Culture Wars Creators & Guests

Gavin McInnes is a writer and far-right political commentator. He is the co-founder of Vice Media and Vice Magazine and host of Get Off My Lawn, formerly on Conservative Review Television.

Melissa is the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977. Despite the initial concerns regarding Melissa’s future after surviving the attempt to end her life at approximately seven months gestation, she has not only survived but thrived. With a Master’s Degree in Social Work, she has worked in the fields of substance abuse, mental health, domestic violence and sexual assault counseling, and child welfare.

Adam Hochschild is an author, journalist, historian, and lecturer.

Darel Paul is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Williams College.

Frank McDonough is a historian of the Third Reich and international history.

Nancy Jo Sales is an author and journalist. She currently writes for Vanity Fair.After university, Sales worked as a reporter for People magazine. She went on to become a contributing editor at New York magazine and then a contributing editor at Harper's Bazaar. She then became a writer for Vanity Fair.Her first book, "The Bling Ring: How A Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World," was published in 2013. Her second book, "American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers," was published in 2016. Her documentary film, "Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age," aired on HBO in 2018.Sales was raised in Miami FL and New Hampshire. She received her B.A. in literature from Yale University and her M.F.A. from Columbia University.

Frank Schaeffer is an American author, film director, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is the son of theologian and author Francis Schaeffer. He became a Hollywood film director and author.While Schaeffer was a conservative, fundamentalist Christian in his youth, he has changed his views, becoming a liberal Democrat and a self-described Christian atheist. He lives north of Boston.