Trent Horn, Nick Freitas & Vince Everett Ellison | LIVE at October High School Conference 2026

After his conversion to the Catholic faith, Trent Horn earned master’s degrees in the fields of theology, philosophy, and bioethics. He serves as a staff apologist for Catholic Answers, where he specializes in teaching Catholics to graciously and persuasively engage those who disagree with them. Trent models that approach each week on the radio program Catholic Answers Live and on his own podcast, The Counsel of Trent. He has also been invited to debate at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, and Stanford University. Trent is an adjunct professor of apologetics at Holy Apostles College, has written for The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, and is the author of nine books, including Answering Atheism, The Case for Catholicism, and Why We’re Catholic: Our Reasons for Faith, Hope, and Love.
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Nick Freitas joined the military after high school, eventually serving two combat tours in Iraq as a member of the Army Special Forces (Green Berets). He is a former member of the Virginia General Assembly who served in the House of Delegates, where he was known for his oratory and floor debates, with several speeches going viral on social media. Nick is regularly featured on Fox News and OAN, as well as prominent podcasts and shows such as Shawn Ryan Show, Iced Coffee Hour, TimCast, and many others. Nick lives in Virginia with his wife and co-host Tina, and they are the proud parents of their children, Lilly, Luke, and Ally.
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Vince Everett Ellison is a Christian conservative, bestselling author, documentarian, lecturer, and podcaster. DEI, Critical Race Theory, LGBTQIA, Christian Ethics in Politics, Pro-Life, Victimization, and the Left’s sinister plans to use race to divide and destroy America are topics of expertise. Vince now hosts a daily podcast, “The Vince Everett Ellison Show,” on YouTube, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers and millions of monthly views. Vince has also produced, directed, and written two documentaries, “Will You Go To Hell For Me” and “Slavery Is a Choice,” scheduled for release in August 2026. Vince has appeared in the TPUSA Docuseries “Race War”, “The MLK Project,” and “Motives UnMasked” Vince has appeared many times on Hannity, Laura Ingram, Tucker, Ben Shapiro, Patrick Bet-David, Ben Shapiro, Newsmax, The Larry Elder Show, Jason Whitlock, The Brandon Tatum Show, The Charlie Kirk Show, etc. Vince is a member of Project 21 and has lectured at colleges and universities all over America.
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