Lyndsay M. Keith co-hosts "The News on Merit Street," a weeknight news program on Merit Street Media, the new network from Dr. Phil McGraw. Previously, she hosted news shows on Trinity Broadcasting Network and Newsmax.

David McCloskey is the author of spycraft thrillers "Damascus Station" and the  recently released "Moscow X." He is a former CIA analyst and former consultant at McKinsey & Company, and now, a very accomplished author.

Jennifer Jehl is a life coach who helps high performers create next-level confidence by discovering a deeper identity, so they live a life of clarity and fulfillment. In particular, she assists men understand Biblical masculinity and how to apply the truth in their lives.

Jimmy Abegg is a musician, songwriter, writer, photographer, painter and artist based in Nashville. He was a significant contributor to American contemporary Christian music including being a key member of Rich Mullins' A Ragamuffin Band.

Dr. Lloyd B. Potter was appointed Texas State Demographer on May 5, 2010. He also serves as the director of the Texas Demographic Center housed at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The Texas Demographic Center program produces population estimates and projections for the State of Texas, serves as a data archive for Texas, and offers technical expertise in demographic and socioeconomic research. Dr. Potter holds a Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology from The University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Public Health Degree from Emory University, a Master of Science in Education from the University of Houston at Clear Lake and a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M University.

Marc Eliot is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books on popular culture, most recently "The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard." Other highly acclaimed biographies of Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart, the award-winning Walt Disney: Hollywood’s Dark Prince, Down 42nd Street, Take It from Me (with Erin Brockovich), Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen, To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles, American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood, and Death of a Rebel. He has written on the media and popular culture for numerous publications, including L.A. Weekly and California Magazine. He divides his time among New York City, Woodstock, New York, and Los Angeles.

Cindy is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter who has won thirteen Dove awards, is a two-time GRAMMY nominee, as well as a recipient of the prestigious Songwriter of the Year trophy. Ms. Morgan has twenty-one #1 CCM hits to her credit. She recently published "The Year of Jubilee," a lyrical coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of the turbulent South in the early 1960s, her first work of fiction and her fourth book.

Justice Evan Young was appointed to the Supreme Court of Texas in November 2021 by Governor Greg Abbott; he subsequently was elected in November 2022 to a term that expires December 31, 2028. We spoke about the importance of the judiciary, international rule of law, elections, and much more.

Over the holiday season, I had the pleasure of speaking with Grayson Padrick, owner of Central Florida Trophy Hunts! Grayson is a patriotic Floridian with a great family, running a small business that rivals even the most interesting of day jobs. You won't want to miss this fun conversation.

On the most recent episode of Seay the Future, I welcomed Penny Guthrie, Franchisee SONIC Drive-In CEO. We discussed Penny's accomplished career from its early beginnings, the challenges and triumphs of balancing work and personal life, and much more.

Executive Director and William Powers, Jr. Chair, Clements Center for National Security; Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public AffairsWilliam Inboden joined the LBJ School faculty after many years of working as a policymaker in Washington, DC, and directing a foreign policy think tank overseas. He is the William Powers, Jr. executive director of the Clements Center for National Security and a distinguished scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law. He is also a National Intelligence Council associate and serves on the CIA's Historical Advisory Panel and State Department's Historical Advisory Committee.Dr. Inboden previously served as senior director for strategic planning on the National Security Council, worked on the State Department's Policy Planning Staff and served as a congressional staff member. His think-tank experience includes the American Enterprise Institute and running the London-based Legatum Institute. He is a Council on Foreign Relations life member and a contributing editor to Foreign Policy magazine, and his commentary has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, The Weekly Standard and USA Today, and on NPR, CNN and BBC. His classes, "Ethics & International Relations" and "Presidential Decision-Making in National Security," have been selected in recent years as the Best Class in the LBJ School. His most recent book, on the Reagan administration's national security policies, is The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan in the White House and the World (2022).

Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in Alaska in 1983 as a young man looking for opportunity, and he found it. His first job was working in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska. Later on, Governor Dunleavy pursued his dream of becoming a teacher. He earned his teacher’s certificate, and then a master of education degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He spent nearly two decades in northwest Arctic communities working as a teacher, principal, and superintendent.Governor Dunleavy’s wife Rose is from the Kobuk River Valley community of Noorvik. Together, they have three children – Maggie, Catherine, and Ceil – who were raised in both rural and urban Alaska.Governor Dunleavy and his family moved to Wasilla in 2004, where he owned an educational consulting firm and worked on a number of educational projects statewide. Dunleavy served on the Mat-Su Borough School Board, with two years as Board President, and then as a state senator for five years.

On this episode of Seay the Future, I had the great pleasure of hosting The Barbara Thomas Lemmon Senior Curator of European Art for the Dallas Museum of Art, Dr. Nicole Myers, and Emma Ward, Co-Founder and CEO, Ward-Moretti. We discussed their esteemed careers, how their interest in art was sparked, and more. We even chatted about their perspective on the relationship millennials and Gen-Z have with art. A fun conversation. Don't miss their unique insight into the art world.

Mario Zandstra is President and CEO of Family Legacy and is the Keeper of the Vision, Culture, Talent, Work with the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Family Legacy, he served as the President & CEO at Pine Cove Christian Camp, the President at East-West Ministries, and the Executive Vice President at Transwestern Commercial Services. Mario has a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration from the University of Southern California, 1979. He is a member of St Judes Oak Cliff Church.

Cappy McGarr is an Emmy-nominated author, a creator of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, the National Award for Humor, and The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize.McGarr serves on the boards of The Foundation for the National Archives and The Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He serves on The Better Angels Board of Directors, filmmaker Ken Burns’ advisory board. McGarr has chaired a White House Fellows Regional Panel in 2012 and 2013 and has served as a panelist from 2009 to 2013.McGarr was appointed by President Barack Obama to the board of trustees of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2011, and was previously appointed to the same post by President Bill Clinton, serving from 1996 to 2002. He is only one of two people that have been appointed to The Kennedy Center by two different Presidents. He is an executive producer and creator of The Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize, the nation’s highest honor for humor, now in its 16th year, which has been awarded to Billy Crystal, Will Ferrell, Steve Martin, and Richard Pryor, among others. He also is an executive producer and creator of The Library of Congress George Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the nation’s highest honor for popular song that is held each year, in the East Room of the White House which has been awarded to Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, and in 2013 Carole King. McGarr was nominated for a 2008-2009 Prime Time Emmy for The Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize Honoring George Carlin and nominated for a 2010 NAACP Image Award for The Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize Honoring Bill Cosby.McGarr is married to Janie Strauss McGarr for 35 years, and has two daughters, Elizabeth McGarr McCue and Kathryn McGarr.

Becky Powell is an insurance agent. She and her three children live in Austin, TX. Her eldest, Madison, and Boone have graduated from Baylor University and her youngest, John Luke, is currently in college. Alongside her career, Becky remains active in her church and volunteer work, including the Helping Hand Home and Young Life.

Neil is married to Louise and they have four children. Together they have planted three churches in Scotland, the latest of which is Cornerstone, Edinburgh. Neil is also Director of Church Planting for the Free Church of Scotland which is an evangelical Presbyterian denomination. Neil and Louise both love live music, good food, movies, books, and being by the ocean. Their life ambition is to see hundreds of new, healthy, gospel centered churches planted in the deeply secular nation of Scotland.

David M. Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Established in 1987, Carlyle now manages $301 billion from 26 offices around the world.Mr. Rubenstein is the host of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations on Bloomberg TV and PBS and Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein on Bloomberg TV; and the author of The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians, a book published by Simon & Schuster in October 2019, How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers, a book published by Simon & Schuster in September 2020, and The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream, a book published by Simon & Schuster in September 2021.Mr. Rubenstein, a native of Baltimore, is a 1970 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Rubenstein graduated in 1973 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review.

Over the holiday season, I had the great privilege of speaking with my friends from Cambridge, Helen and James Orr! We chatted about Helen's experience going from professional singer to priest and James' work as a Cambridge professor and free speech advocate.

Now published in 97 countries and more than 33 languages, Jeffrey Archer is firmly established as one of the world’s bestselling authors, with international sales passing 275 million copies. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (nineteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).