A native son of Chicago’s West Side, John Wesley Fountain is an award-winning columnist, journalist, professor, publisher and author of True Vine: A Young Black Man’s Journey of Faith, Hope and Clarity; and Dear Dad: Reflections on Fatherhood.

A tenured full professor of journalism at Roosevelt University since 2007, he has written for the last 13 years a weekly Sunday column for the Chicago Sun-Times. As a journalist, Fountain has chronicled the story of murder for 30 years, mostly in Chicago. He was a 2021-22 Fulbright Scholar to Ghana, where taught at the University of Ghana at Legon and conducted a research project: “Africa Calling: Portraits of Black Americans Drawn to the Motherland”

He was previously a professor of journalism at his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is a graduate of Providence-St. Mel School, Chicago.

He has won numerous journalism awards over a nearly 40-year journalism career and is author of five books, including his latest, Soul Cries: In Black & White and Shades of Gray. He is a frequent guest commentator on radio and television.

He often shares his inspirational story of going from poverty and the urban mean streets of Chicago’s West Side to the top of his profession. Fountain is founder of WestSide Press Publishing, Chicago, and more recently FountainWorks NFP, a not-for-profit focused on telling the untold stories of marginalized or underrepresented people in print, digital and other forms.

His decision to become a journalist: “I chose journalism ultimately because of its power to make a difference, to shine the light on hidden corners of the world, to give voice to the voiceless, to make the invisible visible. I see this as more than a profession. It is a calling to which I am committed for as long as I have breath.” 

Jason Patton is a 15 year Firefighter/Paramedic at a South Florida based fire department. Jason is also the creator and star of the popular social media series Fire Department Chronicles which has amassed a combined following of 8 million followers and 55 million total monthly views. 
Jason is also the Vice President, Co-owner of Fire Department Coffee. Additionally, Jason has traveled the United States for Keynote addresses in front of thousands of First Responders on subjects ranging from Mental Health, Resiliency, and adopting humor to increase firefighter retention.

Dr. Hutan graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1994. He has accomplished his level 1 certification through NUCCA and currently is working on achieving his level 2 certification. With over 20 years of practice in Wisconsin, he has helped thousands of people with global chronic pain and headaches. He has a unique and gentle approach that helps jump start your healing process without the use of drugs or invasive surgeries. He is a married father with three boys and has lived in Sherwood, Wisconsin since 2004. Fun fact about Dr. Hutan is he is in a band and can play the drums and has practiced martial arts since he was 8 years old and continues to do so!

I am an optimist. My underlying philosophy of conservative common sense is shaped from a strong family, from my experience being welcomed to America, and from a core belief that we all have a God-given right to make as much of our lives as possible.The prime responsibility of political leadership is to make policies that encourage people to be happy, healthy and productive.

As a Political Scientist with a lifelong passion for government service, I took my degrees in Political Science with an advanced degree in International Relations at the University of Southern California. Since that time, with fidelity to purpose, my central focus has remained on issues of National Security.
As a Political Scientist with a lifelong passion for government service, I took my degrees in Political Science with an advanced degree in International Relations at the University of Southern California. Since that time, with fidelity to purpose, my central focus has remained on issues of National Security.

During graduate school, I worked with Top Secret clearances for Analytical Assessments Corporation. I conducted research, analyzed, and wrote on matters of critical concern to the United States. After completing graduate school, I was hired to write on classified projects at Eaton, Information Management Systems Division, a multinational corporation once located in Southern California. Conducting research and working with a team to complete White Papers on intelligence systems, I continued to write on subjects related to the national security interests of the United States.

Following my time at Eaton, IMSD, I instructed courses on California Government, U.S. Government, U.S. International Relations, and other Political Science courses. I have taught at the University of California, Irvine; the Whizin Center of Continuing Education at the American Jewish University; and numerous community colleges, as well as Summit Bible College. I also had the opportunity to serve as Commissioner and Committee Chair of Community and Media Outreach for the County of Kern’s Human Relations Commission; worked on fundraising for a Cambodian Relief Effort to provide clean water to villages inside Cambodia; and, traveled to Domnesti, Romania to part of a Romanian Orphaned and Abandoned Children Relief Effort.

By electing me to be your principled public servant, I will work to always put the people of California and this nation first in order to achieve the America First Doctrine by deregulating the economy and lowering taxes for economic growth and prosperity, securing our borders, restoring the nation’s security, empowering law enforcement and strengthening the Rule of Law, ending California’s water crisis, delivering on school choice for every child, supporting energy independence and protecting the fossil fuel industry, bringing back America’s manufacturing industry, as well as voter integrity.

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Nitki’s Dad is a new author, United States Marine Corps veteran, and Project Manager in the Financial industry. The values and principles instilled within him as a US Marine strengthened the foundation of his personal life and professional career and solidified his spiritual journey as a human being.

He was born into a large family in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Oregon, Ohio, a lakefront suburb of Toledo. He was active in sports, a friend to all he met, and became spiritually aware in his teens after a dream had opened more than his eyes, discovering its name decades later. He was “Walking the Red Road,” a spiritual path, living, balancing, and attending to his physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional well-being in creating a direct relationship with the Creator (Great Spirit, God, etc.) and doing his best to do the right thing even if it is hard at times. This spirituality saw him through a few dark times, including a few that were no longer after he wore the uniform.

He is not asking anyone to believe as he does but to understand that life is not a spectator sport. He began writing his own story for a potential significant other because he did not think he would have the emotional strength to go into the same level of detail again, but the universe, controlling the timing, had other plans. Whether you believe it or not, we are all teachers, students, and messengers who can preach a better sermon with our lives than we can with our lips.

He learned to listen to the push and pull of the universe, which has aided in his ability to help others when called upon. In writing his own story, The Warrior Within, he shares the details about the path he has traveled and hopes to continue to travel, including life lessons and some ideas to start the conversation to solve some of the problems that face this country and the world. In his second book, Dear Molly, he writes about the pieces that the universe began moving into place long before he felt the full force of that lightning strike, all of which helped clear his vision and moved him in a way that once seemed unimaginable.

Nitki’s Dad understands now more than ever that what we want may not be what we need, but in asking for what we need, we may find something we want that we never knew we wanted. He knows that it is the connections we make as spiritual beings on this human journey, be it a reason, a season, or a lifetime, that allow us to spread a little light, healing, and inspiring others by being the candle or the mirror that reflects it into the darkness for others to see a way out of their own prison. I hope you will find more than a few things that will resonate with you in these books that provide hope, strength, courage, and resolve to rise above it and live the life the Creator intended for you. 

My guest Glynis McCants is internationally known for her accuracy. Fortune 500 companies seek her help to pick the best employees for their success. You have seen Glynis on 60 minutes, The Today Show, Nightline, CBS' The Talk, The View, Entertainment Tonight, The Dr. Phil show, Parade Magazine, and many others. The producers of the movie Number 23 hired her as the Numerology Expert for the Jim Carrey film, and she has a Numerology segment on the Number 23 DVD teaching the Life Path Numbers. Numerologist Glynis says that when we have someone's name and date of birth, we can discover exactly who they are. Numbers are not just in people, but also in our homes, businesses, cities, states, pets, and more. Her mission is to simplify what Numerology is all about, and to help everyone out there change their lives for the better!