The Faces Behind the Voices
Brian Wilson
Cofounder and Podcast Host
Major, United States Marine Corps Reserve. Served in Bosnia, East Africa and Iraq as a Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence Officer. Former Defense Contractor supporting Naval Special Warfare. B.S. Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy. M.A. Liberal Arts, St. John's College Annapolis, Graduate Institute.
Jeff J.S. Black
Cofounder and Podcast Host
B.A., Trinity College, University of Toronto; Ph.D., Boston College; Associate Dean for the Graduate Program, Annapolis, 2011-2015; Resident Fellow in Civil-Military Relations, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, United States Naval Academy, 2015-2016; Distinguished Visiting Professor of Political Science, United States Air Force Academy, 2018-2019; Professor / Tutor, St. John's College, 1999 - present.
Shilo Brooks
Podcast Host
Shilo Brooks is Faculty Director and Teaching Associate Professor in the Engineering Leadership Program at the University of Colorado, and Associate Faculty Director of the Benson Center for the Study of Western Civilization. Brooks teaches and writes about political theory, liberal education, and leadership.
Lise van Boxel
Cofounder and Podcast Host
B.A., English Literature Specialist Degree and Political Science Major, Trinity College, The University of Toronto; M.A., Political Philosophy, Boston College; Ph.D., Political Philosophy, The University of Toronto; Professor / Tutor, St. John's College, 2001 - 2020.
Sanya Sarich Kerksiek
Cofounder and Executive Producer
B.A., Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law; M.A., Liberal Arts, St. John’s College, Annapolis and Santa Fe. Former civilian interpreter for U.S. Army counterintelligence forces in Bosnia. Federal law clerk and complex corporate litigator.
Sanya is the Executive Producer, Audio Engineer, Website Support and Consiglieri for the Combat & Classics program.