Host Noelle Boc sits with author David Brody and talks about his new book, The Essex Junta: Newburyport and the 3 World Wars. The book follows historian Cameron Thorne who uncovers Civil War era letters that reveal a centuries-long plot by leading New England shipping families to splinter the Union. With close ties to both Freemasonry and Yale's Skull and Bones Society, these so-called Essex Junta families made their money selling opium to China and used their power to foment discord between the North and South, sparking the Civil War. Astoundingly, that was not enough: Cam finds historical sources revealing that the families orchestrated World Wars I and II to solidify their power and bring about a New World Order. When Cam unearths evidence indicating they plan to trigger World War III as their final power play, he knows he has no choice but to expose them, even if doing so puts himself, and those he loves, in grave danger.