{"podcast":{"title":"Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin","slug":"glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253","podcast_index_feed_id":7675253,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/BkOWZ14F","website_url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/56ae3642-8448-4d83-8f83-bea602669488/8920ae5a-4914-4b92-9dfe-7bf3b608561e/3000x3000/main_tile.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"NBC News","episode_count":19,"summary":"TODAY’s Craig Melvin brings warmth, humor, and curiosity to intimate conversations from his basement bar. Each week Craig sits down with a celebrity, athlete, comedian or just plain fascinating person to talk about the defining moments, challenges and triumphs that shaped their lives. Expect thoughtful insights, unexpected turns and the type of honesty that feels like catching up with an old friend. And who knows? You might just leave with a fresh perspective...and your glass half full.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T22:17:01.941158+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253"},"episode":{"title":"Celtics Star Jayson Tatum Opens Up About His Achilles, His Mom & Fighting to Come Back | Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin","slug":"celtics-star-jayson-tatum-opens-up-about-his-achilles-his-mom-fighting-to-come-back-glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin","published_at":"2026-05-12T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253/celtics-star-jayson-tatum-opens-up-about-his-achilles-his-mom-fighting-to-come-back-glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/WyZndMW35x3t79tHlknd/nbcnews.simplecastaudio.com/834c10f1-7493-43df-96d0-c633605ca932/episodes/c6ee721b-d2a9-4577-a0ca-78dd4245072f/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=834c10f1-7493-43df-96d0-c633605ca932&awEpisodeId=c6ee721b-d2a9-4577-a0ca-78dd4245072f&feed=BkOWZ14F","summary":"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 with his mom at five years old, and the full circle moment when that kid from St. Louis finally got to sit across from his idol Kobe Bryant. Off the court, Tatum gets candid about becoming a father at 19, raising his two sons Deuce and Dylan, and making peace with his own dad.","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1885,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253/episodes/celtics-star-jayson-tatum-opens-up-about-his-achilles-his-mom-fighting-to-come-back-glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253/celtics-star-jayson-tatum-opens-up-about-his-achilles-his-mom-fighting-to-come-back-glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}