As a professional broadcaster, Ian Punnett experienced success equally in Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago as well as Nashville and Atlanta. On top of his weekday radio and TV work, Ian may be best known as the weekend host of the nationally syndicatedCoast to Coast AM, heard on more than 500 stations across the country.

In 2013, Ian left commercial media to pursue his PhD at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, part of Arizona State University. He is the author of several books, including How to Pray When You’re Pissed at God from Random House, which was featured on CBS Morning News, Esquire.com, and CNN.com, and two children’s books written to raise money for canine charities, Dizzythe Mutt with thePropeller Butt and Jackula the Vampire Dog.