Comedian Bill Maher is launching his own podcast network and has reportedly hired conservative Sage Steele, a former ESPN anchor, to be his first host.
Maher, who is known for hosting HBO’s “Real Time,” told The Hollywood Reporter that he is building his network on the foundation of “freedom of expression.”
“I am looking for people who are not talking-point people,” Maher said. “I’m looking for people who don’t, before they speak, say, ‘What’s the right answer here?’”
Steele parted ways with ESPN last year after settling a lawsuit with the company in which she alleged that the network — whose hosts have routinely engaged in promoting left-wing politics — retaliated against her for remarks that she made about vaccine mandates and that her free speech had been violated.
“Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can…
