Rachel Goslins

Director of the Arts & Industries Building at the Smithsonian Institution

Thomas Mallon

Author of "Watergate"

John Waters

Cult Filmmaker, Actor, Writer & Visual Artist

Edward L Ayers

Author of "The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America," Co-host of BackStory Podcast

Alice McDermott

Celebrated Author, Pulitzer Prize Finalist & Former Professor For Distinguished Teaching In The Humanities at John Hopkins University

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Former Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress & Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing

Gary Moulton

Lewis & Clark Expert Historian.

Bob Boilen

Bob Boilen hosts All Songs Considered on NPR.

Kwame Alexander

Poet, Educator, Publisher, Emmy Award Winning Producer & New York Times Bestselling Author Known for "The Crossover"

Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

Judith Arcana

Writer, Poet & Reproductive Rights Advocate

Dr. Gene Cohen

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Alma J. Powell

Children's Advocate, Successful Author and Speaker

Brian Lamb

Journalist and Founder, Executive Chairman and Retired CEO of C-Span

Diane Rehm

Radio Talk-Show Host

Ann Conant

Executive Assistant to the Director at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Jack Trammell

Jack Trammell is Associate Professor of Sociology and disability expert, as well as historian and writer. He specializes in exceptionality, Otherness, folklore, disability policy, and social history.

F. Michael Higginbotham

Renowned Law Professor, Author and International Political Consultant; Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Constitutional Legal Expert

Melissa Charles

Producing Artistic Director of DMR Adventures & Founder of Belmont Arts Collaborative

Michael Fath

World Class Guitarist, Composer, Producer, Author & Martial Arts Expert

Susan Magsamen

Executive Director, International Arts + Mind Lab, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Co-Director, NeuroArts Blueprint Project

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