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Noam Chomsky - The End of The World?

Noam Chomsky is considered the founder of cognitive science, and is a lifelong political activist.  He is most often introduced these days as "a man who needs no introduction."

Rick Perlstein - How Conservatives Won

Rick Perlstein is a historian and journalist, and is the author of three best-selling books about the American conservative movement. He has previously won the LA Times Book Award, and his writing has been featured in the New York Times, The Nation, and The New Republic, among other outlets. 

Dean Falk - The Human Brain

Dean Falk is a neuroanthropologist at FSU. She has helped identify a new species of hominid, has done a study of Einstein's brain, and has made contributions to our understanding of the origin of language.

Will Gadd - Outdoor Adventurer

Will Gadd was the 2015 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, and is the current UN Environment Mountain Hero.  He has set the world record for distance in paragliding, and was the first person to climb Niagara Falls.

Martin Cohen - Rigged Elections

Martin Cohen is a professor of political science at James Madison University, and is the author of “The Party Decides” and “Moral Victories in the Battle for Congress.” His work focuses on how party elites decide elections, and the rise of the evangelical right.

William Deresiewicz - Ivy League Sheep?

William Deresiewicz is a former professor of English at Yale and the author of Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life.

Robert Pollin - Green New Dealer

Robert Pollin is an economist at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  He is the author of Greening the Global Economy and has helped implement several local and state green new deals.

Andrew 'bunnie' Huang - The Hardware Hacker

Andrew ‘bunnie’ Huang is one of the world’s most esteemed hackers.  He is the author of The Hardware Hacker and is a research affiliate at the MIT Media Lab, where, among other projects, he helped create a device with Edward Snowden to stop your phone from being spied on.

Jack Weatherford - Genghis Khan Revisited

Jack Weatherford is a professor of anthropology at Macalester College and the New York Times bestselling-author of "Genghis Khan: The Making of the Modern World".  He makes the argument that Genghis Khan has been slandered by history and made contributions that, despite his flaws, are valuable and still felt in present-day society.

Matt Stoller - Monopolies, Man

Matt Stoller is a fellow at the Open Markets Institute and an expert in monopoly and anti-trust.  He is the author of Goliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy.