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Ananyo Bhattacharya - John von Neumann

Ananyo Bhattacharya is a correspondent for The Economist, and the author of The Man From The Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann.

Gabriel Licina - Genetic Engineer

Gabriel Licina is a biohacker and the founder of Scihouse, a non-profit bioengineering group.

Vitali Shkliarov - War in Ukraine

Vitali Shkliarov is an expert in US-Russian relations and worked on the Presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders.

Timothy Denevi - Hunter S. Thompson

Timothy Denevi is a professor at the MFA program at George Mason University, and is the author of "Hyper" and "Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism."

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst - Charles Dickens

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst is a professor of English at Oxford University, and the author of numerous books, including most recently, "The Turning Point: A Year that Changed Dickens and the World."

Steve Fuller - Transhumanism

Steve Fuller is a philosopher at the University of Warwick and the author of a number of book's including, "Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future."

Neil Lanctot - The US & WW1

Neil Lanctot is a historian and author, whose most recent book is "The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams and Their Clash Over America's Future."

Peter Neumann - AI, Security, & The Big Picture

Peter Neumann is a computer scientist at SRI International, edits ACM's RISKS Digest, and formerly worked at Bell Labs.

Derrick Jensen - Civilization on the Brink

Derrick Jensen is an author, speaker and environmentalist. His most recent book is, "Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It."

Doron Zeilberger - Math’s Heretic

Doron Zeilberger is a mathematician at Rutger's University, and is well known for his work in combinatorics and his strong opinions about the mathematical establishment.