#36 Family, History, and Possibilities w/ Turner Simkins
The Road to Now
Benjamin Sawyer
4.8 • 628 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2016
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In episode 36 of The Road to Now, Bob and guest co-host Keith Larson speak with Turner Simkins about his new book Possibilities. Turner tells of the struggles his family went through after his son Brennan was diagnosed with a rare subtype of Leukemia on his 7th birthday, and what they learned as Brennan went from a dismal prognosis to a remarkable recovery. Turner also explains how the inspiration that Brennan took from Band of Brothers inspired him to wake up every day with the will to fight, and shows how the lessons of history can be a powerful force in our everyday lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on the road to now. |
| 0:04.0 | Everybody loves their children. |
| 0:06.0 | You know, we can all share that, and that's something that I do think it's something that connects everyone in this world, |
| 0:11.0 | and I think therefore it connects us after we leave it. |
| 0:14.0 | You know, my middle son Brennan was diagnosed with leukemia. |
| 0:18.0 | He was given a very grim prognosis, and we found our way to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. |
| 0:24.4 | We were watching Band of Brothers. He looked over to me and his mom. He said, you know, Mom, Dad, |
| 0:28.7 | these guys got up every day not knowing if they're going to live to see another day. |
| 0:33.3 | And yet they got up and they fought hard. And he felt like he could relate to them. |
| 0:38.2 | So this kid, he's what, at the time he's eight, on Turner on Nine. |
| 0:41.8 | And I do credit his association with those guys to his fighting spirit and his ability to hang in there. |
| 0:49.9 | Because like I said, I mean, he was given no chance. |
| 0:52.7 | Four bone marrow transplants later, he's a miracle. |
| 0:56.2 | I'm Bob Crawford. |
| 0:57.2 | I'm Ben Sawyer. |
| 0:58.4 | And this is the road to now. |
| 1:00.4 | And it's December 26th. |
| 1:02.1 | It is. |
| 1:02.4 | It's my father's birthday. |
| 1:03.8 | And boxing day. |
| 1:04.7 | And boxing day. |
| 1:05.8 | And the day after Christmas. |
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