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OVERHEARD WITH EVAN SMITH brings you in-depth interviews with today's most fascinating public figures - politicians, authors, artists, actors, journalists, activists, and business people - always with an eye toward the news and always with a sense of humor.
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George W. Bush, Former President of the United States from 2021-04-29T17:00
In this special episode originally co-produced for 2021 SXSW by SXSW and The Texas Tribune, Evan interviews former President George W. Bush. They discuss current politics, baseball and immigrati...
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Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, Journalists from 2020-03-19T17:00
Carol Leonnig is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who has worked at The Washington Post since 2000. She won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for her work on security fail...
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Rick Wilson, Political Strategist from 2020-02-27T18:00
Rick Wilson is a longtime Republican political strategist, writer, speaker and political commentator. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Everything Trump Touches D...
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Bill Bradley, Former U.S. Senator from 2020-02-20T18:00
Senator Bill Bradley served in the U.S. Senate from 1979 – 1997 representing the state of New Jersey. In 2000, he was a candidate for the Democratic nomination fo...
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John Cameron Mitchell from 2020-02-06T18:00
John Cameron Mitchell is a screenwriter, director and actor whose cult rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch won Mitchell Best Director at the Sundance Festival. He was also nominated ...
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Robyn Hitchcock, Singer-Songwriter from 2020-01-30T18:00
Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer-songwriters. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist, and musician’s musician, Hi...
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Isabella Rossellini, Actress and Model from 2020-01-23T18:00
Isabella Rossellini grew up in Paris and Rome. At 19, she moved to New York City to work as a translator and journalist for RAI-Italian Television. She began her ...
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John Grisham, Author from 2020-01-16T18:00
John Grisham is the author of thirty-three novels, one work of non-fiction, a collection of stories, and seven novels for young readers. A master of the legal thr...
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Scott Pelley, Journalist and Author from 2020-01-09T18:00
Scott Pelley has been a journalist for nearly five decades. He is the most awarded correspondent in the history of 60 ...
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Saeed Jones, Poet and Author from 2019-12-26T18:00
Saeed Jones is the author of Prelude to Bruise, winner of the 2015 PEN/Joyc...
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Susan Rice, Former National Security Advisor from 2019-12-05T18:00
Susan Rice began her service in the public sector in 1993. In the Clinton administration, she was a foreign policy analyst on the National Security Council, and a...
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Aarón Sánchez, Chef from 2019-11-28T18:00
Aarón Sánchez is an award-winning chef, TV personality, Listen
Jeff Tweedy, Musician from 2019-11-21T18:00
Jeff Tweedy is the Grammy Award-winning founding member and leader of the rock band Wilco. He is one of contemporary American music’s most accomplished songwriters, musicians and performers. Rol...
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Tim O'Brien, Author from 2019-11-14T18:00
Tim O’Brien’s acclaimed novels include "The Things They Carried" (an NEA Big Read, which the New York Times said belongs on “the shortlist of essential fiction about Vietnam”), "If I Die in a Co...
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Tilman Fertitta, Businessman from 2019-11-07T18:00
Houston native Tilman Fertitta is an accomplished businessman and self-made billionaire who is often referred to as “the world’s richest restaurateur.” He is the sole owner of Fertitta Entertain...
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Bari Weiss, Journalist and Author from 2019-10-17T22:22:22
Bari Weiss is a writer and editor for The New York Times opinion section. B...
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Stacey Abrams, Political Activist from 2019-10-17T17:00
Stacey Abrams is a New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO and political leader. After serving for eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, an...
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Jeff Flake, Former U.S. Senator from 2019-10-10T17:00
Jeff Flake served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was then elected to the United States Senate where he served for six years. Working across the aisle, Senator Flake was the l...
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Keb' Mo', Musician from 2019-10-03T17:00
Keb’ Mo’ has cultivated a reputation as a modern master of American roots music in the 25 years since the release of his debut album. After 14 albums, he is a musical force that defies typical g...
