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Bonus: Dwayne Fields guest edits Today

The UK Chief Scout talks to Nick about his life and the focus of his programme.

UK Chief Scout Dwayne Fields is the Today programme's Boxing Day guest editor.

Dwayne grew up on an inner city estate in London and turned away - in his words - from a life of 鈥渨eed, cocaine and guns鈥.

He speaks to Nick about his life and about the focus of his programme - volunteering.

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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who are both presenters of 麻豆社 Radio 4鈥檚 Today programme. Amol was the 麻豆社鈥檚 media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he鈥檚 also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the 麻豆社鈥檚 political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV鈥檚 political editor.

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