Guest Speakers

L. Brent Bozell III | Host

Lecturer, syndicated columnist, television commentator, debater, marketer, businessman, author, publisher and activist, L. Brent Bozell III is one of the most outspoken and effective national leaders in the conservative movement today.

Founder and President of the Media Research Center, Mr. Bozell runs the largest media watchdog organization in America. Since its launch in 1987, the MRC has developed the largest video archive in the world; the popular NewsBusters.org blog site; the CNSNews.com internet news service; MRC Business; MRC Culture; MRCTV; MRC Latino; and most recently, Free Speech America. The MRC has nearly 650,000 members nationwide, with over 12 million fans on Facebook, and over 7 million video views per week online.

In 2010, Mr. Bozell founded ForAmerica, an organization committed to restoring America to its founding principles. ForAmerica has grown to over 7 million Facebook followers with the most engaged social media army in the conservative movement. ForAmerica was declared, “One of the greatest unexpected influences on the [2016] election,” by the New York Times. In 1998, Mr. Bozell founded and was the first president of the Parents Television Council, the largest group in America dedicated to restoring decency to Hollywood. He founded the Conservative Victory Committee PAC in 1987. Before founding the MRC, Mr. Bozell was the finance director and later the president of the National Conservative Political Action Committee and the National Conservative Foundation.

Mr. Bozell's bi-weekly column (with Tim Graham) was syndicated by Creators Syndicate to over 50 media outlets nationwide. His writings have also appeared in numerous other outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, FoxNews.com and USA Today. He is the author of six books, including And That’s the Way It Is(n’t) (with Brent Baker), Weapons of Mass Distortion, Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election (with Tim Graham), Whitewash (with Tim Graham), Unmasked: Big Media’s War Against Trump (with Tim Graham), and Stops Along the Way.

He has been a guest on numerous television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor, Nightline, The Today Show and Good Morning America. He appeared weekly on the "Media Mash" segment of Hannity, on Fox News, as well as regular appearances on The Kelly File, Your World with Neil Cavuto and Varney & Co.

Named the 1998 Pew Memorial Lecturer by Grove City College, Mr. Bozell is a frequent speaker on school campuses and for civic and political organizations around the country.

Mr. Bozell received his B.A. in History from the University of Dallas, where he was named the 1998 Alumnus of the Year. In 2015, he received an honorary PhD from UD. He is married, with five children and sixteen grandchildren.

Charles Hurt

Charles Hurt is the Opinion Editor and a columnist for The Washington Times. Often seen as a Fox News contributor on the cable network's signature evening news roundtable, Mr. Hurt in his 20-year career has worked his way up from a beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He later served as D.C. bureau chief and White House correspondent for the New York Post and editor at the Drudge Report.

Jason Chaffetz

Congressman Jason Chaffetz is currently a contributor on Fox News Networks, appearing regularly on Fox News and Fox Business channels, including frequent guest host appearances for Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Sunday Morning Futures, and Fox & Friends. He also hosts the Jason In The House podcast published by Fox News.

The Congressman is the author of three books published by HarperCollins’ Broadside Books. The Deep State was a New York Times Best Seller and Amazon Best Seller. Power Grab was also a New York Times and Amazon Bestseller. Most recently They Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste was an Amazon Bestseller. A fourth book is slated to be release in January 2023. He is represented by Bream Speaker Management and regularly addresses audiences of all types on issues related to Congress, right to life, business, and politics.

Jason Chaffetz was elected to the United States Congress in 2008 from the Third District of Utah and served until 2017. Chaffetz was selected by his peers to be Chairman of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee after three terms, only the fifth time in 100 years a three-term representative has ascended to such a position. As chairman of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, he oversaw the second largest committee in the House and spearheaded some of nation’s highest profile government investigations. Congressman Chaffetz also served on the House Judiciary, Budget, Natural Resources, and Homeland Security Committees.

In 2017, Chaffetz joined Harvard University as a Resident Fellow at the Kennedy School, Institute of Politics. In 2021, Chaffetz joined the Government Accountability Institute as a Distinguished Fellow. He currently serves on the National Board of Advisors for the Freedom Festival at Provo, Utah.

