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Cumulus News Talk

We are E Pluribus Unum – out of many one. Our show is about unity. We believe there are many people in America who care about our country regardless of their background or political affiliations. We are here to talk about how we may come together for the betterment of our country and our own well-being. We believe in the motto “Seek first to understand before you judge.” If we understand each other better, we will be better able to help each other, and our country will survive and thrive.

  1. Jul 30

    David Randall -- National Association of Scholars

    David Randall is Director of Research at the National Association of Scholars (NAS), where he has written extensively on higher education policy and academic integrity. He earned a Ph.D. in history from Rutgers University, an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Columbia University, a master's degree in library science from the Palmer School at Long Island University, and a B.A. from Swarthmore College. Before joining NAS, he was the sole librarian at the John McEnroe Library at New York Studio School. At NAS, he has co-authored The Irreproducibility Crisis of Modern Science: Causes, Consequences, and the Road to Reform (2018), and has written reports on civics education, social justice education, college common readings, and the College Board's Advanced Placement European History examination, including Making Citizens: How American Universities Teach Civics (2017) and Beach Books, a multi-year study of college common readings. His academic scholarship includes The Concept of Conversation: From Cicero's Sermo to the Grand Siècle's Conversation (2018) and The Conversational Enlightenment: The Reconception of Rhetoric in Eighteenth-Century Thought (2019). He has also written on the irreproducibility crisis in science for The Wall Street Journal and The Hill, and was a member of the Arizona Department of Education's first Steering Committee for Empowerment Scholarship Accounts, the nation's first education savings account program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    David Randall -- National Association of Scholars

  2. Jul 30

    Matthew Gibson -- Virginia Humanities

    Matthew Gibson is the Executive Director of Virginia Humanities, a role he was appointed to in 2017, where he has led the organization's branding, visioning, and strategic planning efforts. He got his start in the digital and public humanities while pursuing his MA and PhD in English and American Studies at the University of Virginia, and in 1998 became assistant, and later associate, director of the University's Electronic Text Center. In 2005, he joined Virginia Humanities (then known as the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) to create and build Encyclopedia Virginia, and between 2008 and 2013 helped build a $2.5 million endowment to secure the editor's position and the project's future. As director of digital initiatives beginning in 2008, he served as principal investigator and director for three NEH grants and helped secure an organization-wide award from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for a two-year project engaging local communities on racism and bias in Virginia's historical narratives. In 2021, he led a fundraising and planning effort to relocate Virginia Humanities' offices and build the state's first public humanities center. He is an ex-officio member of the Virginia Association of Museums board, serves on Virginia's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission and Virginia's African American Cultural Resources Task Force, and is a member of the Federation of State Humanities Councils' Board of Directors, where he chairs the legislative committee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Matthew Gibson -- Virginia Humanities

  3. Jul 30

    Captain Kevin Miller, USN (Ret.) -- Author: "The Silver Waterfall"

    Captain Kevin Miller, USN (Ret.), is a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and a former tactical naval aviator who operationally flew the F/A-18C Hornet and A-7E Corsair II. He is the author of the Raven One trilogy of contemporary carrier aviation fiction, and in June 2020 he published his long-awaited historical novel, The Silver Waterfall, which went on to win five writing awards, including the 2023 CIBA Hemingway Award for excellence in 20th Century Wartime Fiction. The book tells the story of the men who fought the Battle of Midway over three momentous days in June 1942, capturing their uncertainty, determination, fear, and courage under crushing pressure. Drawing on his years as a naval aviator flying combat aircraft from carriers, in command, and on command staffs, along with his association with the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, which gave him access to rare documents and knowledgeable sources, Miller brought an authentic sense of cockpit and command reality to the novel's characters. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Captain Kevin Miller, USN (Ret.) -- Author: "The Silver Waterfall"

  4. Jul 30

    Roswell Encina -- United States Capitol Historical Society (part 2)

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    Roswell Encina -- United States Capitol Historical Society (part 2)

  5. Jul 30

    Roswell Encina -- United States Capitol Historical Society (part 1)

