He has been called “L.A.’s No. 1 muckraker”. Dennis McDougal has invested nearly 50 years chronicling Hollywood, psychedelics, mental health, true crime, and media misdemeanors. He is currently at work on a history of Las Vegas and disorganized crime.
Journalist, Editorial Director, VICE News LatAm. Author of NARCAS: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America’s Cartels…
Maureen Seaberg is the coauthor of Struck By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel, the story of Jason Padgett, who acquired synesthesia and savant syndrome from a brain injury sustained in a brutal mugging fifteen years ago in Tacoma, Washington.
Maureen Seaberg is the coauthor of Struck By Genius: How a Brain Injury Made Me a Mathematical Marvel, the story of Jason Padgett, who acquired synesthesia and savant syndrome from a brain injury sustained in a brutal mugging fifteen years ago in Tacoma, Washington.
JOHN ISAAC JONES, is a retired journalist currently living and writing at Merritt Island, Florida. For more than thirty years, John I., as he prefers to be called, was a reporter for media outlets throughout the world. These included local newspapers in his native Alabama, The National Enquirer, News of the World in London, the Sydney Morning Herald, and NBC television.
Lee Gimenez is the award-winning author of 17 books. He is best known for his highly acclaimed J.T. Ryan mystery thrillers. Lee was a Finalist for the Author Academy Award, and many of his books were Featured Novels of the International Thriller Writers Association. They include KILLSHOT, TRIPWIRE, BLACKSNOW ZERO, FBI CODE RED, CROSSFIRE, The MEDIA MURDERS, SKYFLASH, KILLING WEST, and The WASHINGTON ULTIMATUM. Lee is a multi-year nominee for the Georgia Author of the Year Award and was a Finalist in the prestigious Terry Kay Prize for Fiction. His books are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and other retailers worldwide. He is currently writing his 18th book.
Paul Scharre is the Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at CNAS. He is the award-winning author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. His first book, Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War, won the 2019 Colby Award, was named one of Bill Gates’ top five books of 2018, and was named by The Economist one of the top five books to understand modern warfare.
Jessie was born in the Soviet Union as Asya Bronfman, a descendant of Holocaust survivors living in a communal apartment with four households, one toilet, and a rickety old bathtub in the middle of the kitchen. Her family sought asylum in the U.S., and after awaiting their fate in Austria and Italy, they finally made it to Brooklyn in 1989.
KEVIN R.C. GUTZMAN is Professor of History at Western Connecticut State University and a faculty member at LibertyClassroom.com. He has his law degree from the University of Texas Law School and his Ph.D. in American history from the University of Virginia. His books include Thomas Jefferson – Revolutionary; James Madison and the Making of America; Virginia’s American Revolution; and, with Thomas Woods, Who Killed the Constitution?
J. RANDY TARABORRELLI is the author of more than 20 biographies, including his latest, “Jackie – Public, Private, Secret,” which presents Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in a brand new and exciting light. The book was featured on the cover of “People” magazine (July 2023). After Taraborrelli’s book-launching appearances on “Good Morning America,” and “Nightline,” “Jackie,” debuted on The New York Times Bestseller List (August 6, 2023) at number three!