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Jan 5, 2021 · On Jan. 2, musician and podcaster John Roderick shared a story about his 9-year-old daughter who was hungry for a can of beans but unable to figure out how to open them with a can opener. And like ...
- Danielle Campoamor
- Who Is "Bean Dad"?
- Reaction to The Story Was Varied But Overwhelmingly Negative
- Roderick Quit Twitter... and Long-Time Partners Have Quit Roderick
- Roderick Has Since Issued An Apology
"Bean Dad" is John Roderick. He is the front man of the Seattle-based indie band The Long Winters. He is also the cohost of several podcasts, including Roderick On The Line, Road Work, Friendly Fire, and Omnibus, which he hosts alongside Ken Jennings of Jeopardyfame.
While Roderick had some supporters, including Jennings, who he described Roderick as a "loving and attentive dad" on Twitter, the vast majority of people to respond to the thread reacted negatively, ranging from humor to mocking the overblown style of the telling (terms like "address the can" and "the tool is made to be pleasing" are used throughou...
The situation has nevertheless resulted in Roderick deleting his Twitter account as of Monday. It has also cost him a partnership. Another podcast, My Brother, My Brother & Me, has announcedthey will no longer be using Roderick's "It’s A Departure" as their theme song. They cited the situation as being "emblematic of a pattern of behavior that is a...
On Jan. 5, Roderick shared an apologyon his website where he said his story was "poorly told." "I didn’t share how much laughing we were doing, how we had a bowl of pistachios between us all day as we worked on the problem, or that we’d both had a full breakfast together a few hours before. Her mother was in the room with us all day and alternately...
- Jamie Kenney
Jan 4, 2021 · On 2 January, musician and podcaster John Roderick shared a Twitter thread about how his hungry nine-year-old daughter had asked him for some baked beans. In a series of 23 tweets, Roderick, who ...
May 22, 2023 · On January 5th, just three days after posting the Bean Dad story, Roderick posted a lengthy apology in which he gave further context about the "Bean Dad" story, attempting to quell concerns users expressed about child abuse, and apologized for the sexist, racist, and anti-semitic content of his prior tweets, stating they were jokes told from a place of misunderstanding. He wrote:
- Adam Downer
Jan 6, 2021 · The #BeanDad debacle explained — and how ‘Jeopardy!’ star Ken Jennings got involved. Podcast host and musician John Roderick, pictured in 2014, was dubbed “Bean Dad” after tweeting about ...
- nardine.saad@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Jan 6, 2021 · SEE ALSO: 'Bean Dad' becomes Twitter's first 'main character' of 2021. People rushed in with criticism, mocking Roderick. Many even pointed out that this reminded them of abuses they suffered as ...
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Jan 4, 2021 · Naturally, I assumed that ‘Bean Dad’ was something fun and enjoyable to read up on in the morning. You know, some guy who just really loves beans, and is a dad. The image that these two words ...
