James David Vance is an American politician, author, and venture capitalist serving as the 50th vice president of the United States.

Alexandra Stein, PhD, is a social psychologist who lectures and writes on cults and totalitarianism. She formerly served as an associate lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, and has also taught at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of *Terror, Love and Brainwashing* and *Inside Out*, a memoir about entering and breaking out of a Minneapolis political cult, first published in 2002.

Robert Allan Caro is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson..

Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, and biographer.

Yeonmi Park is an American conservative activist and author.