Episode 177: The Importance of Doing Hard Things with Katie Couric

Raising Boys & Girls

That Sounds Fun Network

Parenting, Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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How many of us grew up watching Katie Couric over breakfast before school? We both sure did…and have loved and respected her work ever since. It was an HONOR to have a conversation with her recently about parenting adult children, her books, her work with Stand Up to Cancer, and the fascinating people she has met along the way. What a remarkable career this kind, tenacious, brilliant woman has had. . . . . . For a deeper dive, we've now got the Ages and Stages Discussion Guides up on our website - with Try it Out sections and devotionals for each day of the week. Go to raisingboysandgirls.com/shop and scroll down to the bottom! Sign up to receive the monthly newsletter to keep up to date with where David and Sissy are speaking, where they are taco'ing, PLUS conversation starters for you and your family to share! Go behind the scenes and watch our podcast on YouTube! Download a copy of the Raising Boys and Girls Feelings Chart. Connect with David, Sissy, and Melissa at raisingboysandgirls.com. . . . . . If you would like to partner with Raising Boys and Girls as a podcast sponsor, fill out our Advertise with us form. . . . . . A special thank you to our sponsors: Our Place: Go to fromourplace.com and enter code RBG at checkout to receive 10% off sitewide. LMNT: Right now LMNT is offering a free sample pack with any purchase. This deal is only available through our link. Go to drinklmnt.com/RBG. KiwiCo: Get 50% off your first month on ANY crate line at kiwico.com with promo code RBG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, welcome to the raising boys Boys and Girls Podcast.
0:12.6	I'm Sissy Gough.
0:13.7	And I'm David Thomas.
0:14.9	And I'm Melissa Trevathan.
0:16.6	And we're so glad you joined us for this conversation.
0:20.1	Let's dive in. Katie Couric is an award-winning journalist and number one New York Times best-selling author of her memoir Going There,
0:35.2	which was published in October 2021. She is also a co-founder of Stand Up to
0:40.5	Cancer, SU2C, which has raised more than $700 million for cancer research.
0:48.0	Kirk was the first woman to solo anchor and network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the
0:55.1	CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011 following 15 years as co-anchor of NBC's Today Show. In 2017 she founded Katie Curric
1:07.1	Media KCM which has developed a number of media projects including a daily
1:12.3	newsletter wake-up call, a podcast next question, digital
1:16.3	video series, and several documentaries. You can find it all at Katiecuric.com.
1:22.4	Through a mutual friend, Katie reached out to me
1:25.2	after the Covenant School shooting
1:27.0	and asked me to be on an Instagram lab with her,
1:30.5	which, of course, in the midst of the heartbreak over what was going on our community. with her
1:35.0	with her, which, of course, in the midst of the heartbreak
1:34.0	over what was going on our community,
1:35.0	I was a nervous wreck to talk to Katie Couric,
1:37.0	as anyone would be, and I will never forget her texting me saying,
1:41.0	can we talk on the phone and hopping on the phone and her saying
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