Don Lemon confirmed that he’ll seem the 2026 On Air Fest podcast convention later this month in Brooklyn, the occasion’s organizers stated.
His look on the competition will come simply weeks after Lemon, the previous CNN anchor who’s now host of the impartial “The Don Lemon Present,” was arrested Jan. 29 in L.A. by federal agents and charged with interfering with a non secular service throughout an ICE protest in Minnesota. Lemon stated “I will not be silenced” and stated “I look ahead to my day in court docket”; he was ordered to make his subsequent look in court docket in Minneapolis on Feb. 9.
The On Air Fest is being held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at three areas: the Wythe Resort, Arlo Williamsburg lodge and the XX Venue.
Lemon’s session is scheduled for Feb. 25 12-12:45 p.m. within the Arlo Williamsburg ballroom. He’ll lead “a no-nonsense dialog on the shifting media panorama and the rise of impartial media,” alongside comic Gianmarco Soresi, in response to convention organizer On Air Presents.
Others scheduled to look at this yr’s On Air Fest in Brooklyn embrace Wyclef Jean, Malcolm Gladwell, Alec Baldwin, Roxane Homosexual, Pablo Torre, Eric Andre, Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin of “Mess,” Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers, “Track Exploder” creator and host Hrishikesh Hirway, head of ESPN’s 30 for 30 Audio Preeti Varathan, CNN’s Audie Cornish and former NPR host Ari Shapiro.
On Air Fest 2026 will kick off with the Ambies podcast awards ceremony on Feb. 23. The Bloomberg Podcast Enterprise Summit is on Feb. 24. The programming Feb. 25-26 will characteristic talks and performances, exhibitions, panels, interactive occasions, inventive experiments and reside podcast tapings; tickets begin at $260.05 for a one-day move. Extra data is out there at this link.
The convention is organized by On Air Presents, a inventive studio and occasions firm. On Air Fest debuted in 2018, and produces festivals in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
