Preview: Jeremy Renner on Before & After with Lester Holt
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Preview: Jeremy Renner on Before & After with Lester Holt

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 20262 min

Hey, Dateline fans. Here’s a special preview of the second episode of our new podcast series, Before & After with Lester Holt. In this episode, Lester talks to actor Jeremy Renner about the snowplow accident that nearly killed him, what he’s learned, and why he says it’s one of the best things that ever happened to him. Search Before & After with Lester Holt to listen to the full episode now, completely free. Or subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or DatelinePremium.com. Subscribers get early access to new epis...

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Hi, I'm Kate Snow NBC News anchor and host of the NBC News podcast the drink this month I'm sitting down with actor writer producer Brendan Hunt Most of you know him as coach beard from Ted Lasso, but there is so much more to his story We sit down we talk about all of it from his bumpy upbringing to his years in improv comedy and how a Hollywood rejection

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Opened the door to co-creating Ted Lasso. It's an open funny conversation about perseverance creativity and the winding road that brought him right here. We hope you'll join us for the drink, listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts. inside these numbers. It's more context and clarity from the reporters you trust. Download

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the NBC News app now and subscribe for more. I'm Lester Holt from Dateline with a special preview of my new podcast, Before and After with Lester Holt. In our latest episode, I sit down with Jeremy Renner, the actor who was run over by a snowplow and nearly died.

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