James Poulos

James Poulos creates and advises brands and enterprises around technology, media, and design. He is the founder of RETURN, acquired by Blaze Media, where he is editor-at-large, editorial director of Frontier, and host of Zero Hour.

James is the author of three books: I Know This Sounds Crazy, Human Forever, and The Art of Being Free. With his wife Chandler he is cofounder of the production house Gun Girl Creative. A Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, he holds a Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University.

Previously, James was the cofounder and editor of The American Mind at the Claremont Institute and the founding contributing editor of American Affairs. His prolific and influential work on the dynamics of democracy in the digital age has been widely published for over a decade, from Foreign Affairs and National Affairs to The New York Times and The Washington Post, among many others.

He lives in the desert.