What Tom Junod has said about Fatherhood
4 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 21, 2026
Tom Junod, American magazine writer known for profiles in GQ and Esquire, author of the memoir "In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man", has been quoted on Fatherhood 4 times in 1 episode of The Daily, most recently on June 21, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Junod says his father was in many ways a good, attentive dad even though he terrified him.
“He was actually a really good dad in a lot of different ways. He was attentive. He was prescriptive”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 10:54
Junod recounts that his father lost his fortune through gambling and bad stock market investing.
“He was a terrible gambler and he was even worse, he was even a worse investor in the stock market”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 23:36
Junod says finding his half-sister settled his long-unresolved feelings and knowledge about his father.
“I felt like I had settled finally what I'd never been able to settle in my life, which is my feelings about my dad and my knowledge about my dad”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 42:49
Junod argues his father may not have been a good man but was an elemental one whose influence left no room for anger.
“He might not have been a good man, but he was an elemental one”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 44:14
Episodes
Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father?The Daily · Jun 21, 2026 · 47 min
Michael Barbaro talks with writer Tom Junod about his charismatic, philandering father Lou and the secret half-sister Junod uncovered after his father's death.
Others on Fatherhood
- Sal Vulcano · 4 quotes
- Rickey Smiley · 3 quotes
- Joey Diaz · 2 quotes
- Ryan Holiday · 2 quotes
- Jason Whitlock · 2 quotes
- David Sedaris · 2 quotes
- Josh Duhamel · 2 quotes
- Stephen Lee · 1 quote
Tom Junod on other topics
- Genetic genealogy and unknown siblings · 3 quotes
- My Father's Fashion Tips (GQ article) · 2 quotes
- Family secrets · 2 quotes
- Masculinity · 2 quotes
- In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man · 1 quote
- Infidelity · 1 quote