Tom Brokaw, former NBC Nightly News anchor, now NBC News special correspondent and author of A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope (Random House, 2015), was diagnosed with cancer in 2013, which inspired him to keep journals on the experience. This memoir came out of those journals, and contains his meditations on life, death, family as well as highlights from his long career.
.@tombrokaw is joining us via Skype from the root cellar in his ranch in Montana. He calls it "one of the wonders of modern communication."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 2, 2015
.@tombrokaw says his new memoir - A Lucky Life Interrupted – “may be the most important book that I’ve written.”
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 2, 2015
It’s chaos, the way that we pay for healthcare. Obamacare is imperfect, still being tuned. It’s not an overwhelming success says @tombrokaw.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 2, 2015
"America was built on big ideas. The very notion of America was itself 'a big idea.' " - @TomBrokaw, to @BrianLehrer
— Josh Weinberger (@kitson) July 2, 2015
.@tombrokaw recalls 50 yrs ago driving into @NBCNews car lot for 1st time. A Chrysler was in his spot, license plate HOPE (that's Bob Hope).
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 2, 2015
"My numbers are in remission. I’m essentially an optimist. I’m charging ahead, Brian. I’m still the luckiest guy I know." -@tombrokaw
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 2, 2015