Kathleen DuVal

A professor of history at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Kathleen DuVal is an award-winning historian and expert in early America and Native American History. DuVal won the...

Julian Brave NoiseCat

An outspoken activist and engaging speaker, Julian Brave NoiseCat is a passionate storyteller. A proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq̓éscen̓ and descendant of the Líl̓wat Nation of Mount...

Tourmaline

Tourmaline is a Guggenheim Fellow and TIME 100 honoree whose groundbreaking work bridges high art and pop culture, and spans various disciplines, including visual art, film, and community organizing. Her...

Christian Cooper

Christian Cooper is a science writer, host, avid comic book fan, and expert birder. Known for his work as the host of National Geographic’s Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper, Cooper shares...

Elaine Pagels

Religious historian Elaine Pagels is fascinated by religions’ big mysteries: what constitutes a miracle? How do religions change as they grow?  What does belief mean when gospels have conflicting stories?...

Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is an acclaimed fantasy author and dynamic speaker. She is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Shadowhunter Chronicles, as well as...

Jennifer Ackerman

Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about science and nature for more than three decades. She is the author of bestselling books, including The Genius of Birds and What an Owl Knows, which...

Mosab Abu Toha

Palestinian poet, short-story writer, essayist, and Pulitzer Prize-winner Mosab Abu Toha’s entire life has been lived under the occupation of Gaza. Born in a refugee camp and still marked by...