Andrew East and Shawn Johnson East on identity, celebrity, faith and marriage

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Andrew East is a former professional football player. Shawn Johnson East is a former Olympic Gold Medalist. Together, they are now creating content on their YouTube channel "The East Family" with over 1 million subscribers. They also host their own podcast "Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew." They were married in April 2016 and their daughter Drew was born in October 2019. Their second child is expected this summer.

Shawn's Olympic success saw her come away with a Gold and three Silver Medals in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Since then, she's competed on Dancing with the Stars and written three books.

Andrew played college football at Vanderbilt as a long snapper and had stints in the NFL with the Chiefs, Seahawks, Raiders, Rams, Jaguars and Washington.

Today on the podcast, we talk with Andrew and Shawn about their engagement at Wrigley Field, the importance of faith in their life, preparing for baby number two, Andrew's NFL debut and stewarding their large platforms well.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Sean Johnson East and Andrew East. That's our guest today on the show. And this is a conversation that would not have happened without the assistance of my 17-year-old daughter. But this was a fun conversation with a power couple who are doing amazing things for God and amazing things to reach people and share good news of both their faith,
0:22.0	but to really just be positive in the community.
0:25.2	Sean Johnson East, the Olympic gold medalist and her husband,
0:28.1	former NFL long snapper, Andrew East,
0:30.7	are our guest today on Sports Spectrum,
0:32.4	and it's coming up right now.
0:46.5	Welcome to the Sports Spectrum podcast where Faith and Sports Collide.
0:48.8	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:50.7	Hey, guys, welcome to the show.
0:51.5	I am Jason.
0:53.2	This is Sports Spectrum.
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