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What Katie Couric, Noah Kahan & Ken Burns Learned From Their Moms

Season 2026 Episode 8158 | 18m 00s

A new book celebrates the life lessons, values and encouragement passed down from mothers to their children. In “What I Learned From Mom,” Sherrie Rollins Westin, CEO of Sesame Workshop -- the organization behind "Sesame Street" -- speaks with some of America’s most recognizable figures about their relationship with their mother and how it shaped their future. The author joins Hari Sreenivasan.

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