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Jon Meacham is a 54-year-old biographer and contributing editor at Time where he lectures widely in the United States on history, politics, and religious faith. He is a distinguished visiting professor and co-chairs the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & Democracy. In addition, he is an author who has published several New York Times bestselling books.
Cal Newport is an American author who also works as an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University. As an author, he has authored several books with his latest book being Slow Productivity in 2024. Additionally, he is a regular contributor to national publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Wired.
Michael Greger (Full Name: Michael Herschel Greger) is a popular American physician, author, and motivational speaker on public health problems. He is well known for his advocacy of a whole-food, plant-based diet, and his resistance to animal-derived food products.
Hannah Fry is a popular British academic, author, and radio and television presenter. She serves at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis as a Professor in the Mathematics of Cities. Hannah was named the new president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in January 2024.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a 65-year-old American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator working as the director of the Hayden Planetarium since 1996. He also hosts the weekly podcast StarTalk since 2009. Before that, he was the host of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, a successor to Carl Sagan’s 1980 series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.
Mel Robbins (Born: Melanie Lee Schneeberger) is a popular American podcaster, author, and inspirational speaker. She is also a retired lawyer. Mel is recognized for hosting The Mel Robbins Podcast. Her TEDx talk is “How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over”. Mel has authored books such as The High 5 Habit and The 5 Second Rule.
Simon Sinek is a popular English-born American writer and motivational speaker on business leadership. His novels include Start with Why published in 2009 and The Infinite Game released in 2019. Simon started his career at the New York ad agencies Euro RSCG and Ogilvy & Mather and later launched his own business, Sinek Partners.
Carlo Rovelli is a popular Italian theoretical physicist and author who now works at the Perimeter Institute as a Distinguished Visiting Research Chair. He has been a professor at Aix-Marseille Université in France since 2000. Carlo is also a Santa Fe Institute in The United States Fractal Faculty. He served mostly in the department of quantum gravity and is among the loop quantum gravity theory founders.
Quinn Cummings is an American author, inventor, entrepreneur, humorist, and former actress. She gained fame in 1977 as a child actor starring in Neil Simon’s film The Goodbye Girl as Lucy McFadden. Furthermore, Cummings was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Goodbye Girl.
John Grisham is illustrious American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. As a writer, he has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers which have sold 300 million copies. Additionally, seven of his novels have been adapted to films like The Pelican Brief, The Rainmaker, The Runaway Jury, and The Client.