Lester Holt on Being the Voice of 'Nightly News' | Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Larry Wilmore sits down with 'NBC Nightly News' and 'Dateline NBC' anchor Lester Holt to talk about how he got his start in broadcast news (13:00), what he learned about the criminal justice system while embedded in a prison for a piece (30:32), and how he prepares to moderate a presidential debate (56:49). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Lester Holt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:05.2	Starting this week, we're launching a new show on the Ringer dish feed, recapping
0:08.6	the return of Survivor for its special 40th season.
0:12.1	This season features 20 previous winners of Survivor competing for $2 million, the largest
0:17.2	cash prize in reality TV show history.
0:20.3	Riley McAtey and a rotating guest from the Ringer staff will recap every Thursday, so make
0:25.1	sure you subscribe to the Ringer dish feed for shows like Jam Session, Tea Time, and the
0:29.6	new Survivor recap show on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.2	All right, welcome back everybody.
0:44.9	This is Larry Womor, you listening to Black?
0:46.9	I'm an air y'all.
0:48.5	This is Black.
0:49.5	What am I doing?
0:50.5	I just go crazy sometimes.
0:53.2	Lester Ho is going to be my guest today, the anchor of the NBC Nightly News.
0:57.3	He doesn't do.
0:58.3	This is his first podcast.
0:59.3	He doesn't do a lot of these things.
1:00.8	It was great getting him in here.
1:02.8	We had a real fun conversation a little bit of gum.
1:06.9	I think you guys enjoy it.
1:08.8	He doesn't like talking about, well, let me put it like this.
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