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Nov 2021
34m 28s

Louis Theroux

BBC News
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When Adam met… one of his heroes he talked to him about life in lockdown, good interview techniques and how to make a hit podcast!

As well as Louis Theroux, in this episode Adam is chatting to Fergus about the latest Covid news (there’s lots today) and also the BBC’s Gordon Corera, who explains what happened at the Liverpool Women's Hospital explosion on Sunday.

Today’s Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Alix Pickles and Sally Abrahams. The studio director was Ash Taylor and the assistant editor was Alison Gee.

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