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Making Space with Hoda Kotb

Extended Cut: Savannah Guthrie Speaks to Hoda Kotb About Mom Nancy Guthrie’s Disappearance

Making Space with Hoda Kotb

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4.910.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In an interview with Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie opens up for the first time about the “agony” of her mother Nancy Guthrie’s abduction. During an emotional three-part sit down that aired on TODAY March 26 and 27, Savannah reflects on where she was when she first got the call that her mom was missing, how her family is leaning on the faith Nancy taught them, and her journey to find the strength to keep going, one day at a time. Plus, she shares her plans to come back “home” to TODAY.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, it's Hoda Kotbe, and this is a special edition of our podcast.

0:13.4

On February 1st, Nancy Guthrie was reported missing from her home outside of Tucson, Arizona.

0:19.5

It has now been more than eight weeks since police said she was taken against her will in the middle of the night,

0:26.4

and investigators are continuing their search to find her.

0:29.9

This week I sat down with our colleague and our dear friend, Savannah.

0:34.5

Our conversation was raw, heartbreaking, and deeply emotional. Savannah spoke openly about the

0:40.8

agony her family's been living through, the waiting, the not knowing, and the heartbreak that

0:46.2

has come with all of it. She shared where she was when she first got the call, how her family is

0:51.9

leaning on their faith, their mother taught them, and how she's

0:55.4

finding the strength to keep going one day at a time.

0:59.5

And even in the midst of so much pain, Savannah says that she's holding on to hope,

1:05.2

hope that someone, somewhere, will do the right thing and help bring her mom home. Here's our conversation.

1:13.3

Take me back to the day.

1:14.9

It was, I guess, a normal weekend for you.

1:17.7

Yeah.

1:18.1

The weekend your mom went missing.

1:20.1

Tell me what you were doing and what happened.

1:22.4

I had given Mike for Christmas a boy strip to go play tennis,

1:25.7

and so he had been gone for the weekend.

1:29.4

So I took my kids, actually, to to tennis. And so he had been gone for the weekend. So I took my kids actually to Carson's.

1:33.4

And so we had a beautiful fun night together.

1:34.6

And then I came home.

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