Life After News

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🎙️ Chase Cain Bet on Himself. Now He’s Betting on YouTube to Change Climate Coverage 🌎🎥

2026-03-2435:44

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a veteran TV journalist walks away from a major network job to build something of his own? In this episode of Life After News, Jason talks with meteorologist and climate reporter Chase Cain about leaving NBC News, starting over in San Francisco, and launching a new climate-focused platform on YouTube. Chase explains why he believes mainstream media still isn’t giving climate change the attention it deserves and why he’s taking the risk to do it differently. ...

🎙️ From the Fall of the Soviet Union to “Superpower California,” Markos Kounalakis has seen it all

2026-03-1731:20

Send a text What does the collapse of the Soviet Union teach us about the world today? And why might California be one of the most powerful places on Earth even without an army? In this episode of Life After News, Jason sits down with Markos Kounalakis, journalist, scholar, Hoover Institution fellow, and author of several books including Freedom Isn’t Free: The Price of World Order. Kounalakis reported on Soviet forces in Afghanistan and was in Moscow during the final days of the Soviet Union...

🎙️ Paul Magers on Sobriety, Newsroom Successes, and a Night with Paul McCartney

2026-03-1035:59

Send us Fan Mail What happens after the anchor desk? For longtime Los Angeles and Minneapolis news anchor Paul Magers, life after news has been meaningful, reflective, and surprisingly joyful. Paul joins Jason for a candid conversation about leaving television news in 2017, getting sober, and finding purpose in helping others. Along the way, the two share stories from their newsroom days, what really makes great TV news, and what it’s like to trade big-city broadcasts for the small-town charm...

🎙️ From Anchor to Attorney: Hema Mullur’s Reinvention Story

2026-03-0331:36

Send us Fan Mail Jason joins this week from Arkansas, where he’s helping his parents through health challenges and he opens the episode with a blunt reality check about the state of the news business. Layoffs are accelerating. Nexstar. The Washington Post. CBS. If you think it won’t happen to you, think again. The canary in the coal mine is gone. Jason challenges everyone still in the industry: Make a plan. Whether it’s building a niche, transitioning into communications, becoming an entrepre...

🎙️ He Ran WABC at Its Peak and Became My Mentor. Bart Feder’s Life After News

2026-02-2447:01

Send us Fan Mail “Sometimes good guys do finish first.” ✅ In this episode, I sit down with Bart Feder, former News Director at WABC, former SVP at CNN, and one of the most influential mentors I’ve ever had (and the mentor to dozens of news directors across Tribune). Bart is now living his true Life After News as a certified executive coach, helping leaders grow without burning out and without turning into the kind of boss nobody wants to work for. 🙌 This is a wide-ranging conversation about ...

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