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David Mikics - Stanley Kubrick

David Mikics is a professor of English at the University of Houston, and the recent author of "Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker."

Peter Marshall - What's Anarchism?

Peter Marshall is a historian from the University of Sussex and the author of "Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism."

Adam Zamoyski - Napoleon's Life

Adam Zamoyski is a historian and the author of several books about Napoleon, most recently, "Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth."

Peter Fritzsche - Hitler's First Hundred Days

Peter Fritzsche is a historian at University of Illinois, and the author of several best-selling books, most recently, "Hitler's First Hundred Days: How Germans Embraced the Third Reich."

Marya Hornbacher - Bipolar & Eating Disorders

Marya Hornbacher is a best-selling author of "Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia" and "Madness: A Bipolar Life".

Jan Swafford - Classical Composer

Jan Swafford is an American composer and the author of biographies of Charles Ives, Brahms, and most recently, "Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph".

Scott Aaronson - Infinite Universes

Scott Aaronson is a computer scientist and director of UT Austin's Quantum Information Institute.

Steven Callahan - Shipwreck Survivor

Steven Callahan survived 76 days in the Atlantic Ocean, adrift on a life raft after his boat sunk. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book "Adrift", and has gone on to consult for movies such as Life of Pi.

Christof Koch - Consciousness

Christof Koch is a neuroscientist, a former professor at Cal Tech and the current President of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and his most recent book is The Feeling of Life Itself.

Richard Wrangham - Chimps and Violence

Richard Wrangham is a primatologist, a recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Grant, and the author of "Demonic Males" and "The Goodness Paradox."