How To Be Amazing Creators & Guests

Michael Ian Black is a comedian, actor, writer, and director.

Alexis Ohanian is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor, who is co-founder and executive chairman of the social news website Reddit.

Popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bill is an American science communicator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer. He is best known as the host of the PBS and syndicated children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1998), the Netflix show Bill Nye Saves the World (2017–present), and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.

Baratunde Thurston is the CEO and co-founder of Cultivated Wit and co-host of the podcast About Race. He wrote the New York Times bestseller How To Be Black and served for five years as director of digital for the satirical news outlet The Onion.

Miranda July is a film director, screenwriter, singer, actress, author, and artist.

Penn Jillette is a writer and producer known for Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, Penn & Teller Get Killed, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Felicia Day is an actress, writer, and web series creator.

Wesley Keith Schultz is a guitarist, singer, and lead vocalist for the American folk-rock band The Lumineers.

John Leguizamo is an actor, stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and playwright.

Saru Jayaraman is an attorney, author, and activist.

Laura Elizabeth Metcalf is an American actress. She has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award.

Elizabeth Gilbert is an author, essayist, short story writer, biographer, novelist, and memoirist.

Terry Gross is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview-based radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by NPR.

Michael Pollan is an American author, journalist, activist, and the Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer and Professor of Practice of Non-Fiction at Harvard University.

Ira Glass is an American public radio personality and the host and producer of the radio show, and podcast This American Life. A staple on NPR's schedule, he participated in several programs including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. He has appeared on several other podcasts and continues to work on This American Life.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is an American composer, lyricist, playwright, rapper, and actor best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Hamilton.

Jeremiah Caleb Fraites is an American musician, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and a co-founder of The Lumineers band.

Tavi Gevinson is an American writer, magazine editor, and actress. She came to public attention at the age of 12 due to her fashion blog Style Rookie.

Grace Anne Helbig is a comedian, actress, and YouTube personality.