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 βHostagesβ 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 β 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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