Skullduggery Creators & Guests

Daniel Klaidman is a journalist, special correspondent for Newsweek, an investigative reporter at Middle East correspondent, Washington bureau chief, and managing editor.

Michael Isikoff is an investigative journalist and Chief Investigative Correspondent at Yahoo.

Victoria Bassetti is an author and co-host of the Skullduggery podcast.

Mark Salter is a speechwriter, known for his collaborations with United States Senator John McCain.Salter worked with McCain on political speeches and several nonfiction books. He also served on McCain's staff for 18 years, and was chief of staff.Salter's work has appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Esquire and Real Clear Politics. He co-wrote seven books with John McCain, and one memoir published after McCain's death.

Tommy Vietor is a Co-hosts of Pod Save America, host of Pod Save the World, Founder of Crooked Media, Former NSC spokesman for President Obama and writer of long bios.

Max Chafkin is a features editor and a tech reporter at Businessweek.

Jamie Raskin is a lawyer and politician.

Ryan Busse is the author of Gunfight.

Pete Buttigieg is the Secretary of Transportation. Buttigieg is a veteran, musician, and businessman, and is formerly known as South Bend's "Mayor Pete."

Andrea T. Bernstein is a freelance political investigative journalist. She has covered government, transportation, politics, housing, environment, and other sectors since 1990.Previously, Bernstein was a Senior Reporter and Editor for Politics & Policy for WNYC News. She co-hosted the WNYC/ProPublica podcast "Trump, Inc." She has also reported for the New York Observer.Bernstein's her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ProPublica, The Guardian, New York Magazine, The Nation, and the New York Daily News. Her first book, "American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power," was published in 2020.

Krissy Clark is the senior correspondent for Marketplace’s Wealth & Poverty Desk and host of The Uncertain Hour Podcast.

John Scott-Railton is a research whose work focuses on technological threats civil society, including targeted malware operations, cyber militias, and online disinformation.. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto.Scott-Railton is best know for his collaboration with Bill Marczak that uncovered the the systematic use of Pegasus spyware to target civil society in several countries, including Mexico and the UAE.Previously, Scott-Railton has supported free and secure information flow with organizations such as The Voices Projects. He was also a fellow at Google Ideas / Jigsaw at Alphabet.

Rachel Maddow is an American television host and political commentator.Maddow hosts The Rachel Maddow Show television show on MSNBC. The television show is also syndicated as a popular podcast. Maddow has an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and a doctorate from Oxford University.Rachel Maddow is an open lesbian and her political philosophy is that of an American liberal.

Jonathan M. Katz is a journalist and author.

Mark Leibovich is a journalist and author. He is the chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine and known for his profiles on political and media figures.

Nina Khrushcheva is a Professor of International Affairs at The New School.