{"id":718611,"date":"2026-03-24T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-cnn-stars-welcome-to-our-humble-podcast-studio\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:15:13","slug":"top-cnn-stars-welcome-to-our-humble-podcast-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-cnn-stars-welcome-to-our-humble-podcast-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Top CNN Stars: Welcome to Our Humble Podcast Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41586a957b8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41586a957b8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-cnn-stars-welcome-to-our-humble-podcast-studio\/#No_It_Doesnt\" >No, It Doesn\u2019t<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/top-cnn-stars-welcome-to-our-humble-podcast-studio\/#Yes_It_Does\" >Yes, It Does<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOn an otherwise normal hour of CNN last week, viewers may have been greeted by the title card \u201cGlobal Report: War With Iran\u201d and an array of correspondents fanned out across the Middle East \u2014 from Tel Aviv to Doha \u2014 speaking with Anderson Cooper on <em>AC360<\/em>. Or they saw Jake T<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er multitasking as usual on <em>The Lead<\/em>, grilling interview subjects, ticking through breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> like the dearth of TSA workers at airports due to a government shutdown. The substance was the same. The style was not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tOut were the crisp, buttoned-down trappings of a stereotypical Cable News studio set. In were podcast-style audio setups and messy, center-of-the-newsroom production vibes more line with the aesthetic of indie influencers. The ties were gone (or loosened) and the map of Iran was printed out for a table top that included a studiously messy arrangement of <em>New York Times<\/em> sections (that, perhaps, is more <em>Morning Joe<\/em> than TikTok).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cHere we are, giving it a shot,\u201d Tapper told viewers, a dry welcome to his office with a note explaining that this is where his team plots out journalism daily, so may as well let everyone in with a bit of transparency. (His office is decorated with presidential campaign trinkets, specifically of the losing candidates.) Cooper, meanwhile, was camped out in the middle of the newsroom at a table that was used frequently by data whiz Harry Enten, that was now repurposed with an arrangement of podcast mics for the anchor and analyst guests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-full alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1024px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((572\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-23-at-1.58.33\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"572\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">The <em>AC360<\/em> podcast set up in the CNN newsroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe stylistic changes are a small cosmetic tweak \u2014 but an interesting one given that seemingly every video is becoming \u201ca tile on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\u201d in digital media right now. (Tapper himself may on the fence about the change-up: \u201cWill we do it again?\u201d the anchor asked on Friday. \u201cStay tuned.\u201d) <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tDoes it work? Two <em>Hollywood Reporter <\/em>editors have diverging views:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_It_Doesnt\"><\/span>\n\t\tNo, It Doesn\u2019t\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>ALEX WEPRIN: <\/strong>Retro, low-fi and reminiscent of Larry King \u2026 who was of course channeling the old-school late night radio shows that he once hosted before jumping to TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tClearly there is a push to be more \u201cauthentic\u201d in the same way that a lot of podcast stars are, and Tapper at least shows off his personality. In the case of Cooper, they just took a table in the middle of the 18th floor newsroom (I assume Harry Enten found somewhere else to do his data analysis in the office).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tI don\u2019t like it, it strikes me as phony. These are millionaire celebrities, with a small army of producers, crew and support staff trying to look low-fi. A lot of the people who found success in the podcast space genuinely started from scratch, and even some of the most successful (like Piers Morgan and Megyn Kelly) have staff that number in the single digits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhile I think CNN (and all news channels) should be endeavoring to help viewers how they \u201cget\u201d the news in the name of transparency, we weren\u2019t watching Tapper work the phones or Cooper pull up an Excel spreadsheet, these looked like their normal shows in a more casual setting. Surely there is a way to actually get some reporting into the show? That might require bringing in the producers who do a lot of the legwork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThat said, there is clearly something happening here. MS NOW is adding some Crooked Media pods, Fox News has Will Cain emulating the radio and podcast look \u2026 I think we are going to see more of these, particularly as actual video podcasts proliferate on TV sets through YouTube and Netflix. Ultimately, 20 years ago someone with access to a TV at, say 10 AM or 2 PM, would probably turn on a news channel. Now they may turn on Netflix or YouTube and watch a talk show there, so that is fresh competition. It isn\u2019t really CNN vs Fox News vs MS NOW anymore, the universe is bigger.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading larva \/\/   lrv-a-font-accent-l   \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yes_It_Does\"><\/span>\n\t\tYes, It Does\t<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>ERIK HAYDEN:<\/strong> I\u2019ll say that I thought \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DLfuWbTuqfW\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DLfuWbTuqfW\/\" target=\"_blank\">Summer Fridays<\/a>,\u201d in which <em>Newsnight With Abby Phillip<\/em> films from the Food Network kitchen while having its typical panelists get into arguments about bread-and-butter CNN topics, to be an interesting experiment, too. It\u2019s too easy for reporters typing on keyboards to take potshots. Stylistically, there\u2019s got to be some way to shake up the Cable News Studio feel that all of a sudden feels less real \u2014 and perhaps less trustworthy? \u2014 to viewers right now. And for all of the headlines during the short-lived Chris Licht era about how the veteran <em>Late Show<\/em> producer was shaking things up \u2014 remember <em>King Charles<\/em>? \u2014 programmingwise and visually (remember the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/2023\/06\/01\/cnn-new-graphics-chryons-lower-thirds\/\" data-type=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/2023\/06\/01\/cnn-new-graphics-chryons-lower-thirds\/\" target=\"_blank\">tweaked chyron design<\/a>?). The Mark Thompson-led CNN has yet to make as many wild swings. But in small ways like this it\u2019s been more experimental around the edges of what CNN programming can, and should, look like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tTo Alex\u2019s point, yes, these are \u201cmillionaire celebrities, with a small army of producers, crew and support staff\u201d but I\u2019d say it\u2019s increasingly difficult to tell that there\u2019s a small army of producers, crew and support staff in a lot of TV programming, which can sometimes look just as cheap as one dedicated journalist who knows how to web produce their own videos. But what does differentiate CNN from a lot of these indies is its vast support network. So I\u2019m all in favor of roaming the halls of CNN\u2019s New York and Atlanta studios, taking a tour of Jake Tapper\u2019s office (maybe when he\u2019s interviewing Trump on the phone, next time), heading to the podcast studio with Anderson Cooper or going to the control room to check out which feed from a far-flung location matters for viewership. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBy all means pile on the print newspapers \u2014 wave around the <em>New York Post<\/em> or <em>Times<\/em> as a prop, print out some maps, and head over to the actual newsroom cubicles where CNN digital journalists or producers are sitting, normally blurred in the background, to check out sourcing or when there\u2019s breaking news. No one\u2019s asking for CNN to be TMZ on TV, with Anderson Cooper as a Harvey Levin-esque ringleader in the newsroom. But it\u2019s also a reminder of where all the breaking news updates come from (Or how about a \u201cday in the life\u201d of a CNN chyron writer?). The podcast mics themselves may be an easy target for a joke, but take away those mics and roll around the cameras and viewers may see how much work goes in to maintaining a live feed for hours during the day. It might be more interesting and unpredictable too. It is TV, after all.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:3000px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((2105\/3000)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-hollywoodreporter-2021\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_3982-2.jpg?w=3000\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"2105\" width=\"3000\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">An overhead angle of the CNN newsroom table, maps of Iran, newspapers and all. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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