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Global Affairs Thought-leader and Professor; Author and Global Economy Expert

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David Gray is an English singer-songwriter known for his breakthrough album "White Ladder."

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President of the Cognitive Neuroscientist Institute & Author of "Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience"

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Rob Huebel

Actor, Comedian & Writer; Known for his Role in "Children's Hospital" and "Transparent"

Michael York

Award-Winning Actor

Nancy Sherman

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John Searle

American philosopher, currently the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Noted for his contributions to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and social philosophy

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Designer of Silkscreen Typeface, Lifetime Achievement Award Blogger

Joel Klein

Lawyer, Author & Former Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education

Matthew Modine

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David Life

Yoga Master; Co-Founder, Jivamukti Yoga

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Slavoj Žižek

Philosopher & International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

David M. Kennedy

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian & Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University

David P. Gushee

Mercer University Professor of Christian Ethics; Former President of the American Academy of Religion, Author of "Introducing Christian Ethics"

Nicholas Lemann

Dean, Columbia Univ. School of Journalism

Tom Stewart

Editor, Harvard Business Review

David Bellos

Translator

Peter Peterson

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Alan Weisman

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John Harbison

Composer; Institute Prof. of Music, MIT

Jason Christopher Hartley

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Stephen Walt

Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University

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Robert Menendez

U.S. Senator, (D) New Jersey

William A. Galston

Wall Street Journal Columnist; Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow for Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution

Siri Hustvedt

Novelist

Andrew Spade

Fashion Designer; Co-Founder, Jack Spade / Kate Spade

Mahvish Khan

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