John Morgan Roderick[1] (born September 13, 1968) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, podcaster, and politician.

[2] His mother was a computer programmer who eventually rose to an executive position working for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.

[3] In 1973, Roderick's parents divorced and his mother took John and Susan back to Washington state, but returned to Anchorage shortly after.

[6] After the disbanding of The Western State Hurricanes, Roderick was offered a spot to play keyboard in popular Seattle band Harvey Danger.

The band since released two more albums, When I Pretend to Fall (2003) and Putting the Days to Bed (2006), and one EP titled Ultimatum (2005).

Alternating as host each episode, they discuss topics they "fear might be lost to history", typically niche cultural trends and historical events.

[17] Roderick co-wrote "Soft Place to Land" for Kathleen Edwards's Voyageur album; the song won the 2012 SOCAN Echo Songwriting Prize.

[23][24][25] His comments were met with a large outcry on Twitter, and some users began derisively referring to Roderick as "Bean Dad".

He additionally addressed what he described as his "racist, anti-Semitic, hurtful, and slur-filled tweets" from 2011 that had resurfaced at the same time as "intended to be ironic [and] sarcastic" but still "wrong".

[29][30][31][32] Roderick later stated he received a visit from Child Protective Services to verify the welfare of his daughter because of the controversy, and that they had found nothing of concern.