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And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your host, David Axelrod.

To all the listeners of the Axviles, I want to say happy Thanksgiving.

And I want to tell you that, as I consider all my blessings on Thanksgiving,

I'm really grateful for the many people who have downloaded these conversations, who have appreciated them, who have offered their comments.

So, I'm thankful for you.

Most people think of Steve Kerr as the brilliant coach of the Golden State Warriors,

and a long time athlete and broadcaster.

And so, people may have been surprised when he spoke passionately about the results of the last election,

and his sense of concern about the tenor of that election.

But if you knew something about Steve's history, his remarks wouldn't have been surprising, as you'll learn, in this conversation we had the other day.

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So, Steve Kerr, welcome.

You know, I read a column that some columnist wrote in October saying, Steve Kerr should run for president of the United States.

And I was thinking about the negative ad.

You know, Steve Kerr born in Lebanon, raised among Muslims in Egypt, is he really an American, and so on.

But I don't think most people know about your journey and how you grew up, and maybe you could just talk a little bit about that.

Sure, yeah.

Yeah, I've been incredibly lucky in my life to live the way I have, to grow up in the family that I grew up in.

And as you said, born in Beirut, my dad was teaching at the American University in Beirut at the time, and he was a Middle East political science professor.

Ultimately took a job at UCLA, and we moved there when I was just a year or two old, and spent most of my childhood in Los Angeles.

But my dad would take sabbaticals, so we spent time in France, Tunisia, three years in Egypt, and while we were living overseas, we would travel as well in the summertime.

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