CAPITAL CITY RECAP

 w/ Michael Cohen

Monday-Friday  6PM ET

 ccrecap@gmail.com

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Greg Lukianoff - President of FIRE - Author of "Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate"

Rick Ector - Rick's Firearm Academy of Detroit

Dr. David Orentlicher - Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Paul Freiberger - President of Shimmering Resumes - Author of "When Can You Start? How to Ace the Interview and Win the Job"

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

Dr. Gail Wilensky - Former Director of Medicaid & Medicare under President George H.W. Bush

Scott Ellis - Executive Director at the Michigan Licensed Beverage Association

Reverend Sharon Buttry - Organizer w/ Michigan United - MIUNITED.org

Steve Whittaker - University of California Professor of Human Computer Interaction

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

Dr. John Covington - Chancellor of Michigan's Education Achievement

Amy Traub - Senior Policy Analyst - Demos - demos.org

David Silverman - Tax Consultant - Author of "Battling the IRS"

NiCole Buchanan - MSU Associate Professor of Psychology

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Tom Mcmillian - (R) State Representative

Ethan Chorin - author of "Exit the Colonel: The Hidden History of the Libyan Revolution

David French - Senior counsel at teh ACLJ

Phineas Baxandall - Senior Analyst at U.S. PIRG

Monday, May 13th, 2013

Jim Spiotto - Bankruptcy lawyer with Chapman and Cutler in Chicago

Charles Smiley - (D) State Representative - Burton

G.E. Anderson - Author of "Designated Drivers: How China Plans to Dominate the Global Auto Industry"

Keli Carender - National coordinator - Tea Party Patriots

Friday, May 10th, 2013

Brian Calley - Michigan Lt. Governor

Reverend Charles Williams II - State leader of the National Action Network

Patrick Shannon - Director of the Bay Mills Community College Charter Schools

Ian Robinson - University of Michigan Research Scientist & Lecturer

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Jim Townsend - (D) State Representative - Royal Oak

Glenn Anderson - (D) State Senator - Westland

Derrek Morgan - Vice President, Domestic & Economic Policy - Heritage Foundation

Kevin Grasha - Reporter, Lansing State Journal

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Kevin Robillard - Reporter for POLITCO

Jane Zehnder-Merrell - Kids Count in Michigan Project Director - Michigan League for Public Policy

Robert Muise - American Freedom Law Center Co-Founder & Senior Counsel

Dr. Pauline Boss - Author of "Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss"

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

Linda Shay Gardner - Attorney Specializing in Child Abduction

Keith Squires - President & CEO of Pathmaker Group

Dr. Abraham Morgantaller - author of "Why Men Fake It"

Gerri Detweiler - Credit expert with Credit.com

Monday, May 6th, 2013

Carl Davis - Senior Analyst - Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

Daniel Shaw - Norton Shores Chief of Police

Gary Miron - Professor of Education at Western Michigan University

Anny Donewald - Founder of Eve's Angels - evesangels.org

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Tom Shields - Spokesperson for the Coalition for Auto Insurance Reform

Anthony King & Todd Favorite - University of Michigan & VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Bill Dendy - CPA and Money Manager - www.elitefm.net

Diana Cox-Foster - Professor in the Department of Entomology - Penn State University

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

Jeff Farrington - (R) State Representative - Utica

Adam Carr - President & CEO at Tribe Mediterranean Foods

Cliff Kincaid - Director of the Accuracy In Media Center for Investigative Journalism

Linda Crill - Author of "Blind Curves"

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Mike Shirkey - (R) State Representative

Jim Angel - Professof at the McDonough School of Business - Georgetown University

Mary Eberstadt - Author of "How the West Really Lost God"

Andy Schor - (D) State Representative - Lansing

Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

Bob Trezise - President and CEO fo the Lansing Economic Area Partnership

John Proos - State Senator (R) - Chairman of the Senate Appropriation Dept. of Corrections committee

Kevin Roberts - Author of "Movers, Dreamers, and Risk-Takers: Unlocking the Power of ADHD"

David Mayer - Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations at U of M's Ross School of Business

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Sabrina Schaeffer - Executive Director

Eddie O'Connor - Sports Psychologist

Kishore Mahbubani - Author of "The Great Convergence"

Markus Pruitt - Author of "Why Is A Good Man So Hard To Find"

Friday, April 26th, 2013

Coleman Young – (D) State Senator - Detroit

Elizabeth Blandon – Immigration Lawyer -  Blandon Law

Carolyn Rouse – Anthropology Professor – Princeton University – Author of “Engaged Surrendor”

Gregory D. Koblentz - Deputy Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program at George Mason University

Thursday, April 25th, 2013

Wayne Schmidt - Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Paul Muxlow - (R) State Representative - Brown City

Stephen Knott - Author of "Rush to Judgement: George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and His Critics"

Brendan Guenther - Director of Teaching and Learning for MSU's IT Services

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Gadi Adelman - Counter-Terrorism Expert - gadiadelman.com

Jeff Hank - East Lansing Attorney & Chairman of the Coalition for a Safer Lansing

Delores Gallagher-Thompson - Professor of research in the Dept. of Psychiatry at Stanford

Jayne Latz - President of Corporate Speech Solutions

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Aki Peritz - Senior Policy Advisor in National Security - Third Way

Bernie Porn - President of EPIC-MRA

Chris Kraft - Social Media Expert - www.splashmedia.com

Dr. Brian Hare - Director of Duke Canine Cognition Center, co-author of The Genius of Dogs

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

Robert Spencer - the director of Jihad Watch – jihadwatch.org
 

John Wernet - general counsel, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians  

Kevin Stotts - President of Talent 2025 – talent2025.org

Thomas Van Norden – Co-founder of AccountKiller.com

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Jeff Addicott - Director of the Center for Terrorism Law - St. Mary University

Christopher Swift - Professor of National Security Studies - Georgetown University

Betty Buss - Senior Research Associate - Citizens Research Council of Michigan

Laura Misjak - Lansing State Journal Reporter

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Frank Skinner - Anti and Counter Terror Operations Expert - Cardinal Point Strategies