Prior to his congressional service, from 2003 - 2005 he was campaign manager and then Chief of Staff to Utah Governor Jon Huntsman.

In 2006, Governor Huntsman appointed Chaffetz to serve on the Board of Trustees for Utah Valley State College which transitioned to Utah Valley University during his tenure. A former placekicker on the Brigham Young University football team, Chaffetz set five new school records, earned his BA in Communications in 1989, and then joined the local business community for 16 years. For the first ten years he worked in a variety of roles at Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS), including serving as General Manager in Australia and New Zealand, before forming his own marketing and consulting company prior to his public service.

He and his wife Julie have been married since 1991 and have three children (two are married) and three grandchildren.

Sean Spicer

Sean Spicer served as the 28th White House press secretary and is the author of three best-selling books. Mr. Spicer is the host of Spicer & Co. which airs weeknights at 5 p.m. ET on Newsmax TV. Mr. Spicer previously served as communications director and chief strategist of the Republican National Committee and worked for several members of Congress. He served on the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds a master's degree from the U.S. Naval War College. Additionally, he was a quarterfinalist on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" in season 28. Mr. Spicer is a native of Rhode Island and resides in Virginia.

Joe Concha

Born and raised in the great state of New Jersey, Joe Concha is currently a columnist for the Hill and a Fox News Contributor.

The father of two and husband to an ER doctor, Joe can be seen on Fox News programs from morning until night, including on Fox & Friends, Mornings with Maria, Varney & Co., America's Newsroom, Outnumbered, The Story, Kudlow, Hannity and Fox News @ Night.

Rachel Campos-Duffy

Rachel Duffy is a NYTimes best selling author, communications consultant, and television personality specializing in politics, culture and parenting. She is the host of America's #1 rated cable news morning show, FOX & Friends Weekend on the FOX News network. Rachel and her husband, Sean Duffy host a popular podcast, "From the Kitchen Table".

Rachel got her start on television on MTV's iconic reality television show, "The Real World". Rachel's season filmed in San Francisco remains the franchise's most popular and culturally groundbreaking season. During a travel adventure show spin-off, Road Rules All Stars, Rachel met her future husband, Sean Duffy.

Rachel has also appeared as a frequent guest on NBC's Today Show and ABC's The View. In 2008, she co-hosted the series "Speaking of Women's Health" on the Lifetime Network with the legendary Florence Henderson.

Rachel's advocacy work has included serving as the national spokesperson for The LIBRE Initiative, a non-profit that advocates for the economic empowerment of Hispanics through limited government, entrepreneurship and self-reliance. She also served on the board of Hispanics for School Choice. Rachel's youngest daughter, Valentina, was born with Down Syndrome and Rachel considers it a privilege to use her platform to advocate for her daughter and everyone with special needs.

Rachel has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Arizona State University's Honors Program and a Masters Degree in International Affairs from the University of California, San Diego. She is married to former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy and they have nine awesome kids!

Sean Duffy

Congressman Sean Duffy is the host of the Fox Business show, "The Bottom Line with Dagen and Duffy." He also co-hosts the popular podcast "From the Kitchen Table" with his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy.

For ten years, Sean represented Wisconsin's 7th District in the United States Congress, serving on the Financial Services Committee and chairing the Subcommittee on Insurance and Housing. Sean is proud of his time in Congress, which he used to support fair trade deals that put American workers first and help rebuild American manufacturing and farming. He believes that strengthening our economy means we must actively empower families, the private sector, and American entrepreneurs.

Prior to serving in Congress, Sean was the District Attorney of Ashland County for ten years where he brought over a hundred cases to trial with an over 90% trial success rate, but he is most proud of his work prosecuting child sex crimes in his community.

