Dr. Heather Ann Thompson

Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize Winning Author of "Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy," Historian at the University of Michigan

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Dan Flores

Historian Specializing in Cultural & Environmental Studies of the American West; Author of Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History

Timothy Snyder

Author, American Historian & Professor of History at Yale University

Arthur Herman

Renowned Historian, NY Times Bestselling Author & Pulitzer Prize Finalist

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Daniel James Brown

New York Times Bestselling Author of "The Boys in the Boat"

Kim Stanley Robinson

Bestselling & Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer

Richard Brookhiser

Journalist, Biographer, Historian & Senior Editor at National Review

S.C. Gwynne

Best-Selling Author, Award-Winning Journalist & Historian

Anna Holmes

Founder and Editor of Online Women's Magazine, Jezebel. Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.)

Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Lynn Vavreck

Professor of American Politics and Public Policy at UCLA & Political Columnist for the New York Times

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Gil Troy

American Historian

Michael Auslin

Award-winning Author, Historian & Geopolitical Analyst

Adrienne Brodeur

Award-Winning Editor & Author; Executive Director of Aspen Words; Best Known for her Memoir "Wild Game"

Wild Game: My Mother, Her Secret, and Me

David French

Senior Writer for National Review & TIME Magazine Columnist; Bestselling Author of "Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore"

Damon Young

Co-Founder of Very Smart Brothas & Author of "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker"

Michael W. Twitty

Culinary Historian & Author of "Rice: a Savor the South cookbook" (Savor the South Cookbooks)

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Mark Olshaker

Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker, Novelist & Best-Selling Non-Fiction Author; Best Known for "Mindhunter"

Clay Jenkinson

Scholar, Author, & Educator; Director of The Dakota Institute

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Historian, Writer, Feminist, Human Rights Activist

Amanda Vickery

English Historian, Writer, Radio & Television Presenter; Professor of Early Modern History at Queen Mary University of London

Henry Petroski

Engineer & Prolific Author

Sven Beckert

Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University; Author of "Empire of Cotton"

Elijah Wald

Musician, Cultural Historian, Teacher, and Author of "Dylan Goes Electric!"

Thomas Woods

Leading Libertarian Thought Leader, American Historian, Political Analyst & New York Times Bestselling Author

Nick Jans

Nature Writer & Photographer; Bestselling Author of "A Wolf Called Romeo"

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Chef & Food Columnist; James Beard Award-Winning & New York Times Bestselling Author