it comes to the tweenie meanies. If you thought parenting little ones is hard, settle in, hot takes from the front seat inbound. Mel drops us a lesson on the ever changing mind and body of a woman, she forgets about her pregnancies, we answer the age old’ question; “Would you recommend having kinds?”, we cover the sacrifices necessary for graduating to a teen, and more. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family >> Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson"
12/04/2023 • 53 minutes 46 seconds
What's the ROI on Kids? with Taylor Tomlinson
Scoot over and let’s make some room this week in the passenger seat for our dear friend and very talented comedian, Taylor Tomlinson. In our chat today Taylor shares about her recent revelations on having future kids, backstage stories and quarrels with Dustin, her most shameless and embarrassing career moment during covid involving dairy and a hula hoop, we answer your questions, and much more! For Taylor Tomlinson tour dates and specials head over to https://ttomcomedy.com Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family >> Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy Don’t forget, you can no
05/04/2023 • 1 hour 6 minutes 31 seconds
You Get the Car When Grandpa Dies
Hold on backseaters, Dustin and Mel kick it into high gear after a weekend in Seattle and a blitz of appearances coming up because the new comedy special, Runs in the Family, is out NOW! Amidst the excitement we still take some time to chat about the teenage time continuum of aging, why some people hate states and places, Dustin’s hot DIY takes, and more. Watch the new comedy special, Runs in the Family >> Dustin Nickerson | Runs in the Family (Full Comedy Special) #newcomedy #standupcomedy Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. <p di
29/03/2023 • 50 minutes 29 seconds
Keep it Goin' for Pete Lee
Mel and Dustin squeeze our guest Pete Lee up front, knees up against the radio and all this week, and he doesn’t even mind because he is SO NICE. We are delighted to welcome him to the show. Pete shares all about his somewhat recent engagement, why he wants a kid so bad, his legendary Tonight Show appearance, the legal reasons he had to shave his mustache, and so much more. Check out everything tour dates and more for Pete Lee at https://petelee.net/ and socials at http://www.instagram.com/peteleepeteleepetelee Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your K
22/03/2023 • 1 hour 14 minutes 4 seconds
Tell Me You’re Pregnant Without Telling Me You’re Pregnant
Mel and Dustin Couldn’t drive faster today rushing our pregnant fans to the ER so buckle up back seaters, we’ve got a weekend update with Brian Regan, the Nickerson’s upgrade their family sports status, Mel drops the sleepiest news article yet, and so much more! Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DONTMAKEME at www.bark.us for your free 7 day trial and 15% OFF your LIFETIME subscription AND get $200 off first year when you port your child's number to a Bark Phone. - Order Dustin's book: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/How-Married-Melissa-One-Kind/dp/1400231612/?_e
15/03/2023 • 54 minutes 27 seconds
What’s Worse? Austin or Girl Scout Cookies?
Pass the milk, Dustin and Mel return to the wheel with a mission; is there a better Girl Scout Cookie than the thin mint?! We’ll leave no cookie unturnt, as we try each flavor no matter how repulsive it sounds. In addition, Dustin has ALOT to say about Austin and Dallas, we’ve got a Bingo Dingo on Chris Rock’s new special, and more. Don’t forget, you can now WATCH the show on YouTube for the full featured experience here: https://www.youtube.com/@DustinNickerson. - This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DONTMAKEME at www.bark.us for your free 7 day trial and 15% OFF your LIFETIME subscription AND get $200 off first year when you port your child's number to a Bark Phone. - <p dir="l
08/03/2023 • 1 hour 1 minute 11 seconds
The Downside of Parent Getaways
The Downside of Parent Getaways Crawling back into the driver’s seat, Dustin and Melissa return from their weekend parent getaway into the world of reluctant adulting. Like, Leaving Las Vegas…for a birthday at the office. You’ll also get to enjoy that awkward feeling from the backseat while watching your parents argue as they relive Dustin’s back failure and his “inability to accept love” from Melissa. Enjoy the ride! Don’t forget, for the full featured experience you can now WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE! This Week’s Sponsor: BARK TECHNOLOGIES >> Keep Your Kids Safe with Bark Technologies and the NEW Bark Phone. Use promo code DONTMAKEME at www.bark.us for your free 7 day trial and 15% OFF your LIFET
01/03/2023 • 56 minutes 43 seconds
R.I.P. 2020
Dustin and Melissa are back in the Frontseat to talk about why kids don't belong in first class, an embarrassing story about sweatpants and the anxiety of emailing your kids' principal. Overwhelmed, Dustin's debut comedy special, is available now to rent or own on Amazon and Gumroad. A GIANT thank you from our families to everyone who's already watched. It's fans like you who make all this possible. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email [email protected] for terrible parenting advice.
