Daniel Altman

Sports Analytics & Strategy Expert

John Zogby

Trendspotter & Leading Pollster

Calvin Trillin

Author, Columnist, Humorist & Political Satirist

Bob Schieffer

Former Moderator of “Face The Nation” & Chief Washington Correspondent for CBS News

Parag Khanna

Managing Partner at FutureMap; Strategic Advisor to Governments & Global Companies; Bestselling Author; TED Speaker

Dan Ariely

Behavioral Economist; Professor at Duke University; Author; Founding Member of The Center for Advanced Hindsight

Urvashi Vaid

LGBT leader, attorney, community organizer for over three decades. Depicts an awarding-winning analysis of the gay rights movement.

Tim Riley

From Censorship In The Arts to Do The Beatles Still Matter? — web producer, campus speaker, music critic, and pianist Tim Riley brings an incisive critical perspective to the underlying class, race, and sexual orientation themes of the free speech debate,

Jon Leiberman

Reporter; Television Producer; Host of Sirius XM's "A Hard Look with Jon Leiberman;" Vice President & Executive Producer, SAP

Charles Kimball

Middle East expert and analyst on world religions, Islam, Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations, and the intersection of religion and politics in America.

Raymond Bonner

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and foreign correspondent.

Ari Berman

Political Correspondent & Author

Robert Kirshner

Astrophysicist, Harvard University

Matt Bai

Nationally Known Journalist, Author & Screenwriter; Political Thought Leader

Alexandra Cousteau

Environmental Activist, Storyteller & Ocean Advocate

Robert Bryce

Energy Expert, Veteran Journalist & Acclaimed Author

Scott Turow

Attorney & 11-Time Bestselling Author

Peter Salgo

Healthcare Futurist, Emmy Award-Winning Health & Science Correspondent & Author of "The Heart of the Matter"

Michael Rogers

MSNBC's 'The Practical Futurist' & Technology Expert

Jeremy Rifkin

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

Neil Livingstone

Crisis Management and Security Expert

Van Jones

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

Emily Hunter

A force behind youth environmental activism, journalist/activist/filmmaker Emily Hunter calls for advocacy and action in her campaign “Activism 2.0″.

Claudia Dreifus and Andrew Hacker

Authors of the highly acclaimed ‘Higher Education?” — Renowned sociologist, Andrew Hacker and New York Times writer, Claudia Dreifus — confront American Higher Education and the lost sight of its primary mission: the education of today’s youth.

Gail Dines

Scholar, activist, and social critic who takes an unflinching look at hypersexualization and pornography.

Gary Wolf

Co-Founder, Quantified Self; Contributing Editor, WIRED

Norman Doidge

Psychiatrist & Author of "The Brain's Way of Healing"

B. Gentry Lee

Chief Engineer for Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Stephanie Coontz

Director of Research & Public Education for the Council on Contemporary Families; Marriage & Family Historian

Stephanie Coontz - 2020 Evergreen State College Commencement Address

James Traub

Global Affairs & Politics Writer