Overview

• During the Aug. 6 episode of Today with Jenna & Friends, Bush Hager told guest host Matt Rogers she dreams of moving her family back to Austin once her current broadcast chapter ends.
• A Texas native, she sends her three children—Mila, 13; Poppy, 9; and Hal, 5—to summer camps in Central Texas to maintain ties to her upbringing.
• Since co-anchor Hoda Kotb’s January exit, Bush Hager has hosted the fourth hour solo with a rotating lineup of celebrity co-hosts as NBC searches for a permanent partner.
• Beyond her on-air role, she launched the Read With Jenna book club and founded Thousand Voices Media, which will publish eight titles by female authors between Fall 2025 and Fall 2026.
• She frames her Today tenure as one life chapter closing before a next phase centered on family priorities and her Texas roots.