Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are joined by Matt Witten the author of 51% a new fiction book about a not-too-distant future where companies own everything and everyone. When a young man who is 51% owned by the corporations dies, the privitized police force has to pay for her investigation out of their own pockets to see justice done. Matt has written for some of your favorite shows like Homeland, House, and Pretty Little Liars and we get into that too! This is a fun pop-culture and media conversation that is pure fun!

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are joined by Candace Lynn Talmadge who is the author of several paranormal nonfiction books and the popular Stoneslayer fiction series. She had a dream that presaged some dramatic changes in her family and that led her on a journey to explore unseen realms around her which resulted in her book series. Despite being a business journalist for decades, this new chapter in her writing and her life have opened her up to new experiences and new healing. This is a deep, heavy and vulnerable conversation, especially for Cameron. Be in a good mood when you listen to this one because we go there!

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are joined by Frank Spring of Altum insights who does surveys and research on people to help democrats understand the issues bothering voters. We get into why the Democrats have lost the message, narrative, and plot and how they can get it back and how it oddly ties into the fears of rural voters in Nebraska who fear AI for no other reason than it might break up their tight-knit communities where they know the people that they live with and their neighbors know them. It's a weird journey to get to that conversation so I would encourage you to take this journey. If you're concerned about current events and don't understand why the Democratic party can't seem to get it together, then this episode is vital.

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are joined by Stu Strumwasser the author of a new book called The Real Collusion which is just out now. We spend the time talking about capital, politics and how American is getting eaten from the inside out by ever-greedier people who can't help themselves. The worst part is that this transfer of national income has been enabled by both political parties who have assiduously created a system where they are the only choices and anyone else is systematically shut out of debates and political conversations. Can we be a democracy with only 2 political parties who are in cahoots with each other? Stu doesn't think so and I don't either. We talk more about this and why we need real debate in this country.

International business expert and profesor emertius John Graham joins us today to talk about his new book, The Hidden Fronl Lne about a woman's fight during war on the domestic home front. While the story is always about the fighting men, this book explores how war tears apart families. After Charlotte sees how war broke her brother and her husband, she is determined to keep her son out of Vietnam and she uses her knowledge of anthropology to advocate for an end to the war in Vietnam. This is a fascinating conversation for those that love historic fiction.

Today, we are joined on The Cameron Journal Podcast by Dr. Bernd Reiter, who is a Fulbright scholar, among other accolades. In this insightful interview, we talk about how democracies function, how authoritarianism starts, and how other styles of governance could be the answer. Filled with stories and insights, Dr. Reiter questions how we organize society and what other answers to governance there may be in indigenous communities.

Today we are joined by Marc Defant who, after a lifetime of working as a vulcanologist (my childhood dream job) he decided to take on some of the ideologies of our day, like feminism, and see if the science really stood up to scrutiny. I told him flat out that someone from the hard sciences is going to be disappointed by how we do things over in Social Sciences. He has recently published a peer reviewed paper called, “Evolutionary Psychology and the Crisis of Empirical Rigor in Feminist Studies.” And we talk about academia, the lack of scientific rigor around issues like the wage gap and more in this enlightening conversation. We don't always agree but his perspective is valuable.

In this hour long conversation, I talk with Professor Steve Keekn about modern economics and how the economy that seemed to function in the mid 20th century came un-done and why the modern economy doesn't work for the average person. As it turns out, we agree on many things. Steve Keen is exposing the lies at the heaert of the economics profession and explains why economists can't predict downturns. They don't consider money or banks! We learn quite a bit during this one.

Join Cameron and Juliet Rose for this conversation about publishing, self-publishing, writing, and fiction in this adventurous chat. Juliet Rose is the author of 14 books in the horror and thriller space, and we spent a few minutes together talking about writing and publishing journey. This episode is especially good for writers!

You can learn more about Juliet Rose at: https://www.authorjulietrose.com

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are talking about Publishing in all its forms with Terry Whalin. He has been an acquisitions editor for years and is currently at Morgan James looking for the next great book. We talk about how to conquer your book proposal, how to manage in traditional publishing, and why it is ok to go outside of it as well. He has two helpful books that help writers build their audience and find success for their book.

You can find more info about Terry Whalin at his website: https://terrywhalin.blogspot.com