Nicholas Carr

Writer on the Intersection of Technology, Economics & Culture; Author "The Shallows" & "The Glass Cage"

Nicholas Lemann

Dean, Columbia Univ. School of Journalism

Mahvish Khan

Lawyer, journalist, focused on Guantanamo Bay

Marina Adshade

Author of "Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and Love"

An Phung

Multimedia Journalist

Peter Thiel

Former CEO and Co-founder of PayPal; Technology Entrepreneur, Investor and Philanthropist

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Joseph Stiglitz

American Economist, Professor at Columbia University & Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2001

Jeremy Rifkin

Leading Global Technologist, Futurist, Authority on World Economic & Environmental Trends

Virginia Postrel

Author & Columnist; Writes on The Intersection of Commerce & Culture

Jacques Pépin

Master French Chef; Food Columnist; Cookbook Author Educator

Gary Hamel

Internationally Renowned Expert on Business Strategy, Professor at London Business School & Author

Gloria Estefan

Grammy Award-Winning Latin Musician

Jeffrey Archer

Former UK Member of Parliament; Author

David Hauslaib

Editor, Jossip

Adam Bly

Ex-VP of Data at Spotify; Founder of Seed; Founder of an AI startup, Stealth

David Life

Yoga Master; Co-Founder, Jivamukti Yoga

Philip Weiss

Writer; Founder, Mondoweiss

Julia Bolz

Women's Rights Activist

Nancy Sherman

Philosopher and Author, “The Untold War”

Maria Popova

Editor of Brain Pickings; Author of "Figuring"

Slavoj Žižek

Philosopher & International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities

Baratunde Thurston

Futurist Comedian, Writer & Cultural Critic

Baratunde In Media

Jared Cohen

President, Jigsaw (previously Google Ideas) & Chief Advisor to Alphabet Executive Chairman (former Google CEO) Eric Schmidt

Henry Rollins (Spoken Word)

Artist

Nicholas Burns

Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy & International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School

Tim O'Brien

Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist for "The Things They Carried"

Professor Richard Dawkins

Evolutionary Biologist & Best-Selling Author

Richard Dawkins & Lawrence Krauss ...

Sebastian Copeland

Adventurer, Environmental Activist, Award-Winning Photographer, Author, Lecturer & Founder of the Sedna Foundation

Lawrence Summers

Professor & Former President of Harvard University; Former Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the National Economic Council, & Chief Economist of the World Bank