We Interrupt This Broadcast

We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Events That Stopped Our Lives…from the Hindenburg Explosion to the Virginia Tech Shooting

We Interrupt This Broadcast recounts the details of the events and spotlights the photographs that tell the stories. Accompanying the book are two digitally mastered compact discs containing over two hours of audio from the events, narrated by award-winning journalist Bill Kurtis.

We Interrupt This Broadcast is Now a Podcast!

It is said that “breaking news” is the first draft of history. “We Interrupt This Broadcast: Before it was history, it was news” marks the first time the stories of these historical events are told exclusively by the broadcasters and TV journalists whose work created those drafts in real-time.

Created by Joe Garner, author of the eponymous New York Times Best-Selling Book, this 12-episode audio docuseries launching July 20, 2021, celebrates the crucial role broadcast journalism has played throughout our nation’s history.

The New York Times Bestseller
The USA Today Bestseller
The Wall Street Journal Bestseller

Where Were You When…?

Few phrases garner as much attention as “We Interrupt This Broadcast…”Wherever we may happen to be, our lives stop for a moment, and we experience those few seconds of anxiety between the interruption and the actual announcement of what has happened.

In words and images, We Interrupt This Broadcast brings to life the famous and infamous moments that were announced to us with those four chilling words.

This 10th Anniversary Edition features 3 audio CDs with actual broadcasts and includes a new afterword from NBC’s Brian Williams.

From the dawn of electronic media to today, from the catastrophe of the Hindenburg to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, these are the forty-three events that stopped us in our tracks and changed our world.

We Interrupt This Broadcast
recounts the details of the events and spotlights the photographs that tell the stories. Accompanying the book are two digitally mastered compact discs containing over two hours of audio from the events, narrated by award-winning journalist Bill Kurtis.

These heart-stopping moments include both the famous words you remember and rare audio footage that will take you back into the magnitude of the event. Share with your friends, family, children and grandchildren your memories of where you were when the world stopped and held its breath in anticipation.

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