Sean Williams, GIRL DAD
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by Sean Williams to talk both about his picture book Girl Dad as well as his organization, The Dad Gang. Sean shares The Dad Gang's mission to shatter stereotypes about Black fatherhood, how their non-profit wing empowers fathers around the country, and where the company is expanding next. The two also discuss how Sean's close relationship with his daughters inspired his new children's book and the main message he hopes other fathers talk away from it. Check out @TheDadGang on Instagram!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
| 0:25.9 | podcast, and you can get my new memoir, Bookends, a memoir of Love, Loss, and Literature, |
| 0:31.8 | wherever books are sold starting July 1st, and my children's book, Princess Charming. You can |
| 0:37.4 | learn more about me at Zibby Owens.com, |
| 0:39.5 | but really you're here to learn more about the authors, |
| 0:42.3 | and that is what we're going to do. |
| 0:44.4 | Also, be sure to check out all the other podcasts |
| 0:46.9 | in the ZCast Podcast Network. |
| 0:49.4 | You can learn more at ZCastnetwork.com |
| 0:51.9 | and definitely check out those shows as well. |
| 0:58.3 | Thank you. at Zcastnetwork.com and definitely check out those shows as well. Sean Williams is the author of Girl Dad. |
| 1:01.2 | He is a hashtag Girl Dad to his two daughters and a hashtag Boy Dad as well. |
| 1:06.7 | He is also the founder and CEO of The Dad Gang, which you'll hear. |
| 1:12.6 | I said the wrong name during the episode and I still am feeling badly about it. But anyway, he's the founder and CEO of the |
| 1:16.6 | dad gang, a conscious social community of dads on a mission to redefine, revolutionize, and |
| 1:24.0 | reshape the image of black fatherhood. Girl Dad is his first book for children. |
| 1:28.7 | You should definitely check out the dad gang, by the way. It is the coolest Instagram handle, |
| 1:32.9 | and they have these amazing videos of dads with their daughters, and it is so cute. And Sean is just |
| 1:38.7 | amazing for starting this. I am just such a huge fan. Welcome, Sean. Thank you so much for coming |
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