Hey, everybody, it's Mochew and you're new. Welcome back to the Mo news podcast. I'm really excited about today's guest, Luke Russert, a journalist, a brand new author and someone I consider a friend from our time covering Capitol Hill more than a decade ago. He was doing it for NBC. I was doing it for Fox.

Luke is out with a new autobiography called Look for Me There. It documents his journey following the untimely death of his father Tim Russert back in 2008.

Luke was just 22 years old at the time. His father, of course, Tim Russert, the esteemed journalist, meet the press moderator. Luke would immediately follow in Tim's steps at age 22, going into journalism, going to work for NBC News.

Then realizing a few years later, that's not actually what he wanted and he had never really mourned his father. So he goes on this journey to nearly every continent and dozens of countries.

And he documents it in his new book. We talk about the journey, what traveling teaches you and the state of the media in this conversation. I think you're really going to enjoy it.

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So I'm so glad today to be welcoming a guest. I am also very happy to call a friend former NBC news correspondent Luke russert world traveler and now author.

Luke, it's good to be chatting with you.

Most what a pleasure and congratulations on everything you've built. It's it's incredible. You're in the future of news, my man.

I hope I can live up to those expectations. Luke.

Well, you're doing all the job. We share a few things in common, including we just realized fathers born in 1950 within a week of each other.

And we're going to talk about that and a whole variety of things, including the media world and his world travelers.

He's a new author of a brand new book where I think I have it next to me right here. Look for me there.

There is what's notable here and we're going to go through your journey, Luke.

You stepped away from a successful TV career to pursue a three year journey around the world.

And you tell that story in your new book. Luke for those unfamiliar is the son of journalism legend of former meet the press moderator Tim russert after unexpectedly losing his father Tim in 2008.

Luke threw himself into his career following in his father's footsteps. However, after eight years.

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