{"id":8905,"date":"2026-08-31T20:48:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8905"},"modified":"2026-08-31T20:51:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:51:01","slug":"lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/","title":{"rendered":"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>All-New&nbsp;\u2018Dateline\u2019&nbsp;Podcast&nbsp;Features In-Depth Interviews with People Whose Lives Changed in an Instant, Including Colin Kaepernick, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Scofield, Gabby Giffords, Adrianne Haslet and More<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/s8y48j\/sse6bdnc\/49fwa7__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!r6DhNzrCwKmNlwB0dmg73QxI2qdY-NQPgHmi9HqjIvQpMhudi-ggbTLES07xzsRxDvz-eOHiwBDZvP1ktkfTj3dIpA$\">Click Here<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;Listen&nbsp;to&nbsp;Trailer, \u2018Dateline\u2019 Premium&nbsp;Subscribers Can Listen Early Starting&nbsp;September&nbsp;7<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 31, 2026\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<strong>Lester\u00a0Holt<\/strong>\u00a0will\u00a0host\u00a0an\u00a0all new\u00a0<em>Dateline\u00a0<\/em>podcast,<em>\u00a0<strong>Before\u00a0&amp;\u00a0After with\u00a0Lester\u00a0Holt<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>beginning\u00a0September\u00a014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six-episode series features deeply personal interviews with those whose lives were transformed in an instant by violence, survival, loss, injustice or an unexpected turn of fate. The conversations explore what it takes&nbsp;to&nbsp;endure the unimaginable, rebuild a life, and find meaning and purpose in the&nbsp;aftermath. The first episode, featuring&nbsp;<strong>Colin Kaepernick<\/strong>, debuts&nbsp;September&nbsp;14. A preview of the interview will be available&nbsp;tomorrow on&nbsp;NBCNews.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holt&nbsp;will also speak with&nbsp;<strong>Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Scofield, Gabby Giffords, Adrianne Haslet<\/strong>&nbsp;and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/s8y48j\/sse6bdnc\/k2gwa7__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!r6DhNzrCwKmNlwB0dmg73QxI2qdY-NQPgHmi9HqjIvQpMhudi-ggbTLES07xzsRxDvz-eOHiwBDZvP1ktkfJVAueNQ$\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>to&nbsp;listen&nbsp;to&nbsp;the trailer. Dateline Premium subscribers can listen early beginning&nbsp;September&nbsp;7.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is&nbsp;Holt\u2019s second original&nbsp;podcast,&nbsp;following last year\u2019s chart-topping series,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/s8y48j\/sse6bdnc\/0uhwa7__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!r6DhNzrCwKmNlwB0dmg73QxI2qdY-NQPgHmi9HqjIvQpMhudi-ggbTLES07xzsRxDvz-eOHiwBDZvP1ktkejVapxEw$\"><em>The Last Appeal<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Dateline<\/em>&nbsp;original&nbsp;podcasts have seen more than 43 million downloads in 2026.&nbsp;<em>Dateline<\/em>\u2019s&nbsp;podcast&nbsp;portfolio includes&nbsp;<em>The Thing About Pam, Mommy Doomsday, Deadly Mirage, Trace of Suspicion, Mortal Sin, Something About Cari, 13 Alibis, The Girl in the Blue Mustang, Dateline: Missing in America<\/em>, among others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Before&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;After&nbsp;with&nbsp;Lester&nbsp;Holt<\/em>&nbsp;is a production of&nbsp;<em>Dateline<\/em>&nbsp;and NBC News and is produced by Dan Slepian and Liz Brown Kuriloff. Paul Ryan is executive producer and Liz Cole is senior executive producer of&nbsp;<em>Dateline<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominique Donahue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominique.Donahue@nbcuni.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liam Dahlborn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liam.Dahlborn@nbcuni.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Dateline NBC<\/em>\u00a0is one of the top true crime podcast brands, with its original podcast series collectively amassing over 200 million downloads since 2019. In addition to its chart-topping original podcasts and showcast, hundreds of hours of\u00a0<em>Dateline<\/em>\u00a0are available to stream and listen to on Peacock\u2019s Dateline 24\/7 channel and across major streaming platforms. Now in its 34th season,\u00a0<em>Dateline NBC<\/em>\u00a0is the longest-running series in NBC primetime history, anchored by Lester Holt and featuring correspondents Blayne Alexander, Andrea Canning, Josh Mankiewicz, Keith Morrison and Dennis Murphy. Liz Cole is the senior executive producer and Paul Ryan is the executive producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All-New&nbsp;\u2018Dateline\u2019&nbsp;Podcast&nbsp;Features In-Depth Interviews with People Whose Lives Changed in an Instant, Including Colin Kaepernick, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Scofield, Gabby Giffords, Adrianne Haslet and More Click Here&nbsp;to&nbsp;Listen&nbsp;to&nbsp;Trailer, \u2018Dateline\u2019 Premium&nbsp;Subscribers Can Listen Early