Tom Brokaw's Memoir

By Scott Simon

Published January 11, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Tom Brokaw, anchor of the NBC Nightly News, about his memoir A Long Way from Home.

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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