Radio Nikki: Haley launching a weekly SiriusXM radio talk show at least through January
Nikki Haley says she's launching a weekly talk show on SiriusXM satellite radio starting next week
NEW YORK — Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is launching her own radio talk show next week on SiriusXM that's set to air once a week at least through the inauguration of a new president.
She'll do interviews, take listener calls and talk politics on the show, which will be carried Wednesdays from 8 to 9 a.m. ET on the satellite radio system's Triumph channel. Expect some talk mixed in about Clemson football, her passion for running and music — maybe even Taylor Swift.
The former U.N. ambassador's own politics won't be a secret, but she said she wanted to get away from some of the tribalism that dominates the media.
“My kids, they don't watch the news, because they think both sides are crazy,” she told The Associated Press. “And they're not wrong about that. I think we have to take the craziness out. I think we have to take the noise out and I think we have to break things down in a way that people feel empowered.”
Haley was former President Donald Trump's last opponent left standing for the GOP nomination this year. She endorsed Trump and supported him at the convention, but until the last two weeks, Trump hadn't sought her help on the general election campaign trail.
But she said Tuesday that Trump's team had reached out to hers in the past two weeks to discuss some options for joint appearances, though none have been scheduled. Her radio show, however, “is not going to be about campaigning for a particular candidate,” she said.
She said she'd been approached by some partisan news outlets about doing some work for them but wasn't interested. She didn't identify them. Her campaign, she said, taught her
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