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Hello, my name's Brian Gordon and welcome to this special mini series of Mad World, which is coming

not from the super swish high-tech studios in the telegraph offices, but my bedroom.

Yes, I'm sitting here at my dressing table, surrounded by laundry,

and you may hear a small child come in

and demand for me to restart frozen two in a moment. But let me explain why we've decided to bring

that Mad World. When we first launched this podcast back in 2017, the tagline was because it's really, really normal to feel weird.

And today, in the midst of the greatest public health crisis of a generation, that tagline feels more apt than ever and this public health

crisis is also a mental health crisis because in times of fear and uncertainty

anxiety blooms. So we wanted to get together a few

guests, a few episodes that might bring you comfort while you're locked down in

your houses and homes. Now on previous series we've always kicked off with someone very well known or famous.

So we've had Prince Harry Stephen Fry, Mel B. But this series it didn't feel right to start with a celebrity or a high profile person.

But we wanted to start this series of the podcast with the real stars of the show and

that's the frontline health care workers who are keeping this

country going during the coronavirus crisis. Katie and Natalie are nurses who are part of the

British response to the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa back in 2014.

Now back in the UK, they're at the front line battling coronavirus.

They very kindly found time in their busy schedules to chat to me about what their

experiences in Sierra Leone have taught them and also to provide advice for other doctors and nurses who might be struggling during these unprecedented times.

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