Robert P. Saldin is professor of political science and a Mansfield Center fellow at the University of Montana. He is the author of When Bad Policy Makes Good Politics and War, the American State, and Politics since 1898. He is also a frequent contributor to the popular press, having written for a variety of publications.
Steven M. Teles is professor of political science at the Johns Hopkins University and a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center. His books include The Captured Economy, Prison Break, The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement, and Whose Welfare: AFDC and Elite Politics.
Rick Adamson is an Audie Award winner for his work on In a Heartbeat by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy (with Sally Jenkins) of The Blind Side fame. Also the winner of several ALA awards and a Harper Audio Grammy nominee, Rick has been a narrator for twenty-five years. Originally from Maryland, he now lives in New Jersey.