Journalist, story teller, life long reporter. A Texan, by birth and by choice. Author of WHAT UNITES US and the Steady letter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lester Holt is an award-winning journalist at NBC News. He is the anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,” the network’s flagship broadcast, as well as the anchor of “Dateline NBC.” Holt also leads NBC News’ special reports, breaking news and primetime political coverage. Named the “most trusted television news personality in America” by The Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult poll, Holt became the anchor of “NBC Nightly News” in June 2015 after anchoring the weekend editions of “NBC Nightly News” for eight years and co-anchoring “Weekend TODAY” for 12 years. Holt has served as principal anchor of “Dateline NBC” since September 2011 and joined NBC News in 2000 Most recently, Holt anchored “NBC Nightly News” from inside Ukraine as the only evening news anchor to report from inside the country following Russia’s invasion. He also sat down for an exclusive interview with President Biden, which made headlines on a variety of pressing issues, including the Supreme Court, inflation and mask mandates. Holt also spoke exclusively with U.S. Attorney General William Barr for a special NBC News primetime special, marking Barr’s first TV interview since his resignation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steve Wilkos is the host of “The Steve Wilkos Show,” a nationally syndicated series produced by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. The show is now in its fifteenth season. Since its debut Wilkos’ popularity has skyrocketed—the show has grown 59% in households over its premiere season and averaged a strong 1.5 million daily viewers for the 2019-20 season. His straightforward approach combined with his sincerity and humor has earned viewers’ trust and respect. Before beginning a career in entertainment, Wilkos served in the U.S. Marine Corps for seven years. When he returned from service, he went back to his hometown of Chicago and joined the Chicago Police Department, following in his father’s footsteps. During that time, he took great pride in keeping the streets of the notoriously volatile Shakespeare District safe for almost 12 years. Wilkos retired from the police force in 2001. Late in his law enforcement career, the 6’3” Wilkos began moonlighting, as a security guard on “The Jerry Springer Show.” By the time he started hosting his own show, Wilkos had guest-hosted more than 50 episodes of “The Jerry Springer Show.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Corvo is the Senior Executive Producer of Primetime News for NBC News. In this role, Corvo oversees “Dateline NBC,” the top Friday news magazine and the longest-running series in NBC primetime history. Now in its 31 season, Dateline airs across NBC, cable and in broadcast syndication, with hundreds of hours available to stream on Peacock’s Dateline 24/7 channel. The newsmagazine also reaches millions through its #1 podcasts, including The Thing About Pam and its show cast. The broadcast was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2019. Corvo is responsible for the production of all “Dateline” episodes, investigative reports, breaking news coverage and special series, such as “On Assignment,” “America Now,” “My Kid Would Never Do That,” “Escape” and the annual “Toast!” New Year’s Eve special. Corvo joined NBC News as vice president in 1995. He was responsible for a wide range of management duties, including executive oversight of primetime news programming at NBC and primetime program development for MSNBC and CNBC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shepard Smith is Anchor and Executive Editor of “The News with Shepard Smith” (M-F, 7 PM – 8 PM ET), a nightly newscast providing deep, non-partisan coverage and perspective on the day’s most important stories. Smith also serves as CNBC’s Chief General News Anchor and Chief Breaking General News Anchor, which was announced when he joined the network in July 2020. He is based at CNBC Global Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Most recently, Smith served as FOX News Channel’s Chief News Anchor as well as Managing Editor of the breaking news division. From 2013-2019, he also anchored the news program “Shepard Smith Reporting.” Prior to that, Smith anchored “The FOX Report” and “Studio B.” During his time at FOX News Channel, Smith covered major news events including presidential elections, Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill, the Middle East conflict from the Israel-Lebanon border, the attacks of 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and mass shootings from Columbine to Las Vegas. Early in his career at FOX News Channel, Smith was a New York-based general assignment reporter before being promoted to senior correspondent. Before joining FOX News Channel, Smith was a FOX News Edge correspondent based in Los Angeles and covered a range of stories for the FOX affiliate news service, including the crash of TWA Flight 800 and the Oklahoma City bombing. He began his broadcast career as a reporter at local stations across the state of Florida including WSVN-TV (FOX) in Miami, the former WCPX-TV (CBS) in Orlando, WBBH-TV (NBC) in Fort Myers, and WJHG-TV (NBC) in Panama City. Smith studied journalism at the University of Mississippi and is a native of Holly Springs, MS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lisa is the Executive Producer and host of THIS IS LIFE on CNN, already at work on its ninth season for 2022. For the series, Lisa has embedded with a notorious biker club and explored the medicinal use of psychedelics in psychotherapy Prior to joining CNN, Lisa EP’d and hosted Our America on OWN for five seasons. She was also a field correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show and a contributor to ABC News’ Nightline. For these shows she reported from dozens of countries; covering stories about gang rape in the Congo, bride burning in India, and the Lord Resistance Army in Uganda, among other issues that are too often ignored. Lisa was the first female host of National Geographic’s flagship show Explorer which sent her to cover the phenomenon of female suicide bombing, the spread of the MS-13 gang –considered the world’s most dangerous gang, and the humanitarian crisis inside North Korea. She got her start in journalism as a correspondent for Channel One News where she covered the civil war in Afghanistan at 21 years of age. She later went to become a co-host of ABC Daytime’s hit show The View, which won its first daytime Emmy during her time at the show. Lisa will Executive Produce and host the upcoming series TAKE OUT for HBO Max (premieres Jan 27, 2022), an exploration of Asian American history through the lens of delicious Asian food which has become so ubiquitous in the U.S Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joy Behar is among today’s leading comic talents. Whether performing stand-up comedy or interviewing politicians and artists, she is an original voice and leading woman on both stage and screen. She was a member of the original cast of ABC’s “The View” for 16 years, returning as co-host in September 2015 for the show’s three most recent seasons. Along with winning the 2009 Daytime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host, Behar is also the recipient of three MAC awards, a CableACE award and a 2000 GLAAD award for her enduring friendship with the LGBTQ+ community. Behar’s presence has spanned across all media. On television, she starred in two HBO specials and was a regular on the series “Baby Boom.” She recently appeared in Woody Allen’s Amazon series, “Crisis in Six Scenes.” Behar has hosted her own shows including a call-in radio show on WABC, “The Joy Behar Show” on HLN, and “Say Anything” on Current TV. Her film appearances include “This is My Life,” directed by Nora Ephron, and Woody Allen’s “Manhattan Murder Mystery.“ In theater, Behar starred in Nicky Silver’s play “The Food Chain,” for which she earned rave reviews, and also in the critically acclaimed play “The Vagina Monologues.” She also wrote and performed in her own solo show, “Me, My Mouth and I,” at the Cherry Lane Theatre. She is currently working on a production of her play “Crisis In Queens.” In June 2016, Behar was inducted into the Brooklyn Walk of Fame at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, joining an impressive list of Brooklynites honored for their distinguished work in entertainment, sports, media and the arts. Behar has written five books, including two children’s books. Her most recent book, “The Great Gasbag: An A-to-Z Study Guide to Surviving Trump World,” was released in October 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan Abrams is the CEO and Founder of Abrams Media, host of Dan Abrams Live on NewsNation and On Patrol: Live on Reelz, Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent for ABC News, host of SiriusXM radio’s The Dan Abrams Show: “Where Politics Meets The Law,” and host and executive producer of Court Cam and Taking the Stand on A&E Network. He is also the author of numerous New York Times bestselling books on overlooked trials in history. Abrams Media currently includes Mediaite.com, The Law&Crime Network and LawandCrime.com, as well as a suite of fine liquor review sites led by WhiskeyRaiders.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the multiple Emmy®-award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN and host of the CNN podcast Chasing Life. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, plays an integral role in CNN’s reporting on health and medical news for all of CNN’s shows domestically and internationally, and regularly contributes to CNN.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

George Stephanopolous is anchor of “Good Morning America” and “This Week with George Stephanopolous.” Stephanopoulos has conducted interviews with a wide range of subjects including world leaders such as Presidents Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has interviewed celebrities, politicians, and business leaders including George Clooney, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Billy Porter, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, former FBI director James Comey and more. Stephanopoulos has led the network’s coverage of four presidential elections and he moderated live town hall events with former President Trump in 2016 and 2020 and then Presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2020 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices