America is at a breaking point, but fortunately today’s guests can fix it - each in their own way. Richard Lyons, author of The DNA of Democracy and Shadows of the Acropolis, examines democracy from its historical roots to the modern day, constructing a blueprint of what defines tyranny or democracy. He documents the struggle for power between tyrants and heroes across time and place.

Then one of these heroes, Kari Lake, the 2022 Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, comes on to model what someone can do who puts their love of America first. Her new book, Unafraid: Just Getting Started, tells the story of her struggle to claim an election that was rightfully hers. Endorsed by President Donald Trump, she ran on a platform of putting Arizona first and has not given up fighting to save America from the tyrannical forces that are trying to break it apart.