Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2022-05-27
Books mentioned on Running Directly Into the Fight, Honoring Those We've Lost, and Fatherhood, with Dakota Meyer | Ep. 331
In this Memorial Day special, Megyn Kelly is joined by Dakota Meyer, Medal of Honor recipient and Marine, to talk about growing up and figuring life out on your own, the importance of accountability,
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt examines how well-intentioned safetyism and cultural shifts, combined with the rise of social media, are setting younger generations up for psychological distress and failure.
Discussed“he wrote the coddling of the american mind and he he was talking about how we have to stop with the helicopter parenting”
Where to get it
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Into The Fire
Into the Fire by Dakota Meyer and Bing West is a powerful military memoir chronicling the intense experiences and valor of a Medal of Honor recipient serving as a Marine in Afghanistan.
Discussed“um this is from your your first book um where you write into the fire will you write so it began the close haircuts to strip away your old identity exercises to prove you're not half as strong as you figured”
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