Sean was born and raised in Hayward, Wisconsin. As the tenth of eleven siblings in a large Irish Catholic family, Sean learned the values of compromise and cooperation. He also comes from a long line of lumberjacks, who helped build his beloved state of Wisconsin. Sean believes strongly in tradition and family and proudly kept the legacy of his ancestors alive by becoming a world-champion lumberjack athlete. Sean paid his way through college and law school by doing lumberjack exhibitions and competitions throughout the country and abroad, showcasing the old-time lumberjack skills of chopping, sawing, axe-throwing, logrolling, and tree-climbing. Sean's favorite category is the 60 and 90-foot speed climb, a grueling and dangerous competition that many say is the "bull-riding" of lumberjack sports. Sean is a three-time world champion in the 90-foot speed climb and his accomplishments in the sport are why he was also chosen to be an ESPN Great Outdoor Games color commentator for this all-American competition.

When Sean was in his twenties, he got his start in television on the iconic MTV reality TV show, The Real World. He also starred on MTV spin-off shows "The Real World Challenge" and "Road Rules All Stars," where he met his wife, Rachel.

Rachel and Sean are America's first and longest married reality TV couple. They have been married for 24 years and have nine children together. Their youngest, Valentina, was born with Down Syndrome and Sean vigorously advocates on behalf of his daughter, the unborn, and everyone with special needs.

Sara Carter

Sara A. Carter is a national and international award-winning investigative reporter whose stories have ranged from national security, terrorism, immigration and front line coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Sara A. Carter is currently an investigative reporter and Fox News Contributor. Her stories can be found at saraacarter.com. She formerly worked as a senior national security correspondent for Circa News.

She was formerly with the Los Angeles News Group, The Washington Times, The Washington Examiner and wrote numerous exclusives for USA Today, US News World Report, and Arutz Sheva in Israel.

Her work along the U.S. Mexico border paved a new path in national security-related stories in the region. Her investigations uncovered secret tunnel systems, narcotics-trafficking routes and the involvement of Mexican federal officials in the drug trade.

Sara has made appearances on hundreds of national news and radio shows to discuss her work. She has also made guest appearances on Fox, CNN, BBC International and C-Span. She has interviewed numerous heads of State and foreign officials.

She grew up in Saudi Arabia and has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Mexico.

She has spent more than seven months in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2008. Her work on Afghan women and children addicted to Opium garnered first place in Washington D.C. AP award. She embedded with troops on Afghanistan's border with Pakistan and spent days with them while being mortared and shot at by Taliban insurgents hiding in the hillsides.

She traveled into Pakistan's lawless border region with the Pakistani Army in North Waziristan and South Waziristan. She has broken numerous stories on ISIS and al-Qaeda in the region, to include a verified ISIS documents that expose the group's plans for South Asia and the Middle East. The dossier also included a history of ISIS and its leadership.

Her investigative reports have won regional, state, national and international recognition. She is the recipient of two National Headliner Awards, one of which, Jamie's Story focused on a child born into the Mexican Mafia and gangs in Southern California. The in-depth and at times life-threatening stories led to the forced retirement of city officials and led to changes in law, education and programs in San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties.

In 2006, she received her second National Headliner Award for her multiple part series Beyond Borders. The project consisted of groundbreaking investigations that focused on immigration and national security concerns along the southwest border. Her investigative work on immigration also earned her the 2006 Eugene Katz Award from the Center for Immigration Studies, in Washington D.C.

Also in 2006, she garnered the California Newspaper Publisher's Association Freedom of Information Act Award for her investigation into millions of federal dollars misspent by a local school districts in an impoverished neighborhood.

Sara was the first to uncover U.S. documents disclosing the number of Mexican Military incursions into the United States and her feature on Border Patrol Agents Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Compean led to a national movement to pardon the agents who were sentenced to 12 years in prison after an altercation with a convicted Mexican drug smuggler in Texas. After a two-year investigation by Sara, President George W. Bush commuted their sentence on his last day of office.

In 2008, Sara was awarded the Society of Professional Journalists nationally recognized Sigma Delta Chi award for her multiple-part series in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico that uncovered the brutality of the Gulf and Sinaloa Cartel wars along the border.