Sarah L. Mehta - Staff Attorney - ACLU of Michigan

Ed McBroom - Republican State Representative

Robert Neveu - Chief executive officer of Certify

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Michael O’Hanlon - Senior Fellow - Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence – Brookings Institute

Milton Leitenberg - University of Maryland bioterrorism expert

T. M. Luhrmann - Stanford Professor and the author of “When God Talks Back"

Matt Rice - Director of Investigations - www.MercyForAnimals.org
 

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Thomas Ruskin - President of the CMP Protective and Investigative Group

Jeff Quante – Security Consultant - QuanteSecurity.com

Mark Reinstein - President & CEO of the Mental Health Association in Michigan

Doug Geiss – (D) State Representative - Taylor

Monday, April 15th, 2013

Tony Mifsud - Head Coach - Dearborn Divine Child High School Girls Track Team

Jeff Johnston - President of the Michigan Dental Association

Ira Epstein - Ira Epstein Division of The Linn Group

Jill Gilkerson - Language Research Director - LENA Research Foundation

Firday, April 12th, 2013

Tom Shields – President of Marketing Resource Group

Stephen Bassett – Executive Director – Paradigm Research Group

Steve Dulan – Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners

Dr. Grant Stevens – California Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

Andrew Paterson - Novi Attorney in EFM Lawsuit

Mike Franc - Heritage Foundation

Burke Strunsky - Senior District Attorney - Author of "The Humanity of Justice"

Jennifer Styers - Relationship Expert - www.jenniferstyers.com

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

Ray Holman – Spokesman for UAW Local 6000

P.K. Newby – Nutrition Scientist at the Harvard Extension School

Julie Gunlock – Senior Fellow – Independent Women’s Forum

John Hill - Expert on Contractor Ethics – thegoodcontratorslist.com

Monday, April 8th, 2013

Chris Osborne – Managing Editor of Military.com

Jeffrey Beall - Research Librarian at the University of Colorado in Denver

John Kappenman – Owner of Storm Analysis Consultants

Ryan Fagan - Sporting News College Basketball writer

Friday, April 5th, 2013

Vinnie Vernuccio – Director of Labor Policy – Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Dr. Ken Langa – Professor of Internal Medicine – Univ. of Mich. School of Medicine

Don Graunstadt - Detroit Electric CEO of North American Operations

Michael J. Gaynor – Attorney & Columnist at Renewamerica.com

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

John Lott - Author of "At the Brink: Will Obama Push Us Over the Edge?"

Elliot Fineman - Chief Executive Officer - National Gun Victims Action Council

Charles Armstrong - Author of upcoming book "Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World"

Shawn Lewis - Detroit News Reporter

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Michael Pitt – Cooperating Attorney for the ACLU of Michigan

Dr. John F Murray – Sports Psychologist – johnfmurray.com

LuAnne Kozma – Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan

Naomi Schaefer Riley – Author of “'Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage is Transforming America”

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

Nic Clark - Michigan Director of Clean Water Action

Gerard Mantese – Attorney – Manteselaw.com

Doug Offerman – Analyst with the State Ratings Group at Fitch Ratings

Elizabeth Armstrong – University of Michigan Sociologist

Monday, April 1st, 2013

Rick Jones – (R) State Senator – Grand Ledge

Justin Heinonen - MSU Professor, Anti Counterfeiting and Product Protection Agency 

Gina Pera - Author of "Is It You, Me, or Adult Add?"

Marc Schoen – Author of “Your Survival Instinct is Killing You”

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Dave Agema - Republican National Committeeman

Dr. Srijan Sen - University of Michigan Psychiatrist

Steven J. Harper - Author of “The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis.”

Mark Tessler - University of Michigan Political Science Professor

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

Steve Cook - President of the Michigan Education Association

Dennis Lennox - Grand Traverse County Republican Precinct Delegate

John Philo - Sugar Law Center

Chester Wisniewski - Senior Security Advisor at Sophos

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Guillermo Lopez – Lansing School Board President.

Dale Belman – MSU Professor of Labor Relations

Hans von Spakovsky - Senior Legal Fellow – The Heritage Foundation

Jim Vurpillat – Director of Marketing at Cadillac

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Dr. Jim Haveman - Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health

Scott David - Executive Director of the Law, Technology & Arts Group – University of Washington Law School

Tom McClusky -  Vice President at the Family Research Council

Heath Carr - CEO, Bedrock Manufacturing – Shinola.com

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Rudy Hobbs -  State House Democratic Floor Leader (D-Southfield)

Judy Hoberman - Gender Expert

Janice M. Brown - Executive Director - The Kalamazoo Promise

Alan Goldman - Author of "Transforming Toxic Leaders"

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Reverend Jesse Jackson - Founder of The Rainbow Push Coalition

Dr. Deborah Peel - Founder of Patient Privacy Rights

Yavonne Caamal-Canul - Superintendent of the Lansing School District

Alice H. Eagly - Author of "Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders''

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Sam Singh - (D) State Representative - East Lansing

Robert Zarate - Policy Director at the Foreign Policy Initiative

Dr. Dimitry Davydow - Professor of Psychiatry - Univ. of Washington

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Phillip Hofmeister – President of Michigan Open Carry

Gad Levanon - Director of Macroeconomic Research at the Conference Board

Roy Scranton – Iraq War Veteran- Co-Editor of “Fire and Forget”

Paul Arthur Berkman - Biological Oceanographer at the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

Patrick Colbeck - (R) State Senator - Canton

Paul Taub - Business Economist - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Detroit Branch

Nevin Adams - Co-Director of the EBRI Center for Research on Retirement Income

Jason Linnell - Executive Director - National Center for Electronics Recycling

Monday, March 18th, 2013

Jerry Ambrose – Lansing Financial Health Team

Andy Hetzel – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Saul Anuzis – Former Chairman of the Michigan Republican Party

Ben Trapnell – Professor – Department of Aviation – Univ. of North Dakota

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Tom Barrow - President of Citizens for Detroit's Future

Josh Winthrow - Legislative Affairs Manager - FreedomWorks

Dr. Maurie J. Cohen - Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science -  New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Caroline Ratcliffe - Senior Fellow - Urban Institute

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Jim McTevia - Bankruptcy & Turnaround Expert - mcteviallc.com

Charlie Owens - State Director of the NFIB

Phill Swagel - Visiting Scholar - American Enterprise Institute

Eric Scorsone - MSU Extension Economist

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

Shelli Weisberg – Legislative Director - ACLU of Michigan

Father John Guthrie – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Michael Dear – Author of “Why Walls Won’t Work: Repairing the U.S.-Mexico Divide”

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett - Co-author of the upcoming book "When Will My Grown-Up Kid Grow Up?"

