The Lunch Hour with Federal Newswire

Nick Gillespie is an American libertarian journalist who was editor-in-chief of Reason magazine from 2000 to 2008 and editor-in-chief of Reason.com and Reason TV from 2008 to 2017. Gillespie originally joined Reason's staff in 1993 as an assistant editor and ascended to the top slot in 2000.Sarah Siskind is a science comedy writer. She's the cofounder of HelloSci.Com, a consulting group that makes smart people funny, and the producer of Drug Test, a show about Psychedelics. Previously, she wrote comedy for Hanson Robotics, StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson on Fox, and several shows on Facebook Watch. She's written jokes for the White House Press Correspondents dinner and spoken at Comic Con!Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Kerry White is a politician who served as a member of the Montana House of Representatives for the 64th district from 2013 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican partyWatch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

On part 2, Chad Wolf talks with Derek Maltz. Derek is a retired Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent. Mr. Maltz was the Special Agent in Charge of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Special Operations Division (SOD) for almost 10 years before he left the federal government. Mr. Maltz also previously held the position as the Chief of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, which is the oldest and largest drug task force in America.After 28 years of dedicated service, he is currently working for Pen-Link Ltd as the Executive Director, Government Relations. Mr. Maltz is also a National Security, Public Safety Executive who appears on national news networks as a subject matter expert.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Marc Joffe is a senior policy analyst at Reason Foundation. After a long career in the financial industry, including a senior director role at Moody's Analytics, Joffe's research focuses on municipal finances, alternative asset investments, transportation policy and federal, state and local fiscal policy.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

In a special mini-series for The Lunch Hour, Chad Wolf talks with Steve Murphy Javier Pena, the DEA agents responsible for investigating Pablo Escobar and the Medellín CartelWatch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Tim Stewart has been a founding partner of three consulting and government relations firms: American Capitol Group, Energy North America and most recently The Bennett Group, a business-consulting firm founded in 2011 with his former employer, Sen. Robert Bennett. Stewart is currently the president of the U.S. Oil and Gas Association.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Chris Pilkerton is an American lawyer and former Acting Administrator of the United States Small Business Administration. Ja'Ron Smith is an American political advisor. He served as a Deputy Assistant to the President and deputy director of the Office of American Innovation for Donald Trump from April 2019 to November 2020.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Robert Emmett Tyrrell Jr. is an American conservative magazine editor, book author and columnist. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of The American Spectator.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Paul Teller is the Executive Director of Advancing American Freedom. He served in the Trump White House as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and then Director of Strategic Affairs for Vice President Mike Pence.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW

Steve Rauschenberger served for fifteen years in the Illinois State Senate, holding various leadership positions, including Assistant Republican Leader and Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.Watch Full-Length Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Lunchhour_FNW