The panelists talked about the creation of "infamy". They spoke on the public perception of those that are categorized as infamous and the options of those that are branded as such for clearing their name.

Kenneth Ackerman wrote Young J. Edgar: Hoover, The Red Scare, and the Assault on Civil Liberties by De Capo Press. Nancy Isenberg wrote Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr by Viking. Michael Neufeld wrote Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War by Knopf.