Don E. Carleton

Executive Director of the Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin

John Rapley

Journalist, Political Economist at the University of Cambridge & Founder of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute

Tyler Anbinder

American Historian, Award-Winning Author & Professor of History at George Washington University

Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850s

Vijay Prashad

Historian, Journalist & Author; Director of Tricontinental Institute & Chief Editor of LeftWord Books

Dan Fagin

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist, Known for "Toms River"

Simon Garfield

Notable Journalist & Non-fiction Author

Ron Powers

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Author

Rinker Buck

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Virginia Berridge

Academic Historian; Professor of History & Director of the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Amanda Vickery

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

Lesley M. M. Blume

Author, Journalist, Writer, Editor, Known for "Everybody Behaves Badly"

Thomas King

Award-Winning First Nations Writer

Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Former Prisoner of Guantanamo Bay

Joseph Kanon

New York Times Best Selling Author of Istanbul Passage and The Good German

Robert M. Poole

Author and Contributor of Smithsonian and National Geographic

Roger Lowenstein

Financial Journalist and Bestselling Author of "The End of Wall Street"

Richard Brookhiser

Journalist, Biographer, Historian & Senior Editor at National Review

Diane Brady

Assistant Managing Editor at Forbes

Greil Marcus

Music Journalist, Author & Cultural Critic.

James Traub

Global Affairs & Politics Writer

Steve Coll

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

Annette Gordon-Reed

Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School & Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Bing West

Correspondent & Military Author

Bill O'Reilly

Host of "The O'Reilly Factor," Best-Selling Author & Syndicated News Columnist

Juan Williams

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Mark Kurlansky

Author & Historian; Known for "Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World"

Adam Schefter

NFL Reporter on ESPN, Football Analyst and Sports Industry Expert

Calvin Trillin

Author, Columnist, Humorist & Political Satirist

Sonia Nazario

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

James McBride

New York Times Best-Selling Author & Musician