EP 246: Tom Junod: What Does It Mean to Be a Man?

About this episode

Tom Junod discusses his book that explores the meaning of manhood through personal and familial narratives.

What does it mean to be a man? Our guest on the program this week has published a book that examines that very question. It is part memoir, part meditation on masculinity, and part detective story — as he unearths the secret life of his charismatic alpha male father and forges a new version of manhood, putting himself and his family back together on the page. Tom Junod is an award-winning American journalist and a senior writer for ESPN. The film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is based o...

People in this episode

Host: Tara Henley

Guest: Tom Junod

Topics covered

• masculinity
• fatherhood
• identity
• memoir
• journalism

Keywords

• masculinity
• Tom Junod
• father
• identity
• memoir
• journalism
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

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