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Roger Clemens, Former Major League Pitcher from 2019-08-01T16:00
Major League pitching legend Roger Clemens got his start at Houston’s Spring Woods High School. He then attended San Jacinto Jr. College and went on to have a successful career as a University o...
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Terrence McNally, Playwright from 2019-07-25T16:00
Terrence McNally is an award-winning playwright and LGBT(Q) activist whose remarkably far-ranging career has spanned six decades. He has won four Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Comp...
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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry from 2019-07-11T16:00
Presiding Bishop Curry graduated with high honors from Hobart College in Geneva, NY, and received a Master of Divinity degree from Yale University Divinity School. Throughout his ministry, he ha...
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Ani DiFranco, Singer/Songwriter from 2019-06-13T16:00
Singer-songwriter and Grammy winner Ani DiFranco has been known as the “Little Folksinger” but her music has embraced punk, funk, hip hop, jazz, soul, electronica, and even more distant sounds. ...
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Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman, Journalists from 2019-05-30T16:00
Anna Palmer is a senior Washington correspondent for Politico. She covers Congress, politics and the business of Washington. Jake Sherman is a senior writer for Politico. He co...
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from 2019-05-23T16:00
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has served as the junior U.S. senator from New York since 2009. A magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College in 1988, Gillibrand went on to receive her law degree f...
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Edward Zwick, Filmmaker from 2019-05-16T16:00
Ed Zwick is an award-winning film and television director and producer. He co-created the television series thirtysomething and produced My So-Called Life, Once and Again Listen
Jose Antonio Vargas, Journalist and Activist from 2019-05-09T16:00
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and a leading voice for the human rights of immigrants. He is the founder of Define American, the nation’s l...
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Susan Page, Journalist and Author from 2019-05-02T16:00
Susan Page is the Washington Bureau Chief of USA Today, where she writes about politics and the White House. Susan has covered six White House administrations and ten presidential elections. She...
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Douglas Brinkley, Historian and Author from 2019-04-25T16:00
Douglas Brinkley is a highly regarded and best-selling author, CNN Presidential Historian, the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, ...
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Roger McNamee, Venture Capitalist and Author from 2019-04-11T16:00
Roger McNamee has been a Silicon Valley investor for 35 years. He co-founded successful funds in venture, crossover and private equity. His most recent fund, Elevation, included U2’s Bono as a c...
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Timothy Shriver, Ph.D., Chairman of Special Olympics from 2019-03-21T16:00
Timothy Shriver is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Special Olympics International, the organization founded by his mother, Eunice Shriver. He serves with over 5.6 million Special Olym...
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Alejandro Escovedo, Musician from 2019-02-28T17:00
Alejandro Escovedo is a Mexican-American rock musician with Texas roots. His decades-long career includes performing in the punk rock group The Nuns, and alternat...
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Robert Rodriguez, Filmmaker from 2019-02-21T22:00
Robert Rodriguez has been a celebrated and innovative filmmaker for more than 25 years. The San Antonio native has directed films such as El Mariachi, From Dusk ‘Til Dawn, the ...
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Bob Mould, Musician from 2019-01-31T17:00
Bob Mould is an American indie rock musician, part of the influential 1980s punk band Hüsker Dü and the 1990s band Sugar. Hüsker Dü was one of th...
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Tommy Orange, Author from 2019-01-24T17:00
Tommy Orange is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and is a recent graduate from the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. He is a 2014 MacDowell F...
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Brooklyn Decker, Actress from 2019-01-17T17:00
Brooklyn Decker broke into the public consciousness as a model gracing the pages of Vogue, Elle, GQ, Glamour, Esquire, and Cosmopolitan. But she cemented her place in pop culture history by appe...
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Michael Beschloss, Historian/Author from 2019-01-10T17:00
Michael Beschloss is a historian and author of ten books on presidential history including The New York Times bestsellers Presidential Courage and The Conquerors Listen
Dr. Brené Brown, Author/Research Professor from 2019-01-03T17:00
Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Endowed Chair. She has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empa...
