[2] After the 2012 election, Hamby took a sabbatical from CNN to be a fellow at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

[13] Since the show's launch, Hamby has interviewed Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Anthony Fauci, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, Bernie Sanders, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Lindsey Graham, Rick Perry, Cory Booker, John McCain, Condoleezza Rice, Scott Pruitt, Steve Bannon, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang and other political leaders and media personalities.

[14] In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter named Hamby one of the 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media, calling him "a rare newsman reaching young consumers".

[16] Along with the writer Scott Conroy, Hamby is the co-creator of Embeds, a scripted comedy series about young reporters covering a presidential campaign.

[17] The six-episode series ran on the go90 Network in 2016 and was executive produced by Conroy, Michael De Luca and Megyn Kelly.