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Heather McGhee is a political commentator and strategist.

Jeff Belanger is an author, public speaker, and paranormal investigator. He has served as the host of New England Legends and has appeared on Ghost Adventures.

Jean Sherman Chatzky is an American journalist, a personal finance columnist, financial editor of NBC’s TODAY show, AARP’s personal finance ambassador, and the founder and CEO of the multimedia company HerMoney.

Marianne Williamson is an American author, lecturer, and activist. She has written 13 books, including four New York Times number one bestsellers within the 'Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous' category.

Sandra Marinella is a speaker, teacher, writer, and author of the book, "The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, Or Loss."

Kent Blazy is a country music songwriter, his credits include several singles for Garth Brooks.

Gene Baur is the co-founder and president of the Farm Sanctuary.

Richard Leider is a bestselling author, coach, and keynote speaker.

Linda Carroll is a licensed marriage and family therapist, relationship sage, and author of Love Skills.

Shannon Watts is the founder of Moms Demand and author of “Fight Like A Mother.”

Ruth Whippman is an author, humorist, and cultural critic.

Andrew Yang is an entrepreneur, the founder of Venture for America (VFA), and a U.S. 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. He has a background in startups and early-stage growth companies, acting as a founder or executive.

David Cay Johnston is an American investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.

Tobias Leenaert is a blogger at veganstrategist, author of "How to Create a Vegan World". Co-founder of ProVeg International. Slow opinionist. Forever "under construction".

Edward Watts is the Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair in Byzantine History at UC San Diego, and is the author of six books about Roman and Byzantine History, most recently Mortal Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny (Basic Books, 2018), offers a narrative history of the last three centuries of the Roman Republic. In the summer of 2021, he will publish Rome’s Eternal Decline and Fall: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Oxford University Press, 2021), a book that traces the 2200 year history of claims about Roman decline and the victims they created. His work has also been featured in Time, Vox, Smithsonian, Zocalo, and the San Diego Union Tribune.

Paria Hassouri is a writer and author of the book Found In Transition.

Tim Ryan is a politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district. He announced his candidacy for president of the United States

Dr. Michael Greger is a physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues best known for his advocacy of a whole-food, plant-based diet, and his opposition to animal-derived food products.