Michele Rigby Assad

Former C.I.A. Agent, Counterterrorism Specialist & Author of "Breaking Cover"

Jesse Norman

British Politician & Author of "Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why It Matters"

Katherine Stewart

Investigative Reporter & Author of "The Power Worshippers"

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

Joshua Douglas

American Legal Scholar, University of Kentucky College of Law Professor & Author of "Vote for US"

Jean Becker

Former Chief of Staff for President George H.W. Bush; New York Times Best-selling Author

Jean Becker - George H.W. Bush former Chief of Staff

Roy Neel

Former Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore & Deputy Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton; Author and Podcast Host

William Howell

Professor in American Politics, Author & Podcaster

Jake Bernstein

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist & Author of "Secrecy World"

Chris McGreal

Reporter for The Guardian and Award-winning Author

Louise I. Shelley

Professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government

Yaniv Barzilai

Counterterrorism Policy Advisor for North Africa, U.S. Department of State

Adam Winkler

Professor of Constitutional Law at UCLA School of Law

Stacey Abrams

Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist & New York Times Bestselling Author

Anu Partanen

Finnish-American Journalist & Author of The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life

Ed Balls

Global Economist, Former Chair of the International Monetary Fund & Former Chief Economic Advisor to UK Treasury

Edward Klein

Former Editor of Newsweek & The New York Times Magazine; Author of "Unlikeable: The Problem With Hillary."

Kirstin Downey

Award-winning Journalist and Author of "The Woman Behind the New Deal"

David R. Dow

David R. Dow has defended over 100 death row inmates in 20 years. He is the Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center and the Rorschach Visiting Professor of History at Rice University.

Ben Coes

Ben Coes is a best-selling American author of international political thriller and espionage novels. He lives with his wife and four children in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Jeffrey Rosen

President & CEO of the National Constitution Center & Contributing Editor of The Atlantic

Jodi Kantor

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist & Author

Steve Coll

Former President & CEO of New America Foundation; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Ghost Wars"

Stephen Jay Greenblatt

Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Bob Woodward

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist; 22-Time Best-Selling Author & Associate Editor at The Washington Post

Steven Levy

Technology Journalist & Author

Kinky Friedman

Political Satirist & Musician

Asra Nomani

Communications Strategist, Investigative Journalist, Cross-Cultural Communications Trainer & Researcher

Julianne Malveaux

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

David E. Hoffman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Contributing Editor at the Washington Post

Linda Fairstein

Criminal Lawyer & Best-Selling Crime Novelist