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Jason Reitman, Director/Screenwriter from 2018-12-27T17:00
Jason Reitman is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 Sundance hit Thank You For Smoking. He earned Academy Award nominations for dire...
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Sandra Cisneros, Author from 2018-12-20T17:00
Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist and essayist whose work explores the lives of the working class. Her novel The House on Mango Street has sold over six million co...
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Mary Chapin Carpenter, Singer-Songwriter from 2018-11-15T17:00
Mary Chapin Carpenter is a five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter. Her latest album, Sometimes Just The Sky, celebrates her acclaimed 30-year recording career, and features re...
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Anne Lamott, Author from 2018-11-08T17:00
Anne Lamott writes and speaks about subjects that begin with capital letters: Alcoholism, Motherhood, Jesus. But armed with self-effacing humor – she is laugh-out-loud funny – and ruthlessly hon...
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Lawrence O’Donnell, Journalist and Author from 2018-11-01T17:00
Lawrence O’Donnell hosts “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” on MSNBC. His background in politics, entertainment and news, leads to lively discussions as he addresses the biggest issues and ...
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Andrew Bujalski, Director, Screenwriter from 2018-10-25T17:00
Andrew Bujalski's first feature film, Funny Ha Ha, was called one of the most influential films of the '00s by New York Times critic A.O. Scott. He has also written and directed the fil...
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John Kerry, Former U.S. Secretary of State from 2018-10-18T17:00
John Kerry has served most of his adult life in public service - as Navy lieutenant in combat in Vietnam, a prosecutor, lieutenant governor, Democratic nominee for president of the United States...
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Michael Avenatti, Attorney from 2018-10-11T17:00
Michael Avenatti is an attorney and entrepreneur who routinely appears on broadcast and print media as a commentator on a range of legal issues. He has represented parties in a number of lawsuit...
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Sean Spicer, Former White House Press Secretary from 2018-10-04T17:00
Sean Spicer is the former White House Press Secretary in the Trump administration. He is the founder and President of RigWil LLC, a strategic consulting firm that provides insights to C-suite co...
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Amy Chozick, Author and Reporter from 2018-06-21T17:00
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Lee Ann Womack, Singer-Songwriter from 2018-06-07T17:00
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Cecile Richards, Activist/Author from 2018-05-31T17:00
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Junot Díaz, Author from 2018-05-24T17:00
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Michael Schmidt, Journalist from 2018-05-17T17:00
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Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor from 2018-05-10T17:00
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Sean Penn, Actor/Author from 2018-05-03T17:00
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Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor from 2018-04-26T17:00
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Ana Marie Cox, Political Columnist from 2018-04-19T17:00
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Walter Mosley, Author from 2018-04-12T17:00
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Seth Moulton, Congressman from 2018-04-05T17:00
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Sally Kohn, Author/Political Commentator from 2018-03-29T17:00
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Amy Bloom, Author from 2018-03-22T17:00
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Joan Walsh, Journalist from 2018-03-15T17:00
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Nikki Giovanni, Poet, Activist from 2018-03-08T17:00
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Yamiche Alcindor, Journalist from 2018-02-15T17:00
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Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, New York Times from 2018-02-01T17:00
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Khizr Khan, Author, Constitutional Rights Advocate from 2018-01-25T17:00
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John Hodgman, Author, Actor from 2018-01-11T17:00
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Kurt Andersen, Author and Journalist from 2018-01-04T17:00
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Richard Linklater, Director from 2017-12-28T17:00
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Walter Isaacson, Author from 2017-12-21T17:00
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Helen Thorpe, Author from 2017-12-14T17:00
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Nicole Krauss, Author from 2017-12-07T17:00
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Jim Gaffigan, Comedian from 2017-11-30T17:00
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Bob Schieffer, Journalist/Author from 2017-11-16T17:00
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Pete Buttigieg, Mayor, South Bend, IN from 2017-11-09T17:00
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Jason Kander, President, Let America Vote from 2017-11-02T17:00
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Ben Domenech, Publisher, The Federalist from 2017-10-26T17:00
