Jake Smith
Host of Your News Talk America
The Talk of Delmarva | 92.7, 98.5, and RealNewsTalk.com
On the Air
Jake Smith is the award-winning host of Your News Talk America on The Talk of Delmarva, 92.7 and 98.5. The interactive program lets listeners participate by asking questions live online.
Your News Talk America is part of DTD Media’s Real News Talk network of national live streams and podcasts. Listeners can register for the free Digital Interactive Audience Lounge at RealNewsTalk.com by selecting “Join DIAL.”
About Jake
Jake spent his early years on Long Island, New York, and has worked in several areas of the media industry. His experience ranges from inspecting sets to working behind the microphone, giving him firsthand knowledge of broadcast television and radio. His interests include gardening and politics.
Your News Talk America
The show page includes:
- Upcoming show notes and rundowns
- Your News Talk America podcast episodes
- Dangerous Intellectual podcast episodes
- Friday on-demand videos
- A directory of program panelists
The Panelists
Your News Talk America has had over 100 panelists help us create an excellent production. To see more and how many times they have been on air with us go here: https://www.realnewstalk.com/panelists/
JUDGE ANDREW P. NAPOLITANO
Andrew P. Napolitano is a former New Jersey Superior Court judge, nationally syndicated columnist and longtime legal commentator. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Washington Times and Reason. He served as a Fox News legal analyst for 24 years, contributing to more than 14,000 television segments.
Judge Napolitano taught constitutional law and jurisprudence at Delaware Law School for a year and a half, Seton Hall Law School for 11 years,
and Brooklyn Law School for four years. His students frequently selected him as their most outstanding professor.
He is a nationally recognized authority on the United States Constitution and a champion of personal freedom.
BRIG. GEN. BLAINE HOLT, U.S. AIR FORCE (RET.)
Brig. Gen. Blaine Holt, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), is a former senior military officer with extensive experience in international operations, logistics, strategic planning, and national security. During his Air Force career, he held leadership positions supporting complex defense missions and cooperation between the United States and its allies.
Following his military service, Holt became a commentator on defense policy, intelligence, diplomacy, and geopolitical developments. He serves as a military analyst on Newsmax and co-hosts the Dangerous Intellectuals podcast, where he discusses global affairs, American security, leadership, and the challenges facing the United States. Visit: https://www.youtube.com/@DangerousIntellectuals
ALAN DERSHOWITZ
Alan Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School, where he joined the faculty after graduating from Yale Law School and serving as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg. He has participated in numerous nationally prominent legal cases and frequently comments on constitutional law, civil liberties, and the American justice system.
Professor Dershowitz is the author of numerous books examining law, politics, criminal justice, and the Constitution. His work often focuses on the protection of individual rights, due process, free speech, and the proper limits of government power.
KEN CUCCINELLI
Ken Cuccinelli served as the 46th attorney general of Virginia from 2010 to 2014 after representing Virginia’s 37th District in the state Senate. During the Trump administration, he served as acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and later as acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Cuccinelli has remained active in national discussions involving immigration, homeland security, election policy, constitutional government, and public administration. He is an attorney with more than 25 years of legal experience and holds degrees from the University of Virginia and George Mason University.
GROVER NORQUIST
Grover Norquist is the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, a national taxpayer-advocacy organization established in 1985. The organization is widely known for its Taxpayer Protection Pledge, through which elected officials commit to opposing net tax increases.
Norquist also leads a longstanding weekly meeting in Washington that brings together elected officials, policy specialists, and conservative movement leaders. He has advised political and public-policy organizations, served on federal advisory commissions, and written several books addressing taxation, economic growth, government spending, and regulatory reform.
LOUIE GOHMERT
Louie Gohmert represented Texas’s 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2005 through 2023. During his congressional service, he served on the House Judiciary and Natural Resources committees and became known for his outspoken positions on constitutional, judicial, immigration, and national-security issues.
Before entering Congress, Gohmert served as a Texas district court judge and as chief justice of the state’s 12th Court of Appeals. He is now a senior fellow for political statesmanship with the David Horowitz Freedom Center and continues to participate in national political and legal discussions.
MIRANDA DEVINE
Miranda Devine is a columnist for the New York Post and a nationally recognized political commentator. Her reporting and commentary focus on national politics, presidential administrations, government accountability, media coverage, and the cultural debates influencing American public life.
Devine regularly appears on television, radio, podcasts, and other national media platforms to discuss her reporting and analysis. She is also an author whose work examines the intersection of politics, government, journalism, and public trust. Her direct writing style has made her a prominent voice among readers following American political news.
GORDON G. CHANG
Gordon G. Chang is an author and foreign-policy commentator whose work focuses on China, North Korea, Asia, national security, and America’s relationship with authoritarian governments. He is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and regularly contributes analysis to television, radio, print, and digital news organizations.
Chang has written several books examining China’s political ambitions, economic challenges, and relationship with the United States. His latest work, Plan Red: China’s Project to Destroy America, considers the strategic competition between the two countries and its implications for American security and foreign policy.
