All episodes

Junot Díaz, Author

Michael Schmidt, Journalist

Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor

Sean Penn, Actor/Author

Jake Tapper, CNN Anchor

Ana Marie Cox, Political Columnist

Walter Mosley, Author

Seth Moulton, Congressman

Sally Kohn, Author/Political Commentator

Amy Bloom, Author

Joan Walsh, Journalist

Nikki Giovanni, Poet, Activist

Yamiche Alcindor, Journalist

Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent, New York Times

Khizr Khan, Author, Constitutional Rights Advocate

John Hodgman, Author, Actor

Kurt Andersen, Author and Journalist

Richard Linklater, Director

Walter Isaacson, Author

Helen Thorpe, Author

Nicole Krauss, Author

Jim Gaffigan, Comedian

Bob Schieffer, Journalist/Author

Pete Buttigieg, Mayor, South Bend, IN

Jason Kander, President, Let America Vote

Ben Domenech, Publisher, The Federalist

Katy Tur, Journalist/Author

Al Franken, U.S. Senator of Minnesota

Lyle Lovett, Singer/Composer/Actor

David O. Brown, Dallas Police Chief (Ret.)

Julián Castro, Politician, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Gary Kelly, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Airlines

Matt Lewis, Columnist, Political Commentator, and Author

Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Democratic Leader

Timothy Simons, Actor

Giancarlo Esposito, Actor

John Doe, Actor, Musician

Chuck Todd, Journalist

Dean Baquet, Journalist, The New York Times

Jeff Nichols, Writer and Director

Katharine Hayhoe, Atmospheric Scientist

DeRay Mckesson, Activist and Educator

David Fahrenthold, Journalist, The Washington Post

Thomas Haden Church, Actor

Marcus Samuelsson, Chef and Restaurateur

T.C. Boyle, Author

R.L. Stine, Author

Diane Guerrero, Actor and Author

Steve Kornacki, Political Correspondent, MSNBC

Evan McMullin, Independent Presidential Candidate

Maureen Dowd, Columnist, The New York Times

Gloria Steinem, Political Activist, Feminist Organizer

Kelly McEvers, Journalist

Shawn Colvin, Singer and Songwriter

Jane Harman, Former US Representative

Wendy Davis, Lawmaker and Advocate

Steve Case, Venture Capitalist

Colin Jost, Comedian and Actor

Tom Hayden, Activist

Bryan Cranston, Actor

Kara Swisher, Journalist

Jeffrey Goldberg, Journalist and Author

Henry Louis Gates Jr., Historian and Author

Anthony Foxx, U.S. Transportation Secretary

Ken Burns, Documentary Filmmaker

Ethan Hawke, Actor and Screenwriter

Barack Obama, President of the United States

Jon Meacham, Author and Presidential Historian

Martin O'Malley, (D) Candidate for President

Wendell Pierce, Actor and Author

Margaret Atwood, Award-Winning Author

Ron Kirk, Former U.S. Trade Representative

Mary Lynn Rajskub, Actress and Comedian

Thomas Mallon, Author

Robert Reich, Economist and Former U.S. Labor Secretary

Andy Roddick, Former Professional Tennis Player

Taylor Branch, Author, Historian

Cokie Roberts

Barney Frank, Former Congressman

Marc Maron, Comedian

Kim Gordon, Musician and Author

Salman Khan, Founder, Khan Academy

Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont

Hendrik Hertzberg, Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Alex Gibney, Documentary Filmmaker

David Axelrod, Political Strategist

S.C. Gwynne, Journalist and Author

William Gibson, Novelist

Joyce Carol Oates, Novelist

James Ellroy, Novelist

Martin Amis, Novelist

Nicholas Kristof, Columnist and Author

Katha Pollit, Columnist and Author

Ross Douthat, New York Times Columnist

Bob Woodward, Journalist and Author

Ian McEwan, Author

Mark Bittman, Food Writer

Lizz Winstead, Political Satirist

Lawrence Wright, Author, 2014

Richard Linklater, Filmmaker