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Billy Bush Launches ‘Hot Mics’ Podcast With Unvarnished Talk Inspired by Pat McAfee
Billy Bush plans to launch his own news-and-interviews podcast he says will give the public a chance to hear his authentic voice
Information about the incident leaked from NBCUniversal and broke in The Washington Post, and Bush, who by then had moved over to NBC’s “Today,” lost his job. Just look at the success of Pat McAfee, the pair notes, who gets a daily show on ESPN despite a slew of controversial remarks made by the host. Chatty newsletters, wordy Substacks and quirky TikTok videos and Instagram stories rely more heavily on personality and emotion than do their TV and old-school print counterparts.
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