What Tom Junod has said about In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man
1 quote · 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 In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man once 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.
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Junod says he could not have written the book without loving his father and remains ambivalently in love with him.
“That's where it is I am ambivalently still in love with my dad”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 46:22
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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
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