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Nolan Finley – Long Time Detroit New Columnist

Rich Robinson - Executive Director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network

Peter Suderman – Senior Editor of Reason Magazine – Reason.com

Dennis Hope – CEO of the Lunar Embassy Commission – lunarembassy.com

Monday, March 11th, 2013

Dave Finkbeiner, Senior VP of Advocacy - Michigan Health & Hospital Association

Jim Schaefer – Detroit Free Press Reporter

Jeremy Steele - Michigan Coalition for Open Government 

Dr. Anne Sereno - Neuroscientist at the University of Texas

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Robert Merritt – Public Information Officer – Lansing Police Department

Michelle Rodriguez – Staff Attorney at National Employment Law Project

Zaje Harrell – MSU Professor of Psychology

Maxine Swann – Author of  Novels ‘‘The Foreigners’’ and ‘‘Flower Children.’’

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Eric Misterovich – Attorney at Newburg Law - Newburglaw.com

Michael Traugott - Political Science Professor - Univ. of Mich.

Gordon Chang – Author of “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On The World”

Vikramaditya Khanna – University of Michigan Law School Professor

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Michael Finney - President & CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.

Dustin Ingalls - Assistant Director of Public Policy Polling

Fred Durhal - (D) State Representative and Candidate for Detroit Mayor

Rick Jones - (R) State Senator - Grand Ledge

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Charles Biderman - Chairman of TrimTabs Investment Research

Andrew Daley - Associate Executive Director at Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance

Barry Rabe - Ford School & Director of the Center for Local, State, and Urband Policy

Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman - Author of "American Umpire"

Monday, March 4th, 2013

Chris Mitchell - Senior Director of Advocacy for the Michigan Health and Hospital Association

Chris Hurlburt - Jasckson Attorney - http://brhlawoffice.com

Richard A. Daynard - Public Health Advocacy Institute for Northeastern University School of Law

Pam Danzinger - President of Unity Marketing - www.unitymarketingonline.com

Friday, March 1st, 2013

Crystal Perry - DHS Employee suing over racial discrimination

Andrew Roth - Vice President, Government Affairs - Club for Growth

Krystal Crittendon - Candidate for Detroit Mayor

Bill O’Neill - Chief of the Forest Resources Division - Michigan DNR

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Robert Gibbs - Former White House Press Secretary & Senior Advisor to President Obama

Dennis Denno - Head of the East Lansing Polling Firm Denno Research

Michele Dillon - Professor and Chair - Department of Sociology - University of New Hampshire

Melissa Thomas-Hunt - Professor - University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Joe Havman – (R) State Representative – Chair of the Appropriations Committee

Patrick Knudsen - Senior Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs at The Heritage Foundation

Ernest von Simson – Author of  “The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry”

Dr. Laurie Leitch - Co-founder, Threshold GlobalWorks

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

Kevin Grasha – Lansing State Journal Reporter

Phillip Hofmeister – President of Michigan Open Carry

Tom Casperson – (R) State Senator – Escanaba

Moises Velasquez-Manoff – Author of  “An Epidemic of Absence”

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Bobby Schostak - Chairman – Michigan Republican Party

Don Watruba – Deputy Director - The Michigan Association of School Boards

Dr. Jan Krehbiel - Chair of the Executive Board - American Veterinary Medical Association

Nanhua Zhang - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of South Florida

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Tom Pabst - Attorney filing a lawsuit against Hurley Medical Center
 
Dr. Stephen S. Fuller -  Director - Center for Regional Analysis - School of Public Policy - George Mason University
 
Todd Berg - Auto Accident Attorney at Michigan Auto Law - www.michiganautolaw.com
 

Dr. Tara Harrison - Potter Park Zoo’s Veterinarian

Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Rick Jones – (R) State Senator – Grand Ledge

Gene Wrigglesworth – Ingham County Sherriff

Dr. Fred Southwick – Author of  “Critically Ill: A 5-Point Plan to Cure Healthcare Delivery”

http://victimsofmedicalerrors.org

Christine Proulx – Univ. of Missouri Dept. of Human Development & Family Studies

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

Mike Kowall – (R) State Senator – White Lake

Greg George - Americans for Prosperity, Michigan

Dan Lohrmann – Chief Security Officer – State of Michigan

Dr. David Hanauer – Professor of Pediatrics – Univ. of Michigan

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

Crystal Perry - Michigan Department of Human Services’ Child Support Office

Dr. Sherry McGee - Executive Director - Mothers Against Drunk Driving - Michigan

Po Bronson & Ashley Marryman - Authors of “Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing”

Michael Van Beek - Education Policy Director - Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Monday, February 18th, 2012

Jim Schaefer – Detroit Free Press Reporter

Mitch Butler - Founder of Image Vision – imagevision.com

Max Huffman - an expert on antitrust and consumer law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis.

