Some CNN staffers skeptical of network's 'experiment' giving Anderson Cooper, Jake Tapper a podcast makeover

Loyal CNN viewers and critics alike were taken by surprise last week at the "experimenting" some of its on-air talent dabbled in.

Anderson Cooper began anchoring his primetime show Wednesday from the newsroom instead of his studio, positioning himself at a table normally used as CNN data guru Harry Enten's work station, Fox News Digital learned.

Cooper appeared without a jacket and with rolled-up sleeves while speaking into a large desk microphone. And during a panel discussion, he...