The Cameron Journal Podcast

Today, we are joined on The Cameron Journal Podcast by Dr. Bernd Reiter, who is a Fulbright scholar, among other accolades. In this insightful interview, we talk about how democracies function, how authoritarianism starts, and how other styles of governance could be the answer. Filled with stories and insights, Dr. Reiter questions how we organize society and what other answers to governance there...

Today we are joined by Marc Defant who, after a lifetime of working as a vulcanologist (my childhood dream job) he decided to take on some of the ideologies of our day, like feminism, and see if the science really stood up to scrutiny. I told him flat out that someone from the hard sciences is going to be disappointed by how we do things over in Social Sciences. He has recently published a peer re...

In this hour long conversation, I talk with Professor Steve Keekn about modern economics and how the economy that seemed to function in the mid 20th century came un-done and why the modern economy doesn't work for the average person. As it turns out, we agree on many things. Steve Keen is exposing the lies at the heaert of the economics profession and explains why economists can't predict...

Join Cameron and Juliet Rose for this conversation about publishing, self-publishing, writing, and fiction in this adventurous chat. Juliet Rose is the author of 14 books in the horror and thriller space, and we spent a few minutes together talking about writing and publishing journey. This episode is especially good for writers! You can learn more about Juliet Rose at: https://www.authorjulietros...

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are talking about Publishing in all its forms with Terry Whalin. He has been an acquisitions editor for years and is currently at Morgan James looking for the next great book. We talk about how to conquer your book proposal, how to manage in traditional publishing, and why it is ok to go outside of it as well. He has two helpful books that help writers build...

Are you ready for the Year of the Fire Horse? The Lunar New Year shifted on February 17th and we are now in the year of the Fire Horse. Altazar goes through what this year means for each of the Chinese Zodiac signs! Stay for this whole enlightening conversation on what the Year of the Fire Horse has instore for you. Altazar does give years for some of the signs but you can easily look yours up if...

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast, we are sitting down to talk about jazz, music, piano, and more with Kurt Ellenberger. He is a retired musician and professor who wrote a book on music theory for Jazz. We talk music, I tell storie,s and more!

Cameron and Michelle Stiles talk about the function of power, corporations, media, and propaganda in this wide-ranging talk about how our modern world is shaped by narratives and how most people are simply unaware of them. There is too much in the world that is being manipulated by agendas. Michelle and Cameron discover that they have been working on many of the same issues and problems. Michelle...

A former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, Evan Turk specializes in asset protection and management for high net-worth individuals. He is also part of the American Rights Alliance which he describes as the right-wing ACLU. He helps defends the free speech rights of conservatives and others. We talk about marriage, divorce, prenups and then we dive into his First Amendment cases and what...

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are joined by Barry Maher, who is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and the author of The Great Dick and the Dysfunctional Demon. We talk about his survival of brain cancer, his book, his life is newsprint and his whole story. This is the type of person that really doesn't exist anymore. He has lived the kind of life many of us dreamed of but w...

We are here to save local journalism with Ken Tingley. One of SOOPMedia's best authors, Ken has been in newspapers and journalism for 30+ years and now reports on the news in Glen Falls, NY from his substack. We talk shop about running a newspaper, the need for local journalism and how our society is poorer for having lost it.

From not knowing what a podcast was to being one of the biggest podcasters, David has used his faith and his life story to inspire others through his popular show, Remarkable People. He talks to people and helps them tell their story. We have a conversation with him from his truck about his life and story and how that powers his show.

It is a good day to be a francophile with David on the podcast! David is an artist and teacher who uses his art to start conversations about politics and the world around us. Almost sounds like something The Cameron Journal would do! In this delightful chat we learn about the danger of activist art, the conversations that David is having and how he is changing the world, one conversation at a time...

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast, we are speaking with Henry Sullivan. He is the author of Coliseum and runs a popular Substack where he presents his content in audio and in serialized form. We talk about the present political environment, Christian nationalism and much more through the lens of his fiction.

What does it mean to be a citizen in today's America? What does it mean to participate in society? In this episode we get into these heavy questions with The Paraclete who has written a book called The Modern Citizen. He's advocating for a new kind of citizenship that is more personal, less dependent, and, at least in his view, more prosperous. I will say that I agree with very little of w...

Inspired by her own immigrant story that spans from Greece to apartheid South Africa and then to the US, Elene, takes us on a journey of changing worlds, culture, identity and more. We had an absolutely delightful chat and this is a MUST LISTEN/WATCH episode for book lovers.

Today on The Cameron Journal Pocast we are joined by Kenneth Wyche and we are talking about psychology and mindset. In his new book, Get Your Mind Right he talks about his own journey learning about how the world really works and not the way he thought it works. This is a valuable episode on mindset and how to shift your mindset around to really get what you want from life.

Clarence Carter is the Commissioner of Tennessee's Department of Human Services and he has a unique insight to social services and how to deliver them effectively and without tons of corruption and waste. Given what is happening in Minneosta right now, nothing could be more prescient. We talk about the nuts and both of our social services and what he has done to make Tennesee efficient in deli...

Wouter comes to us from Rotterdam in the Netherlands and he is actively promoting a new digital community of people called Nostr. Nostr is a platform and protocol for open publication and social network that separates users from the walled gardens of the big social media platforms. We talk about the open internet and the corporate take over of online spaces in this fascinating chat.

We take so much of our modern world for granted but the reality is that the modern world might not have happened except for one man in the Netherlands who figured out how to mechanize lumber production. Once that was in motion, the technology to take energy and move to perform a task was born. Jaime has a background in engineering and is from Mexico! He didn't end up working as an engineer but...

Fiction author Richard Spegal arrives to us with some fresh reading that crosses into the dark and paranormal. His series Eternal nights is electric with energy and we spend some time together talking about his writing process and more. He's a military men with a golden pen and we get to meet him in this latest episode.

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast, we are joined by Zolal Habibi, an iranian activist who advocates for freedom in Iran. She spends 45 minutes with us explaining the current protests in Iran, as well as, what can come next for the country. She also walks us through the robust government in exile and the activities of the resistance movements both within Iran and the diaspora. She also explains...

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are joined by Diana Colleen the author of, "They Could Be Saviors." What if the solution to climate and everything was simply curing billionaires of greed? The novel asks a provocative question: what if the only way to save the planet was to kidnap the billionaires destroying it? On the surface, it’s speculative fiction. But at its heart, it’s a cu...

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast we are joined by Paul Smith who is the author of Cruel and Unusual Punishment: A Memoir of the Psychological Realities of Federal Prison. He wrote this book after being arrested and convicted for healthcare fraud. This took is about his time in federal prison and the people he met along the way and the traumatizing nature of his experience. This one action comp...

Leslie Shoveer is the author of Fission a book set in the early atomic age right as the bomb becomes a reality. Loosely based on family stories, this is a delightful read and an even more delightful conversation. More about the book: Fission tells the story of nineteen-year-old Doris Friedman, who gives up her dreams of becoming a concert pianist or lawyer when she marries Rob in 1941 and has a si...