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One Last Question Before You Go : Why You Should Interview Your Parents - Kyle Thiermann

One Last Question Before You Go

Why You Should Interview Your Parents

By: Kyle Thiermann

Paperback | 18 November 2025

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How well do you know your parents? Really.

Kyle Thiermann's dad once bought a hot-air balloon off a hitchhiker. His mom and stepdad are trying to spread a conspiracy theory. Now, with his first book, Kyle wanders the American West-through rich redwood forests, seedy surf culture, and a 1997 RV with teal carpet interior-to probe how asking the right questions can change a relationship.

Blending witty narrative with practical advice and twenty-seven bold questions, the popular podcast host and pro big wave surfer shows that interviewing our parents can create way more than digital family heirlooms. It can reframe the way we see each other.

One Last Question Before You Go is part story, part strategy-and entirely unexpected.

Industry Reviews

"This book is a gentle wake-up call-an invitation to have the conversations we'll one day wish we'd started sooner. Insightful, heartfelt, and wild, it shows that interviewing your parents isn't just about recording their stories-it's about discovering your own." 

-Rich Roll, podcast host and bestselling author of Finding Ultra.

"I have never read anything like this. One Last Question Before You Go reminds us that our most profound inheritance isn't in our genes; it's in our stories. Funny, surprising, and very wise."

-Christopher Ryan, PhD, bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn.

"The best book about how and why to interview your parents? Yes. But I was not expecting his own stories to be so fascinating, too. Couldn't stop reading, start-to-finish."

-Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want.

"Over the years, my kids would occasionally ask me what superpower I would choose if I could pick one. Knowing what people secretly thought was often at the top of the list. When Kyle chose our family as the backdrop for this book, I inadvertently got my wish. I had no idea how hard, funny, and valuable it would be."

 

-Kimberly, Kyle's mom.

"Thiermann made his name charging Northern California's cold, rugged waters, but it's his prowess as a storyteller that separates him from the pack." 

-SURFER magazine.

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