Past Events

Anupam B. Jena, MD, Ph.D.

Joseph P. Newhouse Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and host of the "Freakonomics, MD" podcast

Robert Kolker

Journalist and bestselling author of "Hidden Valley Road" and "Lost Girls"

Christian Cooper

Science and comics writer and editor, and the host and consulting producer of "Extraordinary Birder" on National Geographic

Natalie Y. Moore

Award-winning journalist and author and senior lecturer and director of audio programming at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University

Bruce Feiler

Author of seven New York Times bestsellers

Carter Cast

Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Adam Alter, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business

David Epstein

Science writer and best-selling author

Hal Hershfield, Ph.D.

Professor of marketing, behavioral decision making, and psychology at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management

Daniel Pink

#1 New York Times bestselling author

Samantha Irby

Writer

Megan Stielstra

Award-winning essayist

Brian Lowery, Ph.D.

Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business

Marcus Campbell, Ed.D.

Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL

Clint Smith, Ph.D.

Staff writer at The Atlantic and New York Times bestselling author

Marcus Campbell, Ed.D.

Superintendent, Evanston Township High School D202, Evanston, IL

Jennifer Senior

Staff writer at The Atlantic and winner of the 2022 Pulitzer for Feature Writing

Heidi Stevens

Chicago-based writer and Director of External Affairs for the University of Chicago’s TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health