Dadville Classic: Craig Melvin: This Went a Lot Better Than I Thought it Would

Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin

That Sounds Fun Network

Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Our guest this week is Craig Melvin, who is a co-host of the Today Show and the author of Pops: Learning to Be a Son and a Father. Craig opens up about his complicated history with his father, how he unplugs from the 24/7 news cycle, and what's it like when James Brown's anastesia is still lingering during a live interview. Join us: http://dadville.substack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Introducing Laseldisei by Issemyake, a tribute to today's masculinity that gives men the desire to live intensely,
0:11.0	a fragrance inspired by salt, an essential element of nature, an incisive freshness
0:18.4	with a bold blend of woody and marine notes.
0:21.8	Awaken your senses.
0:23.0	Lusel desé, the new fragrance for men.
0:27.0	Issemyake.
0:29.0	Deadville.
0:38.0	Hi, I'm Dave Barnes. And I'm John McLaughlin.
0:39.0	And welcome to Dadville.
0:41.0	Dadville is a podcast where we talk about life, love, and the pursuit of awesome
0:45.3	dadding. It's funny thoughts and deep talks. So please enjoy your time here in
0:49.9	Dadville and enjoy this episode with Craig Melvin.
0:59.2	We are thrilled that you're on here.
1:01.2	So, yeah, man.
1:01.9	Thank you so much for doing this. We start every episode for with what we call the brag sheet and
1:07.6	Craig I'm not going to lie to you this one is substantial. I had to practice it I did some push-ups since Winsprint so I feel ready for this.
1:15.2	But I'm gonna start because this is this is amazing. Okay, uh, Craig was elected the first
1:20.3	African-American president of Key Club International in 1996, one of the youngest
1:25.0	to ever receive an Associated Press Award, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from
1:30.0	Wofford.
1:31.0	Get in, Wofford, look at you.
1:32.0	Started at, I TV in Columbia, South Carolina,
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