The Lunch Hour with Federal Newswire

Ryan Young is a senior economist at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). His research focuses on regulatory reform, trade policy, antitrust regulation, and other issues. His writing has appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Hill, Investor’s Business Daily, Forbes, Fortune, and dozens of other publications. He is a frequent guest on radio programs, been interviewed by outlets including The Huffington Post and Voice of America, and been cited in media outlets including ABC News, CNN, and London’s City AM. He formerly hosted the CEI Podcast, and writes the popular “This Week in Ridiculous Regulations” series for CEI’s staff blog.Ryan holds an M.A. in economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and a B.A. in history from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was previously CEI’s 2009-2010 Warren T. Brookes Journalism Fellow. Before joining CEI, he worked in the Cato Institute’s government affairs department. His personal blog is Inertia Wins.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Gabriella Hoffman is a policy analyst, freelance media strategist, journalist, Townhall.com columnist, podcaster, and award-winning outdoor writer specializing in public policy, freelance journalism, branding, digital media strategy, and press relations in politics, outdoors/shooting sports, and small business.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Marlo Oaks is an American investment banker and government official serving as the Utah state treasurer. He was appointed to the position by Governor Spencer Cox on June 29, 2021 and succeeded David Damschen.Marlo spent 17 years managing institutional portfolios at Farmers Insurance ($24 billion) and then at Intermountain Healthcare ($7.5 billion) where he also oversaw the Treasury function. Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Kevin Cirilli is a political reporter for Bloomberg. Before joining Bloomberg, he worked at The Hill and Politico. Prior to coming to Washington, he helped cover the Jerry Sandusky scandal for Newsweek/The Daily Beast and Philadelphia magazine. While at Penn State University, he was a recipient of the Damon M. Chappie Award for Investigative Journalism and was campus editor of the student newspaper, The Daily Collegian. Kevin was a Pulliam Fellow of Journalism at The Arizona Republic. He grew up in suburban Philadelphia's Delaware County. In his free time, he enjoys eating Philly food and running.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Clifford May is an American journalist, editor, political activist, and podcast host. He is the founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank created shortly after the 9/11 attacks, where he hosts the podcast "Foreign Podicy."Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Karol Markowicz is a weekly columnist at the New York Post and FoxNews, a contributor at Spectator World, and a contributing writer to Washington Examiner magazine. She has written for USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, Forward, National Review, Daily Beast, Business Insider, Haaretz, and many others.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Elizabeth Nickson is a Canadian writer and journalist. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, she was European bureau chief of Life magazine. In 1994, Bloomsbury UK, Knopf Canada and Steidl published her novel The Monkey Puzzle Tree, an account of the CIA brainwashing trials in Montreal in the 1950s and 1960s. In 2012, HarperCollins US published Nickson's Eco-fascists, How Radical Conservationists Are Destroying Our Natural Heritage.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Phil Kerpen is an American free-market policy analyst and political organizer. He is the president of American Commitment, a conservative 501 organization which he founded in 2012. He previously served for over five years as the vice president of Americans for Prosperity.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Roger Marzulla is an American attorney who served as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources from 1988 to 1989. He is a founding partner at Marzulla Law, LLC in Washington, D.C.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Rob Gordon is a staff director and senior policy advisor for the House Committee on Natural Resources and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Gordon was also a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team, a group of advisors tasked with recommending presidential appointments for the incoming administration.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW