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🎙 Bonus Episode: Is Warren Buffett Right?
When Warren Buffett says the network TV affiliation model doesn’t work anymore, people pay attention. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, just dropped ABC after 69 years at WPLG Miami—the only TV station Buffett owns.

In this bonus episode of Life After News, Jason talks with Adam R. Jacobson, editor-in-chief of the Radio + Television Business Report, about:
• The history behind Miami’s TV station shake-ups and why the WPLG/ABC split is so significant.
• Why Buffett may be right—and wrong—about network affiliations in today’s streaming-first world.
• What it takes to survive as a news-heavy, independent station in a multilingual, multicultural market.
• Parallels in Atlanta’s CBS affiliation change and lessons from stations that have gone fully local.
• The fine art of differentiating newscasts in a crowded market—drawing on KTLA’s approach.

Jason and Adam dig into the risks, opportunities, and market-by-market realities behind these bold moves. It’s a conversation about identity, adaptation, and the future of local TV news in an age when audiences can get prime-time programming anywhere.

📌 If you love local news—or want to understand the business decisions shaping it—this one’s for you.

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Let Life After News inspire your next chapter. Because leaving the news doesn’t mean the story’s over—it means a new one’s just beginning.

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Former KCAL 9 anchor Leyna Nguyen spent 25 years in TV news—Los Angeles, Sacramento, Augusta. What came next? A bold new life filled with reinvention:

✨ A not-so-safe-for-work podcast (“Consenting Adults”)
✨ A YouTube channel teaching English to Vietnamese speakers (100K+ subs!)
✨ And now, her true calling: building Van May Financial and helping people plan smarter for retirement 💼💰

In this episode, Leyna opens up about:

• The moment she knew it was time to leave TV news 🎤
• Why COVID was the best thing for her family💕
• How her podcast on alternative lifestyles became a hit 👀
• Why financial literacy in America is broken—and how she’s fixing it 🔑
• Building generational wealth, running her own firm, and even launching a health supplement company in Japan 🌿

It’s an inspiring story of curiosity, reinvention, and creating purpose after the spotlight.

👉 Don’t miss this candid, funny, and motivational conversation.

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Beloved for turning complex forecasts into must-watch TV, Tom has traded daily broadcasts for a new mission: protecting the research, truth, and science that keep us safe.

For 45 years, Tom Skilling was Chicago’s go-to source for weather — trusted, beloved, and known for making complicated science easy to understand. Now, a year and a half into retirement, Tom is proving life after news can be just as full of passion, purpose, and even a little adrenaline.

In this conversation, Jason Ball catches up with Tom at his Hawaii home to talk about:

· 🪂 How a “joke” turned into a skydiving adventure (and why he’s tempted to try it again over volcanoes).

· 🌴 The Big Island’s wild microclimates vs. Chicago’s weather extremes.

· 📻 From a weather-obsessed 14-year-old on local radio to America’s most recognized meteorologist.

· 🌍 Why he went from climate change skeptic to outspoken advocate for weather science.

· 📺 Behind the scenes at WGN — superstation days, early computer graphics, and holding his ground against “just tell us the temperature” consultants.

· ⚡ The 38-year run of the Fermilab Tornado & Severe Weather Seminars and why public science education matters.

· 🚨 His warning about dangerous cuts to U.S. weather research.

· 💡 Advice for the next generation of meteorologists: “Be too dumb to know you’re not supposed to be able to do what you want to do — and go for it.”

Whether you’re a weather geek or just curious about how science, media, and storytelling collide, this episode is a masterclass in passion, persistence, and purpose.

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Let Life After News inspire your next chapter. Because leaving the news doesn’t mean the story’s over—it means a new one’s just beginning.