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Katy Tur, Journalist/Author from 2017-10-19T17:00
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Al Franken, U.S. Senator of Minnesota from 2017-10-12T17:00
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Lyle Lovett, Singer/Composer/Actor from 2017-10-05T17:00
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David O. Brown, Dallas Police Chief (Ret.) from 2017-06-22T17:00
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Julián Castro, Politician, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017-06-22T17:00
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Gary Kelly, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Airlines from 2017-06-08T17:00
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Matt Lewis, Columnist, Political Commentator, and Author from 2017-05-25T17:00
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Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Democratic Leader from 2017-05-11T17:00
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Timothy Simons, Actor from 2017-04-20T17:00
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Giancarlo Esposito, Actor from 2017-04-06T17:00
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John Doe, Actor, Musician from 2017-03-30T17:00
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Chuck Todd, Journalist from 2017-03-23T17:00
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Dean Baquet, Journalist, The New York Times from 2017-03-23T17:00
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Jeff Nichols, Writer and Director from 2017-03-02T17:00
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Katharine Hayhoe, Atmospheric Scientist from 2017-02-09T17:00
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DeRay Mckesson, Activist and Educator from 2017-01-26T17:00
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David Fahrenthold, Journalist, The Washington Post from 2017-01-19T17:00
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Thomas Haden Church, Actor from 2017-01-12T17:00
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Marcus Samuelsson, Chef and Restaurateur from 2017-01-05T17:00
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T.C. Boyle, Author from 2016-12-29T17:00
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R.L. Stine, Author from 2016-12-08T17:00
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Diane Guerrero, Actor and Author from 2016-12-08T17:00
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Steve Kornacki, Political Correspondent, MSNBC from 2016-10-24T17:00
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Evan McMullin, Independent Presidential Candidate from 2016-10-17T17:00
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Maureen Dowd, Columnist, The New York Times from 2016-10-10T17:00
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Gloria Steinem, Political Activist, Feminist Organizer from 2016-10-03T17:00
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Kelly McEvers, Journalist from 2016-06-27T17:00
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Shawn Colvin, Singer and Songwriter from 2016-06-27T17:00
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Jane Harman, Former US Representative from 2016-06-27T17:00
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Wendy Davis, Lawmaker and Advocate from 2016-06-27T17:00
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Steve Case, Venture Capitalist from 2016-06-27T17:00
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Colin Jost, Comedian and Actor from 2016-06-20T17:00
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Tom Hayden, Activist from 2016-06-13T17:00
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Bryan Cranston, Actor from 2016-06-06T17:00
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Kara Swisher, Journalist from 2016-05-16T17:00
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Jeffrey Goldberg, Journalist and Author from 2016-05-09T17:00
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Henry Louis Gates Jr., Historian and Author from 2016-05-02T17:00
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Anthony Foxx, U.S. Transportation Secretary from 2016-04-25T17:00
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Ken Burns, Documentary Filmmaker from 2016-04-04T17:00
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Ethan Hawke, Actor and Screenwriter from 2016-03-21T17:00
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Barack Obama, President of the United States from 2016-03-14T17:00
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Jon Meacham, Author and Presidential Historian from 2016-01-04T17:00
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Martin O’Malley, (D) Candidate for President from 2015-11-19T17:00
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Wendell Pierce, Actor and Author from 2015-11-02T17:00
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Margaret Atwood, Award-Winning Author from 2015-11-02T17:00
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Ron Kirk, Former U.S. Trade Representative from 2015-10-26T17:00
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Mary Lynn Rajskub, Actress and Comedian from 2015-10-12T17:00
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Thomas Mallon, Author from 2015-10-05T17:00
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Robert Reich, Economist and Former U.S. Labor Secretary from 2015-09-28T17:00
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Andy Roddick, Former Professional Tennis Player from 2015-08-31T17:00
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Taylor Branch, Author, Historian from 2015-06-15T17:00
