Michael Brooks is a Contributor and Producer for the three time awarding political Podcast and Youtube program the Majority Report. His writing has appeared in Al Jazeera, the Washington Post, Good and the Huffington Post and he has appeared as an analyst on Al Jazeera, Arise TV and France 24. Before that he worked co-founded an arts and performance platform in Western Massachusetts where he performed stand up and sketch comedy and he co-authored the Buddha’s Playbook, a synthesis of Mindfulness Meditation and Behavioral Economics. He holds a BA in Politics from Bates College.