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Carlos Whitaker is the author of three books, Moment Maker.

You Can Live Your Life, or It Will Live You, kill the spider, and most recently enter wild,

exchange a wild and mundane faith for life with an uncontainable God. Carlos' wife calls him a

hope dealer. He's a People's Choice Award winner, who is a former recording artist assigned to a major

label, a social media maven, and now he spends the majority of his time writing books

and speaking on stages around the world. He did a viral video called Singles Ladies' Devastation

with his family that got millions and millions of views and apparently was accidental, but there

you have it. He had a recording deal with integrity music and lived in Nashville, Tennessee,

but then decided to move more into being what he calls a hope dealer and writing books instead

of singing on stage, which he says is maybe a little backwards. But let's hear what he has to

say about it to us. Welcome, Carlos. Thanks so much for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books.

Oh, Zippy, thanks so much. Is on moms. Don't have time to read books. Oh, Zippy, thanks so much. Is there a Dads Don't Have Time to Read Books podcast or do I need to start that one too? You might need to start it. Okay, okay. Because I'm the same way and I'm like, I love the name of this podcast. I was so excited when I saw it. Oh, thank you so much. Yes, there's been a lot of debate because obviously these conversations aren't just for moms, but I feel like they do a service because we all

are so busy as parents. So it should not exclude dads at all. No, no. So busy, so busy. We've got

three kids. They're all teenagers now, but it doesn't get any less crazy. And I watched,

this is from so long ago, but your viral video of your little one who was crying when he couldn't

be a single lady. Yes, yes. He is 14 years old now. And that video haunts him. It's so funny,

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