Episode 45: Michael Brick
This entire episode is devoted to the life, stories and music of Michael Brick. Brick wrote for the New York Times, the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, Harper\u2019s Magazine. He also wrote the book \u201cSaving the School.\u201d \n\nBrick passed away in February from colon cancer. He leaves behind a wife a wife and children.\n\nIn Brick\u2019s final days, his friends and fellow reporters scrambled to put together a book that contains so many of his amazing stories. That book, \u201cEveryone Leaves Behind a Name,\u201d was published by The Sager Group and is now available. All book proceeds go to Brick\u2019s family.\n\nIn this episode, I\u2019m going to talk with some of men who put that book together. On the show we\u2019ve got Ben Montgomery, a senior writer at the Tampa Bay Times, Michael Kruse, a senior staff writer for Politico, Wright Thompson, a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine, Thomas Lake, who covers politics for CNN Ditital, and Tony Rehagen, a freelance writer living in Atlanta.