Kabir Sehgal on Carry On, his book on John Lewis

I talk to Kabir Sehgal is the Founder & CEO of Tiger Turn, a multimedia production company that makes films & music. He is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of sixteen books including seven non-fiction books Fandango at the Wall was nominated for an Audie Award for Best Original Work. He has appeared on CNN, PBS, NPR, C-SPAN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, National Geographic, Fusion, and Cheddar TV. Sehgal has won six Grammy & five Latin Grammy Awards as a record producer.. He served as a speechwriter on a presidential campaign and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

His new book Is called Carry On, Reflections for New Generation an empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life.

Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political leadership for decades. A hero we won’t soon forget, Lewis was a beacon of hope and a model of humility whose invocation to “good trouble” continues to inspire millions across our nation. In his last months on earth, even while battling cancer, he dedicated time to share his memories, beliefs, and advice—exclusively immortalized in these pages—as a message to the generations to come. Organized by topic ranging from justice, courage, faith, mentorship, and forgiveness to the protests and the pandemic, and many more besides, Carry On collects the late Congressman’s thoughts for readers to draw on whenever they are in need of guidance. John Lewis had great confidence in our future, even as he died in the midst of one of our country’s most challenging years to date. With this book, he performs that crucial passing of the baton, empowering us to live up to the legacy he has left us with his perseverance, dedication, profound insight, and unwavering ability to see the good in life.