Pete Hatemi - Professor of Political Science, Microbiology and Biochemistry at Pennsylvania State University

Friday, February 15th, 2012

James Tiedje - MSU Professor of Microbiology

John Bolenbaugh - Founder of Helppa.org

Alex Marshall - Senior Fellow - Regional Plan Association

Marc Watson - Author of "GOD IS: A Matter of Fact"

Thursday, February 14th, 2013

Bert Johnson - (D) State Senator - Detroit

Maria Fitzpatrick - Cornell University Professor of  Policy Analysis and Management

Susannah Meadows - Writer for the New York Times

Paul Delamater - Researcher in MSU's Department of Geography

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Mike Green - (R) State Senator

Raffi Festekjian - J.D. Power Director of Automotive of Global Research Operations

Ken Braun - Director of Policy at Job Creators Network

Saleem Alhabash - Professor in MSU's Department of Advertising and Public Relations

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

Harvey Santana - (D) State Representative - Detroit

Abby Schachter - frequent contributor to the pop-culture blog Acculturated

Gary McGraw - CTO at Cigital

Rose M. Cory - Univ. of North Carolina Professor of Enviornmental Sciences and Engineering

Monday, February 11th, 2013

Yavonne Caamal-Canul - Superintendent of the Lansing School District

Father John Guthrie - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Thomas W. Lyons III - Member of the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education

Benjamin Erulaker - Senior VP of Economic Development - Detroit Regional Chamber

Friday, February 8th, 2013

Jeff Erwin – (D) State Representative – Ann Arbor

Leslee Fritz – Director of Public Affairs – Michigan Department of Civil Rights

Mark Binelli – Author of “Detroit City is the Place to Be”

Nicholas Moskovitz – Postdoctoral fellow - Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences at M.I.T.

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

David Hecker - President - American Federation of Teachers Michigan

Doug Rothwell - President & CEO of the Business Leaders for Michigan

Brian Stettin - Policy Director - The Treatment Advocacy Center

Linda Jackson - MSU Psychology Professor

Wednesday February 6th, 2013

Dr. Richard Armstrong - CEO of Docs4PatientCare

John Marcotte - President of the Michigan Postal Workers Union

Cody Wilson - Founder of Defense Distributed - defensedistributed.com

Dr. David "Doc" Vik - Author of "The Culture Secret"

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Lon Johnson - Candidate for Michigan Democratic Party Chair

Mark Bloom - Real Estate Expert - networthrealtyusa.com
 

Louise Aronson - Author of “A History of the Present Illness”

Gad Levanon - Director of Macroeconomic  - The Conference Board

Monday, February 4th, 2013

Gary Wolfram - Professor of Economics at Hillsdale College and author of "A Capitalist Manifesto"

Bill Brassard - Program Director - Project ChildSafe

Gerrardo Zamora - Michigan Organizing Project & Alliance for Immigrants Rights

Adam Candeub - Director of the MSU Intellectual Property, Information and Communications Law Program

Friday, February 1st, 2013

Matt  Frendewey - Communication Director - Michigan Republican Party

Michelle Krebs - Senior Analyst - Edmunds.com

Professor Brian Z. Tamanaha - Washington Univerisity Law School

Tim O'Day - Executive Director of the Yaffe Center for Persuasive Communications at the Michigan Ross School of Business

Thursday January 31st 2013

Genevieve Scott - Attorney at ACLU of Michigan

Ken Lopez - Founder & CEO of A2L Consulting

Nancy Stearns Bercaw - Author of "Brain in a Jar"

Lt. Michael Shaw- Michigan State Police

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

Elliot Fineman - Chief Executive Officer - National Gun Victims Action Council

Barbara Safani - Owner of Careersolvers.com

Dr. Steven Camarota - Director of Research for the Center for Immigration Studies

Todd Ziebarth - V.P. for State Advocacy - National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Ira Mehlman  - Media Director - Federation for American Immigration Reform

Carol Wood - President of the Lansing City Council

Elyn Saks -  Professor of  Law - University of Southern California

Cindy Schumacher - Executive Director of The Governor John Engler Center for Charter Schools at CMU

Monday January 28th, 2013

Andy Hetzel - Spokesperson - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Steve Piascik - President of Piascik & Associates

Rich Herl - 1320 WILS News Director

Bryce A. Mander -  Postdoctoral Fellow at Berkeley University

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Judy Palnau - Michigan Public Service Comission

Desmond Patton - Univ. of Michigan School of Social Work

Don Boudreaux - Professor of Economics at George Mason University

Ryan Smith - Attorney who served as a Marine infantryman in Iraq

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

Roger Kahn – (R) State Senator

Ed Butowsky – Financial Strategist – Chapwoodfinance.com

Kim Olson – US Air Force Colonel – Graceafterfire.org

John Beck – MSU Professor – School of Human Resource & Labor Relations

Wednesday January 23rd, 2013

Josh Hundt - Manager of Development Finance - MEDC

Chad Livengood - Detroit News Reporter

Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky - Author of "The Myth of Happiness"

Erica Johnston - Attorney representing Revenge Porn site Victims

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Phil Pavlov - (R) State Senator - Saint Clair Township

J.D. Snyder - MSU Center for Community and Economic Development

Tim Kreider - Author of “We Learn Nothing,” - thepaincomics.com

Bruce M. Belzowski - Research Scientist - U of M Transportation Research Institute

Monday, January 21st, 2013

Reverend D. Alexander Bullock - Rainbow Push Michigan

Dr. Constantinos K. Coursaris - MSU Professor of Telecommunications

John Carlisle - Detroit Free Press Reporter

Glenn Thrush - Senior White House Reporter for POLITICO

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Armen Bedroussian - Senior Economist - Milken Institute

Doug Guthrie - Dean of George Washington University's School of Business

John Lott - Author of "More Guns, Less Crime"

Muniba Saleem - University of Michigan Researcher

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Bill Ballenger – Inside Michigan Politics

Lisa Dedden Cooper - AARP Michigan Advocacy Manager

Leo Mioduszewski – Isabella County Sheriff

Deborah Fein – University of Connecticut Psychology Professor

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

Lance Binoniemi - Vice President of Government Affairs for MITA

Steve Dulan - Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners

Richard Vedder - Adjunct Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

Ana Diez-Roux - Chair of the Univ. of Michigan the Department of Epidemiology

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013

Dean Clancy – Vice President of Health Care Policy - FreedomWorks

Christian Schumacher – Head of Advanced Drivers Assistance System - Continental Automotive

Tim Greimel – (D) State House Minority Leader

Dr. Arnold Monto – Univ. of Michigan - Professor of Epidemiology

Monday, January 14th, 2013

Rick Cole - Department of Advertising, Public Relations & Retailing - Michigan State University

