Bonnie Hammer Gave Her Boss the Finger. It Changed Her Career.

Bonnie Hammer Gave Her Boss the Finger. It Changed Her Career.

June 15, 2026 · 44 min · Episode 49

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Bonnie Hammer shares pivotal moments in her career journey from humble beginnings to leading networks at NBCUniversal.

Bonnie Hammer ran 10 networks and two studios at NBCUniversal — but her career didn't start in a corner office. It started cleaning up dog poop on a kids' TV set. In this episode of The Messy Parts, Bonnie gets radically honest with Maryam about the moments that actually shaped her career: being passed over for the top job at NBC, negotiating her way into her own studio, saying yes to WWE when every instinct said no, and building one of the most collaborative cultures in a notoriously cutthro...

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