Preparing To Be A Cool Granpa with Greg Payne

Brotherhood of Fatherhood

17-08-2023 • 47 mins

Greg  was born in Portland, OR but did most of his growing up in the Northern Virginia area. He went back to Portland for his undergrad in History from Portland State University. He got married during senior year of college to a woman that had two little boys. After graduation, He attended grad school and earned his MBA from Eastern Carolina University. They then relocated back to Portland where he worked for Consolidated Freightways for a few years. In 2005, they moved to Atlanta where he has worked for UPS and two other software companies. He started The Cool Grandpa Podcast in 2020. The focus of the podcast is to share how important the role of the grandfather is to the family and especially grandchildren.


7:56 Navigating the tricky waters of introducing a new character

12:26 The misconception of distance.

16:14 Being a grandparent is not always unicorns and rainbows.

25:23 The grandfather phase starts when we are still young

34:26 How to deal with the assertion of will on the family.

40:26 Why do you do this work?


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