# "He Was Like SUPERMAN" – How a Navy Vet Grandfather Built Andre Williams' Mind

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Podcast: [Valuetainment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/valuetainment-328960)
Published: 2026-06-12T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/valuetainment/episodes/He-Was-Like-SUPERMAN--How-a-Navy-Vet-Grandfather-Built-Andre-Williams-Mind-e3klp1p
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## Resource

Andre Williams opens up on the tragedy that shaped him: his father murdered before he was born, raised in Detroit under a Navy-veteran grandfather who built his worldview. Family, loss, Thomas Sowell, and the politics behind his far-right turn. Talk-radio raw, no apologies.

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