THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

EP.57 - HASSAN AKKAD

Adam talks with Hassan Akkad about why and how he came to leave Damascus and make the dangerous journey to seek refuge in Europe as an illegal immigrant.Information about the ‘TimePeace’ - a mobile app, which will connect asylum seekers and locals, to meet and share for free their skills, passions and interests, here: <a href="https://www.timepeaceapp.org/" target="_blank">https://www.timepeaceapp.org/</a>Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.Music &amp; jingles by Adam Buxton Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam makes the jingles and records the intros and outros for most episodes while walking with his dog friend Rosie in the East Anglian countryside where he lives with his wife and three children.Adam has appeared in films such as Hot Fuzz, Stardust and Son Of Rambow as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted BUG, a live show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish, he also is one half of the award-winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam and Joe.You can find many of the jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as bonus material and a selection of Adam's YouTube videos on his website: adam-buxton.co.ukYes, Adam is writing this himself using the third person. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.