• Anne Nelson investigative journalists author Shadow Network covert council for national policy

    Anne Nelson, an award-winning investigative journalist who has written extensively about human rights and the defiance of totalitarian regimes. She is the author of Shadow Network, Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right; the film's unprecedented exposé of the covert Council for National Policy and its top secret membership rolls was made possible by her ground-breaking investigative work.

  • Reverend William Barber II Poor People's Campaign Center for Public Theology and Public Policy Yale Divinity School

    Rev. William Barber II, pastor and activist who co-founded the Poor People's Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival. His organization was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s last campaign in 1968, the Poor People's March on Washington demanding equal access to jobs and housing for the poor. Founding Director, at the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School.

  • Steve Schmidt political strategist the warning destroy democracy

    Steve Schmidt, former Republican campaign strategist and founder of THE WARNING. Schmidt has been on the front lines sounding the alarm that the Christian Nationalist Republican Party under Trump is openly seeking to destroy democracy. 

  • homeland security officer george bush Donald Trump

    Elizabeth Neumann, Evangelical Christian / former homeland security officer in the George W. Bush and Trump Administrations; author of Kingdom of Rage

  • Randall Balmer professor of religion Dartmouth historian Bad Faith

    Randall Balmer, professor of religion at Dartmouth prize-winning historian and the author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory and Bad Faith.

  • Lisa Sharon Harper freedom road activist the very good gospel

    Lisa Sharon Harper, activist, author and founder of Freedom Road, dedicated to challenging the narrative gap in our nation’s history; the author of The Very Good Gospel.

  • Russell Moore Christianity Today Losing our Religion southern baptist convention

    Russell Moore, Editor-in-Chief of Christianity Today, and the author of Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America. Moore, a conservative Evangelical, left his position at the powerful Southern Baptist Convention over profound disagreements with the Evangelical embrace of Trump. Moore calls Christian Nationalism "a heresy, the repudiation of the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

  • Jonathan Wilson Hargrove activist Rev Barber author assistant director  Center for Public Theology and Public Polic Yale Divinity School

    Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, activist, associate of Rev. Barber, and author of Reconstructing the Gospel and Revolution of Values. Assistant Director at the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School.

  • Katherine Stewart investigative journalist author The Power Worshippers rise of religious nationalism antidemocratic

    Katherine Stewart is an investigative journalist and author who often writes about issues related to the separation of church and state, the rise of religious nationalism, and global movements against liberal democracy. Her books includeThe Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children (2012) and The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism (2020).

  • Linda Gordon the second coming of the KKK Professor of History University Professor of the humanities New York University

    Linda Gordon, Professor of history and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University, award-winning author of The Second Coming of the KKK

  • Boo Patel Interfaith author America Out of Many Faiths

    Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith America, a Chicago-based international nonprofit that aims to promote interfaith cooperation. He is the author of Out of Many Faiths

  • Christian Nationalist Patriot Church persecution arms onward christian soldiers

    Ken Peters, preacher and founder of the Christian Nationalist Patriot Church. He preaches that Christians are persecuted by liberals and secularists, and must arm themselves and become warriors to defend their faith. He believes it's what the Bible preaches. 

  • Samuel Perry Taking America Back for God Christians Against Christian Nationalism author Flag and the Cross

    Samuel Perry, sociologist and co-author of Taking America Back For God: Christian Nationalism in the United States. Perry co-wrote with Philip Gorski The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy. Perry is also an active member of Christians Against Christian Nationalism.

  • Jim Wallis Sojourners Chair in Faith & Justice Center McCourt School of Public Policy Georgetown University author reclaiming Jesus

    Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners, Chair in Faith & Justice Center, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University. Author of Reclaiming Jesus. 

  • Brent Allpress investigative journalist researcher council for national policy top secret board meetings membership files radical right in America

    Brent Allpress, investigative journalist and researcher who accessed the CNP's recordings of their top secret board meetings and membership files. His findings substantiate the claims in the film. His research has contributed to many leading reports on the Radical Right in America. 

  • State Senator John Marty Minnesota separation of church and state

    John Marty, Minnesota State Senator, advocate for protecting separation of church and state.