Lineup
Additional speakers, podcasts and performances to be announced.
Featured Speakers
Alisa Amador
Musician & Songwriter
Michael Barbaro
Host, The Daily, The New York Times
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw
Civil Rights Advocate & Professor
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Fmr. Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
Ina Garten
Cookbook Author
& Television Host
Roxane Gay
Writer, Editor
& Professor
Ira Glass
Host, This American Life, NPR
Busy Philipps
Actress & Activist
Eric Ripert
Chef & Co-Owner,
Le Bernardin
Sam Sanders
Journalist & Host,
Vibe Check
Kara Swisher
Journalist & Host,
On with Kara Swisher
Wait Wait...
Don't Tell Me!
Weekly News Quiz, NPR
Full Lineup
Alisa Amador
Musician & Songwriter
Atlas Obscura
Podcast, SiriusXM
Michael Barbaro
Host, The Daily, The New York Times
Nancy Barnes
Editor,
The Boston Globe
Marty Baron
Fmr. Editor, The Washington Post &
The Boston Globe
Janet Costa Bates
Author, Rica Baptista series
Beeef
Band
Doug Berman
Producer, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
& Car Talk
Jamelle Bouie
Opinion Columnist, The New York Times
Circle Round
Podcast, WBUR
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw
Civil Rights Advocate & Professor
The Crossword Show
Live Event
Dallas Ducar
Executive VP, Donor Engagement & External Relations, Fenway Health
Ophira Eisenberg
Comedian
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Fmr. Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
David Fleming
Author,
Who's Your Founding Father?
Ina Garten
Cookbook Author & Television Host
Roxane Gay
Writer, Editor & Professor
Dr. Melissa Gilliam
President,
Boston University
Ira Glass
Host, This American Life, NPR
Domènec Guasch
GM, BOS Nation Football Club
Linda Henry
CEO, The Boston Globe
Chuck Hogan
Novelist & Screenwriter
Hush Club
Band
Frederick Joseph
Best-Selling Author
Sebastian Junger
Best-Selling Author
Keith Lockhart
Conductor,
The Boston Pops
Avi Loeb
Astrophysicist,
Harvard University
Ray Magliozzi
Host, Car Talk,
WBUR
Gina McCarthy
Former White House National Climate Advisor, 13th U.S. EPA Administrator
Kevin Merida
Fmr. Executive Editor, The LA Times
Jamie Michalak
Author,
Frank & Bean Series
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Author, Pulitzer Prize Winner & Professor
Suzanne O'Brien
Founder & CEO, DoulaGivers Institute
Dr. Jim O'Connell
President, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Porsha Olayiwola
Fmr. Poet Laureate, City of Boston
Emily Oster
Founder & CEO, ParentData
Stacey Peasley
Grammy Award-Winning Children's Musician
James Parker
Staff Writer,
The Atlantic
Busy Philipps
Actress & Activist
Eric Ripert
Chef & Co-Owner,
Le Bernardin
Josh Ritter
Musician & Author
Alyssa Rosenberg
Letters & Community Editor, The Washington Post
Sandwiches of History
Live event
Sam Sanders
Journalist & Host,
Vibe Check
Sing for Science
Podcast, Talkhouse
Evan Smith
Senior Advisor, Emerson Collective
Leah Sottile
Author & Journalist
Pranav Swaroop
Violinist
Kara Swisher
Journalist & Host,
On with Kara Swisher
Katie Gatti Tassin
Founder,
Money with Katie
Juanita Tolliver
Author & Political Analyst, MSNBC
Naomi Westwater
Artist
Wild Card
Podcast,
NPR
Vibe Check
Podcast, SiriusXM
Wait Wait...
Don't Tell Me!
Weekly News Quiz, NPR
Neta Weiner
Musician, Actor
& Director
Jessica Weitz
Nationwide Director of Artist & Entertainment Engagement, ACLU
WBUR Journalists
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Meghna Chakrabarti
Host, WBUR's On Point
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Tiziana Dearing
Host, WBUR's Morning Edition
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José C. Massó
Host, WBUR's Con Salsa
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Lisa Mullins
Host, WBUR's All Things Considered
Darryl C. Murphy
Host, WBUR's
The Common
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Bob Oakes
Fmr. Host, WBUR's Morning Edition
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Scott Tong
Co-Host, WBUR's Here & Now
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Robin Young
Co-Host, WBUR's Here & Now