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Lyndsay M. Keith co-hosts "The News on Merit Street," a weeknight news program on Merit Street Media, the new network from Dr. Phil McGraw. Previously, she hosted news shows on Trinity Broadcasting Network and Newsmax.

David McCloskey is the author of spycraft thrillers "Damascus Station" and the  recently released "Moscow X." He is a former CIA analyst and former consultant at McKinsey & Company, and now, a very accomplished author.  

Jennifer Jehl is a life coach who helps high performers create next-level confidence by discovering a deeper identity, so they live a life of clarity and fulfillment. In particular, she assists men understand Biblical masculinity and how to apply the truth in their lives. 

Jimmy Abegg is a musician, songwriter, writer, photographer, painter and artist based in Nashville. He was a significant contributor to American contemporary Christian music including being a key member of Rich Mullins' A Ragamuffin Band. 

Dr. Lloyd B. Potter was appointed Texas State Demographer on May 5, 2010. He also serves as the director of the Texas Demographic Center housed at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The Texas Demographic Center program produces population estimates and projections for the State of Texas, serves as a data archive for Texas, and offers technical expertise in demographic and socioeconomic research. Dr. Potter holds a Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology from The University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Public Health Degree from Emory University, a Master of Science in Education from the University of Houston at Clear Lake and a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University.

Marc Eliot is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books on popular culture, most recently "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard." Other highly acclaimed biographies of Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, the award-winning Walt Disney: Hollywood’s Dark Prince, Down 42nd Street, Take It from Me (with Erin Brockovich), Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen, To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles, American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, and Death of a Rebel. He has written on the media and popular culture for numerous publications, including L.A. Weekly and California Magazine. He divides his time among New York City, Woodstock, New York, and Los Angeles.

Cindy is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter who has won thirteen Dove awards, is a two-time GRAMMY nominee, as well as a recipient of the prestigious Songwriter of the Year trophy. Ms. Morgan has twenty-one #1 CCM hits to her credit. She recently published "The Year of Jubilee," a lyrical coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the turbulent South in the early 1960s, her first work of fiction and her fourth book.

Justice Evan Young was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas in November 2021 by Governor Greg Abbott; he subsequently was elected in November 2022 to a term that expires December 31, 2028. We spoke about the importance of the judiciary, international rule of law, elections, and much more.

Over the holiday season, I had the pleasure of speaking with Grayson Padrick, owner of Central Florida Trophy Hunts! Grayson is a patriotic Floridian with a great family, running a small business that rivals even the most interesting of day jobs. You won't want to miss this fun conversation. 

 On the most recent episode of Seay the Future, I welcomed Penny Guthrie, Franchisee SONIC Drive-In CEO. We discussed Penny's accomplished career from its early beginnings, the challenges and triumphs of balancing work and personal life, and much more. 

Executive Director and William Powers, Jr. Chair, Clements Center for National Security; Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs William Inboden joined the LBJ School faculty after many years of working as a policymaker in Washington, DC, and directing a foreign policy think tank overseas. He is the William Powers, Jr. executive director of the Clements Center for National Security and a distinguished scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law. He is also a National Intelligence Council associate and serves on the CIA's Historical Advisory Panel and State Department's Historical Advisory Committee. Dr. Inboden previously served as senior director for strategic planning on the National Security Council, worked on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff and served as a congressional staff member. His think-tank experience includes the American Enterprise Institute and running the London-based Legatum Institute. He is a Council on Foreign Relations life member and a contributing editor to Foreign Policy magazine, and his commentary has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, The Weekly Standard and USA Today, and on NPR, CNN and BBC. His classes, "Ethics & International Relations" and "Presidential Decision-Making in National Security," have been selected in recent years as the Best Class in the LBJ School. His most recent book, on the Reagan administration's national security policies, is The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World (2022).

Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in Alaska in 1983 as a young man looking for opportunity, and he found it. His first job was working in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska. Later on, Governor Dunleavy pursued his dream of becoming a teacher. He earned his teacher’s certificate, and then a master of education degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He spent nearly two decades in northwest Arctic communities working as a teacher, principal, and superintendent. Governor Dunleavy’s wife Rose is from the Kobuk River Valley community of Noorvik. Together, they have three children – Maggie, Catherine, and Ceil – who were raised in both rural and urban Alaska. Governor Dunleavy and his family moved to Wasilla in 2004, where he owned an educational consulting firm and worked on a number of educational projects statewide. Dunleavy served on the Mat-Su Borough School Board, with two years as Board President, and then as a state senator for five years.