Jim Vurpillat - Director of Global Marketing for Cadillac

Jay Starkman - Author of "The Sex of a Hippopotamus: A Unique History of Taxes and Accounting"

Martin Dugard - Author of "Chasing Lance"

Friday, January 11th, 2013

Reid Epstein - White House Reporter for POLITICO

Robin Boyle - Professor and Chair - Department of Urban Studies and Planning - Wayne State University

Ira Mehlman - Media Director - Federation for American Immigration Reform

Dr. Gregory Belenky - Research Professor and Director - Sleep and Performance Research Center

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Dr. Richard Lipton - Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Jim Schaefer - Detroit Free Press Reporter

Mark Hopkins - Author of “Shortcut to Prosperity”

Wednesday January 09th, 2013

Malik Goodwin - Detroit Economic Growth Corporation

Muzaffar Chishti - Migration Policy Institute

Susan Jacoby - Author of "The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought"

Karl Brauer - Editor-In-Chief - Total Car Score

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

David Baker - Managing Partner  - Baker Strategy Group

Kit Darby - Aviation consultant - kitdarby.com

Maria Konnikova - Author of “Mastermind”

Jerry Cook - Author of "Grow Your Marriage by Leaps and Boundaries"

Monday, January 7th, 2013

Andy Hetzel - Spokesperson for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Brad Forrester - Michigan Chapter of NORML

Michael Finney - President & CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.

Erik Altmann - MSU Professor of Psychology

Friday, January 4th, 2013

Carol Wood - Lansing City Council President

Debbie Alexander - Assistant Executive Director - CATA

Amir Efrati - Wall Street Journal Reporter

James Hartley - Professor of Economics - Mount Holyoke College

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

Derek Baine - Senior Analyst with SNL Kagan

Michelle Krebs - Senior Analyst - Edmunds.com

Sonia Faleiro - Author of “Beautiful Thing”

Paul Campos - Univ. of Colorado Law Professor - Author of “The Obesity Myth”

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

Earl Poleski - (R) State Representative - Spring Arbor Township

Lou Glazer - President and Co-Founder of Michigan Future, Inc.,

Dean Clancy - FreedomWorks’ Legislative Counsel

Dr. Steven B. Heymsfield - Executive Director - Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Monday, December 31st, 2012

Cord Sterling - Aerospace Industries Association

Dennis Pratte - Owner - mygunfactory.com

Kyle Melinn - Editor of MIRS Newsletter

Lt. Michael Shaw - Michigan State Police

Friday, December 28th, 2012

Tim Walberg - Republican U.S Congressman – 7^th District

Joshua Spivak - Founder of Recallelections.blogspot.com

Janice Cooke Newman - Author of “The Russian Word for Snow”

Tucker May - Co-Author of "Fired at 50"

Thursday, December 27th, 2012

David Zeman – Education Trust – Midwest

James Bell – General Motors Consumer Affairs

Ruth Mantell – WSJ Market Watch Columnist

Mark Becker – MSU Professor of Psychology

Wednesday, December 26th, 2012

Jerry Davis – Univ. of Mich. Ross School of Business

Adam Lankford – Univ. of Alabama Criminal Justice Professor

Nathaniel Popper – New York Times Reporter

Aaron OConnell – Professor of History – US Naval Academy

Monday, December 24th, 2012

Mary Ellen O’Toole – Former FBI Profiler

Lena Brundin – MSU College of Human Medicine

Colleen Rickenbacher – Etiquette Expert – colleenrickenbacher.com

Dr. Stephen Garrison – Caron Texas Drugs & Alcohol Rehabilitation Center

Friday, December 21st, 2012

Shannon Watts - Founder One Million Moms for Gun Control

John Henderson - Professor of Anthropology - Cornell University

Lawrence Reed - President - Foundation for Economic Education

Ginger Gibson - Congressional Reporter for POLITICO

Thursday December 20th, 2012

Frank Clamente - American for Tax Fairness

Randy Freeman - Vice President of Local 652

Laura Sager - Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending

Jeannette Kopko - Better Business Bureau

Wednesday December 19th, 2012

Robert Alvarez - Attorney

Karen Holcomb Merrill - Michigan League for Human Services

Shane Larson - Legislative Director - Communications Workers of America

Ron Hubbard - Atlas Survival Shelters

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Mike Green - (R) State Senator

Steve Dulan - Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners

Pastor Bob Cornwall - Central Woodward Christian Church

Carla Sanchez - Director of “Incurable Diseases: Is it a Business?”

Monday December 17th, 2012

Mary K. Armstrong - Author "Confession of a Trauma Therapist"

Mark Glaze - Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns

David Chapin - Superintendent of the East Lansing Public Schools

Phillip Hofmeister - President of Michigan Open Carry

Friday, December 14th, 2012

Rick Murdock - Executive Director - Michigan Association of Health Plans

Samantha Harkins - Director of State Affairs - Michigan Municipal League

Ed Pinto - Housing Expert - American Enterprise Institute

John Lanza - Youth Financial Literacy Expert - themoneymammals.com

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

Al Pscholka - Republican State Representative - 79^th District

Lori Lamerand - President & CEO - Planned Parenthood Mid and South MI

Christopher Colwell - Professor of Psychiatry - UCLA Medical School

Don Hazaert - Director of Michigan Consumers for Healthcare

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

Scott Hagerstrom - State Director - Americans for Prosperity

Angela Minicuci - Michigan Department of Community Health

Dr. David Agus - Author of “The End of Illness”

Victoria Raggio - Manager - Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Mark Schauer - Business Development Representative for Michigan LECET

Lisa Posthumus Lyons - Republican State Representative

Gordon Lafer - Economic Policy Institute

Robert J. Thompson - Director - Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture - Syracuse University

Monday December 10, 2012

Mike Shirkey – (R) State Representative – 67th District

Greg Bowens – Spokesperson – Stand Up for Democracy

Igor Vojnovic – MSU Geography Professor – Editor of “Urban Sustainability”

Bill Sirls – Author of  “The Reason”

