The Grudge
Dateline NBC

The Grudge

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 8, 202640 min
  • Documentary
  • Crime & justice

Andrea Canning speaks with U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas about the deadly 2020 shooting at her home that killed her son, Daniel, and critically injured her husband, Mark. Andrea Canning and Blayne Alexander go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in 'Talking Dateline': https://swap.fm/l/talkingdatelinethegrudge Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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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.

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We sit down, we talk about all of it from his bumpy upbringing to his years in improv comedy and how a Hollywood rejection opened the door to co-creating Ted Lasso. an open, funny conversation about perseverance, creativity, and the winding road that brought him right here.

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We hope you'll join us for the drink, listen, and follow wherever you get your podcasts. Tonight on Dateline. She and her son, Danny, were in the basement of their home when the doorbell rang. Danny bounded up the steps to answer the door, and then the shots rang out.

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