Mea Culpa

Mea Culpa welcomes back to the show one of our most fascinating guests… Malcolm Nance is a career US Navy terrorism intelligence collector, code breaker, and interrogator with wide-ranging field and combat experience in the Middle East and elsewhere around the world. Nance is a counterterrorism analyst for MSNBC. And the author of numerous books including his latest, “They Want to Kill Americans: The Militias, Terrorists, and Deranged Ideology of the Trump Insurgency”. Today we are going to utilize Nance’s 30 years of experience in counter-terrorism to help us understand the wars raging in Gaza and Ukraine and how the US is managing those conflicts. Visit smileactives.com/cohen Today to receive a special Buy One Get One Free offer with Auto Delivery plus Free Shipping & Handling. Terms and conditions apply. See the site for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome my good friend, Fred Guttenberg back to our show. Fred became an anti-gun violence activist when his beautiful 14-year-old daughter Jaime was murdered in a mass shooting at Parkland High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 14, 2018. His son, Jesse, also a student at the school survived. And since Fred has become one of the strongest voices for gun safety in the country. He has sued gun manufacturers, worked with members of Congress on legislation, and advocated against the NRA. And Fred has spoken at countless events and on-air, having to relive his daughter’s murder in hopes of creating change for all of our children. He’s written two great books, “Find the Helpers” and “American Carriage”, and Fred’s here today to tell us how it’s going on the front lines of the gun safety debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mea Culpa welcomes back Rick Wilson, longtime Republican political strategist turned Lincoln Project co-founder and zealous anti-Trump activist. You can find his weekly editorials in The Daily Beast. Wilson has also been published in The Washington Post, Politico, The Hill, and Rolling Stone to name a few, He makes regular appearances on CNN and MSNBC Also, Wilson’s #1 New York Times, best-seller, “Everything Trump Touches Dies” literally defined the Trump era. Today, Wilson will discuss everything from Tucker Carlson in Russia to MAGA’s most recent shenanigans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a great honor to host our next guest: You may know Elliot Williams as a legal analyst on CNN. And as a host on SiriusXM’s nonpartisan talk radio network. But Williams has worked at the highest levels of government and was counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee. He has served in both Democratic and Republican-led administrations. And has also been a career federal prosecutor. His impressive list of accomplishments in the legal field is too long to list here, but his experience working in all three branches of government makes him an expert on our current political, and cultural situation. Williams is here today to break down Trump’s many legal entanglements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a really special interview, Mea Culpa is pleased to welcome Pam Hemphill to our show, the one-time “MAGA Grandma” from Idaho who stormed the Capitol on J6. She later turned herself in and went to prison for 60 days while battling cancer. Along the way, Hemphill woke up and rejected Trump and the MAGA movement. Realizing it was a cult and that she had been brainwashed. Pam even told Trump to stop using her story as a fundraising tool. And has since become an outspoken advocate for Democracy and recovering Trumpers. Hemphill is a self-proclaimed citizen journalist, who once reported on the likes of Anti-government militant, Ammon Bundy. Today, she’s an Alcohol and Drug counselor and proud cancer survivor. Join us for Michale's interview with Pam Hemphill. Visit smileactives.com/cohen Today to receive a special Buy One Get One Free offer with Auto Delivery plus Free Shipping & Handling. Terms and conditions apply. See the site for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a great honor to have my busy friend, George Conway on the show. Conway, a brilliant lawyer, writer, and political commentator is now a fixture on news programs, on MSNBC, NBC, and CNN. He’s also one of the founders of the Lincoln Project, a conservative who crossed over for the good of the country, Conway has been a very effective thorn in the former president’s side. George is here to talk about Trump’s legal challenges and why the truth matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our favorite guests is on today, Scott Dworkin, Dworkin an intrepid journalist with a long history of standing up to corrupt leaders. He co-founded the Democratic Coalition and is the host of the Dworkin Report and The Dworkin Daily podcast. Dworkin has worked with 100’s of political campaigns and progressive organizations and he’s here today to share his insights as we head into the early days of the 2024 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael LaRosa was Press Secretary to the First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, and Special Assistant to the President until 2022. LaRosa is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, and ABC… providing analysis of Congress, campaigns, and elections. Michael is also a Partner at Ballard, referred to as "the most powerful" Strategic Services, Governmental, and Public Affairs firm in Washington, DC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mea Culpa welcomes Victor Shi, the youngest elected Delegate for Joe Biden in 2020, he is a former White House Intern, and the co-host of the iGen Politics Podcast with the distinguished Jill Wine-Banks. Shi is also a writer, speaker, organizer, activist, and a junior at UCLA, majoring in American Literature and Culture. His on-air commentary and interviews have been seen on MSNBC, CNN, NBC, PBS Newshour, ABC, the Daily Herald, and the Chicago Tribune. His op-eds have been published in Newsweek, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, CNN, USA Today, The Hill, and International Business Times. This kid is unstoppable Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we welcome to the show, Professor Ray Brescia, the Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Lifeat Albany Law School. He has been featured on the LA Times, the Washington Post, and the Hill to name a few. His profile in The New York Times was entitled; Big Cases, Small Pay, and a Lawyer Happy with Both. Brescia is the authorofThe Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions and several other fascinating titles, including his latest, “Lawyer Nation, the Past, Present and Future of the American Legal Profession. Visit smileactives.com/cohen Today to receive a special Buy One Get One Free offer with Auto Delivery plus Free Shipping & Handling. Terms and conditions apply. See the site for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices