Episodes

  • The Thanksgiving I Spent Alone and Got Back to My Family

    The Thanksgiving I Spent Alone and Got Back to My Family
    Nov 25 2025
    I’ve always loved Thanksgiving for its simplicity—no gifts, no pressure, just a table and gratitude. But the one year I sat alone at mine, I learned more about grace than any other holiday I’ve lived through. This is the story of how a box at my door reminded me I wasn’t as alone as I thought… and it helped lead my family and me back to each other. David Magee's Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://davidmagee.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/davidmageeshow/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@davidmageeshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • Turning 60 is the New 40: Just Getting Started | Ep 41

    Turning 60 is the New 40: Just Getting Started | Ep 41
    Nov 18 2025
    When I was younger, I thought 60 meant slowing down, maybe coasting into the sunset. But I’ve learned the opposite — this season of life is sharper, clearer, and freer to try and make a difference in the world. Today, my wife Kent interviews me and ask what turning 60 means and about second chances, regret, aging with peace, and the strange beauty of realizing you have nothing left to prove. It’s not a story about growing old — it’s about finally growing into yourself. David Magee's Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://davidmagee.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/davidmageeshow/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@davidmageeshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Father, Daughter and Conversation with Mary Halley Carlson | Ep 40

    Father, Daughter and Conversation with Mary Halley Carlson | Ep 40
    Nov 11 2025
    There was a time when my daughter Mary Halley and I couldn’t talk. Not really. Now we sit across from each other, laughing, asking questions, and sharing the hard-won peace that came from years of healing and growing. In this conversation, we talk about what it means to rebuild trust, the lessons that come with being parents and grandparents, and why keeping the conversation going is the victory in family. David Magee's Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://davidmagee.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/davidmageeshow/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@davidmageeshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • A Recovery Journey and Helping Students with Alysia Lajune of the William Magee Center | Ep 37

    A Recovery Journey and Helping Students with Alysia Lajune of the William Magee Center | Ep 37
    Oct 21 2025
    I sit down with Alysia Lajune, who helps lead the William Magee Center at Ole Miss — the same center that carries my son’s name. Alysia's story is powerful, real, and full of hope. She opens up about her own journey through addiction and recovery, and how it led her to the work she’s doing now to help students find healing and purpose. We talk about what recovery really looks like — the honesty, the setbacks, the grace. Alysia shares how one person’s pain can become another person’s lifeline, and how small steps toward openness and understanding can literally save lives. David Magee's Newsletter ⁠⁠https://davidmagee.substack.com/⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/davidmageeshow/⁠⁠ Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@davidmageeshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • A Tree That Marks Time (Essay) | Ep 39

    A Tree That Marks Time (Essay) | Ep 39
    Nov 4 2025
    How do you mark change? There’s a maple tree in my community that’s been keeping time for me all my life. Every fall, it’s the first to turn. Always early. Always beautiful. Always right on schedule. I’ve come to mark my years by its color, by the rhythm of its change. This story is about what that tree, and its brilliance, has taught me. David Magee's Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://davidmagee.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/davidmageeshow/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@davidmageeshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • Essay on Life: The Things that Scare Me

    Essay on Life: The Things that Scare Me
    Oct 30 2025
    On the eve of Halloween 2025, I talk about the things that scare me now—not the witches and monsters of childhood, but the real fears that come with being human. The fear of disconnection. Of judgment. Of forgetting how to truly see one another. But maybe fear isn’t only something to run from. Maybe it’s a reminder of what still matters. In this episode, I explore how we can choose curiosity over cynicism, grace over judgment, and how taking off the masks we wear every day might just help us find our way back to each other. David Magee's Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://davidmagee.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/davidmageeshow/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@davidmageeshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 mins
  • Becoming Family: A Daughter-in-Law Perspective with Lo Magee | Ep 38

    Becoming Family: A Daughter-in-Law Perspective with Lo Magee | Ep 38
    Oct 28 2025
    Families aren’t simple — even the strongest ones. In this episode, I sit down with my daughter-in-law, Lo Magee, to talk about staying connected when addiction, recovery, and grief have reshaped everything — from how we communicate to how we trust again. It’s honest and a little raw — because showing up, learning, and growing together is what makes a family. David Magee's Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠https://davidmagee.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/davidmageeshow/⁠⁠⁠ Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@davidmageeshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Essay on Life: Real Over Perfect

    Essay on Life: Real Over Perfect
    Oct 23 2025
    I talk about what it really means to create something honest — not the shiny, perfect kind the world seems to want, but the kind that shows what’s real. Writing my memoir A Little Crazy taught me more about myself than any success ever could — even if the book had only been for me. Sometimes, as creators, that’s what’s needed. It reminded me that not all stories are meant to be polished. They’re meant to be true. Sometimes the idea, the execution, and the results are a little crazy — and that’s exactly how it should be. David Magee's Newsletter ⁠⁠⁠https://davidmagee.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/davidmageeshow/⁠⁠⁠ Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@davidmageeshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 mins