Nothing Left Unsaid

Brookings senior fellow Clifford Winston joins Tim and Troy Green for a sharp conversation on political incentives, institutional trust, market competition, and why he believes many government solutions fail the public they claim to help. The discussion ranges from legal deregulation and access to justice to social media, academic honesty, innovation, and what still gives him confidence in America.

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Dr. Shireen Rizvi joins Tim and Troy Green for a deep conversation about dialectical behavior therapy, emotional regulation, trauma, suffering, and hope. She explains what DBT actually is in plain language, why it was created for people who felt life was not worth living, and how its core tension between acceptance and change can help people navigate pain, despair, and everyday emotional struggle.

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Brad Thor, bestselling author of the Scot Harvath series, joins Tim Green for a wide ranging conversation on national security, courage, faith, and the moral gray zones behind the defense of a free society. Drawing from decades of research with intelligence and military professionals, Thor reflects on evil, institutional fragility, social media, and the personal cost of confronting danger.

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Benedict Allen recounts being hunted by illegal gold miners and forced into an unthinkable survival decision, then reflects on fear, solitude, and what it costs the people you love when you choose a life on the edge.

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After their breakthrough study went viral in The Times of Israel, Dr. Ariel Ionescu and Dr. Amir Dori join us, alongside Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, to explain what the headlines got right and what still needs caution. Their research suggests ALS may begin at the muscle to nerve connection, where a missing molecule allows toxic protein buildup, and restoring it in lab models stopped decline and supported nerve repair. We talk about what this could mean for families living with ALS, what still stands between this science and human trials, and why real hope is built carefully, without getting ahead of the data..

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Ward Larsen flew A-10s in Desert Storm, investigated crash sites while the wreckage still smoked, and now channels those real-world stakes into thrillers that balance technical precision with moral consequence. In this conversation with Tim and Troy Green, he reflects on combat responsibility, leadership and discipline beyond the uniform, and where faith fits when certainty disappears in a world of accelerating technology and blurred truth.

Get Ward Larsen's latest book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Ward-Larsen/243297308

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Nic Pizzolatto and Suzanne Santo talk candidly about why romance, success, and creative achievement fail to save us and why belief, responsibility, and meaning endure. A reflective conversation on marriage, faith, creativity and living well in a distracted modern world.

Listen to Suzanne's music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TUJBwovBrSV0NgaJ9cm5a

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Dr. David Ruth is a retired Navy captain, former Naval Academy professor, and now Dean of STEM at the University of Austin, where he is helping build a university from scratch with a radical goal zero tuition forever.

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Craig Carton built a career at the top of sports radio, until a hidden gambling addiction cost him everything. In this conversation, Craig speaks candidly about the rise, the lies, the prison sentence, and the moment he nearly ended his life. He reflects on the damage addiction caused his family, the lessons prison stripped into him, and the difficult work of rebuilding trust without erasing the past. This is a raw discussion about accountability, recovery, and what it actually takes to stand back up after public failure.

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From being told he would never be a novelist to writing more than 30 bestselling books, Ace Atkins shares the failures, mentors, and risks that shaped his career. A candid conversation about discipline, storytelling, faith, and why honest criticism matters more than praise.

CHAPTERS:

0:00 – “One of the worst students I ever had”
1:14 – The manuscript that started it all
3:33 – Football, discipline, and creative toughness
10:36 – Journalism as training for fiction
15:52 – Quitting a safe job to write novels
24:50 – Creating Quinn Coulson and the modern South
31:04 – Taking over Robert B. Parker’s Spenser
40:17 – Writing Don’t Let the Devil Ride
43:07 – New novel: Everybody Wants to Rule the World
51:49 – Sustaining creativity after 30+ books
59:48 – Faith, conviction, and skepticism
1:02:00 – Family, honesty, and final reflections

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