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Feb 2024
1h 10m

Terry Hayes - Never Look Back

JACK CARR
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Today’s guest is screenwriter, producer and author, Terry Hayes.   Terry began his career as an investigative journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald where, as their youngest foreign correspondent in the U.S., he covered major stories including Watergate and President Nixon’s resignation.  After meeting George Miller, the director of 1979’s Mad Max, he wrot ... Show More
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