Introducing: Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin

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4.8 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Hey Open Book fans! As a bonus, we’re sharing the trailer of Craig Melvin’s new podcast, 'Glass Half Full.' Each week, Craig sits down with a celebrity, athlete, comedian, or just plain fascinating person for intimate conversations that feel like catching up with an old friend. With warmth, humor, and curiosity, he explores how setbacks become breakthroughs — and how you never really know when that moment can become the moment that changes everything. Join us. Because who knows? You might just leave with a fresh perspective…and your glass half full. Follow now to hear new episodes every Tuesday: swap.fm/l/gdC024GHmmiP8tWcmwkz Watch episodes on the TODAY YouTube Channel. Follow host Craig Melvin on Instagram.

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0:00.0	Jim Gaffig.
0:01.6	Shonda Rhine Williams.
0:02.3	Malcolm Gladwood, Jr.
0:04.0	Regina Hall. I got my glass. Shaquille O'Neill, what are we toasting to? Me making you look bad on your own podcast. That's how we don't start this. Cheers. I've always been fascinated by what shapes people. You're suddenly in charge. You know, I got a television show. That was a horrific shock to my system when it happened. The setbacks, the
0:21.6	breakthroughs, the moments that really change everything. When life is difficult, it presents an
0:27.7	opportunity. I'm Craig Melvin, and this is my new podcast, Glass Half Full. Each week, I start
0:35.2	with a very simple question. Would you consider yourself a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of guy?
0:40.3	Half empty, because there's always work to do.
0:42.4	We decided to keep a culture that did not exist in the athlete representation space.
0:48.1	You can't run from failure.
0:49.5	Learn from it.
0:50.6	Bade yourself in it.
0:51.7	Embrace it.
0:52.6	So, pour glass.
0:53.7	Show on scotch today, Craig Melvin.
0:55.9	And join me for conversations that
0:57.7	just might change how you see your own
0:59.9	story. Let's go, baby.
1:02.0	Glass half full.

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