Liberty + Leadership

Bryce Mitchell is an Air Force Captain and Staff Officer at the Department of Defense, a National Security Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, an Undergraduate Ambassador for Service to School. Bryce is a TFAS mentor, speaker and a member of the Alumni Engagement Committee. He is also a Defense Ventures Fellow at the Defense Ventures Program. Bryce received a bachelor's degre...

For 25 years, Richard Benedetto served as White House and national political correspondent for USA Today, and teaches journalism at American University as well as for TFAS at George Mason University. Richard is a graduate of Utica College of Syracuse University, earned a masters in journalism from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, and also taught journalism at the Uni...

Joe Sabia is the Creative Director of Studio Sabia and a renowned digital content creator. As SVP of Creative Development at Condé Nast, Joe created Vogue Magazine's 73 Questions while growing Condé Nast's cumulative YouTube audience from 1.5M to 46M subscribers. Joe is a 2005 alumnus of TFAS's Prague Program and is a graduate of Boston College. In this week's Liberty and Leade...

Since 1967, TFAS has reached more than 46,000 students and professionals through academic programs, fellowships and seminars. This season on the Liberty and Leadership Podcast, TFAS President Roger Ream sits down with outstanding TFAS alumni for exclusive, one-on-one conversations about their unique leadership journeys. From venture capitalists, authors, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, educators, opini...

Lindsey Rose King is the founder of Mostess , , a home decor and hosting company in Houston, Texas. She is alumna of TFAS's Business and Government Relations program and currently serves on TFAS Board of Regents. In this week's Liberty and Leadership Podcast, Roger and Lindsey Rose discuss the challenges of starting and running her own company, her time on Capitol Hill, political fundrai...

Elliot Kaufman is the Letters Editor at The Wall Street Journal where he selects, edits, and solicits letters to the editor. He also runs the Future View column and regularly provides opinion articles and book reviews. In 2018, Elliot was named the Robert L. Bartley Fellow and was the inaugural Joseph Rago Memorial Fellow for Excellence in Journalism with TFAS and The Wall Street Journal. In this...

Dr. Donald Devine is a TFAS Senior Scholar and served as Director of the Office of Personnel Management in the Reagan administration. Don has had a distinguished career in academics having written ten books, and taught at both University of Maryland and Bellevue University, where he was known as a proponent of fusionist philosophy. This weeks episode of the Liberty and Leadership Podcast was recor...

Abby Witt is a content producer and host for the PGA TOUR's "The Cut" on NBC Sports’ Golf Channel. In this week's Liberty and Leadership Podcast, Roger and Abby discuss her path from anchoring Asbury University's television news station to working the midnight shift as an associate producer at local NBC network affiliate WLEX-TV in Kentucky to covering golf's Olympic...

Katie Barlow is a lawyer turned journalist who hosts "In the Courts with Katie Barlow" on Fox 5 DC in addition to producing content for the @scotusblog's 217K avid TikTok followers as Social Media Editor. Katie is also the co-founder of Circuit Breaker, a website focused on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In this week's of the Liberty and Leadership Podc...

Nicholas Ballasy is a broadcast journalist and Senior Correspondent for Just the News . For well over a decade, he has been questioning political leaders, news makers, and some of Hollywood's elite including, Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, and Samuel L. Jackson. In this week's of the Liberty and Leadership Podcast, Roger and Nicholas discuss how...

Nicole Jain has dedicated her career to public service and leadership, specifically in the realm of K-12 public education policy and management. Most recently, Nicole co-authored "Our Mom, Our Superhero - A Mental Health Journey," a children's book that provides young children with early education and tools to understand, identify, destigmatize, and manage mental health struggles fr...

Mark Stansberry is an accomplished entrepreneur, oil and gas executive, award-winning film and music producer, author and talk show host. He is an international negotiator, a corporate advisor to several boards and c-suites, and has served as an adjunct professor and and advisory board member for several academic institutions. In this week's of the Liberty and Leadership Podcast episode, Roge...

This week, another exceptional TFAS alumnus joins us on the Liberty and Leadership Podcast: Paul Glader '99 & '00, full professor and program chair of the Journalism, Culture and Society program at The King's College in New York City, where he directs The McCandlish Phillips Journalism Institute and the NYC Semester in Journalism. He is also executive director of The Media Proje...