    Roswell Encina is the President and CEO of the United States Capitol Historical Society and a longtime leader in the library and cultural heritage community, bringing more than 18 years of experience in libraries, including nine years on the executive leadership team of the Library of Congress as Chief Communications Officer. Born in the Philippines, he grew up dreaming of becoming a broadcast journalist and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Salisbury State University after first studying marketing management in Manila. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in media and communications, beginning with over a decade in broadcast journalism as an Emmy-nominated, Associated Press award-winning reporter across markets including Salisbury, Huntsville, Birmingham, Memphis, and Baltimore. He then served as Director of Communications at Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library starting in 2007, working closely with Carla Hayden. When Hayden became Librarian of Congress, Encina was appointed the Library of Congress's Chief Communications Officer in November 2016, where he oversaw a portfolio of more than 130 staff across Communications, Multimedia, Visitor Engagement, and Learning and Outreach, managing an annual budget of roughly 100 million dollars, and helped lead high-visibility programs such as the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song and the National Book Festival. He is widely recognized in his field for his skill in public-facing leadership and stewarding institutional partnerships. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Roswell Encina -- United States Capitol Historical Society (part 1)

  6. Jul 30

    Taylor Kiland -- Author

    Taylor Baldwin Kiland is a writer who specializes in military nonfiction, having written, co-authored, ghost-written, or edited eighteen books, including three about the nation's Vietnam POWs: Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought to Ensure No Man is Left Behind, Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton: Six Characteristics of High-Performance Teams, and Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later. A former naval officer, she is the third generation in her family to serve in the Navy and was raised in Coronado, California, and Virginia, where she grew up alongside many Vietnam POW and MIA families. Before turning to writing, she spent twenty years in the private sector as a marketing communications professional. She holds a master's degree in Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Southern California. She has also worked as an account director for the global communications firm Burson-Marsteller and volunteered for numerous national political campaigns, including Senator John McCain's in 2000.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Taylor Kiland -- Author

  7. Jul 30

    Anita McBride -- Legacies of America's First Ladies Initiative (American University)

    Anita B. McBride is an American academic and former government official who served in the White House under three presidential administrations, most notably as Chief of Staff to the First Lady of the United States under Laura Bush from 2005 to 2009. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, she attended the University of Connecticut, earning a B.A. in international studies after starting out in pre-med. Earlier in her career, McBride was director of White House Personnel under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and also served as director of the speaker's bureau at the United States Information Agency; her White House and State Department service in total spans two decades and three administrations. She is currently an executive-in-residence at American University's School of Public Affairs, where she directs the First Ladies Initiative, focusing on the historical roles of America's first ladies. She is a founding member of the First Ladies Association for Research and Education (FLARE) and has co-authored several books, including Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women and the textbook U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies. She remains a frequent commentator on the White House and the influence of first ladies, drawing on her senior roles under Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Anita McBride -- Legacies of America's First Ladies Initiative (American University)

  8. Jul 30

    Jim Roberts -- American Veterans Center

    Virginia-based nonprofit he established in 1995 to honor the sacrifice and guard the legacy of America's veterans, from the "Greatest Generation" to today's service members. Born on August 9, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois, Roberts is the son of William H.T Roberts. Before founding the AVC, in 1985 he founded Radio America, a news/talk network that grew to more than 700 affiliates nationwide and over 7 million listeners. Under his leadership, the AVC organizes the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., a national conference for future military leaders, and an oral history program that has drawn more than 500 million views on social media, and he currently serves as the organization's executive chairman. He has written two books, The Conservative Decade and Hardball on the Hill: Baseball Stories from the Nation's Capital, edited two others, and authored several monographs, with articles appearing in more than 20 publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Jim Roberts -- American Veterans Center
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We are E Pluribus Unum – out of many one. Our show is about unity. We believe there are many people in America who care about our country regardless of their background or political affiliations. We are here to talk about how we may come together for the betterment of our country and our own well-being. We believe in the motto “Seek first to understand before you judge.” If we understand each other better, we will be better able to help each other, and our country will survive and thrive.

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