Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast, we're talking with Joe Atman about happiness in support of the big virtual summit that we have coming up. While we learn about what happiness is (a state of being), we want to invite everyone to join us on July 17th and 18th for the What is Truth Summit.

Visit summit.soopmedia.net to learn more about our summit and what we are talking about.

Now, back to happiness, Joe and I talk about the scope of the series, what happiness is, and why it is or isn't worth pursuing.

We've had a couple of guests on recently to talk about how we can fix government and democracy, but no one has worked on this so much as Edmund Maklouf. His audio is a bit quiet due to his setup, but listen carefully, and we'll question things like voting, how we decide who the leaders are, and what the group should do, and how we scale that to entire societies using ancient principles. His new book, The Majority Myth: How Voting Really Works, Why It Is Failing, and How We Can Fix It questions the math of the majority and why majority rule may not be the way forward.

Today on The Cameron Journal Podcast, we are joined by Stanislas Yassukovich, who is the author of many books, and we'll be talking about his latest book, Summertime and Other Stories. He is someone who has come straight out of the British writing establishment with all the right books published by all the right people. His life is fascinating: his family moved around Europe and America, which led him to drop out of Harvard twice and eventually into banking, where he worked in the City of London, helping create modern international capital flows and becoming the godfather of the modern, globalized economy. The great writing was just a side gig. We're going to talk about his life and so much more in this fascinating chat where I say very little. Listen along with me.

Stacy Carlson joins The Cameron Journal Podcast to talk about all things regarding her new book, The Gyre, set on Svalbard and worked on during her Arctic Circle residency where she toured the far reaches of our planet by long ship, Stacy writes about an Orthodox priest that wants to the northern most holy man in the world and his journey of cold, survival, and a little bit of faith. We are both book and writing nerds so this is an extra fun episode about writing, creativity and more!

We welcome Richard Spegal back to the podcast to talk about his latest book, Eternal Nights: Arrival. His fantasy books take the idea of vampires in a new and frightening direction. We've heard about his writing before but he's here to let us know about this latest installment and why its a great time to get into this new series now in its 3rd book.

What's everyone getting wrong about AI? AI isn't ready to just slot into your existing systems. To use AI well and exploit its full capabilities, you have to completely rethink your operating systems for your business, and Antonio is here to help us all do just that. We have a nice chat about how AI can build a business and improve a workflow, but only if you have the right kind of system. If you're looking at trying to incorporate AI into your business or your team and just don't get it, this conversation will bring you clarity around the "how" of AI and what needs to change fundamentally to make it happen.

Raul Diaz is one of the most visible media stars around the drug was of the 1970s and 1980s. In his new book, Killing the Lieutenant, Raul Diaz delights us with stories from the Cuban diaspora in Miami and the rise of the drug war and how it changed Miami, South Florida, and beyond. Written alongside Sean Oliver (who was unable to join us), Lt. Diaz walks is through how he joined the police force, tracked Griselda Marcos and how dangerous the War on Drugs was in those early days. This is a proper rambling open conversation so strap in for some fun stories about someone who was on the front line of America's War on Drugs. As a bonus, I asked him how we could win the war on drugs and his answer was simple but you'll have to listen to the end to find out!

Susan Gooch is a retired teacher who decided to finally write that book, and now she has a series of 3 book, all small town romances centered on the powerful Carrinton family. Susan an I have a delightful conversation as she is from Tennsessee but lives in Arkansas with her husband. We talk writing shop, self-publishing and get into the salacious details of her book series. You can learn more about her and buy her books at susangooch.com