Episode 54: I Am Brad Meltzer
Dad 2.0 Podcast
English - October 26, 2020 22:59 - 47 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Kids & Family Parenting marketing dad dad2 dad2summit dadblogger dads dougfrench fatherhood influencers jeffbogle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When Brad Meltzer delivered the opening keynote at the 2016 Dad 2.0 Summit, his core message was about legacy, and our impact on everyone from our families to total strangers. And of the myriad genres his career has spanned — fiction, nonfiction, television, comic books, etc. — he considers his I Am series as his proudest legacy, to his and strangers' kids all over the world.
The stories of Anne Frank and Benjamin Franklin (the 21st and 22nd volumes, respectively) arrive at a time that could not be more timely. We discuss the importance of depicting heroes as the fearful and flawed humans they are, and how Brad tries to use their failures to inspire kids to persevere.