Three-time Emmy nominated writer, director, producer, and standup comedian Neal Brennan has become a force in the comedy world. An across-the-board talent, Neal has found success in almost every creative[…]
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Nick Groom is Professor of Literature in English at the University of Macau and the author of The Vampire: A New History and Tolkien in the 21st Century among other books.
Rina Raphael is a journalist and the author of The Gospel of Wellness: Gyms, Gurus, Goop, and the False Promise of Self-Care. She writes for the New York Times, Los[…]
Dr. Magda Romanska is a professor of performing arts and media at Emerson College in Boston, MA, and Principal Researcher at metaLAB at Harvard where she researches the relationship between[…]
Prosanta Chakrabarty is a professor of evolutionary biology and the curator of fishes at Louisiana State University. He is a TED senior fellow, an elected fellow of the American Association[…]
Tom Ireland is an award-winning science journalist and editor of The Biologist magazine. He regularly contributes to BBC Science Focus and has written for The Guardian, New Scientist, and BBC[…]
Marjolijn van Heemstra is a poet, novelist, playwright, and space reporter for the Dutch news organization De Correspondent. The award-winning author of three collections of poetry and a novel, van[…]
Mauro F. Guillén is Professor of Management and Vice Dean for the MBA for Executives Program at the Wharton School. He is the author of 2030 and The Perennials.
Dan Schreiber is the co-host of the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, and the author of The Theory of Everything Else. He is also the co-creator and founding producer of[…]
Jessica Carew Kraft is a naturalist and wild food forager, and the author of Why We Need to Be Wild. Her work as a journalist has been published in The New[…]
Ben Stanger is the Hanna Wise Professor in Cancer Research and a professor of medicine and cell and developmental biology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a practicing gastroenterologist[…]
Michael Levin is a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts[…]
Larrie D. Ferreiro is a naval architect and historian. His books include The American Revolution: A World War (co-editor and author), Brothers at Arms and Churchill’s American Arsenal. He has served for over[…]
Simon Whitney, MD, JD is an ethicist, family doctor and author. His books include From Oversight to Overkill and he has been published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the American[…]
Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is a professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the Founder and Director of the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first[…]
Alfonso Martinez Arias is an ICREA Research Professor in the department of systems bioengineering of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. He is co-author of Principles of Development, which was awarded the Royal Society of Biology book prize, and author of[…]
Dr. Michael McGhee used to teach philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He was a founding editor of Contemporary Buddhism and is author of Transformations of Mind: Philosophy as Spiritual Practice and[…]
Kevin O’Leary, known as “Mr. Wonderful” and “Uncle Kevin,” is a businessman, TV personality, and investor. Co-founder of SoftKey International, he orchestrated its $4.2 billion acquisition by Mattel. O’Leary later[…]
David Hepworth is a music writer and author. He was one of the presenters of the iconic BBC rock music show The Old Grey Whistle Test and a TV anchor during Live Aid[…]
Sinclair McKay is the London-based literary critic for the Telegraph and the Spectator and is the author of The Secret Life of Codebreakers and Bletchley Park Brainteasers.
Koray Caliskan is associate professor of strategic design and management at Parsons School of Design, the New School. He is the author of Market Threads and Data Money.
Giorgio Parisi is an Italian theoretical physicist and professor of theoretical physics at the Sapienza University of Rome. Together with Klaus Hasselmann and Syukuro Manabe, he received the 2021 Nobel[…]
Peter Atwater is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at William and Mary, and President of Financial Insyghts. His work on decision-making has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and The[…]
Michael Finkel is the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods and True Story. He has reported from more than 50 countries, and lives with his family in northern Utah.
Christian Madsbjerg is cofounder of the consulting firm ReD Associates and the author of Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World. His work has appeared in The Wall Street[…]
Dr. Julia Mossbridge is a research-based futurist trained in cognitive neuroscience and the science of perceptual learning. Since 2006, she has been leading transformative science, tech, and education efforts for[…]
Bill Schaninger is a senior partner in McKinsey's Philadelphia office and a co-author of Beyond Performance 2.0 and Power to the Middle.
Bryan Hancock is a partner in McKinsey's Washington, DC, office and a co-author of Power to the Middle.
Emily Field is a partner in McKinsey's Seattle office and a co-author of Power to the Middle.
Émile P. Torres is a philosopher and historian whose work focuses on existential threats to civilization and humanity, and the author of Human Extinction: A History of the Science and[…]