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Dan McMillan is a historian, author and speaker.

He’s the son of the former French President Nicolas, and the step-son of the glorious Carla Bruni. But Louis Sarkozy is his own man — as his latest project testifies. Louis Sarkozy is the co-author of “Une Envie de Désaccords” (Plonc, 2019)—written with his mother Cecilia Sarkozy—in his native France.

Patrick Wyman is a writer.

Chris is the writer, host, and producer of Legends of the Old West and Infamous America podcasts and co-owner of podcast production company Black Barrel Media. Chris is an award winning journalist who also spent 14 years working in Hollywood's film industry prior to staring Black Barrel Media. He's enjoyed combing his knowledge gained in both industries to produce informative and entertaining podcasts.

Scott Eyman is an author. He is also an adjunct professor professor of film history for at the University of Miami Coral Gables.Eyman is a frequent book reviewer for The Wall Street Journal and Film Comment. He has published 16 nonfiction books about the American film industry in the 20th Century. His first book, "Flashback: A Brief History of Film," was published in 1986.Previously, Eyman was a book editor and art critic at The Palm Beach Post. He was also a contributor for The New York Observer.

Attorney by day/history buff by night. Turning maritime history research into a podcast over at @HistoriaMare.

Mike Duncan is a political history podcaster and author.

John Garth is an author, especially known for writing about J. R. R. Tolkien.