What Tom Junod has said about Genetic genealogy and unknown siblings

3 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 Genetic genealogy and unknown siblings 3 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 he was driven to find his possible half-sibling because he understood the damage his father's secret life had done to both families.

    “because I knew what my dad's secret life had done to my family. And I had an idea what my father's secret life had done to the Monaghan family”

    The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 35:09

  • Junod explains he contacted Lizanne despite her brother's request because he believed the decision to know should be hers.

    “And I didn't think ultimately it would be anybody's decision but hers”

    The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 39:36

  • Junod says approaching Lizanne's food truck was the most frightening moment of his journalistic career.

    “nothing ever in my entire journalistic career scared me more than walking up to Lizanne's food truck and introducing myself”

    The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 39:11

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.

Tom Junod on other topics