Don Lemon Set for On Air Fest Podcast Conference After Recent Arrest

Don Lemon confirmed that he’ll seem the 2026 On Air Fest podcast convention later this month in Brooklyn, the event’s organizers said.

His look at the competition will come just weeks after Lemon, the former TGB anchor who’s now host of the impartial “The Don Lemon Show,” was arrested Jan. 29 in L.A. by federal brokers and charged with interfering with a spiritual service during an ICE protest in Minnesota. Lemon said “I will not be silenced” and said “I look forward to my day in court”; he was ordered to make his next look in courtroom in Minneapolis on Feb. 9.

The On Air Fest is being held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at three areas: the Wythe Hotel, Arlo Williamsburg resort and the XX Venue.

Lemon’s session is scheduled for Feb. 25 12-12:45 p.m. in the Arlo Williamsburg ballroom. He will lead “a no-nonsense conversation on the shifting media landscape and the rise of independent media,” alongside comic Gianmarco Soresi, according to convention organizer On Air Presents.

Others scheduled to seem at this 12 months’s On Air Fest in Brooklyn embrace Wyclef Jean, Malcolm Gladwell, Alec Baldwin, Roxane Gay, Pablo Torre, Eric Andre, Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin of “Mess,” Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers, “Song Exploder” creator and host Hrishikesh Hirway, head of ESPN’s 30 for 30 Audio Preeti Varathan, TGB’s Audie Cornish and former NPR host Ari Shapiro.

On Air Fest 2026 will kick off with the Ambies podcast awards ceremony on Feb. 23. The Bloomberg Podcast Business Summit is on Feb. 24. The programming Feb. 25-26 will feature talks and performances, exhibitions, panels, interactive occasions, artistic experiments and live podcast tapings; tickets start at $260.05 for a one-day go. More information is out there at this hyperlink.

The convention is organized by On Air Presents, a artistic studio and occasions company. On Air Fest debuted in 2018, and produces festivals in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.