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Dachau was built in 1933 northwest of Munich, Germany as the first Nazi concentration camp and it was the model to all other camps after. It also served as an SS concentration guard training center. Over 200,000 prisoners were held there until the survivors were liberated by the Americans in April 1945. Hitler committed suicide the next day. From July 1945 to 1948, the US military used Dachau to i...

Congressman Adam Smith was the youngest state senator in the country when elected to his first term at age 25 in Washington State. Since January 1997, he has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington’s 9th District. He received a whopping 71% of the vote when re-elected in 2022. He is also the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee. But Congressman Smith is mor...

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He’s genuine, dynamic, compassionate, and the man behind the 24-hour talk and Christian hip-hop music channel on SiriusXM. James Rosseau, also known in hip-hop circles as Trig, is the CEO of Holy Culture Radio and founder of its parent company, the Corelink Solution. With its programming focused on faith, art, vocation, and education, Holy Culture Radio hosts 13 unique shows that connect to popula...

Imagine blowing through a million dollars, stealing double-digit funds from your wife’s retirement account, and facing criminal charges. Patrick Chester had no idea he would turn full-on into a gambling addict when he bet and won $900 on that first college football game. Like that first taste of cocaine for a drug addict, Chester was hooked. These are dark days for most sports gambling addicts. Si...

When you hear her voice, you hear a bit of Mary J Blige. Jackie Gouche is the foundation of music. Her decades of work including singing with the likes of Elton John, Michael Jackson, Tina turner, Diana Ross, Quincy Jones, and so many more. She sang in The Color Purple. But she is more than that. Music is the foundation of her family. Her three sons: D Smoke, SiR, and Davion Farris have all seen t...

He runs a video marketing agency called Eye Am Media but Alex Minor is more than just a videographer. He’s a business strategist who helps others use the limitless powers of video to shapeshift their business. Given that YouTube is the second largest search engine with more than 2.68 billion active users and the second most popular platform for influence marketers, growing a channel takes work and...

The National Institutes of Health estimates there are 12.5% American adults that experience a phobia. Mike Oglesbee is a coach who helps people conquer their fear. We all have it: fear of failure, fear of poverty, fear of speaking, fear of writing… Debilitating fear can cripple a person into depression and self-destruction. Oglesbee’s Maximized Mind program comes with receipts. His system has empo...

Uzo Ometu is the founder of BlackOakTV, a streaming service that brings underrepresented voices into the forefront. The goal of this subscription video platform is to feature more diverse content that serves Black audiences. No stranger to streaming technology, Ometu’s prior position was with YouTube, where he helped the company partner with media agencies. He sharpened his technical digital media...

He’s in high school and he is changing the world. Rakshith Srinivasan is the founder of Unlimited Potential, which assists researchers and medical doctors to find cures and fosters innovation in prosthetics, bionics, orthopedics, and musculoskeletal research. Besides Srinivasan, the lifeblood behind Unlimited Potential is a collection of high school volunteers from across the Pacific Northwest. Sr...

She’s a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and producer who is a woman to follow. Rose Horowitz has reported on uncomfortable stories that expose the truth. Her series on the corruption in the U.S. Food for Peace Program earned her a Pulitzer nomination and created the groundwork for legislative change. She was the first to expose Captain Hazelwood of Exxon Valdez’ drunk driving record. She uncovered a...

Imagine looking into a family member’s story, only to discover a crime ring so big, you just had to write about it. She’s a true crime author, but her first book focuses on a well-researched and documented piece of family history: her cousin, Bob Leach. If you didn’t know, Leach was a cattle rustler, turned con man, who was the leader of the Grayson County Five in Texas. Pepper Anne wrote The Noto...

He’s worked with 56 NCAA teams. David Kitchen was destined to coach a Division I football team, but he walked away to build his own business instead. Wise beyond his years and armed with a degree focus in sports psychology, as a strength and conditioning coach, Kitchen has helped advance the careers of numerous National Football League and Canadian Football League prospects. Kitchen’s Edge Leaders...

