Patrick Winn is an award-winning investigative journalist. He specialises in rebellion and black markets in Southeast Asia.

Winn is the author of two narrative non-fiction books:

Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Survived the CIA (PublicAffairs / Icon Books)

Hello, Shadowlands: Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia (Icon Books)

Winn is a long-time contributor to The World, a radio program broadcast on more than 300 NPR stations across America. His writing and short documentaries have appeared in/on The New York Times, Rolling Stone, the BBC, The Atlantic and many other outlets. He has received the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (also known as the ‘poor man’s Pulitzer’) and a National Press Club award. He’s also a three-time winner of Amnesty International’s Human Rights Press Awards, among other prizes. Winn is a member of 2050 Productions, a small Bangkok-based team telling Southeast Asian stories through documentary video, audio and reportage.

Winn has appeared on screen as an expert source on two documentaries.

Narco Wars (National Geographic, broadcast on Hulu), Season Three, Episode Two: “Prince of Death”

The Business of Drugs (Netflix), the “Meth” episode.

Winn was an associate producer on Hope Frozen, a Netflix original documentary, and a field producer for the debut Myanmar episode of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Both won Emmys.

Winn was raised in Eden, a dwindling North Carolina factory town that once manufactured carpets and beer. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2003 with a degree in journalism. His early reportage explored economic decay in the American South and crime within the US military.

Since 2008, Winn has lived in Bangkok and reported on Southeast Asia. He reads and speaks Thai — and occasionally sings it, badly, in upcountry karaoke joints.

Arnold Kling is an American economist, author, and one of the internet's earliest and most influential economics bloggers. After earning a PhD in economics from MIT, he spent years working as an economist at the Federal Reserve and as a senior economist at Freddie Mac from 1986 to 1994. He then pivoted to the tech world, founding and later selling the company Homefair.com for $85 million.

Since 2000, Kling has been a prolific writer and blogger, co-founding EconLog with Bryan Caplan and David R. Henderson and later launching his own site, askblog. He's an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute and affiliated with the Mercatus Centre at George Mason University. He's also the author of several books exploring economics and political thought, including Specialisation and Trade, Unchecked and Unbalanced, and his best-known work, The Three Languages of Politics, which offers a framework for understanding how liberals, conservatives, and libertarians talk past each other.

Rev. Dr. Robin Hoover is a prominent social ethicist dedicated to the well-being of migrating people along the southwest border of the United States for 40 years. A native of West Texas, he has earned degrees in journalism, religion, social ethics, and political science.

As the author of 'Creating Humane Borders: A MigrationEthic' and several articles and book chapters, Hoover has shared his insights on migration across every major media market globally, testified before congressional committees, and presented at numerous leading universities.

He has founded and led various nonprofit organisations that have provided millions of dollars in aid to migrants, emphasising the critical importance of migrant safety resources.

Since 1980, his work as a pastor in progressive mainline congregations has centred on organising congregations, denominations, and volunteers to deliver essential services to individuals crossing the. U.S.-Mexico border. His focus on immigration reform includes ensuring migrant safety, humanitarian aid, and legal resources that can significantly improve the lives of migrants.

Currently, his efforts are directed towards offering vital information to migrants, particularly those from Central America, to help them navigate Mexico safely and survive the journey across the border.

His dedication to this cause has been documented in the Special Collections Library at the University of Arizona, and he has received numerous accolades, including the 2006 Mexico’s National Human Rights Award from then-President Felipe Calderon.

Hoover’s extensive travels in Mexico and Central America have led him to collaborate with elected officials and public administrators from over a dozen countries, affirming that migrants matter and deserve the support they need.

https://robinhoover.com/