Montel sat down with Rev. Dr. William Barber, a noted civil rights leader who is the Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, Disciples of Christ as well as the founder of the Poor People’s Campaign and The Moral Monday movement for a conversation on race, racism, and a summer of protest as the result of the killings of unarmed black Americans by police.https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.orghttps://greenleafchristiandoc.orghttps://twitter.com/RevDrBarber?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Montel talks with his friend Dr Babak Kateb to learn about the latest COVID-19 research and developments. Dr Kateb is a neuroscientist with more than 20 years of research experience who formed a worldwide committee of experts to collaborate in reviewing COVID-19 research. In this episode of Free Thinking, Dr Kateb shares their published report.https://brainmappingfoundation.org Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Montel is joined by Hannah Cox, national coordinator for Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. Hannah is one of the leading conservative activists working on criminal justice reform. Montel and Hannah discuss the death penalty and criminal justice reform generally in an important conversation on where we go from here with respect to criminal justice https://conservativesconcerned.org Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Montel is joined by Paul Rieckhoff, a combat vet who founded Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and now hosts his own podcast and is a sought after speaker and thinker on military and veterans issues. Paul and Montel discuss the chaos in Portland, Oregon and Kenosha, Wisconsin as well as the implications of Trump’s pattern of destructive norms-breaking on the military. You won’t want to miss this pair of veterans advocates in conversation.https://www.instagram.com/paulrieckhoff/?hl=en Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

On the premiere episode of Free Thinking, Montel talks with Senator Joni Ernst, a fellow veteran who served 23 years in the Army Reserves and National Guard. In 2014, she was elected as the first woman to serve in a federal elected office from the State of Iowa and also became the first female combat veteran elected to serve in the United States Senate. She serves on five Senate committees: Armed Services; Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Environment and Public Works; Judiciary; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship.https://joniernst.comhttps://www.instagram.com/joniernst/To learn more about RTM (Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories) treatment for PTSD, visit The Research & Recognition Project at http://researchandrecognition.org Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com