Starting&nbsp;September&nbsp;7 August 31, 2026\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Lester\u00a0Holt\u00a0will\u00a0host\u00a0an\u00a0all new\u00a0Dateline\u00a0podcast,\u00a0Before\u00a0&amp;\u00a0After with\u00a0Lester\u00a0Holt,\u00a0beginning\u00a0September\u00a014. The six-episode series features deeply personal interviews with those whose lives were transformed in an instant by violence, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":8906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[33,170,2],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-8905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dateline","category-featured","category-nbc-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014 - NBC News Press Releases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014 - NBC News Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All-New&nbsp;\u2018Dateline\u2019&nbsp;Podcast&nbsp;Features In-Depth Interviews with People Whose Lives Changed in an Instant, Including Colin Kaepernick, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Scofield, Gabby Giffords, Adrianne Haslet and More Click Here&nbsp;to&nbsp;Listen&nbsp;to&nbsp;Trailer, \u2018Dateline\u2019 Premium&nbsp;Subscribers Can Listen Early Starting&nbsp;September&nbsp;7 August 31, 2026\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Lester\u00a0Holt\u00a0will\u00a0host\u00a0an\u00a0all new\u00a0Dateline\u00a0podcast,\u00a0Before\u00a0&amp;\u00a0After with\u00a0Lester\u00a0Holt,\u00a0beginning\u00a0September\u00a014. The six-episode series features deeply personal interviews with those whose lives were transformed in an instant by violence, [...]Read More... from LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NBC News Press Releases\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-31T20:48:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-31T20:51:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Liam Dahlborn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NBCNewsPR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@NBCNewsPR\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Liam Dahlborn\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Liam Dahlborn\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/63b56d88a43b664714db5e7991c4a9ee\"},\"headline\":\"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-31T20:48:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-31T20:51:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":430,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Featured\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Dateline\",\"Featured\",\"NBC News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/\",\"name\":\"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014 - NBC News Press Releases\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-31T20:48:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-31T20:51:01+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/31\\\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\",\"name\":\"NBC News Press Releases\",\"description\":\"More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY,\u00a0NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and Dateline NBC. Additionally, NBC News produces\u00a0TODAY with Jenna &amp; Sheinelle, The 3rd Hour of TODAY, Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, Weekend TODAY and NBC News Daily, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The NBC News Digital Group consists of online destinations NBCNews.com \u2013 a top three news site \u2013 and TODAY.com \u2013 a top two lifestyle brand \u2013 as well as its streaming networks, NBC News NOW, Dateline 24\\\/7 and TODAY All Day. Additionally, the organization\u2019s award-winning audio unit is a top five podcast publisher in the U.S. and NBC News\u2019 Stay Tuned, a first-of-its-kind social newscast, is the premier destination for the Gen Z audience across TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming, and content for emerging platforms, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"NBC News Press Releases\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1\",\"width\":2076,\"height\":1152,\"caption\":\"NBC News Press Releases\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/NBCNewsPR\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/nbcnewspr\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.threads.net\\\/@nbcnewspr\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/63b56d88a43b664714db5e7991c4a9ee\",\"name\":\"Liam Dahlborn\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/78f2e124d4da41b117cb6dfe23cc6ff9639ad2211af12b5993d8dc1e0a1eae5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/78f2e124d4da41b117cb6dfe23cc6ff9639ad2211af12b5993d8dc1e0a1eae5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/78f2e124d4da41b117cb6dfe23cc6ff9639ad2211af12b5993d8dc1e0a1eae5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Liam Dahlborn\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\\\/nbcnews\\\/author\\\/liamdahlborn\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014 - NBC News Press Releases","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014 - NBC News Press Releases","og_description":"All-New&nbsp;\u2018Dateline\u2019&nbsp;Podcast&nbsp;Features In-Depth Interviews with People Whose Lives Changed in an Instant, Including Colin Kaepernick, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Scofield, Gabby Giffords, Adrianne Haslet and More Click Here&nbsp;to&nbsp;Listen&nbsp;to&nbsp;Trailer, \u2018Dateline\u2019 Premium&nbsp;Subscribers Can Listen Early Starting&nbsp;September&nbsp;7 August 31, 2026\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Lester\u00a0Holt\u00a0will\u00a0host\u00a0an\u00a0all new\u00a0Dateline\u00a0podcast,\u00a0Before\u00a0&amp;\u00a0After with\u00a0Lester\u00a0Holt,\u00a0beginning\u00a0September\u00a014. The six-episode series features deeply personal interviews with those whose lives were transformed in an instant by violence, [...]Read More... from LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014","og_url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/","og_site_name":"NBC News Press Releases","article_published_time":"2026-08-31T20:48:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-31T20:51:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Liam Dahlborn","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@NBCNewsPR","twitter_site":"@NBCNewsPR","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Liam Dahlborn","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/"},"author":{"name":"Liam Dahlborn","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/person\/63b56d88a43b664714db5e7991c4a9ee"},"headline":"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014","datePublished":"2026-08-31T20:48:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-31T20:51:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/"},"wordCount":430,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","keywords":["Featured"],"articleSection":["Dateline","Featured","NBC News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/","name":"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014 - NBC News Press Releases","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-08-31T20:48:47+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-31T20:51:01+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/31\/lester-holt-to-host-all-new-podcast-before-after-premiering-september-14\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LESTER\u00a0HOLT\u00a0TO\u00a0HOST\u00a0ALL-NEW\u00a0PODCAST\u00a0BEFORE\u00a0&amp; AFTER\u00a0PREMIERING SEPTEMBER\u00a014"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/","name":"NBC News Press Releases","description":"More Americans watch NBC News than any news organization in the world. Its leading and award-winning television news broadcasts include TODAY,\u00a0NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas, Meet the Press with Kristen Welker and Dateline NBC. Additionally, NBC News produces\u00a0TODAY with Jenna &amp; Sheinelle, The 3rd Hour of TODAY, Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist, Weekend TODAY and NBC News Daily, as well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. The NBC News Digital Group consists of online destinations NBCNews.com \u2013 a top three news site \u2013 and TODAY.com \u2013 a top two lifestyle brand \u2013 as well as its streaming networks, NBC News NOW, Dateline 24\/7 and TODAY All Day. Additionally, the organization\u2019s award-winning audio unit is a top five podcast publisher in the U.S. and NBC News\u2019 Stay Tuned, a first-of-its-kind social newscast, is the premier destination for the Gen Z audience across TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube. NBC News also operates NBC News Studios, a unit producing premium documentaries, docuseries, select scripted programming, and content for emerging platforms, and the NBC NewsChannel affiliate news service.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#organization","name":"NBC News Press Releases","url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/nbcnews-thumb.jpg?fit=2076%2C1152&ssl=1","width":2076,"height":1152,"caption":"NBC News Press Releases"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/NBCNewsPR","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nbcnewspr\/","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nbcnewspr"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/#\/schema\/person\/63b56d88a43b664714db5e7991c4a9ee","name":"Liam Dahlborn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78f2e124d4da41b117cb6dfe23cc6ff9639ad2211af12b5993d8dc1e0a1eae5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78f2e124d4da41b117cb6dfe23cc6ff9639ad2211af12b5993d8dc1e0a1eae5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/78f2e124d4da41b117cb6dfe23cc6ff9639ad2211af12b5993d8dc1e0a1eae5a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Liam Dahlborn"},"url":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/author\/liamdahlborn\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/DAT_BeforeAfterPodcast_SocialGraphiC-follow-nowv2.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8907,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8905\/revisions\/8907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}