Sean Hannity talks about Trump’s legacy<\/p>\n Fox News host Sean Hannity says President Trump will be revered for years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/media-video><\/div>\n Sean Hannity has been a fixture of conservative media for 30 years. He joined Fox News in 1996 and is the longest-running prime-time host<\/a> in cable news; his show averages about 3 million<\/a> viewers a night.<\/p>\n At 64, Hannity is adding to his workload rather than scaling back. In March, he launched a twice-weekly podcast, “Hang Out with Sean Hannity<\/a>,” with early guests including Stephen A. Smith, Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a>.<\/p>\n I spoke with Hannity about the podcast, his former Fox colleagues Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, his relationship<\/a>–turned<\/a>–feud<\/a> with Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the future of the Republican Party after President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.<\/p>\n Radio’s different, TV’s different, the podcast is different, and I love all of them. It’s just fun. I feel like I’ve had an undeserved life being able to do it. The audience has been so supportive of me over all these years in each medium, and I’m very blessed.<\/p>\n People ask, when do you rest? I’ll rest when I’m dead.<\/p>\n I grew up in an environment \u2013 maybe this has something to do with it \u2013 where I kind of got to raise myself. My mom was the valedictorian of her high school class, but college wasn’t in the cards. She was a prison guard, worked 16-hour shifts almost every day of her adult life. It was good, on the one hand because I was independent. From the time I was 8, I was making my own money, I was buying my own food. It wasn’t like we had dinner on the table at 6 o’clock and everyone had to be there. But it gave me the independence to just pursue all the things I wanted to do. And one of them was always to work.<\/p>\n I don’t. I’m just not in touch with them. You know, it’s so funny. It’s like every time I do an interview, I assume (that) because they worked at Fox, people want me to engage in a conflict, a battle, a fight. I’m just not at that stage of my life and career.<\/p>\n I will say this. I never had any problems with them when they were at Fox at all, really got along fine.<\/p>\n I’m really grateful for what I do at Fox. What other people do on air, whatever controversial things they bring up, I’m not going to spend my time paying attention to it or commenting on it or caring.<\/p>\n
\nFox News host Sean Hannity has spent decades shaping conservative media. In a wide-ranging interview, he reflects on his new podcast and whether the Republican Party is too tied to President Trump.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou’ve been in this business for decades, with a successful radio and TV show. Why start a podcast?<\/h2>\n
Your former Fox colleagues Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson have done well going out on their own. Do you still stay in touch?<\/h2>\n