Society & Culture Speakers — Page 4

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a distinguished professor at NYU and author of the Incerto series including 'The Black Swan' and 'Antifragile.' His concept of the Blac...

Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, author, and host of the Making Sense podcast, one of the most popular intellectual podcasts in the world. He has written bestsel...

Ava DuVernay is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker who directed 'Selma,' '13th,' and 'When They See Us,' becoming one of the most important voices in American cinema....

Tara Westover authored the memoir 'Educated,' which sold over 8 million copies and chronicles her extraordinary journey from a survivalist family in Idaho to ea...

Wangari Maathai was a Kenyan environmental activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her Green Belt Movement, which planted over 51 million trees in Africa. Sh...

British author and journalist whose books 'The Rational Optimist' and 'How Innovation Works' argue for the power of exchange, specialization, and bottom-up inno...

Author of 'Where Good Ideas Come From' and 'How We Got to Now' who explores the history of innovation and how breakthrough ideas emerge from networks of influen...

Poet and author of 'Milk and Honey' with over 10 million copies sold, the bestselling poetry collection of the decade. She speaks on poetry, healing, feminism, ...

Brown University economist and author of 'Expecting Better' and 'Cribsheet' who applies data-driven analysis to parenting decisions. She speaks on evidence-base...

British-Swiss philosopher and author of 'The Consolations of Philosophy' and 'Status Anxiety' who founded The School of Life. He speaks on philosophy, emotional...

British comedian, actress, and author known for 'French & Saunders' and 'The Vicar of Dibley' who has championed body positivity for decades. She speaks on come...

British stand-up comedian, actor, and marathon runner who has completed 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa for charity and identifies as gender fluid. ...

Author of 'Me and White Supremacy' which began as a 28-day Instagram challenge and became an international bestseller used in corporate and educational settings...

Former Chair of the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission and one of Britain's most prominent voices on race, integration, and social cohesion. He speaks on...

Somali supermodel and UN Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation whose memoir 'Desert Flower' became a bestseller and film. She spea...

Princeton bioethicist, author of 'Animal Liberation' and 'The Life You Can Save,' and the godfather of effective altruism who has influenced thousands to give m...

AEI scholar and controversial author of 'The Bell Curve,' 'Coming Apart,' and 'Human Diversity' whose research on class, culture, and cognitive ability has shap...

Author of 'The Joy Luck Club' and 'The Kitchen God's Wife' who captured the Chinese-American immigrant experience with unparalleled emotional depth. She speaks ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'Interpreter of Maladies' and 'The Namesake' who has written movingly about the Indian-American experience and cultural identit...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Sympathizer' who escaped Vietnam as a refugee and became one of America's most important literary voices. He speaks on war...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' and MIT professor who has written with raw honesty about the Dominican-American experien...

British author of 'White Teeth' and 'NW' and New Yorker essayist who published her first novel at age 24. She speaks on literature, race, multiculturalism, Brit...

Pulitzer Prize finalist for 'Lincoln in the Bardo' and one of the most acclaimed short story writers of his generation, whose essays on kindness and the craft o...

Author of 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius' and 'The Circle,' co-founder of 826 National literacy nonprofits, and one of the most creative figures in ...