JEFFREY LORD
Jeffrey Lord is a political commentator, author, and former political adviser in the Reagan administration. His government service included work in the White House and other political roles that gave him a firsthand view of the conservative movement and the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Lord is an associate editor of The American Spectator, a frequent contributor to Newsmax, and host of the Word of the Lord podcast. His commentary frequently addresses presidential politics, conservative history, political communication, elections, and the continuing influence of Reagan-era ideas on the Republican Party.
DR. NAN HAYWORTH
Dr. Nan Hayworth is a former U.S. representative and board-certified ophthalmologist. She represented New York’s 19th Congressional District in the 112th Congress from 2011 to 2013, serving on the House Financial Services Committee and concentrating on healthcare, economic, and fiscal policy.
Before entering Congress, Hayworth practiced medicine in New York for approximately two decades and later worked in healthcare communications. She was the first woman physician elected to serve a full voting term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hayworth remains active in public-policy discussions and frequently appears on television and radio to address healthcare, government, and economic issues.
DR. PETER McCULLOUGH
Dr. Peter McCullough is an internist, cardiologist, and epidemiologist who serves as chief scientific officer of The Wellness Company and president of the McCullough Foundation. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and a master of public health from the University of Michigan.
McCullough previously held academic and hospital positions at Baylor University Medical Center and Texas A&M University. He became one of the country’s most widely recognized—and debated—medical commentators during the COVID-19 pandemic. He continues to write, speak, and testify about cardiovascular medicine, public health, medical research, and pandemic policy.
BRIGITTE GABRIEL
Brigitte Gabriel is an author, national-security commentator, and public speaker whose work focuses on terrorism, geopolitical conflict, and Western foreign policy. Raised in Lebanon during the country’s civil war, she experienced years of wartime conditions that shaped her interest in international security.
Gabriel later worked in broadcast journalism in the Middle East before immigrating to the United States. She is the founder and chairwoman of ACT for America and has briefed policymakers, military audiences, and civic organizations. She is also a bestselling author who regularly discusses national security, cultural identity, civic engagement, and developments in the Middle East.
DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH
Diana Furchtgott-Roth is an economist and director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation. Her research and commentary examine energy production, environmental regulation, transportation, labor markets, taxation, and the economic consequences of government policy.
Furchtgott-Roth has held senior economic-policy positions in the federal government and has written extensively about the relationship between regulation and economic growth. She regularly contributes analysis to newspapers, television, radio, and public-policy forums. Her work gives YNTA audiences an economic perspective on energy costs, employment, consumer prices, and federal decision-making.
Hilary Fordwich
Hilary Fordwich is president and CEO of Strelmark, LLC, a Washington-based business-development consulting firm she founded in 2002. She advises corporations, government contractors, and professional-service firms on business growth, client development, and competitive strategy. Earlier in her career, Fordwich spent more than a decade leading global business-
development and sales initiatives for KPMG, working in Amsterdam, New York, and Washington.British-born and a U.S. citizen since 1982, Fordwich is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. She appears regularly on national television and radio to discuss geopolitics, economics, energy, markets, and international affairs, bringing an international business perspective to the day’s leading stories.
Ryan Morgan
Ryan Morgan is a Pentagon and military reporter for The Epoch Times. His reporting focuses on the United States military, national defense, foreign policy, and developments affecting American security. His coverage includes Pentagon policy, military operations, China, the Middle East, immigration, and energy-related national-security issues.
A frequent guest on Your News Talk America, Morgan helps explain how decisions made in Washington affect service members, policymakers, and the public. His reporting provides context for rapidly developing international events and examines the strategic, political, and practical consequences of American defense and foreign-policy decisions.
Sam Romain
Sam Romain is chairman of Americans for Energy Dominance, a national organization advocating market-oriented policies to expand American energy production, strengthen the electrical grid, and improve energy reliability. He regularly discusses energy independence, grid resilience, domestic power generation, and the rapidly growing electricity demands of artificial intelligence and data centers.
Romain’s background includes precision agriculture, rural broadband advocacy, digital technology, and political campaign consulting. He founded the digital agency Romain Berg and has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business, and Fox Weather to discuss energy and technology policy. He also serves as chairman of the Polk County Republican Executive Committee.
Follow Sam Romain on X at @Sam_Romain.
Dr. Jeffery L. Degner
Dr. Jeffery L. Degner is an economist, author, and research fellow whose work examines inflation, monetary policy, family economics, healthcare pricing, government intervention, and economic freedom. He serves as a research fellow in economics and economic freedom at the American Institute for Economic Research and as senior fellow of economics and free enterprise at Cornerstone University.
Degner earned a doctorate in Economic Science from Université d’Angers and a master’s degree in Applied Economics from Western Michigan University. His doctoral research became the 2025 book Inflation and the Family, which examines how inflation and monetary policy affect household life, family formation, and long-term economic stability. He previously served as dean and associate professor at Cornerstone University.
Follow Dr. Degner on X: @DrJeffDegner