S4E8: Amazon Delivers Dads Hope...with Josh Thomas

Attempting Fatherhood

English - May 03, 2023 13:25 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Previous Episode: S4E7: Screenwriter, Author, Basketball Coach Chris Meyer Talks About Scarves and The Power Of A Mentor

Hey Attempters. Make sure to follow us on IG and head to the website for more! Josh Thomas was my guest and he’s awesome. I actually was following him b/f we were even introduced. He started this cool dad apparel company called WASHED DADS (We Are Super Heroes Every Day) with a group of his friends who quote, “share the mission of reclaiming the narrative of Black fatherhood and poignantly countering stereotypes that depict absent Black fathers.” Love that.

But he’s not some guy who quit their job and is now rolling in cash. He is however a big man at Amazon. In fact, he’s now the highest-ranking Black operator among the company’s thousands of Global Specialty Fulfillment employees. He’s a regional director for nine of Amazon’s faster-than-same-day fulfillment centers. This guy is busy but not too busy to chat with me!

We talk about being a dad and busy businessman, how he was raised by his father and sometimes homeless, and why letting his daughter ride her bike to Target (like he did when he was a kid) had his wife questioning his sanity!

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