True Thirty with Joey Dumont

Tom Morris was born and raised in North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and holds a double Ph. D. in Philosophy and Religious Studies from Yale University. UNC has honored him with the "Distinguished Young Alumnus Award". Morris is an American philosopher - and former professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Da...

Show business is in Sharon’s blood. Born into a family of entertainers, this busy woman prides herself on being an event project executive, influencer, and author of four books, including her latest, Skin In the Game, Black Buying Power in Sports & Entertainment.  In addition to her work in professional sports, Braxton is the CEO of Inclusive Marketing Group, which works on projects in the wine &...

In our effort to better understand the plight of California’s foster care system, and those that serve our children in need, I sat down with GaKnew Roxwel , a senior social work investigator for The Children’s Law Center of California. Prior to his sixteen years at the Center, he volunteered with various community organizations, and even worked closely with Leila Steinberg, an artist mentor to Tup...

Holly McNamara is a registered Professional Civil Engineer with a Bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a Master’s degree from UC San Diego in Structural Engineering. She has more than two decades of experience in project management, engineering design, and due diligence. In addition to her career, she has experience forming and working with 501c3 non-profits, as well as event planning and...

Timothy J. Redmond received his PhD in political science from the University at Buffalo. He’s an award-winning educator and author of over one hundred articles on critical thinking and politics and the book Political Tribalism in America: How Hyper-Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy and How to Fix It .  He teaches political science and history at Williamsville East High School and Daemen University...

Timothy J. Redmond received his PhD in political science from the University at Buffalo. He’s an award-winning educator and author of over one hundred articles on critical thinking and politics and the book Political Tribalism in America: How Hyper-Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy and How to Fix It .  He teaches political science and history at Williamsville East High School and Daemen University...

Rich Klein is the Managing Partner of McLarty Media. He was part of the 1992 Clinton-Gore presidential campaign, helping to craft policy and messaging on emerging global issues. Rich was subsequently appointed by President Clinton to head the speechwriting staff and be part of the policy planning office at the Department of Commerce, reporting directly to Secretaries Ron Brown, Mickey Kantor and B...

As part of True Thirty’s continued reporting on policing in America, I’m joined today by two former leaders in law enforcement, Nicholas Sensley and Eric Litchfield. Chief (Ret.) Nicholas Sensley’s diverse experiences include military service, 24 years as a peace officer, and volunteer development in transitioning and developing nations worldwide. In June of 2020, Chief Sensley launched the Instit...

Chris Ferguson is an American psychologist who serves as a professor and co-chair of psychology at Stetson University in Florida. He previously served as an associate professor of psychology and criminal justice at Texas A&M International University. Ferguson holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Central Florida. He has clinical experience with juvenile justice populations as w...

Meaghan Thumath is a practicing nurse, clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and the regional director of communicable disease control at Vancouver Coastal Health. She holds a Masters of Science in public health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Ph. D. from the University of Oxford as a Trudeau scholar. Meaghan is an active member of...

Robert Jensen (AKA Bob) is Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also the author of numerous books, including, An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity ; The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege ; and The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men . As you may have...

Hyrum Lewis is a professor of history at BYU-Idaho, and a former Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. He received a PhD in history and philosophy from USC. And before coming to BYU-Idaho, he taught at Skidmore College in Saratoga, New York.  Hyrum was born in Arizona, raised in Oregon, and now resides with his wife, Sundee, and their three kids in Rexburg, Idaho. In January of 2023, Hyrum co-a...

Justin Dangel is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and led successful companies like Firefly, Ready, and Goji, due to his genuine hope of helping people in need.  Justin is also a political wonk who founded Voter.com in 2001, an early adopter in online news media. Under his leadership the company generated over 3.5 million monthly active users and 500,000 newsletter subscribers. Voter.com was...

Julie Smolyansky was born in Kyiv, Ukraine to Jewish parents. Her family immigrated to the United States in 1976 where her father founded the Kefir company, Lifeway Foods in 1986. Smolyansky joined the company in 1997 after graduating from University of Chicago with a degree in psychology.  After her father died of a heart attack in 2002, Smolyansky became the youngest CEO of a publicly traded fir...

Cristine Soto Deberry is the Founder and Executive Director of the Prosecutors Alliance, an organization that supports and amplifies the voices of California prosecutors committed to reforming our criminal justice system through smart, sage, modern solutions that advance not just public safety but community well-being. Cristine spent 9 years with the San Francisco DA’s Office, a decade as the Chie...

I recently attended a symposium on democracy and journalism that featured a former White House Correspondent for CNN named Jessica Yellen, and a young man named Isaac Saul of Tangle News.  To be brief, this panel discussion was about the future of independent journalism and its importance in a representative democracy. And after it was all said and done, I approached Isaac and asked him to join me...

Jacqueline has been described as having “never played by anyone else’s rules” by W Magazine and has “embodied the season’s audacious mood” by The New York Times. Harper’s Bazaar wrote, “...As an actress with a taste for high drama, she figured understatement was beside the point.” Nominated for the TED main stage to talk about the connection between female sexuality and the global imbalance of pow...

Over the past year, I’ve spent countless hours studying the intersection of historical feminism and modern day gender ideology. I’ve interviewed numerous feminists, journalists, and academics who believe that the word Woman is defined by biology, not an identity… and that any change to this canonical definition is harmful to the categorization and protection of women at large. In my attempt to bet...

Dr. Julia Mason is a board-certified pediatrician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She’s a graduate of the University of Illinois with both her masters in nutritional science and her medical degree, and she completed residency training in pediatrics at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles. She currently runs a busy practice in Oregon where she now deals with an ever increasing number...

Jennifer Sey is an American author, filmmaker, business executive and retired artistic gymnast. She was the 1986 USA Gymnastics National Champion, and a 7-time member of the U.S. Women’s National Team. Her first memoir, "Chalked Up," was published in 2008, and detailed the systemic abuse of children in the sport of gymnastics. She also produced the 2020 Emmy award-winning documentary film, "Athlet...

As most of you have gathered by now, I’ve spent hundreds of hours researching the topic of gender ideology. And I’ve done so because I believe it’s the most divisive topic of our time, as well as the most misunderstood. My guest today is going to help us all better understand the complexity of this topic, both from the perspective of a subject matter expert, as well as someone who has suffered fro...

Over the past eight months, I’ve interviewed over twenty clinicians, researchers, journalists, and therapists on the topic of gender dysphoria. I’ve done this to better understand the width and breadth of a global phenomenon that has only begun to capture our collective attention as a society. Not only is the topic of gender dysphoria controversial, it has proven to end careers, reputations, and r...

Today, my guest is Paul Embery, a British author, political commentator, firefighter, and trade union activist for the London Fire Brigade. Embery is a columnist for publications like Unherd, HuffPo, the BBC, and serves as a guest host for The Political Correction segment of GB News. In 2020, Embery published his best selling book, Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class . It was t...

Dan Rottenberg is an author, editor, and journalist who served his profession for over seven decades. There aren’t many folks who could subtitle a memoir My Seventy Years on the Frontiers of Free Speech as Rottenberg did earlier this year when he published his 12th book, The Education of a Journalist . Dan is my new hero. During his storied tenure, Rottenberg was the executive editor of Philadelph...

Juan Williams is a journalist and political analyst for Fox News. He also writes for several newspapers, including The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and The Hill . Williams has also worked as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, and White House correspondent. Prior to joining Fox, Williams spent more than 10 years as a senior national correspondent for NPR, and 23 years at the Washin...