Roberta Voss is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives, serving in the House from 1997 through 2003. Voss joins America's Talking to discuss her involvement with Arizona Town Hall. Founded in 1962, Arizona Town Hall is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that educates, engages, connects, and empowers Arizonans to solve critical policy issues. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

Aron Wagner is the CEO of American Cloud. American Cloud's mission is to empower businesses of all sizes to achieve their full potential through the use of innovative cloud computing. Aron co-authored two industry playbooks that helped train and educate the channel on hosting, cloud, data center, and interconnection. Prior to the private sector Aron was an airborne infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division, earned the coveted Ranger Tab, and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

Michael Strong is the Executive Director of Adolescent Flourishing Initiative (AFI) @ UATX and is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States. He is the author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice and lead author of Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

Mike Noble is the Founder & CEO of Noble Predictive Insights (NPI), the leading nonpartisan public opinion polling, market research, and data analytics firm based in the Southwest. Noble is a thought leader in public opinion tracking and analysis, known for being a trailblazer in his field. The Center Square, America's Talking Network's sister organization, is partnering with Noble Predictive in the national polling space by launching 'The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll'. Mike Noble's team just completed a poll of 2,500 registered voters across the U.S., 1,000 registered Democrats, 1,000 registered Republicans, and 500 independents. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

Tony Lopes is a first-generation American, CEO of Dirty Boots Capital, real estate professional, bestselling author, coach, and speaker. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from UMass. He worked in the defense industry for 19 years managing multi-million dollar programs while simultaneously building a portfolio of residential income properties. His investments, coupled with his understanding of markets and economics allowed him to retire at age 44. What really drives Tony is sharing his knowledge and experience so that others can achieve financial independence and enjoy the same level of freedom he does. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

S.C. Gwynne is the author of Hymns of the Republic and the New York Times bestsellers Rebel Yell and Empire of the Summer Moon, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He spent most of his career as a journalist, including stints with Time as bureau chief, national correspondent, senior editor, and Texas Monthly as executive editor. His newest book, His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's Largest Flying Machine, tells the tragic story of the British airship R101—which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

Bill Courtney is an American football coach, and the CEO of Classic American Hardwoods and the subject of the 2011 Academy Award-winning documentary, Undefeated, which chronicles his career as a high school football coach in the economically pressured area of Shelby County, Tennessee. Bill is the host of the new podcast, An Army of Normal Folks, which believes the "country’s problems will never be solved by a bunch of fancy people in nice suits talking big words on CNN and Fox, but by An Army of Normal Folks". --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

Philip Taubman is a lecturer at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. Before joining CISAC, Mr. Taubman worked at the New York Times as a reporter and editor for nearly 30 years, specializing in national security issues, including intelligence and defense policies and operations. His newest book 'In the Nation’s Service: The Life and Times of George P. Shultz' is available now. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

Richard Norton Smith is an American historian and author, specializing in U.S. presidents and other political figures. A preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller, his new book is a look at the eye-opening life of Gerald Ford. 'An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford' is now available. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support

Kevin Corinth is a senior fellow and the deputy director of the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches economic opportunity, social mobility, poverty, safety-net programs, and homelessness, among other issues. Dr. Corinth has a PhD and an MA in economics from the University of Chicago. He holds a BA in economics and political science from Boston College. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/americas-talking/support