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Katie Piper's Extraordinary People

Adam Kay is extraordinary!

Katie Piper's Extraordinary People

Sony Music

Health & Fitness, Arts, Society & Culture

4.8657 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Former doctor, and author of 'This Is Going To Hurt' Adam Kay is this week’s guest. After six years in the medical profession, Adam moved on to a career in writing, and in response to the 2015 junior doctors contract dispute, turned his medical journals into what became a Sunday Times bestseller. 'This Is Going To Hurt' sold an incredible 2.5 million copies, making it the bestselling nonfiction title of the decade. His stories are now being adapted into a BBC drama, starring Ben Whishaw. In this episode, Adam shares his thoughts on the outpouring of love for the NHS since the pandemic, he tells Katie all about his new children’s book ‘Kay’s Anatomy’, and he shares what happened when he finally faced Jeremy Hunt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to Katie Piper's Extraordinary People. It's the podcast where I sit down with an extraordinary person and they share their story. They might have overcome adversity. They may still be very much on their own journeys, but they all have stories, stories that will make you laugh, cry and hopefully feel a little bit inspired.

1:30.9

My guest on this episode is a former doctor, now a comedian and writer. Some may say it's not an

1:37.6

obvious career progression, but that's just the start of what makes this person extraordinary.

1:42.8

Adam Kay worked as a doctor for six years before leaving the profession in 2010.

1:47.0

He kept a journal of his experiences working for the NHS,

1:51.0

which later became the 2 million copy bestseller This Is Going to Hurt.

1:56.0

His tales included saving his first life,

1:59.0

the long nights spent in A&E, and removing many of foreign objects from all sorts of body parts.

2:05.6

It became the bestselling non-fiction title of the decade, spending over a year at number one in the Sunday Times bestseller chart.

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