Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin
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Episodes: 16
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Neutral
Location: USA
30s Ad: 86 - 98, 60s Ad: 102 - 114
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Craig Melvin - Craig Melvin is a TODAY (NBC) host and journalist. On Glass Half Full, he leads intimate, personality-forward interviews with public figures across entertainment, sports, business, and beyond, focu...
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Recent Guest Discussions
Mellody Hobson - Motherhood And Parenting; Financial Trauma And Investing; Guidance On Money; Marriage And Family Perspectives.
Jayson Tatum - Achilles Injury And Comeback; Single-parent Upbringing; Fatherhood At 19; Reconciling With His Dad; Pivotal Sports Moments.
Roy Wood Jr. - Family Dynamics; Failure And Bombing At The Apollo; Career Pivots (including Leaving The Daily Show); Fatherhood And Changing One’s Path.
Episodes
Arthur Brooks on Optimism, Boredom and How Phones Ruin Our Brains | Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin
May 26, 2026
On this week’s episode of Glass Half Full With Craig Melvin, Harvard professor and happiness expert Arthur Brooks sits down for a wide-ranging conversation about how to live a life of purpose, optimism and fulfillment. Brooks reveals the simple habits he believes support meaning, explains why boredom plays a critical role in restoring it, and details how falling into the “striver’s trap,” the lifelong habit of trying to earn the love you already have, can undermine the happiness of high achie...
Mellody Hobson on Marrying George Lucas, Raising Their Daughter, And What Money Can’t Buy| Glass Half Full With Craig Melvin
May 19, 2026
Investor and business leader Mellody Hobson sits down with Craig Melvin on this week’s episode of Glass Half Full for a conversation about motherhood, money, and what it takes to keep going. Mellody opens up about growing up on Chicago’s South Side with a single mom who bought easter dresses instead of paying the light bill, the fifth grade spelling test that changed the course of her life, and how financial trauma drove her to build a career in the investment business. Mellody also shares wh...
Celtics Star Jayson Tatum Opens Up About His Achilles, His Mom & Fighting to Come Back | Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin
May 12, 2026
Before the 2026 NBA playoffs began, NBA Champion and 6-Time All-Star Jayson Tatum sat down with Craig Melvin on Glass Half Full for an unfiltered look at his journey from the courts of St. Louis to the top of the basketball world. Tatum opens up about the moment he tore his Achilles against the Knicks in the 2025 playoffs, what he heard, what he felt, and what the 47-week road back has really looked like. He also shares the story of growing up in a single parent household, the plan he made wi...
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