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Each week on the assignment, host audie cornish pulls listeners out of their digital echo chambers to hear from the people whose lives intersect with the news cycle. from the sex work economy to the battle over what’s taught in classrooms, no topic is off the table. listen to the assignment every monday and thursday..

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The political landscape has never been more confusing, and to some, even overwhelming. How do we determine fact from fiction? What keeps fact-checkers up at night? And what’s a democracy to do when even the professionals aren't believed?

Today, we have Daniel Dale , a CNN senior reporter who rose to prominence for fact-checking former President Donald Trump, and Matthew Facciani , a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame. He studies people who fall victim to misinformation and how to best engage with them in a compassionate way.

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How many drummers does it take to make a late-night show? Well over 300 if you’re Late Night with Seth Meyers .

Drummers have been a fixture in late-night for years – think of Max Weinberg, the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band who became the bandleader for Conan O’Brien and Ed Shaughnessy on The Tonight Show with Jonny Carson – but Meyers’ NBC show has paved a new path for stick wizards.

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As the show celebrates this anniversary, Leiderman tells Deadline how this under-the-radar scheme came about and why drummers are an integral part of a late-night show.

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Fred Armisen is the bandleader for The 8G Band – the house band for Meyers that also includes Les Savy Fav’s Syd Butler, Girls vs. Boys’ Eli Janney and Seth Jabour. The former SNL alum, who worked with Meyers on the variety show – started out playing guitar before moving behind the kit.

However, Armisen, who played drums in Chicago post-hardcore band Trenchmouth before starting his career in comedy, was a busy man, filming episodes of IFC’s Portlandia so Leiderman needed to find replacements.

While there have been hundreds of drummers filling in, it’s never been massively promoted.

“Without sounding self-important, all of this is a complement to the show that Seth does, but I do feel like it’s always been under the radar. I don’t push it out to a point that it’s anything bigger than it is, it’s just a matter of rotating them every week. It’s niche stuff, I’m a drummer, it’s for drummers. Drums in late-night is a thing.”

Drums in late-night is very much a thing.

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Jazz drummer Ed Shaughnessy, long associated with Doc Severinsen, was a member of The Tonight Show Band when noted drum fan Johnny Carson was in charge, and Anton Fig was a big presence in the World’s Most Dangerous Band, alongside Paul Shaffer, on David Letterman’s shows.

Then there’s Max Weinberg on Conan and Questlove on Jimmy Fallon’s shows including The Tonight Show .

“Quest is a great foil for Jimmy, he keeps it serious and sometimes he has sketches with them. Max became a comedy focal point for [Conan’s] show alongside Andy [Richter],” he said. “Fred sort of did both of those things acting as Andy and Max in one, but then knowing when to interject. Not that those guys over did it, it was just like, a different show format. It’s crazy to think how important they all are. They all guide the tone of the show in different ways.”

“If you’re Seth, you think I’ve got one of the world’s best improvisers sitting behind the drum kit. Whenever he’s there, they have a little back and forth, we have double trouble, we have a great drummer out there but also Seth can get a little comedy out there,” he added.

Leiderman says that actually playing the drums is only around 20% of the task and the remainder is following direction and “flexing with the realities of recording a live television show”. He says that Broadway players tend to have the most understanding of the gig and rock and heavy metal drummers are also often successful.

“Then you can have some steely eyed clinician, or a touring person who’s been on the road, jumping from band to band, who’s just like ‘What is the assignment?’ Okay, great, I got it, and I’ll nail it. Then you have somebody who’s won 20 Grammys, and has more money than they know what to do with and every fill, we’re all holding our breath. You just don’t know, you never ever know, until they sit behind the kit and the show is moments away from starting,” he added.

He believes that drummers are the “truth tellers” of a band. “They’re kind of the mirror of the band. There’s something with a drummer that reflects a truth. I don’t think Tommy Lee is the most reliable narrator in Motley Crue, but who is in that band? I would still probably still always look at the drummers’ perspective first. They are the person who can see the biggest picture, and that also has to do with their literal vantage point, they’re looking at everyone else’s butt the whole time or watching them move and interact and, and how they play. None of us are trusting the vocalist or guitarist and the bass player is nowhere to be found,” he joked.

