Family secrets

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Family secrets has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Daily. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

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Tom JunodAmerican 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"

  • Junod describes his ethical hesitation about contacting the Monahan family, whose lives his father had disrupted decades earlier.

    “40 years ago invaded this family's life. And it had a tragic ending. Do I presume to do that again?”

    The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 33:24

  • Junod explains he did not tell his mother about his father's secrets because he believed it would have destroyed his parents' marriage.

    “But then I knew that it was the nuclear codes to my family. I mean, I don't think my parents' marriage would have survived”

    The Daily: Can a Bad Man Be a Good Father? (Jun 21, 2026) · Listen from 20:42

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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.