Friday, December 7th, 2012

Barb Byrum - (D) State Representative

Roland Zullo - Research Scientist - Institute for Research on Labor

Liam O Murchu - Security Researcher at Symantec

Jared Bernstein - Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Thursday December 06th, 2012

Mark Mix - President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

Clark Hodges - Personal Finance Expert

Scott Hagerstrom - State Director - Americans for Prosperity

Suzanne Wagner - MSU Professor of Linguistics

Wednesday December 5th, 2012

Bernie Porn - President of EPIC-MRA

Linda Teeter - Executive Director of Michigan Citizen Action

Dana Dolinoy - Professor of Environmental Health Sciences - U of M School of Public Health

Dr. Dennis Tirch - Author of  “The Compassionate-Mind Guide to Overcoming Anxiety”

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012

Keith Hennessey - Former Director of the National Economic Council for President George W. Bush

Hiram Sasser - Director of Litigation - Liberty Institute

Andy Roth - VP of Government Affairs - Club for Growth

Steve Bordley - Founder of TrekDesk

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Nick Eyde - Project Developer - The Eyde Company

Michelle Krebs - Senior Analyst at Edmunds.com

Kevin Powell - MTV’s Real World & Vibe Magazine

David Maislish - Author of “Assassination: The Royal Family’s 1000 Year Curse"

Friday, November 30th, 2012

Vincent Vernuccio - Labor Policy Director - Mackinac Center

Mark Glaze - Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns

David Zeman - Director of Communications for The Education Trust-Midwest

Susan Engel - Authr of "When They're Grown, The Real Pain Begins"

Tom Walter - Author  of “It’s My Company Too!”

Thursday, November 29th, 2012

Dave Waymire - Partner at Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications

John Callewaert - Graham Sustainability Institute - Univ. of Michigan

Bonnie Raffaele - Kelsey's Law named after her daughter

Bill Fay - Executive Director of the Energy Efficient Codes Coalition

Wednesday November 28th 2012

Phil Power - President of The Center for Michigan

Dianne Byrum - Spokesperson for Michigan Energy, Michigan Jobs

Dr. Terri Orbuch - www.drterrithelovedoctor.com

Richard Lustig -  www.winninglotterymethod.com

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Charles Owens – NFIB State Director

Ray Bingham – Univ. of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

Sonia Duffy – Univ. of Michigan School of Nursing Professor

Kate Miller – Univ. of Buffalo – Research Institute on Addiction

Monday November 26th, 2012

Ari Adler - Press Secretary for State House Speaker Jase Bolger

Patricia Huddleston - MSU Professor of Advertising, Public Relations & Retailing

Lori Gottlieb - New York Times Bestselling Author of  “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough”

Nathaniel Ostrom - Michigan State University Zoologist

Friday, November 23rd, 2012

Meghan Hess – Public Interest Advocate with PIRGIM

Aaron O’Connell – History Professor – US Naval Academy

Christy Wampole – Professor of French – Princeton University

Donna Moss – Host of HGTV’s Donna Decorates Dallas

Wednesday November 21st, 2012

Dr. Charles Ballard - MSU Economist & Director of State of the State Survey

Kevin Grasha - Lansing State Journal Reporter

Rebecca Costa -  Author of “The Watchman's Rattle”

Christy Howard - Pet Safety expert - threedogdfw.com 

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Tom Ivacko - Program Manager -Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy - Gerald R. Ford

Michael Siracuse - Staff Attorney for the MSU College of Law Housing Clinic

Aaron David Miller - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Jim Bricker - Mobile Commerce Expert -  www.ordermapper.com

Dan Auerbach - Staff Technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Monday November 19th, 2012

Rick Olson – (R) State Representative - Saline

Quetin Fottrell – Columnist for Smartmoney.com

Sgt. Robert Ott – Ingahm County Emergency Program Manager

James Randolph Hillard – MSU Professor of Psychiatry

Friday, November 16th, 2012

Michael Steinberg - Legal Director - ACLU of Michigan

Jake Dollarhide -  CEO of Longbow Asset Management

Jacey Eckhart - Author of  “The Homefront Club” & Military.com

Orrin H. Pilkey - Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University

Thursday, November 15th, 2012

Mary Lee Pakieser - President - Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners

Phil Gardner - Director of MSU's Collegiate Employment Research Institute

Mitch Bean - Former Director of the Michigan House Fiscal Agency

Wednesday November 14, 2012

Nicholas Howson – University of Michigan Law Professor

Chester Wisniewski - Senior Security Advisor at Sophos

Peter Youngs – MSU Professor of Educational Policy

Matthew May – Author of  “The Laws of Subtraction”

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

John Philo - Legal Director - Sugar Law Center

Kim Olson - CEO of graceafterfire.org

Bill Losey - America’s Retirment Strategist
 

Seth Horowitz - Author of  “The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind”

Monday November 12, 2012

Carrie Budoff Brown - White House reporter for politico.com

Steven Hahn - Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania

Katherine Crowley – Author of “Mean Girls At Work”

Gwen Wyatt – Professor at the MSU Nursing School

Friday, November 9th, 2012

Tim Greimel - Democratic State Representative - Pontiac

Mary DiMichele - Great Lakes Medical Billing and Practice Management

Gerrardo Zamora & Adonis Flores - Michigan Organizing Project and Alliance for Immigrants Rights & Dream Relief Act Participant - Student at Wayne State University

Meredith Gore - MSU professor of Fisheries and Wildlife and the School of Criminal Justice

Thursday November 8th, 2012

Mark Brewer - Michigan Democratic Party Chairman

Roberton Williams - Senior Fellow - Tax Policy Center

Deanna Richeson - Director of the MEDC Export Program

Max Wachtel - Forensic Pyschologist

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

Bill Ballenger - Editor of Inside Michigan Politics

Peter J. Thomas - Chairman of The Conservative Caucus

Matt Abel - Attorney - Cannabis Counsel

Judy Hoberman - Gender Expert - sellinginaskirt.com

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Lt. Michael Shaw - Michigan State Police

Kyle Melinn - Editor of MIRS Newsletter

Dan Buettner - Author of “The Blue Zones”