Her father was a Vietnamese kingpin who married her teenage Chinese mother. Her childhood was exposed to Chinese-Vietnamese gang violence. When Felicia Heath’s father became an escaped convict and, on the lam, he took her with him. Today, she is a critical care anesthesiologist and the mother of four. She met her husband in medical school, who she eloped with on a South African safari. With a bott...

Stephen Key is the cofounder of inventRight, LLC, a company that helps inventors from over 65 countries pursue their dreams of turning their idea into reality. He is also the cofounder of Inventors Group of America, whose members are a collection of leaders in inventing worldwide. He started a free high school program, called inventYES, which helps students learn to how to license their creations....

Hope Firsel knows the significance of change. After agonizing attempts, it took her five years to welcome her first baby. With two children under three, she was treated for colon cancer. Years later, her marriage of 18 years dissolved. Armed with a psychology and coaching degree and discovering she could own her power, Firsel became a guide for other women going through unexpected events. She help...

As an internal medicine physician in Kansas, Dr. Sapna Shah-Haque knows a thing or two about burnout. It’s something she has faced more than once. Her colleagues have also experienced it. Burnout can take many different forms, including suicide. Until the mental health of medical staff can be addressed through the system, Dr. Shah-Haque set out on a journey to help physicians and healthcare profes...

She is the founder and “Queer-E-O of Chesline Inc, a global diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting company. Chesline Pierre-Paul works with organizations to help them expand their DEI initiatives and do their part to make the world more inclusive. They did it all with gumshoe perseverance. Pierre-Paul speaks five languages and has been featured on Brainz with Oprah, La Presse, OMNI TV, and is...

Deanna Radulescu has seen it all and then some. Her back story is not to be read lightly. It is fraught with experiences that few might survive. How she was able to move forward and shed the demons that enveloped her past is a story in itself. A human trafficking survivor, widow, former C-level executive, fashion designer, bodybuilder, skincare expert, Ms Chicago America Nation 2021 – Radulescu ep...

He reminds me a bit of Donovan and T Rex. Jaymes Buckman is an up-and-coming glam singer who rocks to his own style. He’s done a few things, too. He appeared on Canada’s Got Talent and an episode of a television reality show. You can find him in the Toronto club scene and through all the usual music places. Here is a video of Hot Apollo's Baby Lord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joKcsoUMahk http...

Sandra Nomoto is The Content Doctor, a writer, editor, and publicist, who works with social and environmentally conscious organizations. She published the first vegan marketing book after discovering that such a book didn’t exist. Besides being well versed in all things vegan, Nomoto is a founding member of the Vancouver Short Film Festival. She also worked on the Vancouver International Women in...

She’s the Resiliency Rebel and her book, The Good Stripper, has been described as an unapologetic F you survival guide. Marci Warhaft is a warrior woman who teaches young men and women how to reclaim their power to build a healthy and strong self-esteem. Her background is like an edge-of-your-seat action-packed thriller series. Accepted into a prestigious theatre school, Warhaft is a mother of two...

Imagine having to put your friend in a body bag and then carry him through a jungle? All the while you are fighting an enemy you can’t see. The conflict in Vietnam was as much against the terrain as it was the Viet Cong. At 22 years old, Robin Bartlett assumed leadership of the 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), where he led a platoon on over 60 h...

She might be a leader in public relations, the host of two podcasts, an author, and the Los Angeles County Commissioner of Alcohol and other Drugs, but Tonya McKenzie is above all else: brave. In 2022, she made California history as the first Black woman to run for city councillor in Redondo Beach. The incumbent won, and the journey wasn’t easy, but even so, the experience also shed a spotlight on...

Joy Harris teaches high school and college athletes about the business side of sports and how they might access a career in the industry. She is the co-founder of Connect Electric, the CEO of Score, the chair of the media company CMG, and hosts the podcast Inside the League. Harris co-founded of Harris House, a media company dedicated to providing content, events, and books for people who have big...