{"id":2207635,"date":"2024-03-27T16:29:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T20:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-launches-new-podcast-network-hires-conservative-as-his-first-host\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:33:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T20:33:36","slug":"bill-maher-launches-new-podcast-network-hires-conservative-as-his-first-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-launches-new-podcast-network-hires-conservative-as-his-first-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher debuts new podcast network with conservative host onboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-launches-new-podcast-network-hires-conservative-as-his-first-host%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2207635&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Comedian Bill Maher is launching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chelsea-clinton-launches-new-podcast\/\" title=\"Chelsea Clinton Launches New Podcast\">podcast network<\/a> and has hired conservative Sage Steele\u2062 as the first host. Maher aims to \u2063promote freedom of expression and diverse viewpoints in the network. Steele, who left ESPN last year, settled a lawsuit with the company\u200b over alleged retaliation for\u2062 her\u200b views on vaccine mandates. Maher views Steele \u200cas a strong voice unafraid to challenge\u200d the status quo. Comedian\u200c Bill Maher is set to launch a podcast network featuring conservative Sage Steele as the\u2062 inaugural host.\u200c Maher&#8217;s vision includes championing\u2063 freedom of expression and \u2062diverse perspectives within the network. Steele, known for her departure from ESPN amid a\u2064 lawsuit settlement\u2062 related to her stance\u200b on\u200b vaccine mandates, is\u200c chosen by Maher\u2064 for her fearless approach to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/journal-rejects-request-to-retract-study-suggesting-negative-covid-vaccine-effectiveness\/\" title=\"Journal refuses to retract study suggesting COVID vaccine may be ineffective.\">questioning established norms<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bill-maher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Maher<\/a> is launching his own podcast network and has reportedly hired conservative Sage Steele, a former ESPN anchor, to be his first host.<\/p>\n<p>Maher, who is known for hosting HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/bill-maher-podcast-sage-steele-host-1235860156\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> The Hollywood Reporter that he is building his network on the foundation of \u201cfreedom of expression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking for people who are not talking-point people,\u201d Maher said. \u201cI\u2019m looking for people who don\u2019t, before they speak, say, \u2018What\u2019s the right answer here?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steele parted ways with ESPN last year after settling a lawsuit with the company in which she alleged that the network \u2014 whose hosts have routinely engaged in promoting left-wing politics \u2014 retaliated against her for remarks that she made about vaccine mandates and that her free speech had been violated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F1DFB57D-5E16-7D2A-3476-F99C7AECD601@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cHaving successfully settled my case with ESPN\/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely,\u201d Steele said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> last year. \u201cI am grateful for so many wonderful experiences over the past 16 years and am excited for my next chapter!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher told THR that Steele was \u201cthe perfect choice to be our first new host because, like me, she pissed off Disney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not rookies, these are grown-ass adult, mature, fun, unafraid people,\u201d Maher says. \u201cSo I don\u2019t worry about them, and I certainly wouldn\u2019t dream of micromanagement. I mean, they are their own people. And that\u2019s what we want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The publication said that Steele is focused on having \u201cconversations, not interviews\u201d with notable figures ranging from athletes, executives, actors, comedians, to politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I\u2019ve always tried to dig out during my career is the \u2018why\u2019 behind people and get that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/potential-for-bribery-media-silent-about-hunter-bidens-anonymous-art-sales\/\" title=\"\u2018Potential For Bribery\u2019: Media Silent About Hunter Biden\u2019s Anonymous \u2018Art\u2019 Sales\">human interest story<\/a>,\u201d Steele told the publication.\u00a0\u201cYou realize that by sharing your story, others can benefit as well. I\u2019ve gotten thousands of emails over the last couple of years since I kind of became controversial and started getting canceled, from people saying, \u2018Oh my gosh, thank you for sharing,\u2019 \u2018Oh my gosh, I\u2019m afraid too,\u2019 and \u2018Oh my gosh, please don\u2019t be quiet, you\u2019re speaking for me.\u2019 So that\u2019s where this came from. I\u2019ve always had that curiosity, but now I know firsthand what it\u2019s like when you open up and are vulnerable and share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not even about me or Bill, this is about the big picture, and what I believe and Bill believes is missing in this country, which is true conversation and listening. I mean, since my controversies began \u2014 and long before that, actually \u2014 people who know me knew my biggest priority is diversity of thought, and if we don\u2019t have that we have nothing,\u201d she continued.\u00a0\u201cBill, by saying, \u2018You\u2019re gonna be my first hire for my new podcast network,\u2019 he is living that, he\u2019s practicing what he preaches because you look at just the basic issues, right? He thinks marriage is a joke, and kids are annoying. And he\u2019s an atheist. I was married for 20 years. I have three kids and I am a strong Christian Catholic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could not be more different in many, many, many important ways. But we also think the same on some of the core issues that are dividing this country right now, like the craziness at the border with immigration laws, with what happened with the vaccine mandates \u2014 not the vaccine, the vaccine mandates \u2014 with the transgender sports issue. We\u2019re on the same page with that, and we were able to find that out through that conversation on his podcast last fall,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Bill Maher is set to launch a podcast network, with former ESPN anchor Sage Steele as his first host. 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