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7: Willie Geist & Boyd McDonnell - Fatherhood Reflections: Balancing Career, Family, and Friendship
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What We Explored This Episode
In this heartwarming Father's Day special of "I'll Meet You There," I sit down with my husband, Boyd McDonnell, and our longtime friend, Willie Geist, to celebrate the joys and challenges of fatherhood. The episode highlights their personal experiences as fathers, sharing touching and humorous stories about raising their children. Boyd and Willie reflect on the influence of their own fathers, the late Richard McDonnell and Bill Geist, and how these relationships have shaped their parenting styles. The conversation is filled with laughter, love, and insights into the evolving role of fathers in modern family life. Join us for an intimate and joyful celebration of fatherhood.
Memorable Quotes
"I remember saying, "they just give you a baby'. Shouldn't this be way harder than the driver's license or voting or whatever else it is? But they just give you a baby, but then you go to, okay, they've done this for millennia. Christina always said cavemen had babies. Yeah, we can figure this out." (Willie Geist)
"I think that my advice to myself would be leave the phone in a drawer and then go and do bedtime and don't worry about whatever else is happening at the office. It's not important." (Boyd McDonnell)
"I feel lucky to have figured out early on that the most important thing was being there, because some men I know who I've talked to, even about it, it's too late. And they've told me in conversations, I wish I'd been there. I wish I'd been there now. That's a hard thing to do when you're rising in your career and you feel like, oh, I should go to that event that night. I should go to that party, I should go to that meeting. I need to do all the things or someone's going to pass me." (Willie Geist)
Connect with Willie
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/williegeist
X/Twitter - https://x.com/williegeist
Sunday Today Show - https://www.today.com/sunday-today
Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist (podcast) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sunday-sitdown-with-willie-geist/id1370507232
Good Talk, Dad by Bill Geist and Willie Geist - https://amzn.to/3XnFGwH
Connect with Boyd
LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/boyd-mcdonnell-5193567/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/boydmcdonnell
21 South Music - https://www.instagram.com/21southmusic
Website: 21southmusic.com
Connect with Paige
Website - https://paigenolan.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/paigenolanwrite
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/paigenolanwriter
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paige-nolan-0932751/
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Music by Boyd McDonnell
Cover art photography by Innis Casey
Podcast production & marketing by North Node Podcast Network
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