Caleb Mason is a former federal prosecutor and a current partner in the Los Angeles office of Werksman, Jackson & Quinn, where he focuses his practice on complex litigation, including criminal defense. In 2012, as a professor at Southwestern Law School, he published an article titled "Jay-Z’s 99 Problems, Verse 2: A Close Reading with Fourth Amendment Guidance for Cops and Perps" in the Saint Louis University Law Journal. The article received national attention and has been used by various governmental departments and agencies as a training resource on Fourth Amendment issues. Caleb also recently published his first novel, "Stand Up for Bastards."

Stand Up for Bastards on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stand-Up-Bastards-Caleb-Mason/dp/193748498X/

Caleb's attorney profile: https://werksmanjackson.com/attorneys/caleb-mason.html

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Robert Corn-Revere is considered by many people to be the preeminent First Amendment lawyer in America. He is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Davis Wright Tremaine and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He has argued and been involved with some of the most significant and controversial First Amendment cases of the past 30 years. We discuss how Bob was able to get a pardon for Lenny Bruce, the importance of defending speech especially when it's unpopular, and some of the Supreme Court cases he has worked on.

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Matthew Bradford enlisted in the Marine Corps out of high school. In September 2006, his unit was deployed to Haditha, Iraq. In January 2007, Matt was severely wounded after stepping on an Improvised Explosive Device in Haditha. Matt lost his vision and both of his legs. After a long rehab, Matt was able to realize his dream of reenlisting in the Marines. Matt continues to service as an inspiration through his message of #NoLegsNoVisionNoProblem.

Matt’s website: https://www.matthew-bradford.com

Matt on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cplbradford

Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bionikmatt5

Matt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m_bradford_usmc

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Alfred Regnery spent nearly 20 years as president and publisher of Regnery Publishing, which was founded by his father in 1947. Regnery Publishing is responsible for some of the most significant books in conservative thought, including William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “God and Man at Yale,” and Russel Kirk’s “The Conservative Mind.” During Alfred's tenure, Regnery published 23 New York Times bestsellers. Alfred currently serves as President of Republic Book Publishers. We talk about the history of Regnery publishing and Alfred’s career, publishing books in communist Romania, the state of publishing today, Republic Book’s experience with online censorship, and more.

Republic Book Publishers: https://www.republicbookpublishers.com/

0:00 History of Regnery Publishing

10:10 Conservatism in academia

5:57 Censorship of Old Abe

24:30 Publishing books in communist Romania

29:35 The current rift in conservatism

31:05 How to get a book published

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Lou Perez was the Head Writer and Producer of the comedy channel We the Internet TV. He now hosts The Lou Perez Podcast in addition to producing sketch comedy, stand-up, and opinion writing. We talk about some of Lou’s sketch work, including the great "Wolverine's Claws Suck"; the personality of comedians; comedy being dangerous again; the value of intellectual curiosity; the link between libertarianism and comedy; and tech censorship.

Lou Perez website: https://www.thelouperez.com/

Lou Perez on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWQC5c_ASGU88fPvr8FXdBg

Lou Perez Locals: https://thelouperez.locals.com/

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Answering some listener questions about what to do in the current culture and highlighting a few good voices in the media.

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Kellie Miller is an attorney who currently serves as director of the SchoolHouse Rights Project, which supports civil rights litigation in defense of students’ freedom of conscience in public education. SchoolHouse Rights is currently representing high school senior William Clark in federal court. Clark alleges that his charter school violated his First Amendment rights by “repeatedly compelling his speech involving intimate matters of race, gender, sexuality and religion” during a required civics class.

SchoolHouse Right online: https://schoolhouserights.org/

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Reed Kuhn is a Silicon Valley executive who moonlights as an MMA analytics expert. He has been known as the Fight Scientist, writes a weekly MMA analysis column for ESPN, and authored the book "Fightnomics: the Hidden Numbers in Mixed Martial Arts and Why There's No Such Thing as a Fair Fight."

In this episode, we talk about Reed's experience with MMA analytics and gambling, the growth of MMA, and the upcoming UFC 260 and 261 cards. We also tried to figure out why I’m so bad at MMA gambling. 

Follow Reed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fightnomics​

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Charles Kesler is a professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute, Editor of the Claremont Review of Books, and host of Claremont’s "The American Mind" video series. His new book is “Crisis of the Two Constitutions: The Rise, Decline, and Recovery of American Greatness.”

Get the book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crisis-of-the-two-constitutions-charles-r-kesler/1132542616

Claremont Institute: https://www.claremont.org

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R. James Woolsey is a lawyer and diplomat who has served as the former director of the CIA, former undersecretary of the Navy, and former ambassador to the Negotiations on Conventional Armed forces in Europe. His recent book is "Operation Dragon: Inside the Kremlin’s Secret War on America," which he co-wrote with Ion Mihai Pacepa, a Former two-star general in communist Romania and the highest-ranking defector from the Eastern Bloc. In the book, Woolsey and Pacepa detail how it was the Soviet government, specifically Nikita Khrushchev, who were behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The book also highlights other covert Soviet activity, including their use of Robert Oppenheimer to gain vital information on the atomic bomb.

Get the book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/operation-dragon-r-james-woolsey/1137234475

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