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Before & After with Lester Holt

by NBC News · English

Society & Culture

Before & After with Lester Holt is a deeply personal interview series about moments that divide a life into before and after. In each conversation, Lester sits down with someone whose life was transformed in an instant by an unexpected twist of fate. The episodes explore what it takes to endure the unimaginable, rebuild a life, and find meaning and purpose in the aftermath.

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Gabby Giffords

Gabby Giffords’ life after the Jan 8, 2011 Tucson shooting—her recovery from a point-blank gunshot to the head, her aphasia, and how she founded Giffords to push gun-safety laws.

19 Oct 2026 · 33m · 15 chapters

Brittney Griner

Brittany Griner’s “before and after” life split by her Feb 17, 2022 detention in a Moscow airport after Russian security found two medical-cannabis vape cartridges in her bag; her prison conditions,…

12 Oct 2026 · 43m · 20 chapters

Rebecca Scofield

University of Idaho history professor Rebecca Schofield describes being falsely accused of masterminding the 2022 Moscow, Idaho stabbing murders after a TikTok “tarot” creator identified her from her…

5 Oct 2026 · 35m · 15 chapters

Adrianne Haslet

Adrienne Haslet recounts surviving the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombings (two pressure-cooker bombs filled with screws/nails/shrapnel) and how she rebuilt her life as a motivational speaker and…

28 Sep 2026 · 33m · 10 chapters

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner recounts surviving a catastrophic snowcat accident on New Year’s Day 2023, reflecting on near-death perceptions, gratitude, and how the experience reshaped his priorities, faith views,…

21 Sep 2026 · 35m · 8 chapters

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick explains the “before and after” of his 2016 national-anthem protest, arguing it was the result of years of lived racial identity and study, and describing how it affected his NFL…

14 Sep 2026 · 39m · 18 chapters

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