05/01/2021 • 43 minutes 33 seconds
Mondays with Mel: How to Survive a Family Road Trip
Mel and Dustin are back in the Frontseat to drop some tips to make a better road trip including: frequent stops, the beautiful efficiency of not letting your kids pick what they eat and the hotel pool being better than ANY national park. A GREAT way to support the pod is by supporting our sponsors: Gold Standard Prep uses top scoring tutors to design a personalized, online experience for their students and starts at just $40/hour. Sign up at www.goldstandardtestprep.com using promo code BACKSEAT and get 1 free hour of tutoring, no credit card required. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere
10/08/2020 • 48 minutes 19 seconds
Mondays with Mel: Dustin REALLY Loves Complaining
You might be stuck at home but the Nickersons are on the road. This week, Mel and Dustin talk about packing for family trips, taking the roll away when sharing a room and the struggle of getting comics to show up early to almost anything before noon. A great way to support our show is to support our sponsor, EveryPlate. Get 3 weeks of EveryPlate meals for only $2.99 per meal by going to EveryPlate.com and entering code 'dontmakeme3'. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email [email protected] for terrible parenting advice.
03/08/2020 • 45 minutes 22 seconds
Mondays with Mel - There's So Much Puke in This Episode...
Welcome back Melgalomaniacs! Yes, that is our new official name for Mel fans so feel free to get it tattooed on your ankles, necks, children, etc. This week, Dustin and Mel talk the metric system, a surf camp that protected against COVID but not stingrays, and the getting taken advantage of by a veterinarian. Don't forget to check out Dustin's calendar to see him LIVE or catch his next streaming show here. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email [email protected] for terrible parenting advice.
27/07/2020 • 53 minutes 3 seconds
Mondays with Mel: School's Out FOR. EVER.
Sure, your kids may never go back to school, but at least you have Mel and Dustin in your ears to talk about the simple blessing of missing your kids' team parties, trampolining their way into a neighbor's birthday party and read some listener emails. Check out Dustin's calendar to see him LIVE or catch his next streaming show here. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email do[email protected] for terrible parenting advice.
20/07/2020 • 49 minutes 46 seconds
Mondays with Mel: Even Good Teenagers are Annoying
Get ready for an episode that will Mel-t in your ears but not in your hands as Mel is back in the Frontseat to talk with Dustin about waterbeds, dealing with your first teenager, and what it means to really accept 'the new normal'. Check out Dustin's calendar to see him LIVE or catch his next streaming show here. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email do[email protected] for terrible parenting advice.
13/07/2020 • 52 minutes 55 seconds
Mondays with Mel: Grasshoppers are Friendly, Crickets are Cruel
Monday, Monday, go good to me...and so good to YOU because it means there's a new episode of Monday's with Mel! This week, Dustin and Mel chat about how they usually fight, talking to grandparents and having an epic trampoline water balloon fight. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email [email protected] for terrible parenting advice. Check out Dustin's calendar to see him LIVE: www.dustinnickerson.com/shows
06/07/2020 • 46 minutes 43 seconds
Mondays with Mel: The Great Mask Debate of 2020
Dustin's back on the road and Mel's back in the front seat to talk about the inexplicable controversy over masks, the problem with living on the internet and stories from Dustin's shows in Tacoma. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email [email protected] for terrible parenting advice. Check out Dustin's calendar to see him LIVE: www.dustinnickerson.com/shows
29/06/2020 • 52 minutes 37 seconds
Mondays with Mel: Blue Frasier is Great!
Solomon Grundy was born on a Monday JUST so he could catch the newest Mondays with Mel where they talk the X-Men films being deeper than you remember, how to deal with your kid being a terrible loser and an eventful trip to the mall. Thanks to everyone who tuned into Dustin's last Zoom show. The Backseaters are the best podcast fans around and I'll physically fight anyone who says different! Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email [email protected] for terrible parenting advice. Check out Dustin's calendar to see him LIVE: www.dustinnickerson.com/shows
22/06/2020 • 55 minutes 25 seconds
Mondays with Mel...AND Brian Simpson: The Last Racist
The incredibly funny and insightful Brian Simpson (@bscomedian) hops in the front seat to talk about growing up in the foster system, how there's no 'cure all' for racism and what victory for the Black Lives Matter cause might look like. Check out Brian's TV debut here. Visit takecareof.com to take their online quiz and use promo code 'dontmakeme50' for 50% off your first order of hassle-free vitamins and supplements delivered to you. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's
15/06/2020 • 1 hour 19 minutes 58 seconds
Mondays With Mel: Give Me a Starlord
It's Mel o'Clock on June Melth and we've got another great episode for you with, you guessed it: Mel! Join us for a discussion about Dustin going back to work, fridge repairs gone wrong and Dustin asking for a 'Starlord'...but getting an 'Andy'. Join Dustin on his next Zoom Quarantine Comedy show June 21st. Tickets are now available here! Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email [email protected] for terrible parenting advice. Check out Dustin's calendar to see him LIVE: www.dustinnickerson.com/shows
08/06/2020 • 54 minutes 27 seconds
Mondays with Mel: An Update from La Mesa
