Losing My Father Taught Me How To Live - Michael Smoak

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

May 29, 2026

Duration

7m

Channel

Origin Story w/ David McIntosh Jr

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• David McIntosh Jr

  host

  Podcast host of Origin Story w/ David McIntosh Jr.

• Michael Smoak

  guest

  Guest discussing the impact of losing his father young and lessons on living intentionally.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Origin Story w/ David McIntosh Jr, featuring David McIntosh Jr and Michael Smoak, Losing My Father Taught Me How To Live - Michael Smoak explores young parental loss reframes risk, presence, and a life well-lived Michael Smoak describes the distinct disorientation of losing a parent in your twenties—old enough not to be a child, but not yet fully established in adulthood.

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