Mimi Sheraton (Born: Miriam Solomon) is a popular American food critic and writer who has worked as a food columnist for The Daily Beast. While traveling always as the home furnishing editor of Seventeen magazine, Mimi started to explore her interest in food. In December 1975, Mimi became the food critic for the New York Times. Mimi became its first female restaurant critic.
Meghan O’Rourke is a popular American nonfiction writer, poet, and critic currently working as the editor of The Yale Review since July 2019. She is also the author of The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness (2022); the bestselling memoir The Long Goodbye (2011); and the poetry collections Sun In Days (2017), which became named a New York Times Best Poetry Book of the Year; Once (2011); and Halflife (2007), which became a finalist for the Patterson Poetry Prize and Britain’s Forward First Book Prize.
Rachel Monroe is an American contributing writer at The New Yorker and the author of Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession. She started contributing to the magazine in 2017 and has written about “vanlife” influencers, essential-oil multi-level marketing companies, as well as stolen valor. Before, Rachel worked as a contributing writer at The Atlantic and has also written for the New York Times Magazine, New York, Esquire, and several other publications.
Ariel Levy is a popular American staff writer at The New Yorker magazine and the author of the books The Rules do Not Apply and Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. She is the host of The Just Enough Family, a podcast that has been compared to Jewish Succession.
Mark Helprin is a popular American novelist, journalist, conservative commentator, Senior Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, as well as a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Jerome Groopman (Full Name: Jerome E. Groopman) is a popular American writer and professor of medicine. Currently, Jerome works as a staff writer in medicine and biology for The New Yorker since 1998. Jerome is also the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, as well as the author of five books, all written for a general audience.
Ian Frazier is a popular American Non-fiction writer and humorist currently working at The New Yorker since 1974. He authored the 1989 non-fiction history Great Plains, 2010’s non-fiction travelogue Travels in Siberia.
Isaac Chotiner is an American writer currently working as a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he is the principal contributor to Q. & A., a series of interviews with public figures in politics, media, books, business, technology, and more. Before, Isaac worked as a staff writer at Slate and the host of the podcast “I Have to Ask.”
Richard Brody is a popular American film critic who currently works as the movies editor for Goings On About Town and the author of “Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard.” He has written for The New Yorker since 1999. Prior to becoming a film critic, Brody served on documentaries and made many independent films. In December 2014, Brody was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions in popularizing French cinema in America.
Al Franken (Full Name: Alan Stuart Franken) is a popular American comedian, politician, media personality, and author who worked as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 through 2018. Currently, Al works as the host of The Al Franken Show Saturday mornings on SiriusXM radio. This show covers topics including global affairs, politics, the 2020 presidential election, and entertainment.