A Visit With Owen Bennett-Jones And The BBC

April 24, 2012

The BBC's Owen Bennett Jones with Robin Young in the illustrious Here & Now cubicle. (Kevin Sullivan/Here & Now)

What a treat it was today to help WBUR host the BBC Newshour team here in Boston!

Owen Bennett-Jones hosted two hours from our studios, with the help of ace producers Golda Arthur, Lucy Walker and Paul Shuster.

Here & Now's Alex Ashlock with BBC producer Golda Arthur at WBUR studios in Boston.

I communicate with these folks on the other side of the pond every day because Here and Now has a partnership with the BBC that gives us access to journalists like Owen, so putting faces on names and voices I hear over the phone line was a nice way to spend the morning.

Golda and Paul were gone in a flash, headed to Philadelphia to produce a special Newshour show on Friday. We were lucky to have Owen and his famous red sox on Here and Now. Have fun in Philly guys.

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This program aired on April 24, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.