Dr. Michael Pantalon is a Yale psychologist who understands the sources of influence. He teaches us how to achieve Instant Influence in six simple steps from his book Instant Influence.

Anthony R. Howard is an expert on espionage techniques. With Osama bin Laden’s death in the forefront of the news, we’ll look at the ways espionage has changed in 2011 and how our surveillance techniques allowed us to find and kill bin Laden from his book The Invisible Enemy.

Tom Cutler gives us a complete compendium of manly information contained in The Gentleman’s Bedside Companion so each of us can be better under pressure.

Justin Menkes explains how great leaders bring out the best in themselves and others from his book Better Under Pressure.

Bob Drury looks at ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances as a country and city fall apart around them when the final American troops pull out of Vietnam in 1975. We discuss the true story of our final hours in Vietnam from his book Last Men Out.

Robert Rowland Smith gives deeper meaning to life’s milestones. He is a former Oxford Fellow who applies the teachings of history’s great thinkers to our ordinary lives. We examine life’s meaning from his book Driving With Plato.