What Tom Junod has said about Masculinity
2 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 Masculinity 2 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's ideas about manhood were modeled on the movie stars of the late 1930s rather than on his own father.
“As best as I could tell, it was modeled on the movie stars of the late 1930s”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 7:14
Junod says what distinguished his upbringing from others with macho fathers was that his father was constantly pursuing sex.
“I had a macho dad who was forever on the make. And that was the difference”
The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 20:40
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 Masculinity
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- Jaime · 1 quote
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Tom Junod on other topics
- Fatherhood · 4 quotes
- Genetic genealogy and unknown siblings · 3 quotes
- My Father's Fashion Tips (GQ article) · 2 quotes
- Family secrets · 2 quotes
- In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man · 1 quote
- Infidelity · 1 quote