FreedomFest 2019: Full Schedule

Welcome to "The Wild West" FreedomFest 2019 July 17 - 20 2019 Paris Resort Las Vegas. You are part of "the greatest libertarian show on earth." Enjoy three and half days full of learning, sharing, networking and growing the liberty movement, together!

7:00pm PDT

Meet the Authors

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Speakers

Lenore Skenazy

President, Let Grow and Free-Range Kids

After her column "Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone" created a media frenzy, Skenazy founded “Free-Range Kids” to say we are overestimating danger and underestimating kids. Now she's head of the non-profit Let Grow, co-founded with Jonathan Haidt, to promote childhood... Read More →

Marc Eliot

Hollywood Biographer

Marc Eliot has written widely on the media and popular culture for a variety of publications. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including Down 42nd Street, Death of a Rebel, and Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince. He has written... Read More →

Herman Cain

Business Executive, Former Presidential Candidate

Herman Cain is an American success story – in business, in broadcasting, in public life . . . and most importantly for him, as a man of faith and of family. As of 2018 he and his wife Gloria have been married for 50 years, and each day celebrate their two children and four grandchildren.His... Read More →

Stephen Moore

Senior Economist, FreedomWorks

Stephen Moore is FreedomWorks' chairman of our Task Force on Economic Revival. He communicates FreedomWorks’ vision for a pro-growth economic agenda to grassroots activists and media nationwide, as well as conducting original economic analysis. Stephen previously served as president... Read More →

Wayne Allyn Root

National Radio and TV Host, WAR Now: The Wayne Allyn Root Show

Wayne Allyn Root (aka WAR) is the perfect showman for FreedomFest each summer in Vegas! Wayne is "Mr. Las Vegas." He has the #1 radio talk show in Vegas. He is the national political columnist for the Las Vegas Review Journal. His national TV show is broadcast from Vegas. He is the... Read More →

Wednesday July 17, 2019 7:00pm - 8:00pm PDT
Exhibit Hall

Meet the Authors Booksigning

10:30am PDT

Meet the Authors

Feedback Survey

Speakers

Michael Ramirez

Two Time Pulitzer Prize Winning Editorial Cartoonist, Las Vegas Review-Journal

Michael Ramirez is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner (1994 and 2008), winner of the prestigious Reuben Award, and a three-time Sigma Delta Chi, Society of Professional Journalism Award winner and the editorial cartoonist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.Ramirez is a Lincoln Fellow... Read More →

Doug Casey

Chairman, Casey Research

Author of the bestsellers Strategic Investing, Crisis Investing, Crisis Investing for the Rest of the 90s, and the High Ground series of libertarian Charles Knight novels with John Hunt, Doug Casey has lived in seven countries and visited over one hundred more. He has appeared... Read More →

John Stossel

Stossel in the Classroom

Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime newsmagazine show 20/20 and then fought to air prime time specials. Are We Scaring Ourselves To Death... Read More →

Peter Schiff

CEO, Euro Pacific Capital

Peter Schiff is chairman of SchiffGold; CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc.; and host of The Peter Schiff Show. Peter is an economic forecaster and investment advisor influenced by the free-market Austrian School of economics. He is one of the few forecasters... Read More →

George Gilder

Co-Founder, Discovery Institute

George Gilder is an American investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate, Republican Party activist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 international bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for supply-side economics and capitalism... Read More →

Thursday July 18, 2019 10:30am - 11:00am PDT
Exhibit Hall

Meet the Authors Booksigning

4:00pm PDT

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Speakers

Randy Barnett

Professor of Law, Washington, District of Columbia

Professor Randy Barnett teaches constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he directs the Georgetown Center for the Constitution. A former criminal prosecutor in Chicago, he argued the medical marijuana case of Gonzalez v. Raich in the Supreme Court before... Read More →

Robert Lawson

Fullinwider Chair in Economic Freedom, Southern Methodist University

Robert Lawson holds the Jerome M. Fullinwider Centennial Chair in Economic Freedom and is director of the O'Neil Center for Global Markets and Freedom at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Cox School of Business. Dr. Lawson is a co-author of the widely-cited Economic Freedom... Read More →

Tal Tsfany

President & CEO, Ayn Rand Institute

Tal Tsfany is an entrepreneur, investor, public speaker, and a business executive with extensive experience in the technology world. He is currently the President & CEO of the Ayn Rand Institute.He recently served the VP Customer Success at Mulesoft (Nasdaq: MULE, sold to Salesf... Read More →

Lenore Skenazy

President, Let Grow and Free-Range Kids

Hyrum Lewis

Professor of History, BYU-Idaho

Hyrum Lewis is a professor of history at BYU-Idaho and has held visiting positions at Stanford University and Skidmore College. He received a PhD in American intellectual history from the University of Southern California. Professor Lewis has published in popular magazines and newspapers... Read More →

Thursday July 18, 2019 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Exhibit Hall