Steve Cochran - Vice President of Climate & Air – Environmental Defense Fund

Monday November 5th, 2012

Emily Schultheis - National Political Reporter for POLITICO

Michael Heaney - U-M Professor of organizational studies and political science

David Carter - MSU Professor of Criminal Justice

Brian Darling - Senior Fellow in Government Studies - The Heritage Foundation

Friday, November 3rd, 2012

Tim Walberg – 7^th District U.S. Congressman

Greg Lukianoff – President – Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Mary Tabin – Employment & Labor Law Attorney

Subhasish Mitra – Stanford Professor of Computer Science

Thursday, November 1st, 2012

Mike Cox - Former Michigan Attorney General & Lawyer

Lt. Michael Shaw - Michigan State Police

John Hunt - Executive Director of Legatus

Roger Martin - Spokesman for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa

Wednesday October 31st, 2012 

Pete Hoekstra – Republican Senate Candidate
 

Scott Hagerstrom – State Director – Americans for Prosperity

Michelle Krebs - Senior Analyst at Edmunds.com

Amy Wilentz – Author of upcoming book “Farewell, Fred Voodoo”

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

Sandy Schneider - MSU Political Science Professor

Vicki Eichstaedt  - American Red Cross

Pam Fraker - MSU Professor of BioChemistry & Molecular Biology

Dr. Peggy Drexler - Author of “Our Fathers, Ourselves”

Monday October 29th, 2012

Mike Bouchard – Oakland County Sheriff

Kerry Ebersole – Campaign Manager - Keep Homecare a Safe Choice

Tom Shields – President of Marketing Resource Group

Vicki Eichstaedt - American Red Cross

Friday, October 26th, 2012

Bob Kolt – President of AARP Michigan

James Hohman – Assistant Director of fiscal policy - Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Jeremy Wilson – MSU Professor of Criminal Justice

Deborah R. Wagner – Author of  “The Fifth Decade”

Thursday October 25th, 2012

Judge Jim Gray – Libertarian Vice-Presidential Candidate

Patrick Anderson – Anderson Economic Group

Scott Winship - Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution

Bronwen Hruska – Author of “Accelerated”

Wednesday October 24th, 2012

James Olson – Attorney - Olson, Bzdock & Howard

Melanie McElroy -Executive Director, Common Cause Michigan

Margaret Murphy – Associate Director - Center for Medicare Advocacy

Jeanie Douthitt - www.smartwomenbuyhomes.com

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

Kevin Cirilli - Politico.com Reporter

Lex Friedman - Senior Writer for MacWorld

Martin Dugard - Author of  “Chasing Lance”

Jenn Lim - CEO at Delivering Happiness

Monday October 22nd, 2012

Linda Lim - Professor of Strategy at the U of M Ross School of Business

Ed Hirs - Energy Economics professor at the University of Houston

Michael Lempert – Univ. of Mich. Anthropologist – Author of  “Creatures of Politics”

Tobias Schoenherr – MSU Professor of Supply Chain Management

Friday, October 19th, 2012

Mickey Blashfield - Director of the People Should Decide Campaign

Bruce Weaver - Economic Analyst - Dept. of Technology, Management & Budget

Tara Marshall - Pyschologist from Brunel University

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Charlie Owens - State Director for the NFIB

Andrea Shea King - Vice Chair - Campaign to Defeat Obama

Nick J. Tate - Author of the “Obamacare Survival Guide”

Rachel A. Sussman -  Author of the “Breakup Bible”

Wednesday October 17th, 2012

Bruce Haynes - Republican Strategist - Purple Strategies

Alan Baum - Auto Industry Researcher - Baum & Associates 

Wayne Baker - U of M Ross School of Business

Christine Greenhow - MSU Professor of Education

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

Dylan Byers - Media Reporter for Politico.com

Mary Uptigrove - Manager of the DNR’s Minerals Management Section

Larry Schwartztol - Attorney - Racial Justice Program - ACLU

Michael Mayer - U of M Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering

Monday October 15th, 2012

Scott Drenkard  - Economist - Tax Foundation

Lindsey M. Burke - Will Skillman Fellow in Education at the Heritage Foundation

Rich Robinson - Michigan Campaign Finance Network

Dr. Gary Namie - Workplace Bullying Institute

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Rick Murdock - Executive Director - Michigan Association of Health Plans

Nolan Finley - Detroit News Columnist

John Hudak - Brookings Institution - Fellow in Governance Studies

Emre Demiralp - Researcher with the U-M Department of Psychology

Thursday October 11, 2012

Dan Judy - V.P. at North Star Opinion Research

Kathleen Gray - Detroit Free Press Reporter

Roger Baldwin - MSU Professor of Educational Administration

Robert Kolt - CEO and President of Kolt Communications

Wednesday October 10th, 20212

Elizabeth Warner - Attorney in Child Abuse Registry Case

Michael Farris - Founder - Home School Legal Defense Association

Beth Bacon - HCAM - V.P. of Regulatory Services

Dr. Cristina Davis - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Univ. of California

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Don Hazaert - Director of Michigan Consumers for Healthcare

Bernie Porn - President of EPIC-MRA
 

Dr. Ramesh Raghavan -  Professor of Psychiatry - Washington University in St. Louis

Greg Smith - Senior Researcher at the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion and Public Life

Monday October 8th, 2012

Patrick Wright - Director - Mackinac Center Legal Foundation

Rob Enderle -  Principal Analyst - Enderle Group

James Leanord - Author of "Living The Faith"

Doug Barnes, Jr. - DB Vision

Friday, October 5, 2012

Charles Ballard - MSU Economics Professor

Kurt Rankin - Economist for the PNC Financial Services Group in Pittsburgh

Dr. Gina Secura - Epidemiologist - Washington Univ. School of Medicine

Cynthia Bir - Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Wayne State University

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Jerry Shuster - University of Pittsburgh Political Communications Professor

Patrick O'Keefe - Founder of the O'Keefe & Associates

Albert Mannes - University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School

David Randall - Author of “Dreamland”

