By — John Yang John Yang By — Lorna Baldwin Lorna Baldwin By — Juliet Fuisz Juliet Fuisz Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/author-and-humanitarian-mitch-albom-on-love-hope-and-second-chances Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Mitch Albom is a sports writer turned author turned benefactor who puts love and hope at the center of nearly everything he does. For our Weekend Spotlight series, John Yang meets up with Albom to talk about his latest book, his writing process and giving back. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Oct 11, 2025 By — John Yang John Yang John Yang is the anchor of PBS News Weekend and a correspondent for the PBS News Hour. He covered the first year of the Trump administration and is currently reporting on major national issues from Washington, DC, and across the country. @johnyangtv By — Lorna Baldwin Lorna Baldwin Lorna Baldwin is an Emmy and Peabody award winning producer at the PBS NewsHour. In her two decades at the NewsHour, Baldwin has crisscrossed the US reporting on issues ranging from the water crisis in Flint, Michigan to tsunami preparedness in the Pacific Northwest to the politics of poverty on the campaign trail in North Carolina. Farther afield, Baldwin reported on the problem of sea turtle nest poaching in Costa Rica, the distinctive architecture of Rotterdam, the Netherlands and world renowned landscape artist, Piet Oudolf. @lornabaldwin By — Juliet Fuisz Juliet Fuisz