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Guest: Lisa Guerrero (investigative journalist, author of Warrior)
Host: Jason Ball
Link: 👉 lisaguerrero.com

Episode vibe: Courage, accountability, and what it really takes to speak truth to power.

Content note: This episode includes discussion of pregnancy loss and workplace trauma.

What we cover

• Why Lisa chose to leave Inside Edition after 18 years and what that says about a crisis in establishment media 🗞️
• How reclaiming her voice became the turning point that powered award-winning investigations 🔎
• The traumatic year on Monday Night Football and the moment she decided to do the job her way 🏈
• Accountability journalism: confronting scam artists, televangelists, and powerful institutions face-to-face 🎥
• Warrior: the story behind the name, her mother’s legacy, and how bravery can be trained 💪
• From sports to investigations: earning credibility in locker rooms and on national TV 🏟️
• Surviving the Palisades fire, rebuilding, and what real community recovery will require 🔥
• Mosaic art as therapy and metaphor. Making something beautiful from broken pieces 🎨
• What’s next: adapting Warrior for TV and why storytelling about journalism matters now more than ever 📺

Guest links

• 🌐 Website: lisaguerrero.com
• 📖 Book: Warrior (mentioned in-show)

Quotes

“You can’t write a book about bravery and then not live it.”
“Make something beautiful out of broken pieces.”

Next up

Teaser: Tom Sietsema (ex–Washington Post food critic) reveals his face and his plans for life after news. 🍽️

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