Lemon LIVE at 5 | NEWS ANCHOR: 'NEWS ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE' - December 3rd, 2024
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello, everyone.
Don, you're muted.
I'm not sure what's going on with my camera or my connectivity, but I'll deal with it. It's weird. I don't know what's happening. So anyways, what I was saying is we will probably go back to one live show a day.
Why is Don Lemon calling out cable news toxicity and falling viewership?
So I hope that is okay with you guys. You don't get upset. Everyone's like, there's so much going on. Why aren't you live? Anyway, we'll explain. We're changing things up a little bit. But since I have connectivity now, let's get to this. I have a very special show for you guys today on Lemon Live at Five. Someone who I've known for a long time, but we'll talk about that. We have been talking at length in just the past couple of shows, really, just about how people are checking out on the news. I think our most streamed or, how do you say, most watched show has been the one where we said people are quitting the news cold turkey. And we got confirmation of that, not only from you guys telling us that you are, but also from the ratings.
And we'll talk about that. So Americans are checking out on the news and it is because they're making them sick. They're saying physically sick and it's giving them anxiety disorders. It's pushing them into panic attacks and extreme cases. It's even making some folks sick. really contemplate harming themselves. And that's where my next guest is going to come in just a second. So it's no wonder that people have been tuning off Morning Joe and canceling their New York Times subscriptions and so on, Washington Post subscriptions and so on and so on. We'll see if that lasts. I think this time there's going to be some real... There's going to be...
Who is Kendis Gibson and what prompted his appearance on Lemon LIVE?
It's going to last at least this time because people have been predicting the demise of broadcast and cable news for a long time, and it hasn't happened. But I think this one is going to stick, and we shall see. Today's a very special episode, and I want to chat with my dear old friend, someone who has seen from the inside just how anxiety-provoking cable broadcast news, working in the newsroom, can be working in this business. And he also knows how to go about healing, a healing journey to recovery from it. Who am I talking about? Kendis Gibson joins us now. Kendis is a four-time Emmy Award-winning journalist. He's currently the... the early evening anchor at PIX, W-P-I-X, we call it PIX here at New York, PIX TV.
He's the author of a fantastic new book. It's called Five Trips, An Investigative Journey into Mental Health, Psychedelic Healing, and Saving a Life. So, Kendis, how are you? How are you? So good to see you. Kendis, you said, hey, Don, I have a new book coming out. I was away, and then sure enough, shit hit the fan. Kendis, do you remember the first time we met? First of all, you're okay now, right? I'm okay.
Okay, we'll talk about it. You're always fighting demons on any given day, but I figured out a way to operate. I'm okay.
Okay. Do you remember the first time we met?
I know it was in Philadelphia.
Yep. It was Philadelphia. There was some big breaking news story where I had to come in and do the early morning shift. Something happened.
I don't remember exactly what it was. I'm going to forget the detail, but I think there was a hostage situation at a hospital or something like that that went on for maybe a few days.
It was national news. Yes. I remember I did a hit for... like NBC news or something so they're like can you do the morning blah blah blah blah and you walked over to my to my um microwave truck then or was it may have been a satellite truck I don't remember it's way back yeah and you said um hey someone said that there's someone new in town he looks like me and I just wanted to meet you and see who you are and then we looked at each other and started laughing he's like we don't look anything like and I had hair then And we did not look alike at all. You worked for the Fox station then, right? I was at the Fox station. Yeah, and I was at the NBC station. Anyway, this was 99, 2000, something like that.
99. 99, I believe. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:22–1:19
2
Why is Don Lemon calling out cable news toxicity and falling viewership?
1:19–2:36
3
Who is Kendis Gibson and what prompted his appearance on Lemon LIVE?
2:36–22:37
4
How did newsroom culture and diversity issues at ABC affect Kendis Gibson's career?
22:37–36:04
5
What led Kendis Gibson to contemplate suicide and how was he found?
36:04–42:50
6
How did psychedelic experiences (ayahuasca, psilocybin, MDMA) contribute to Gibson's recovery?
42:50–1:25:48
Speakers
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