Joining Us in 2023
Kelly Corrigan, host of the NPR show “Kelly Corrigan Wonders” and the PBS show “Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan,” on finding our shared humanity through conversation
Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning political commentator and author Thomas Friedman reflecting on how writing helps us make sense of the world
HRH Ambassador Reema Bandar on Saudi Arabia and the world
Co-Director of the Supreme Court Litigation Clinic at Stanford Law School Pamela Karlan reviewing the year behind and the year ahead for the U.S. Supreme Court
Don Katz, founder of Audible and former journalist and author, on the power of storytelling and cultivating the relationship between writers and readers
Washington Post columnist and author of Rethinking Sex Christine Emba exploring the shifting cultural norms around sex and relationships
Danielle Pletka, senior fellow in foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, on the future of NATO
Award-winning journalist Katie Couric in conversation with former world No. 1 tennis player Chris Evert
Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University Eddie Glaude Jr. engaging with the country’s past and examining our collective American conscience
Qian Julie Wang, civil rights lawyer and bestselling author of Beautiful Country, on revisiting the terrain of our childhoods and finding salvation in reading
Former journalist and founder of 10% Happier Dan Harris leading a hands-on meditation workshop
Kate Bowler, Duke Divinity School professor and bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I've Loved), on modern-day teachings of religious traditions and how we make spiritual meaning from life’s ups and downs
Ravi Agrawal, editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy, unpacking the biggest questions in global affairs
University of British Columbia professor Karen Bakker exploring how artificial intelligence can decode nonhuman communication
Former governor of Arizona Doug Ducey assessing how to handle immigration
Angela Williams, CEO of United Way, on how nonprofits are evolving to address pressing societal needs
Ryan Gellert, CEO of Patagonia, on corporate responsibility and the business of saving our home planet
Krista Tippett, creator and host of “On Being,” exploring themes of wholeness and how our minds and bodies work together
Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist and Senior Project Scientist for the Webb Telescope, John Mather, sharing views of the universe
Jendayi Frazer, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and U.S. ambassador to South Africa, on how the world’s superpowers are competing on the African continent
Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 38 books, including Why Fathers Cry at Night, crafting “new-fashioned” memoirs and reflecting on masculinity, fatherhood, and love
Ramya Swaminathan, CEO of Malta, on developing energy-storage technology to enable a sustainable transition from fossil fuels to clean energy
Roger Carstens, Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, grappling with the dilemmas of hostage diplomacy
Mary Anne Franks, University of Miami law professor and Legislative and Tech Policy Director for the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, on the intersections of civil rights, free speech, and social media
Eric Schmidt, co-founder of Schmidt Futures and former CEO of Google, and Daniel Huttenlocher, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, expanding on the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence as discussed in their book, The Age of AI
NYU Dean of the College of Arts and Science Wendy Suzuki on practical neuroscience for better living
Poet and Solito memoirist Javier Zamora on the power of storytelling as the U.S. grapples with its identity as a nation of immigrants
Duke professor of law and philosophy Nita Farahany digs into ethical dilemmas around neurotech and cognitive liberty
Actor and comedian Rainn Wilson explores possibilities for finding hope in a cynical world and how a new spiritual revolution could help us heal on both a personal and global level
American performer and playwright James Ijames, winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, on how the arts can help us form a more perfect union and interpreting Shakespeare for modern times
Ashleigh Huffman, Sports Diplomacy Chief for the U.S. Department of State, on cultural diplomacy and how sports shape foreign relations
Rabbi Shira Stutman on “radical welcoming” and the role of faith in happinessRepresentatives Jason Crow (D-CO) and Tony Gonzales (R-TX) on working across the aisle
National Book Award winner Imani Perry, author of South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation, reckons with our past and charts a path forward
Mike Wirth, CEO of Chevron, on transitioning from fossil fuels
Former United States Senator (R-TX) Phil Gramm on the American Dream
Professor of China and Asia-Pacific Studies at Cornell University Jessica Chen Weiss asks whether U.S. foreign policy suffers from an unhealthy focus on China
Amor Towles, bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway, on “moral accounting” and crafting timeless historical fiction
Yale Dean of Faculty and Arts and Sciences Tamar Gendler on what the modern world can learn from classical philosophy about “the good life”
Robert Rubin, the 70th U.S. Treasury Secretary (1995-1999), sheds light on how we should truly measure economic health
Tanvi Madan, senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, muses on the emerging world order
These speakers will be joined on stage by NBCUniversal News Group media personalities and anchors, including co-host of TODAY with Hoda & Jenna Jenna Bush Hager, NBC News anchor Tom Llamas, and CNBC Squawk Box anchors Becky Quick and Andrew Ross Sorkin.
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