A Libyan kidnapping and the words that brought us together
Lucy Sexton was making a TV series about hostages when her father Joe was abducted. They turned their experience into a writing project that brought them closer than ever before.
Lucy and her father Joe Sexton are American journalists. In 2021 Lucy was working on the TV series 鈥楬ostages鈥� when her personal and professional life collided. Joe had been abducted while on a reporting trip in Libya. What followed was a surreal week of parallels as they both tried to make sense of what was happening 鈥� Joe from a cell in Libya and Lucy from a production set in Washington. Later, they turned their experience into a joint writing project that brought them closer than ever before.
Presenter: Asya Fouks
Producer: May Cameron
Sound design: Joel Cox
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(Photo: Joe and Lucy Sexton. Credit: Sexton Family)
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