Robert L. McKenzie, Ph.D., is a domestic and foreign policy analyst, public commentator, and scholar of the Middle East and North Africa. An anthropologist by training, his current work largely focuses on forced migration, displaced persons, refugees, and diaspora-related issues. McKenzie is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, a former Democratic nominee for Michigan's 11th congressional district, and a former Senior Advisor at the US Department of State.

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The Comedy Cellar's Podcast, Oliver Darcy, and Galen Druke join Noam Dworman, Hatem Gabr, Boris Khaykin and Dan Naturman in a great discussion.

Oliver Darcy is a senior media reporter for CNN, writing at the intersection of media and politics.

Prior to CNN, Darcy was the politics editor for Business Insider, where he oversaw a team of reporters and covered national politics. He was also the deputy managing editor of TheBlaze.

Galen Druke is FiveThirtyEight's podcast producer and reporter.

Daniel L. "Danny" Cevallos, is a criminal defense attorney and legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC News reporting on high-profile cases, and other news events. He joined MSNBC in September 2017, after spending six years at CNN, HLN, and Court TV as an analyst and guest host. In the past, he had appeared on the Howard Stern Show's Special People's Court segment. Before moving to New York City, he was a legal analyst for several television stations in the Philadelphia area.

He joins comedian Lou Perez, Hatem Gabr and Noam Dworman at the Comedy Cellar Studios for a very intresting fun conversation.

Jack Holmes is Associate Editor for News & Politics at Esquire.com, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P. Pierce. He also does a dash of sports and some feature writing. His work has appeared in New York magazine and The Daily Beast.

Paul Mecurio is a Rhode Island-born comedian featured on Comedy Central Presents. A lawyer by education, Mecurio took up stand-up comedy after working as an investment banker and mergers and acquisitions lawyer.

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Prior to founding Bullock & Haddow LLC, George D. Haddow served as White House Liaison and Deputy Chief of Staff to FEMA Director James L. Witt from 1993-2001. In this role, he was one of the principal architects of FEMA’s national disaster mitigation initiative Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities. Mr. Haddow has worked in the field of community and emergency management planning and operations for nearly 30 years.

Mr. Haddow is a recognized emergency management subject matter expert, and currently serves on the executive and governing boards of several influential hazard and risk-focused institutes and organizations. He has worked on a range of homeland security and emergency management projects with clients that include FEMA, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Humane Society of the United States, The World Bank, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, and the Global Partnership for Preparedness.

Mr. Haddow has managed the development a Training Program Development Plan for the Regional Catastrophic Planning Team (RCPT) focused on disaster logistics; directed the development of seven disaster recovery planning training courses in support of FEMA’s National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF); and, directed the development of university-level education courses concerning Crisis and Risk Communications and Hazard Risk Management for FEMA’s Higher Education Program.

Mr. Haddow serves as a Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management at George Washington University in Washington, DC and at the Homeland Security Studies Program at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. He is the co-author of several university and professional textbooks.

Daisy Khan is a Muslim campaigner and reformer who is the Executive Director of the Women's Islamic Initiative for Spirituality and Equality, a women-led organization committed to peacebuilding, equality, and justice for Muslims around the world

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This Week's Guest Danny Cevallos, Danny is a criminal defense attorney and legal analyst for MSNBC and NBC News reporting on high-profile cases, and other news events.

Comedian Modi, Comedian Derek Humphry and Comedian Boris Khaykin

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comedian Tony Daro, Comedian Boris Khaykin, and Podcaster Tommy O Malley.

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