Watch: Savannah Guthrie Shares Why Her Kids Are Not Allowed to Have PhonesSavannah Guthrie is saying goodbye to Today-temporarily. The longtime Today Show anchor announced she'll soon be absent from the NBC morning show as she undergoes and recovers from vocal surgery. "Some of you have noticed that my voice has been very scratchy and started to crack a little bit," Savannah shared during the Dec. 19 episode of Today. "Well, I have found out what it is. I have vocal nodules and I also have a polyp.