Luke Russert on losing his father, quitting journalism and traveling the world

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This week on Jesuitical, we’re joined by Luke Russert, the author of the new memoir Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself. Luke is the son of Tim Russert, the legendary host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and served as an NBC News correspondent from 2008 to 2016. We talk to Luke about: What it was like to lose his father and hero Tim Russert the year he graduated from college Why he decided to leave a successful career in journalism to travel the world The limits of travel when it comes to processing grief and finding yourself And during Signs of the Times, Ashley and Zac discuss the following news stories: The historic participation of Catholic cardinals and bishops at the coronation of King Charles III this weekend The Sisters of Charity of New York’s decision to no longer accept new members and to embark on a “path of completion” The maiden voyage of a Staten Island Ferry named for Dorothy Day Links from the show: Look for Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself British Catholics will attend a coronation for the first time since the Reformation Sisters of Charity of New York Vote on Congregation’s Path to Completion Onboard the first journey of a Staten Island ferry named for Dorothy Day What’s on tap? Guinness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.4	Often over drinks. I'm Ashley McKinless and I'm joined by Zach Davis.
0:51.1	It is wonderful as ever to be joined by you, Ashley.
0:53.4	Yes, we have a great show come out, don't we? Really do. Really exciting show for anyone who's ever
0:58.0	traveled or loves to travel or has any kind of wanderlust at all because we are
1:02.4	talking to Luke Russert this week.
1:04.7	Yeah so Luke is the son of the late and famous Tim Russert of NBC's Meet the Press.
1:11.1	He's a really iconic figure in American journalism and
1:14.8	someone I grew up I remember watching on TV when my dad was watching his Sunday
1:18.7	shows that that was a main staple and Luke lost his father when he was just out of college very unexpectedly
1:24.4	and kind of went into the political journalism business following in his dad's
1:28.9	footsteps and then kind of had a quarter-life crisis.
1:31.9	Yeah that's right so he ends up sort of like really and then kind of had a quarter life crisis.
1:32.5	Yeah, that's right.
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