First look: New Sean Hannity podcast, "Hang Out," debuts Tuesday

The big picture: The first episode, dropping at 7am ET Tuesday, features Hannity talking to Stephen A. Smith, the ESPN provocateur and potential presidential candidate, on the podcast's set in South Florida.

• Other upcoming guests include Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (Hannity made him a margarita), and Team USA hockey gold medalist Matt Tkachuk.

What they're saying: "This show isn't about chasing the news cycle — it's about the people living inside it," Hannity says in a statement to Axios." ... "The podcast will be curious, irreverent and a lot less buttoned-up. No countdown clocks, no talking points."

• "I started in radio on a tiny campus station that no one listened to — now we're on more than 750 stations nationwide. That didn't happen overnight, and this podcast won't either. But I've learned that if you build something honest and human, people eventually find it."

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