Jan Jekielek
Show Host @The Epoch Times
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WORK HISTORY
Show Host @The Epoch Times
At a time of considerable polarization in the United States, media often ignore stories that are worthy of attention. American Thought Leaders, hosted by Epoch Times Senior Editor Jan Jekielek, features in-depth discussions with some of America’s most influential thought leaders on pertinent issues facing America, Canada, and the world—through the lens of an outsider, a Canadian.
EDUCATION
The University of British Columbia
B.Sc. Honours, Wildlife Biology
University of Alberta
Master of Science - MS, Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
SKILLS
ABOUT JAN JEKIELEK
Jan Jekielek is senior editor with The Epoch Times, an award-winning filmmaker, and host of the show “American Thought Leaders”. Years ago Jan studied the evolutionary biology of lemurs in Madagascar, and his life took an unexpected turn. Exposed to the realities of human rights violations in China, he ended up working with an underground railroad bringing Chinese dissidents through the Golden Triangle to Bangkok and ultimately to Western countries. It was then that he realized that telling unknown heroes’ stories was transformative, both for him and audiences. Determined to tell true stories, Jan started working with The Epoch Times 20 years ago, at a time when popular narratives in the West hid the dark underbelly of communist China. He did some of the earliest reporting on the Chinese regime’s continuing practice of forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience. Over the last six years, he has interviewed over a thousand thought leaders on camera, including heads of state, multiple U.S. cabinet secretaries and agency heads, and congressional members. Jan specializes in long-form discussions that challenge assumptions. His work explores the thought of some of America\'s most influential people, through the eyes of a relative outsider, a Canadian. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” “The Unseen Crisis” and the \'optimistic\' Holocaust documentary “Finding Manny.”He\'s currently writing the book, “Killed to Order: China\'s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America\'s Biggest Adversary,” coming in February 2026. Preorder: https://ept.ms/killedtoorderOn a personal note: Over the years, I\'ve been a teacher, journalist, project manager, biologist, guide, a producer in all sorts of capacities and a general student of life. I\'m constantly amazed at both the beauty and the cruelty of this world, the depths of its deepest recesses as well its heights, and its seemingly limitless potential.
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