LARRY FLYNT

Proving that the American Dream can come true with enough drive and determination, Larry Flynt rose from the impoverished Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky to establish the most powerful brand in adult entertainment and one of the most popular consumer brands in the world.

ALEX BENNETT

Alex Bennett is a longtime HUSTLER contributor. The two-time Emmy winner, who broke into broadcasting as a teenager, currently calls Sirius Left 146 his radio home.

NAT HENTOFF

Nat Hentoff is a historian of the Constitution, a jazz critic and a columnist for the Village Voice and Free Inquiry. His incisive books include The First Freedom: The Tumultuous History of Free Speech in America, Living the Bill of Rights, and the forthcoming Is This America?

ROBERT SCHEER

Before serving 30 years as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Robert Scheer spent the late 1960s as Vietnam correspondent, managing editor and editor in chief of Ramparts magazine. Now editor of TruthDig.com, Scheer has written such hard-hitting books as The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America and his latest, The Great American Stick-Up: Greedy Bankers and the Politicians Who Love Them.