Hi, I'm Alexis Ohanian. You may know me as one of the co-founders of Reddit, but more recently, a large part of my identity is being a father to my wonderful daughters.

In my podcast, Business Dad, I hope to open the conversation about

working parents a bit. You'll get to hear from a wide range of business dads,

from Rain Wilson and Guy Raz to Todd Carmichael and Shane Batier to find out how they balance being a dad with a successful career.

Business dad is available now, so be sure to listen to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. This is the moth radio hour from PRX and I'm Suzanne Rust, your host for this

Father's Day episode. My dad left me with two memorable pieces of advice.

The first, Suzanne don't take any crap. Well the actual

word he used was more colorful, but his point was clear. He didn't mean giving up when things

or people became challenging.

It was more about learning to advocate for myself and making sure that I knew that I deserved respect.

To this day, when something feels shady, I hear his words.

The second, Suzanne, tell them who you are.

Well, when I was younger, I didn't know what he was talking about.

But I've come to understand that he wanted me to learn to bring all of the pieces of myself together,

who I am and who I came from and put them out there with

confidence. When I'm feeling insecure I try to put this into practice. My father, Arthur George Russ Jr. was one of the first black sportscasters and went on to become a pioneer of the sports radio genre.

The child of immigrants, a Jamaican father, and a Panamanian mother,

he worked hard to get where he was,

and his success made me feel like life was full of possibilities.

He loved his work, but he loved me and my mother even more.

We were a happy trio until my mother died rather suddenly when I was just 21.

Dad and I went through hell, but we went through it together.

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