Sara, who speaks Spanish fluently, is the daughter of a Cuban immigrant mother and her father was a Marine and veteran of two wars. She is also happily married and enjoys spending time with family.

Cal Thomas

CAL THOMAS is a journalist, pundit, author, tv & radio commentator and one of the most widely syndicated columnists in America. His fifty-year journalism career includes anchoring, reporting commentary for NEWSMAX, KPRC-TV in Houston, NBC News in Washington, and other outlets. For ten years he co-wrote the "Common Ground" column for USA Today with his colleague, Bob Beckel. Thomas began his journalism career at the age of sixteen and 2019 marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of his column. He is the bestselling author of America's Expiration Date, What Works, The Things That Matter Most, Common Ground, Uncommon Sense, Blinded by Might, The Death of Ethics in America, Book Burning, Liberals for Lunch, The Freedom Dream and Public Persons and Private Lives.

Thomas is a wide-ranging social commentator, not a "beltway insider," who supports traditional conservative values and the American "can-do spirit." A native of Washington, D.C. and graduate of American University, Thomas is married to Christie Jean ("CJ").

He lives and works in the Miami metro area.

Kevin Sorbo

Kevin Sorbo received international stardom when he booked the lead role in "Hercules, the Legendary Journeys" (1993-1999) the most watched TV show in the world, airing in 176 countries. Following that success, Sorbo had the lead role as "Captain Dylan Hunt" in "Gene Roddenberry's, Andromeda." Andromeda debuted as the number one, hour-long show in first run syndication and remained at number one for its entire run from 2000-2005.

Notable movies include "Kull, the Conqueror," "Walking Tall, the Payback," "Avenging Angel," and "Meet the Spartans." The independent film "What If" was nominated for Best Family Movie of the Year 2011 by the Movie Guide Awards. Sorbo also received the Movie Guide Award for Most Inspirational Performance of the Year.

Some of his many television credits include "Just Shoot Me," "Two and a Half Men," "Dharma and Greg," "According to Jim," "Gary Unmarried," "Psych," "Hawaii 5-0," "Murder She Wrote" and a recurring role in the final season of "The OC."

Sorbo also starred alongside Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt in "Soul Surfer." 2014 saw the release of the faith-based movie, "God's Not Dead". The $2 million dollar budgeted movie became the most successful independent faith based movie ever with over $75 million US Box Office.

More movies include "Let There Be Light," which Kevin directed/acted in. In the "Reagan" movie he plays the late President's pastor. That movie releases in theaters in the Fall of 2023 along with his movie, "Miracle in East Texas" which is another movie he directed and acted in. His latest movie he also directed/acted in, "Left Behind: Rise of the Anti-Christ" released in theaters in January of 2023.

In the documentary world, "Before the Wrath", "Against the Tide", and "Climate Hustle 2" all made a big splash in 2021/22 with "Before the Wrath", holding the number one ranking for documentaries on Amazon for five months. The Fall of 2023 will see the release of two other documentaries: "Eating With the Enemy" and "The Quest for the Throne".

Kevin released his memoir in 2012, "True Strength: My Journey from Hercules to Mere Mortal and How Nearly Dying Saved My Life." The book chronicles his near death experience when he suffered three strokes and the battle back to regain his life. Kevin and his wife, Sam, released a follow up book, "True Faith: Embracing Adversity to Live in God's Light", released in 2021.

In real life, Kevin leads "A World Fit for Kids," a successful mentoring model that trains inner-city teens to use school, fitness, sports and positive role models for themselves. World Fit is the number one after school program in the state of California.

Sorbo resides in Florida with his wife, Sam, and three children.

Sam Sorbo

As an education freedom advocate, Sam's mission is to help parents and their children emancipate from our modern school system. A successful Hollywood film actress, writer, and producer, Sam stepped back from her own career to immerse herself in the home education of her three young children for over a decade. Recognizing the brokenness of our institutional system led Sam to understand there is much more to education than academics. As a prolific author, podcast and radio host, international public speaker, and home education mentor, Sam is dedicated to teaching families how to educate… differently.