Who’s on his list that he hasn’t managed to snare yet? Leiderman admits there are a few “white whales” on his spreadsheet.

Before working on Late Night , Leiderman was “coming off a life of swinging from vine to vine and hopping lily pads” on shows such as The Showbiz Show with David Spade, The Wanda Sykes Show, Kathy and Impractical Jokers.

“It’s cliché but I blinked and it’s been 10 years but I knew it was going to be the greatest gig and you can’t believe something is this consistent,” he adds.

Meyers will have his friend Amy Poehler on the show on Monday to celebrate the tenth anniversary and Armisen will be back behind the kit. “I’m not going to say we have giant plans for the tenth, the nature of the show is to be understated and to deliver. But it’s going to be a great week. Fred’s going to be there as well. It’s not just going to be a one day thing, we have some great drummers coming up,” he says.

Now, let’s hope Dave Grohl can find some time in his schedule as Late Night with Seth Meyers enters its second decade.

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Emma and Ed are meeting Miles today, and Will volunteers to advise on negotiations. At the site, Ed goes off with Miles, leaving Emma to mock Will and the ostentatious hazel thumb stick he’s brought for appearances. Ed returns alone and Emma fears the worst, but chipper Ed says the deal is agreed! Miles was impressed by their pitch. Over a celebratory coffee and cake with Will, Ed and Emma reflect - Miles was virtually on board from Emma’s first phone call to him. But they still need to get through an interview with the bank on Friday. Emma’s also over the moon about how well her course assignment went – she wrote about a poem that she feels could be all about Grange Farm, and Ed would like her to read it to him later. Natasha gleans the info about them grazing on Miles’s land, and doesn’t hold back in criticising Miles. But Emma insists they will be alright. Vince doesn’t let on to Elizabeth about his recent conversations with Jolene, as Elizabeth decides to have a chat with Jolene to offer support. Jolene says she’s alright – just day to day concerns and worrying about Kenton – playing down her serious worry. Remembering how Jolene helped her during her depression, Elizabeth encourages Jolene to accept help and talk to someone, volunteering herself. Vince lies to Elizabeth about leaving his phone on the bar. He speaks to Jolene again, explaining he didn’t put Elizabeth up to talking to her. Jolene reassures Vince that after her chat with Elizabeth she has decided to talk to Harrison tomorrow - and tell him everything.

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The BBC is taking you behind the scenes at Mercedes and Williams as they prepare for the new Formula 1 season.

In an eight-part series on BBC Sounds, F1: Back at Base gets rare access inside the factories in the build-up to the 2024 campaign, which starts next week in Bahrain.

As well as charting the race to build a new car, the podcast team speak to seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton after he announces he is leaving Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025.

Broadcaster Holly Samos also interviews Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Hamilton's team-mate George Russell just days after the news emerges.

The podcast also has access to Williams drivers Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant throughout the winter.

The main focus of the series, which follows the teams from November to February, is to reveal the work that goes on 'back at base'.

"There is not really the right level of understanding and of what these days, weeks, months represent for the success of the season, for the teams," F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali tells the podcast.

"This is not a moment where people are sleeping or recovering."

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At the Williams factory in Grove, Oxfordshire, James Vowles is in his first winter as team principal of the nine-time champions.

It is a time, he says, of "enormous change" with the team "pushing everything to the limit".

In Brackley, Northamptonshire, Wolff is preparing for his 12th season as Mercedes team principal.

The team have secured eight consecutive constructors' championships and seven drivers' titles during his tenure - but they did not win a race in 2023.

Wolff acknowledges they have a "long fight" ahead.

"You have simulations, the aerodynamic wind tunnel gives you certain numbers for downforce, but you never know until you hit the track," he says. "And, basically, our views... they change from week to week. So one week we believe 'this is really good work that we found', and then you get some setbacks.

"I'm curious to hit the road in Bahrain and see where we really are."

The first four episodes of the series - narrated by Joseph Fiennes - are available on BBC Sounds now, with the final four released on Sunday, 25 February.

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