Meet the Authors Booksigning

10:30am PDT

Meet the Authors

Feedback Survey

Speakers

Bernt Ullmann

CEO & Co-founder, Celebrity Lifestyle Brands

Often referred to as “The Man Behind the Brands," Bernt Ullmann has been the trusted business acceleration expert by top fashion moguls and CEOs such as Daymond John, Eddie Lampert, and Tommy Hilfiger. Mr. Ullmann is arguably the world’s leading expert in celebrity brand development... Read More →

Jeffrey Hayzlett

Television Host, C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett and Executive Perspectives

Jeffrey Hayzlett is a primetime television host of C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett and Executive Perspectives on C-Suite TV, and business podcast host of All Business with Jeffrey Hayzlett on C-Suite Radio. He is a global business celebrity, speaker, best-selling author, and Chair... Read More →

Alan Pell Crawford

Author

Alan Pell Crawford is the author, most recently, of How Not to Get Rich: The Financial Misadventures of Mark Twain. A contributor to the Wall Street Journal for more than 20 years, he is also the author of Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson, published by Random... Read More →

Michael Shermer

Writer, Skeptic Magazine/Scientific American

Dr. Michael Shermer is the founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, a regular contributor to Time.com, and a presidential fellow at Chapman University. His latest book is Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality... Read More →

Matt Kibbe

President/Chief Community Organizer, Free the People

Matt Kibbe is the President and Chief Community Organizer at Free the People, an educational organization turning the next generation on to the values of liberty. We reach the “liberty curious” through social media, video, and storytelling. Kibbe functions as the team’s Yoda... Read More →

Jeff Barnes

CEO, Angel Investors Network, On Business Entrepreneurship and the Power of the Pitch

Jeff Barnes is a former US Navy Submariner, Former Fortune 100 Director, and now CEO of Angel Investors Network helping investors diversify and expand their portfolios with early stage venture investments. His company helps investors get in on the ground floor of growing companie... Read More →

Friday July 19, 2019 10:30am - 11:00am PDT
Exhibit Hall

Meet the Authors Booksigning

4:00pm PDT

Meet the Authors

Feedback Survey

Speakers

John Tamny

Director, Center for Economic Freedom, FreedomWorks

John Tamny is Vice President at FreedomWorks, and Director of its Center for Economic Freedom (CEF). The latter aims to change the economic policy discussion through making economic understanding a function of knowing what's happening in the world around us. Tamny is also editor... Read More →

Stephen R. C. Hicks

Professor of Philosophy, Rockford University

Stephen R. C. Hicks, Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, is the Senior Scholar for The Atlas Society, Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, as well as the Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship also at Rockford University. In 2010, he won his... Read More →

Clark Neily

Vice President for Criminal Justice, Cato Institute

Clark Neily is vice president for criminal justice at the Cato Institute. Before that he was a constitutional litigator at the Institute for Justice, and he served as co-counsel in District of Columbia v. Heller. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of... Read More →

Robert Lawson

Fullinwider Chair in Economic Freedom, Southern Methodist University

John Prevas

Author, Mediator, Classics Professor, University of South Florida

John Prevas is an author, educator and mediator. He was scholar in residence and assistant professor of classics at Eckerd College from 2001 until 2011, and since 2015 has been visiting professor of classics at the University of South Florida, Sarasota. His most recent book is Hannibal's... Read More →

Friday July 19, 2019 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Exhibit Hall

Meet the Authors Booksigning

10:30am PDT

Meet the Authors

Feedback Survey

Speakers

Glenn Beck

Founder, The Blaze

Glenn Beck is a leading American media personality, political commentator, author, and co-founder of Blaze Media, a multiplatform news and entertainment network available on television, radio, and the internet.

Paul Dykewicz

Editorial Eirector, Eagle Financial Publications

Paul Dykewicz, www.pauldykewicz.com, is an accomplished, award-winning journalist who has written for Dow Jones, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, USA Today, the Journal of Commerce, Seeking Alpha, GuruFocus and other publications and websites. Paul is... Read More →

Evan Sayet

Comedian

Dr. John Lott

President, Crime Prevention Research Center

Dr. John R. Lott, Jr. is an economist and a world-recognized expert on guns and crime. Lott has held research or teaching positions at various academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford... Read More →

Christopher Preble

Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute

Christopher Preble is the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is the author of four books, including Peace, War and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy. Preble holds a PhD in history from Temple University, and was a commissioned... Read More →

Daryl Kane

Politician, Author, Media Personality, Revenge of the Patriot

Daryl Kane is an American politician best known for his book “Cultural Cancer: Treating the Disease of Political Correctness,” his podcast “Right Wing Road Trip,” and his frequent media appearances and rallies. His mission is to transform a generation of disenchanted young... Read More →

Senator Mike Lee

Senator, US Congress

Mike Lee has spent his career defending the basic liberties of Americans and Utahns as a tireless advocate for the founding constitutional principles. Senator Lee served as law clerk to future Supreme Court Justice Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third... Read More →

Saturday July 20, 2019 10:30am - 11:00am PDT
Exhibit Hall

Meet the Authors Booksigning