Wednesday October 3rd, 2012

Aaron Kall - Director of the U-M Debate Program and Debate Institutes

Reverend D. Alexander Bullock – State Coordinator – Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Audrey Spalding - Education Policy Analyst – Mackinac Center

Cal Newport – Author of “So Good They Can’t Ignore You”

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Josh Pugh - Communications Specialist with Progress Michigan
 

Roland Zullo - Research scientist - Institute for Research on Labor
 

Robin Marantz Henig - Writer for the New York Times Magazine
 

Sheldon Danziger  - University of Michigan Economist

Monday October 1st, 2012

Dan Quinn – Executive Director – Great Lakes Center for Education Research & Practice

Joe Bargmann - Special Projects Editor at Popular Mechanics

Stephanie Coontz – Author of “A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique”

Don McNay – Author of  “Son of a Son of a Gambler”

Friday, September 28, 2012

Mary Ablan – Executive Director – Area Agencies on Aging Association

Matt Zierler – Professor of International Relations – MSU James Madison College

Tina Rosenberg – Pulitzer Prize winning Author of  “Join The Club”

Dave Birkett – Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

Thursday, September 27, 2012

David Ashenfelter – Detroit Free Press Reporter

Jesse Toprak - Vice President of Market Intelligence -TrueCar.com

Jaquilen Jacobs – Peer Support Group manager -Teencontact.org

Mary Kelpinski - Executive Director at Michigan Pork Producers Assoc.

Wednesday September 26th, 2012

Phil Power – Chairman – The Center for Michigan

Thomas Cutler – Retired U.S. Air Force Major General

Dr. Diana E. Sheets - LiteraryGulag.com

Catherine Smit-Torrez - Stiletto Spy Investigations

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Sheryl Thompson – Deputy Director of Field Operations – Department of Human Services

Jeff Holyfield – Director of News & Information – Consumers Energy

Dan Neil – Automotive Columnist – Wall Street Journal

Joseph Bayer – Univ. of Mich. Department of Communication Studies

Monday, September 24, 2012

Clinton Hubbell - Defense Attorney at Hubbell Duval Law Firm

Mohammad Khalil - MSU Professor of Religious Studies

Dr. Martin Makary - Author of "Unaccountable"

Jay Olshansky - Professor of Public Health at the University of Illinois

Friday, September 21, 2012

Andrew McLaughlin – Former Google Director of Global Public Policy

Jim Schaefer – Detroit Free Press Reporter

Richard Pietroski – CEO of Gift of Life Michigan

Paul Bachman – Director of Research – The Beacon Hill Institute

Thursday September 20th, 2012

Sarah Lenhoff – Education Trust-Midwest

Daniel Grow – Kalamazoo Criminal Defense Attorney

Denee Rockman-Moon – Chairwoman – Michigan Libertarian Party

Bill Ballenger – Inside Michigan Politics

Wednesday September 19th, 2012

Ron Fournier – Editor in Chief – The National Journal

Harriet Brown – Author of “Brave Girl Eating”

Bret Stephens – Wall Street Journal Columnist

Chester Finn - President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Gary Hufbauer – Peterson Institute for International Economics

Paul King – Director of Survey Research – Marketing Resource Group

Jim Rawles – NY Times Best Seilling Author and Author of “Founders” Part 1

Jim Rawles – NY Times Best Seilling Author and Author of “Founders” Part 2

Monday September 17, 2012

Marianne Udow-Phillips – Director Center for Health Research & Transformation

Hatem Bazian – Department of Near Eastern Studies at UC Berkley

John Mannewitz – Target Master

Friday, September 14, 2012

Tim Walberg – 7th District US Congressman
 

Ashley Lindsey – Stratfor.com Middle East Analyst
 

Ebrahim Moosa – Professor of Islamic Studies – Duke University
 

Lynn Garson - Author of "Southern Vapors"

Thursday September 13th, 2012

David Kallman – Lansing Attorney

Samer Araabi – The Arab American Institute

Shane Lashley - Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Nutritionist

Wednesday September 12, 2012

Jerry Ambrose – Former Lansing Finance Director

James Gelvin – UCLA - Professor of History

Lex Friedman – Staff Writer for Macworld.com

Howard Latin – Author of “Climate Change Policy Failures”

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Andy Hetzel - Vice President, Corporate Communications – BCBSM

Becki Dilworth -  Director of Online Marketing – shopathome.com

Mahyar Etminan – Pharmacological Epidemiologist – University of British Columbia

Gary Gutting - Professor of Philosophy - University of Notre Dame

Monday, September 10th, 2012

Mike Nichols – East Lansing – Drunk Driving Defense Attorney

Carrie Braxdale – Investor Services Managing Director – TD Ameritrade

Tim Knowles – University of Chicago – Urban Education Institute

Anita Finlay - Author of the new book "Dirty Words on Clean Skin"

Friday, September 7, 2012

Andy Schor – Ingham County Commissioner

Lacey Plache - Edmunds.com Chief Economist

Richard Curtin - Unviersity of Michigan Economist

Dr. Joel Warshowsky – Behavioral Optometrist

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Ken Salazar – U.S. Secretary of the Interior

Richard Clement Sr. – Lansing Medical Marijuana Advocate

Fabian Pfeffer -  Sociologist at the U-M Institute for Social Research

Alexis Madrigal - Senior Editor at The Atlantic Magazine

Wednesday September 5th, 2012

Randy Johnson - Former Bain Capital Employee

Annette Bernhardt - Policy Co-Director - National Employment Law Project

Dustin Ingalls - Assistant Director - Public Policy Polling

Charles Gerba - University of Arizon Microbiologist

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Jim Messina – President Obama Campaign Manager
 
Dean Frutiger - Project Manager - Cost of Living Index project at C2ER
 

Nicholas Eberstadt – Author of the upcoming book "A Nation of Takers: America's Entitlement Epidemic,"
 
Soma Chaudhuri - MSU Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
 

Friday, August 31, 2012

Mike Yankowski – Lansing Police Captain

Paul McKenney – Tax Attorney – Varnum Attorneys of Law

Rick Jones – (R) State Senator – Grand Ledge

Jerry Smith – Lansing Biker on a cross-country trip