We know right now there is a lot of uncertainty and we sincerely hope that all of our Backseaters are safe. Today, Mel and Dustin discuss the experiences on the ground in La Mesa, which was the site of a lot of protests over the weekend. Join Dustin on his next Zoom Quarantine Comedy show June 21st. Tickets are now available here! Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping on orders of three or more bottles with promo code 'Paso' at <a titl
01/06/2020 • 33 minutes 2 seconds
Mondays With Mel: Happy MELmorial Day
We hope you're having a GREAT Memorial Day weekend and want to send love to all the military families out there. This week, Mel and Dustin discuss exploring new cities to move to, SPICY mom Facebook groups and answer some listener emails! Join Dustin on his next Zoom Quarantine Comedy show June 21st. Tickets are now available here! Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping on orders of three or more bottles with promo code 'Paso' at <a titl
25/05/2020 • 41 minutes 34 seconds
Mondays with Mel: RIP Souplantation
Give it up for reigning Dustin Nickerson Comedy, Inc. Employee of the Month, Melissa Nickerson! She's back in the Frontseat with Dustin to talk about the challenges of donating during quarantine, why Dustin's dad shouldn't go on intense walks and some less than fond memories of the now deceased Souplantation. Thanks to all of you who tuned-in to Dustin's charity Zoom show! It means the world to us at the podcast and will make a difference in the lives of some local comedy venue employees. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping on orders of three or more bottles with promo code
18/05/2020 • 51 minutes 32 seconds
Mondays with Mel: Happy MELther's Day
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the Backseater moms out there! Mel and Dustin run down their Mother's Day itinerary, break down the difference about bad vs. loud kids and answer some listener emails...including one about wasp spray(?). Keep being great moms out there! Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping on orders of three or more bottles with promo code 'Paso' at DaouVineyards.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere Want to be a part of next w
11/05/2020 • 55 minutes 27 seconds
Mondays with Mel...and Jesse: That's the Spirit
Garfield hates Mondays, but only because cats don't have the opposable thumbs required to download Mondays with Mel. This week, special guest Jesse Egan stops by to talk terrible New Years Eve shows, house cats on the hunt and the anxiety you feel when the person you go to for advice doesn't have an answer. You can enjoy Jesse's special 'That's the Spirit' FOR FREE on the Dry Bar Comedy App or at DryBarComedy.com for only $1!!! Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping
04/05/2020 • 1 hour 49 seconds
Mondays with Mel: Trampolines and Bad Grandpas
It's Monday, and you all know what that means, right? We still can't go outside! Also, Mel is back in the Frontseat with Dustin and a bad advice segment you do NOT want to miss. (Spoiler alert: It's gross!) Check out Dustin on TikTok: @dustinnickersoncomedy Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seater
27/04/2020 • 57 minutes 55 seconds
Mondays with Mel: Corona Farts and Salty Spaghetti
It's Monday and that means a heaping helping of Melissa Nickerson as she joins Dustin to talk about catching Corona thru farts(???), the challenge of creating content and having to tell your kid their cooking is terrible. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping on orders of three or more bottles with promo code 'Paso' at DaouVineyards.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or emai
13/04/2020 • 54 minutes 51 seconds
Mondays with Mel: Board Games and Biting
Join Mel and Dustin as they talk about kids journaling, a viral Covid-19 rap by Dustin's oldest daughter and what can happen when the baby in the family is pushed too far...Spoiler alert: it involves biting. Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next week's show? Call 619-292-8787 or email [email protected] for terrible parenting advice. Check out Dustin's calendar to see him LIVE: www.dustinnickerson.com/shows
06/04/2020 • 54 minutes 27 seconds
Corona Chronicles 6: Fallout
It's week TWO of the Corona Chronicles and Dustin and Mel are back in the front seat to talk about the shocking price of board games, why it's ok to be vulnerable in front of your kids and giving advice on being quarantined with younger siblings. See you tomorrow! Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping on orders of three or more bottles with promo code 'Paso' at DaouVineyards.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of n
23/03/2020 • 53 minutes 47 seconds
Corona Chronicles 5: Dustin and the Order of the Phoenix
We might not know what day it is anymore, but we DO know you'll love this conversation with Dustin and Mel about anxiety over the situation, farting sons and how hard it is to suddenly be a homeschool teacher. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping on orders of three or more bottles with promo code 'Paso' at DaouVineyards.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for exclusive bonus content and to help support the show. Want to be a part of next weeks show? Call 619-292-8787 or email dontmakemec
20/03/2020 • 1 hour 41 seconds
Corona Chronicles 3: Revenge of the Sith
Another day has come and gone and you're still here, so join Dustin, Melissa, Producer Steven and comedian Mal Hall for a nice little chat where we learn a little about Covid-19 and a lot about Steven's elementary education. Mal Hall is GREAT on YouTube. See for yourself here. Daou Vineyards' Central Coast Pinot Noir takes the guess work out of choosing an accessible and delicious red wine that's fit for any occasion. Back Seaters can enjoy exclusive access and free shipping on orders of three or more bottles with promo code 'Paso' at DaouVineyards.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere Our Patreon page is LIVE! Head to Patreon.com/DontMakeMeComeBackThere for