This week, another exceptional TFAS alumnus joins us on the Liberty and Leadership Podcast: Will Weatherford '02, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and current managing partner of Weatherford Capital. In this week's episode, Roger and Will discuss his meteoric rise to becoming the youngest presiding officer of any state legislative chamber in the United States, the e...

This week, another exceptional TFAS alumnus joins us on the Liberty and Leadership Podcast: Kurt Couchman, Senior Fellow of Fiscal Policy at Americans for Prosperity. In this week's episode, Roger and Kurt discuss Congress's broken budget process and the ramifications of spiraling deficits. The Liberty and Leadership Podcast is hosted by TFAS President Roger Ream (https://tfas.org/podcas...

This week, another exceptional TFAS alumnus joins us on the Liberty and Leadership Podcast: Mike Caslin - graduate of the TFAS 1978 Union Carbide Scholar class and founder and CEO of the Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship Network (GCSEN), a nonprofit educational foundation created to drive social entrepreneurship and strengthen local economies. In this week's episode, Roger and Mike di...

This week, another fabulous TFAS alumna joins us on the Liberty and Leadership Podcast: managing editor of The Police Tribune and former star of TLC's Wedding Island, Sandy Malone.  In this week's episode, Roger and Sandy discuss how media coverage of law enforcement has changed over the years and Sandy's wild adventures starting in the TLC reality show, Wedding Island. The Liberty...

This  week, we have another amazing TFAS alumna on the Liberty + Leadership Podcast: Reason Magazine senior editor and a 2016 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship winner, Stephanie Slade. In addition to being a regular contributor to the U.S. News and World Report, Stephanie is also a fellow at the Acton Institute. In this week's episode, Roger and Stephanie discuss the separation between churc...

In this week's episode of the Liberty and Leadership Podcast, TFAS President Roger Ream sits down with The Wall Street Journal editorial page writer and 2011 TFAS Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship recipient Jillian Kay Melchior. Listen to hear Jillian's take on everything from the war in Ukraine to the crackdown in Hong Kong and much more. Jillian is a fellow at the Independent Women’s...

This week, we have another amazing TFAS alumnus on the Liberty + Leadership Podcast: former special assistant to the President and current principal at BGR Government Affairs, Joseph Lai. Joe serves on the TFAS Board of Regents and is an alumnus of the TFAS Public Policy and Economics program. He was also a member of the inaugural class of TFAS Public Policy Fellows in 2007. Prior to his time at t...

This week's special guest on the Liberty + Leadership Podcast is vice president for Outreach for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Karen Czarnecki '88 . Karen is not only a TFAS alumna, she is also a professor at TFAS. She teaches the internship seminar on public policy and international affairs –  an interactive seminar that examines the practical side of the workplace. In...

Today, we have another fascinating guest on the Liberty + Leadership podcast - Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court and TFAS alumnus, the Honorable Clint Bolick. In addition to serving on the bench, Justice Bolick teaches Constitutional Law at Arizona State University School of Law, serves as a research fellow with the Hoover Institution, and is the author of numerous books. In this week...

Today, we have an amazing guest joining us - Illinois Senate Republican Leader and TFAS alumnus, Dan McConchie.  Dan has represented Illinois’ 26th District since 2016 and prior to his leadership position, Dan served as a Caucus budget negotiator, advocating for responsible state spending and lower taxes. Dan staunchly supports policies and legislation that promote job growth and a smaller, smarte...

TFAS has reached more than 46,000 students and professionals through their academic programs, fellowships and seminars. Representing more than 140 countries, TFAS alumni are courageous leaders throughout the world – forging careers in politics, government, public policy, business, philanthropy, law and the media. Join TFAS President, Roger Ream, as he reconnects with these amazing alumni to share...

Dr. Peter Boettke joins us to discuss the enduring lessons of Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek. Sharing insights from his recent book, " F. A. Hayek: Economics, Political Economy and Social Philosophy," Dr. Boettke contemplates how Hayek would approach some of the modern issues of today such as the popularity of democratic socialism and the COVID-19 pandemic. As a college profess...