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Cokie Roberts from 2015-06-01T17:00
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Barney Frank, Former Congressman from 2015-05-25T17:00
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Marc Maron, Comedian from 2015-05-11T17:00
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Kim Gordon, Musician and Author from 2015-05-04T17:00
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Salman Khan, Founder, Khan Academy from 2015-04-20T17:00
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Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont from 2015-04-09T17:00
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Hendrik Hertzberg, Staff Writer, The New Yorker from 2015-04-06T17:00
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Alex Gibney, Documentary Filmmaker from 2015-03-30T17:00
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David Axelrod, Political Strategist from 2015-03-23T17:00
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S.C. Gwynne, Journalist and Author from 2015-03-16T17:00
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William Gibson, Novelist from 2015-01-26T17:00
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Joyce Carol Oates, Novelist from 2015-01-12T17:00
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James Ellroy, Novelist from 2015-01-05T17:00
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Martin Amis, Novelist from 2014-12-15T17:00
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Nicholas Kristof, Columnist and Author from 2014-11-17T17:00
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Katha Pollit, Columnist and Author from 2014-11-10T17:00
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Ross Douthat, New York Times Columnist from 2014-11-03T17:00
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Bob Woodward, Journalist and Author from 2014-10-27T17:00
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Ian McEwan, Author from 2014-10-20T17:00
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Mark Bittman, Food Writer from 2014-10-13T17:00
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Lizz Winstead, Political Satirist from 2014-10-06T17:00
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Lawrence Wright, Author, 2014 from 2014-09-29T17:00
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Richard Linklater, Filmmaker from 2014-07-21T17:00
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Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, Musicians from 2014-06-16T17:00
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Noel Wells, Actress, Comedian from 2014-05-05T17:00
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Russell Gold, Wall Street Journal Energy Reporter from 2014-04-28T17:00
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Martin Baron, Executive Editor, The Washington Post from 2014-04-21T17:00
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Jeffrey Tambor, Actor from 2014-04-14T17:00
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Brian Stelter, Senior Media Correspondent, CNN from 2014-04-07T17:00
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Jason Schwartzman, Actor from 2014-03-31T17:00
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Joel Klein, CEO, Amplify from 2014-03-24T17:00
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Kevin Nealon, Comedian from 2014-03-17T17:00
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Mary Matalin and James Carville, Authors and Political Strategists from 2014-02-10T17:00
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Lucinda Williams, Singer-songwriter from 2014-02-03T17:00
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Amy Tan, Author from 2014-01-27T17:00
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John Sayles, Filmmaker from 2014-01-20T17:00
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Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist from 2014-01-13T17:00
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the coolest astrophysicist in the universe and a nerd rockstar. He is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of National History and the host of th...
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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author and Historian from 2014-01-06T17:00
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Reza Aslan, Author and Religious Scholar from 2013-12-16T17:00
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Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Authors from 2013-12-09T17:00
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Mark Leibovich, Author from 2013-12-02T17:00
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Mark Kelly, Astronaut and U.S. Navy Captain from 2013-11-25T17:00
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Jonathan Lethem, Novelist from 2013-11-18T17:00
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Jonathan Alter, Author and Political Commentator from 2013-11-11T17:00
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Eugene Robinson, Columnist from 2013-11-04T17:00
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Aimee Mann, Singer-songwriter from 2013-10-28T17:00
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Lawrence Wright, Author from 2013-10-21T17:00
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Jeffrey Toobin, Author and Journalist from 2013-10-14T17:00
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Richard M Daley, Former Mayor of Chicago from 2013-10-07T17:00
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Joyce Banda, President of Malawi from 2013-09-30T17:00
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Annette O'Toole, Actress from 2013-09-23T17:00
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