This "Back to School" story was told Sept. 9 as part of Tell It Like It Is: Iowa Storytellers Project, a project funded by the Hoyt Sherman Place Foundation in partnership with the Des Moines Register. It can be republished by any Iowa newspaper. The next event is Feb. 10 with a theme of “Hearts on Fire.” Charitable proceeds from this year's event help finance Register internships.

Harry Smith as told to by Kyle Munson

We need to go back in time to late spring 2024, the “Today” show.

Hoda's there, Savannah's there, Al, Craig, and I'm there, too. We've just watched a video that I've produced recounting my 13 years at NBC.

And it was a love letter. It was my appreciation for the opportunities that I'd had in all these years to go to the places we went to meet and tell the stories of th

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