New Speakers

From bestselling authors and award-winning journalists to world-changing activists and business mavens, these new speakers are a who’s who of important voices, offering fresh perspectives on a wide range of topics.

Cat Bohannon

Researcher and New York Times bestselling author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Eduardo Briceño

Growth mindset expert, CEO of Growth.how, and author of The Performance Paradox

Liz Tran

Executive Coach and Founder of Reset

John Wang

Leadership Coach, Founder of Mastery Academy, author of Big Asian Energy (2025)

More New Speakers

Andrea Bartz

Journalist and New York Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers

Dr. Uché Blackstock

Founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, emergency physician, and New York Times-bestselling author of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Arthur C. Brooks

Harvard professor, PhD social scientist, #1 New York Times-bestselling author

Jay Ellis

NAACP Image Award-winning actor, director, producer, and author of Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?

Dr. Thomas Fisher

Emergency room physician and author of The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER

Dr. Marisa G. Franco

Psychologist, professor, friendship expert, and New York Times-bestselling author of Platonic

Seth Goldenberg

Entrepreneur, design visionary, and author of Radical Curiosity

Jasmin Graham

Shark Scientist, environmental educator, and President/CEO of Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS)

Tess Gunty

National Book Award-winning author of The Rabbit Hutch

Hahrie Han

Political scientist, Director of SNF Agora Institute, and social change thought leader

Valerie June

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Rachel Khong

Award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin and Real Americans

Lachi

Award-winning recording artist, disability rights activist, and CEO/Founder of RAMPD

Emily Ladau

Disability rights activist, writer, and speaker

Jason De León

Anthropologist, professor, and author of The Land of Open Graves and Soldiers and Kings

Katherine May

New York Times bestselling author of Wintering and Enchantment

Barry Meier

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter behind the Netflix hit, “Painkiller”

Emi Nietfeld

Software engineer, writer, and author of Acceptance

Jenny Odell

New York Times-bestselling author of How to Do Nothing and Saving Time

Chris Smalls

Labor organizer and president and co-founder of the Amazon Labor Union

Melissa Urban

"The Boundary Lady," New York Times-bestselling author, and Whole30 co-founder

Javier Zamora

Memoirist, poet, and author of Solito, and a winner of the 2023 American Book Award.

Michelle Zauner

Frontwoman of Japanese Breakfast and author of New York Times bestselling Crying in H Mart

Gabrielle Zevin

New York Times-bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau