By SONDRA BARR
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Unfiltered K
Trial attorney turned journalist Megyn Kelly faces the future with a devil may care attitude .
By SONDRA BARR
Before her stint as a news anchor , Megyn Kelly was a trial lawyer at a prestigious firm on her way to making partner . A rigid career path with a predetermined conclusion , she realized it left her woefully unfulfilled . Now the lawyer turned journalist is breaking free of legacy media . Setting a fresh course with unlimited potential and freedom from corporate agendas , she ’ s finally serving up the news –– her way .
For 50-year-old Kelly , podcasting is the natural progression from years spent anchoring news shows across multiple networks . Last year she launched her own media company , Devil May Care Media , which produces her unfiltered podcast The Megyn Kelly Show .
Since launching her podcast , the show has consistently ranked in the top 10 in the news commentary category on Apple and Spotify . Billed as “ your home for open , honest , and provocative conversations with the most interesting and important political , legal , and cultural figures today . No BS . No agenda . And no fear ,” guests have included Alan Dershowitz , Mark Cuban , Candace Owens , and Glenn Greenwald .
When I got to America and was like , I want to be an actor , I was like a novelty act in all my casting meetings .
“ I wanted something that would tip the hat to where I am in the media spectrum . The whole saying is ‘ The devil may care , but I do not .’ What I ’ m trying to telegraph is nobody ’ s going to tell me what to say anymore because I don ’ t care . If you don ’ t like it , I don ’ t really care . You don ’ t have to listen . Go find another podcast ,” she explained to writer Nate Eaton last year .
The veteran journalist ’ s reason for entering the podcasting fray after departing NBC in 2019 is simple , “ Legacy media is dying a very slow death ,” she told the Daily Caller ’ s Shelby Talcott . “ These are all money-making engines . They ’ re not there as a public service .”
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