Today's episode of the Tuesday People Podcast marks the year anniversary of our show, and the 25th anniversary of the passing of Morrie Schwartz. To help us tell the story of where it all began, former Nightline senior producer, Richard Harris, joins us to share his memories of Morrie, and how he was instrumental in bringing the infamous "Morrie Schwartz" interview with Ted Koppel to air. You'll hear never-before-told stories of that famous interview and some very special words from people still learning from Morrie's teachings, all these years later. Thank you, our listeners, for a wonderful year. So happy to have you all as part of the Tuesday People community!

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Morrie Schwartz died three days before Election Day in 1995. Had Morrie been alive to see this year's election, he most likely would have been less concerned about who got into the White House than how we behaved once the election was over. Media has fueled politics. And politics has put quite a dent in humanity. On today's Tuesday People episode we discuss the importance of being accountable for our own behavior and putting love ahead of division. Mitch also talks about how "Tuesdays With Morrie" would never have come to be if it weren't for the media and a Nightline interview Mitch just happened to catch late one night featuring his beloved former professor. 

Morrie always said "Love each other, or perish." We seem to be worried a lot about perishing, but not a lot about loving one another. Let's all try to remember these words as the coming days unfold.

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How would "Tuesdays With Morrie" have ended up if it took place during this pandemic? If Mitch and Morrie met virtually, through a computer screen, instead of in person every Tuesday, sitting close to one another? That's the question Mitch brings to this week's show. With students and teachers meeting daily over the Internet, how does this affect the students? The teachers? The learning process as a whole? Can learning be the same without face-to-face interaction and human touch? Would Mitch and Morrie's meetings have worked virtually? No touch, no wiping tears off Morrie's face - no nuances to share with the reader. The world will get back to normal one day. But until it does, we have to wonder, how will the virtual worlds we've built for the last 7 months affect us all in the long run?

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Patricia Heaton, the Emmy Award–winning star of Everybody Loves Raymond, The Middle, and most recently, Carol’s Second Act, is one of TV’s most recognizable and beloved moms. This week, she joins Mitch Albom and the Tuesday People Podcast to talk about her book, "Your Second Act: Inspiring Stories of Reinvention."  Through her own second-act experience, Heaton became curious about other people’s stories of second-act transitions and ways to offer support in the process. In her new book, she shares wisdom from her own personal journey as well as insight from stories of numerous people across the country. From work to health, to love and more, the results are heartwarming, inspiring, and surprisingly relatable! You'll learn that it’s never too late, or too early to stage your second act!

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Olympic champion, Scott Hamilton, joins Mitch Albom on this week's episode of the Tuesday People podcast to discuss his latest project, Live Your Days. In a world of hustle, distraction, and busyness, Live Your Days is a call to presentness. It's about embracing the fact that we don't control the number of days we have on this earth; we only control what we do with them. It's a challenge to decide what living means to you. It's a call to live, fully live, each day. Scott Hamilton is the living example of what it means to "Live Your Days." He's an Olympic Champion, cancer survivor, television broadcaster, motivational speaker, author, husband/father and eternal optimist! Join us for this inspirational episode! For more information Live Your Days, visit Scott's website at www.liveyourdays.com.

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Schadenfreude is defined as pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune. The recent news has brought this topic into the spotlight and, on today's episode, Mitch Albom discusses this phenomenon with his guest, Barnard and Columbia University professor, Colin Leach. Professor Leach explains the difference between Schadenfreude and it's lesser known cousin, Genugtuug, and how we can identify situations where we might gravitate toward finding pleasure in unfortunate circumstances ourselves. 

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On today's episode of the Tuesday People Podcast, Mitch Albom and co-host Lisa Goich are joined by a Delaware mother to discuss the challenges she, and so many other mothers are facing, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and at-home schooling. The lines are firmly drawn in the sand: One side are the mothers who, under no circumstances, want their children going back to school until it's safe to do so. On the other, mothers who see their children being challenged by the online learning environment and want them back in a classroom setting. This is a must-listen episode for anyone with school-aged children.

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When was the last time you apologized to someone you only casually knew? When we think about saying we're sorry, we usually begin with the people we are closest to: our spouses, our parents, our siblings, our children and close friends. Rarely does apologizing extend beyond those outside our tight inner circle. Using the principles of atonement, as practiced at this time during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, host Mitch Albom goes through the list of apologies and discusses how you can apply these principles to your daily life.

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When Mitch Albom and Morrie Schwartz met at the end of Morrie's life – in a series of visits that ended up becoming the bestselling memoir, "Tuesdays With Morrie" – Morrie asked a single favor of Mitch: "I want you to come visit me at my grave." It was a request that Mitch has honored almost every time he has visited Boston over the past 25 years. Morrie's request, however, came with some special instructions, "Don't bring me flowers, drive the car in, get out, and leave the engine running. I want you to come when you have some time. I want you to bring a blanket, and bring some sandwiches, and I want you to talk to me." On today's episode of Tuesday People, we'll discuss the importance of visiting your loved ones after they're gone, how these visits can help continue the relationship and dialogue between you and the deceased, and how cemeteries can give us perspective about our time spent here on Earth.

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On this week's Tuesday People podcast, family time continues as Morrie's youngest son, Rob Schwartz, joins Mitch Albom from Tokyo, sharing his personal stories and insights about his father. From Morrie's initial diagnosis, to the article in the Boston Globe that led to an interview with Ted Koppel on Nightline, that ultimately led to the worldwide phenomenon that became "Tuesdays With Morrie," Rob discusses what life was like growing up with his now famous professor father. Rob also gives us a glimpse, from his perspective, of Mitch and Morrie's relationship during the visits that ultimately became one of the greatest-selling memoirs of all time. This is a very special episode you're not going to want to miss.

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