Interviews

Scott speaks with author David Shimer, whose new book “Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference” has received critical acclaim, including from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Shimer is a Yale fellow and associate of the Wilson Center think tank whose work has appeared in Foreign Affairs and the New York Times. “I show how the …

 Scott talks with Reggie Hubbard, a senior political strategist at MoveOn.org and advisor to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. In addition to being one of DC’s top political movers and shakers, Reggie is also a spiritual leader and certified yoga instructor. Hubbard wrote a thesis in his field entitled “Yoga and Spiritual Activism: Serving Humanity from a Sense …

  Scott talks to activist, actress, director, and producer Sophia Bush in two sittings.  Their first conversation captures Bush’s opinions of the state of America’s political activism before the coronavirus hit, turning 2020 upside down. Part two is after the coronavirus crisis led to lockdowns all over the US this past spring. “We’re supposed to have adults in the room,” …

 Scott talks with Martin Luther King, III who divulged details about his meeting with Donald Trump and spoke about a range of topics from the coronavirus’ disparate impact on African-American communities to the police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin. “We have to work for change. We have to pray for change. We have to be the change,” said MLK III. …

Scott talks with Kristin Urquiza who told the Democratic National Convention her moving story of losing her father Mark Anthony Urquiza to Trumpism when he died of COVID-19 after listening to the President lie about the deadly pandemic. Kristen calls her father’s support for Donald Trump and his trust of Arizona’s Republican Governor Doug Ducey “a death sentence for him.” …

  Scott talks with Jean Guererro, who is an investigative journalist for NPR, the PBS Newshour, and the author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda. Jean’s new book explains all., and she took the approach of developing a deep biography of the advisor to understand his motivations which have become ever more influential over time …

Scott speaks with Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, a Harvard epidemiologist and health economist. Dr. Ding was the first American scientist to sound the alarm about coronavirus in a truly large way. It’s not easy to achieve clarity in a crisis, even less so when the crisis is budding and hasn’t yet become a full-on catastrophe. But that’s what Dr. Ding achieved. …

 Scott speaks with President Barack Obama’s former speechwriter David Litt. He’s the author of a new book that just hit bookshelves today entitled “Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn’t, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think.” After starting work at the White House while 24-years-old, they gave David the privilege of …

 Scott speaks with Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims who released an emotional video calling out repugnant Republican state legislators who exposed elected officials on both sides of the aisle to the deadly coronavirus and shockingly hid their COVID infections from the Democratic caucus, of which Sims is a member. Rep. Sims’ clarion call isn’t about politics or partisanship, it’s …

  Scott speaks with March For Our Lives spokesperson Eve Levenson about how we can all achieve a future with a safer America, with smarter gun laws. She’s a George Washington College student who represents the national group in the halls of Congress when she’s not pursuing a unique professional career and helping lead the organization that mounted America’s largest-ever …