Work in Progress: Don Lemon
Drama Queens
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 23.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Don Lemon is an award-winning journalist, bestselling author, and one of the most influential voices in American media. Known for fearless storytelling and unflinching conversations about politics, culture, and identity, he’s now reinvented himself in bold new ways.
In this conversation, Don opens up about resilience, his new YouTube series/podcast “The Don Lemon Show” and the power of queer joy. Plus, Don talks candidly about what led to his leaving CNN and gives his take on Trump’s intimidation efforts against mainstream media.
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| 0:41.1 | Hey everyone. |
| 0:41.9 | It's Sophia. |
| 0:43.1 | Welcome to Work in Progress. |
| 0:57.4 | Hi, friends. Welcome back to work in progress. |
| 1:06.1 | You're a resident journalism school, Gurley, has a guest today that has me just so immensely excited. |
| 1:08.3 | Today I'm going to sit down with Don Lemon. |
| 1:13.6 | He is an award-winning journalist, a best-selling author, and one of the most influential voices in American media. |
| 1:16.2 | I've always respected Don for his fearless storytelling. |
| 1:19.9 | He's covered pivotal historical moments and incredible shifts in society with such grace and such ethics. He's pushed boundaries and |
| 1:29.9 | delivered thought-provoking conversations on everything from politics to culture to social |
| 1:33.9 | issues. And a few years ago, he got clickbait canceled and has reinvented his life |
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