Author/Speaker Jefferson Bethke on kids in sports and parenting well
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Jefferson Bethke is a New York Times-bestselling author and speaker who has written five books. In 2012, Bethke’s YouTube video, “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus,” went viral and has since received more than 34 million views. After the video, he decided to write the book “Jesus > Religion,” which would go on to become a New York Times bestseller.
His latest book, "Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal" released September 7, 2021.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Jefferson Bethke about his new book, parenting like a coach and involving his kids in sports.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of Sports Spectrums podcast with Jefferson Bethke, New York Times, bestselling |
| 0:04.7 | author is presented by the Sports Spectrum Podcast Network. |
| 0:08.3 | We've got a ton of shows and content interviews and stories that are a part of this new |
| 0:13.8 | Sports Spectrum podcast network. |
| 0:15.8 | Make sure you're tuning into shows like Get In the Game, Inside the chapel, table 40, these are all a part of |
| 0:22.7 | Sports Spectrum's podcast network. You can listen to every show and every episode at |
| 0:27.9 | sportspectrum.com or wherever you get your podcast. Sportspectrum.com, the Sportspectrum |
| 0:34.1 | podcast network. the Sports Spectrum Podcast Network. |
| 0:47.7 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast, where faith and sports intersect. |
| 0:52.0 | Now let's bring in our host, former ESPN producer, Jason Romano. |
| 0:55.1 | And welcome everyone to Sports Spectrum's podcast. I am Jason Romano. We, everyone, to Sports Spectrum's podcast. |
| 0:56.3 | I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:59.1 | We're so glad you tuned into the show today. |
| 1:01.8 | I mentioned the website, sportspectrum.com. |
| 1:05.9 | I also want to give you my email address, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. That is a direct email to me, Jason at Sportspectrum.com. |
| 1:10.2 | And I give the email out because I would love to hear from you |
| 1:13.4 | on any guest ideas that you might have for our show. Now, Jefferson Bethke might be a different |
| 1:18.9 | type of guest, right? When you think about he's not an athlete, he's not a coach, he's not a |
| 1:24.4 | broadcaster, but he's a New York Times best-selling author. He's also a guy who |
| 1:28.5 | played baseball in high school and in college. He loves sports. And these are the kind of conversations |
| 1:33.4 | I like to have. Of course, we like to talk to athletes and coaches, pro athletes, college coaches, |
| 1:38.6 | college athletes. But I love talking to people like Jeff. Now, Jeff and I actually met, gosh, |
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