Preview: Gabby Giffords on Before & After with Lester Holt
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Preview: Gabby Giffords on Before & After with Lester Holt

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 19, 20264 min
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Hey Dateline fans, here’s a special preview of the final episode of our new podcast series, Before & After with Lester Holt. In this episode, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords talks to Lester Holt about the assassination attempt that nearly took her life, her ongoing struggle with aphasia, and her mission to prevent gun violence. Search Before & After with Lester Holt to listen to the full episode now. Subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotifyor DatelinePremium.com to get early access and ad-free listening for all Dateline podcasts. swap.fm/l/bapf...

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I'm Craig Melvin. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. I've always been a glass half full kind of guy. And now I'm talking to some people who look at the world that way too. Some really fascinating folks who share their defining moments, their triumphs, their challenges,

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their stories are funny and quite candid. So I hope you'll join me each week and who knows, you might just come away with your own Glass Half Full. Search Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin from today on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Kate Snow, NBC News anchor and host of the NBC News podcast The Drink.

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This month I'm sipping green tea with the incomparable Harry Connick Jr., musician, actor, composer, author. We talk about how he got started, playing for audiences in New Orleans at just five years old, and how a call from Rob Reiner to write music for When Harry Met Sally changed

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