today's talk is entitled michael j. fox, an optimist considers mortality. ank you to the foundation for supporting the good literature program. and now it is my pleasure to introduce michael j. fox. we are delighted to have you here, michael. thanks to come to the commonwealth club business and leadership forum. michael has written a new memoir, and that is that his recent life years after he was diagnosed with early onset parkinson's at age 29. since then he has founded the michael j. fox foundation for parkinson's research which has raised over $1 billion for research, and to celebrate its 20th year. his new memoir is called "no time like the future: an optimist considers mortality." welcome, michael. i'm curious, you write a new book, and just when it is about to come out,ut covid comes. you went back to writing the epilogue. in light of this pod, how did you. respond? >> it was very interesting be involved in something so, -- two years of my life with challenges and meanwhile we're all challenged by this virus. i don't type because the spec and they don'

and he's just the sweetest guy, michael j. fox >> jimmy: go michael j. fox.t record" because - >> you were, like, the first supporter of "hit record." man, i've been doing this a long time and you were always so supportive. >> jimmy: cut to last year, you do a limited -- you do a series called "create together," a youtube series, and it wins an emmy. congratulations. [ cheers and applause >> thanks, man >> jimmy: can we explain to folks, like, how it works or how did you even come up with the youtube show >> "hit record" is just a place where people do exactly that they create things together, art of all kinds, short films or music or writing or anything you know, so much online, art and creativity, can be about, "hey, world, look at me, look what i made. and that's great but on "hit record," it's less about "look at me" and it's more about what can do if we collaborate? what can we make together? and so people start projects and they join each other's projects and build on each other and they remix each other and make all kinds of cool things together. and t

who wants to paralyze michael j fox. that is the funniest thing i have ever heard.- [inaudible] worsening symptoms. the damage had already been done it was an intense experience that i could not watch after those. hard to do this walking exercise you hear people say that. it is true. you had to learn to transfer weight. to your toes. my tendency was my toes and i would fall forward. i had in baltimore. [inaudible] i had one of those wonderful chairs and doctors and my family was really supportive and so great. cheering me on. tracy was fantastic. i was in martha's vineyard on vacation with my family. i was 13. august 12 i left the vineyard to go back to the city. i was all excited about it. my daughter came back with me from the vineyard. she said let me stay. i said, no, i don't need any help. i am all right. i sent her home. i woke up the next morning and had some breakfast. i.c.e. fell on the tile floor and shattered my left arm. i was just twisted, messed up. i knew that it was bad. so, i crawled over to the wall. i called my daughter. it would be cruel to her w

today's talk is entitled michael j. fox, an optimist considers mortality. ank you to the foundation for supporting the good literature program. and now it is my pleasure to introduce michael j. fox. we are delighted to have you here, michael. thanks to come to the commonwealth club business and leadership forum. michael has written a new memoir, and that is that his

. >> to watch his entire program visit booktv.org and search for michael j fox of the title of his book "no time like the future". >> we are honored to listen in on two career long champions of liberty as they ponder the state of religious freedom domestically and globally. doctor tom serves as president of the religious freedom institute, a nonprofit that works to advance freedom for everyone. and as a source of political stability, economic development and international security. few bring to the issue of religious freedom of the years of research, analysis and impact serving for 28 years in the u.s. army and the u.s. foreign service. in 1999 he became the first director of the state department's office of international religious freedom. directed to the weatherspoon institute for religious freedom, task force, was a member of the chicago world's affairs task force on religion and u.s. foreign policy. taught at the national defense university and served on the secretary of state's earth working group. from 2008-2018, he was associate professor of the practice of religion and world aff

and my only memory is i met michael j. foxause his coffee wasn't hot enough. >> jimmy: he did? what? >> and then the next year i was at the up-front, the fox up-fronts for "that '70s show" and some kid was like is that coffee hot enough, sir? i was like yes! like you are enough. >> jimmy: can i tell you something? i just head this weird memory. laura prepon, who was your castmate was on that show when it first came out. and she was at the up-front too. and i happened to be standing near the desk at the hotel, and she looked at me and she said "do you work for fox?" and at the time i was on fox sports. and i yes, i do. "they do not have my room right. will you handle this for me?" and i said i'll get right on that. you just go sit over there. i'll take care of it. >> jimmy: did you take care of it? >> no, i left. i never took care of anything. of course not. what can i take care of. >> if all of you new laura, that sounds about right. >> jimmy: this show is very funny. the idea of the show is three siblings very different finan