Guests 9085 Guests
September 2008
- David Brooks Columnist; Author
- Peter Baker Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times
- Benedict Carey Medical Journalist, The New York Times
- Charlie Cook Editor, The Cook Political Report
- David Dreier Representative, (R) California
- John Esposito Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Georgetown University
- Carly Fiorina McCain Advisor
- Doris Kearns Goodwin Presidential Historian
- Mark Halperin Senior Political Analyst, NBC News
- Al Hunt Journalist, Bloomberg News
- Orrin Hatch Senator, (R) Utah
- Walter Isaacson Author
- Dalia Mogahed Academic; Author
- Jon Meacham Historian, Author
- Mark McKinnon Political Strategist
- Lisa Murkowski Senator, (R) Alaska
- Adam Nagourney Journalist, The New York Times
- Ed Rollins Republican Strategist
- Cokie Roberts Journalist, ABC News
- Ed Rogers Republican Strategist
- Daniel Schacter Professor, Harvard University
- Byron York White House Correspondent, National Review
August 2008
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Judd Apatow Director
- David Brooks Columnist; Author
- Sherrod Brown Senator, (D) Ohio
- Bob Boniface Director of Design, Chevy Volt, General Motors
- Markus Brunnermeier Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Economics, Princeton University
- Joseph A. Califano, Jr. Author; Former Domestic Affairs Advisor
- Robert Caro Historian
- A. Marisa Chun Attorney, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP
- James Clyburn Representative, (D) South Carolina
- David Carr Media Critic, The New York Times
- Francesco Clemente Artist
- Vitaly Churkin Russian Ambassador to the United Nations
- Isabel Coixet Director
- Penelope Cruz Actor
- Peter Chernin Philanthropist
- Tom Daschle Former Senator, North Dakota
- Matthew Dowd Chief Political Analyst, ABC News
- Leah Daughtry C.E.O., Democratic National Convention; Pentecostal Minister
- Rahm Emanuel Mayor of Chicago
- Elizabeth Economy Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
- Laurence Fishburne Actor
- Doris Kearns Goodwin Presidential Historian
- Austan Goolsbee Professor of Economics, University of Chicago
- Philip Gourevitch Editor, The Paris Review
- Al Hunt Journalist, Bloomberg News
- Mark Halperin Senior Political Analyst, NBC News
- John Hickenlooper Mayor, (D) Denver
- Harrison Hong Professor of Economics, Princeton University
- James Hansen Professor
- Richard Holbrooke United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Dennis Hopper Actor
- Husain Haqqani Author; Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the U.S.
- Farahnaz Ispahani Pakistani National Assembly Member, Pakistan Peoples Party
- Jodi Kantor Journalist, The New York Times
- Bob Kruse Global Vehicle Engineering, General Motors
- Don Keough Former President and C.E.O., Coca-Cola
- Robert Kagan Historian; Author; Fellow, Brookings Institution
- Joseph Kahn Beijing Bureau Chief, The New York Times
- Imran Khan Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party
- Robert Lutz Former General Motors Executive
- Clare Lockhart Author; Director, The Institute for State Effectiveness
- Jon Meacham Historian, Author
- Steve McMahon Democratic Strategist
- Bernie Mac Actor
- Jane Mayer Staff Writer, The New Yorker
- Mark Mazzetti Journalist, The New York Times
- Michele Norris Journalist, NPR
- Adam Nagourney Journalist, The New York Times
- John Podesta Former Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton
- Joel Piaskowski Chief Designer, Hyundai
- Phil Patton Journalist, The New York Times
- Philip Pan Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post; Author
- Ed Rendell Former Governor, (D) Pennsylvania
- Seth Rogen Actor
- Sima Sarrafan Attorney
- Connie Schultz Journalist, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
- Ben Stiller Actor; Producer; Director
- Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate; Poet; Playwright
- Stephen Sestanovich Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
- George Stevens, Jr. Founding Director, The American Film Institute; Founder, The Kennedy Center Honors
- Pete Sampras Former Grand Slam Tennis Champion; Author
- Ronald Walters Professor, University of Maryland
- Jacob Weisberg Chairman, Slate Group
- Richard Wagoner Chairman and C.E.O., General Motors
- Edward T. Wellburn, Jr. Vice President of Global Design, General Motors
- Bob Woodruff Journalist, ABC News
- Wei Xiong Trumbull-Adams Professor of Finance, Princeton University
- Franz von Holzhausen Director of Design, Mazda
July 2008
- David Agus Physician, USC; Contributor, CBS News
- Michael Arrington Editor, TechCrunch
- Lewis Black Comedian; Author
- Ethan Bronner Guest Host
- Michael Bloomberg Former Mayor, New York City
- Nicholson Baker Author
- James Baker Former Secretary of State
- Francis Collins Director, National Institutes of Health
- George Church Director, Personal Genome Project; Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
- David Chang Chef; Restaurateur
- Jim Courier Tennis Champion
- Warren Christopher Former Secretary of State
- Jamie Dimon Chairman and C.E.O., JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Mohamed El-Erian Chief Economic Advisor, Allianz
- William Fallon Former U.S. Centcom Commander
- Will Ferrell Actor
- Bill Gates Co-Chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Co-Founder, The Giving Pledge
- Michael Geisen 2008 National Teacher of the Year; Science, Crook County Middle School
- Jon Hamm Actor
- Jim Hoagland Journalist, The Washington Post
- Mark Halperin Senior Political Analyst, NBC News
- Judith Jamison Artistic Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Tim Kaine Senator, (D) Virginia
- Jason Kamras 2005 National Teacher of the Year; Math, John Philip Sousa Middle School
- Ted Koppel Former Anchor, ABC's "Nightline"; Author
- Steven Levy Editor in Chief, Backchannel
- Amory Lovins Chairman, Rocky Mountain Institute
- Adam McKay Director
- Walter Mossberg Former Technology Columnist
- Margaret Marshall Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Gretchen Morgenson Business Columnist, New York Times
- Kathy Mellor 2004 National Teacher of the Year; ESL Program, Davisville Middle School
- Dean Ornish President, Preventive Medical Research Institute
- Kimberly Oliver 2006 National Teacher of the Year; Kindergarten, Broad Acres Elementary School
- Kenneth Pollack Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- John C. Reilly Actor
- David Remnick Editor, The New Yorker
- Michelle Rhee Founder and C.E.O., Studentsfirst; Former Chancellor, Washington, D.C. Public Schools
- John Slattery Actor
- Richard Stengel Former Managing Editor, Time Magazine; Author, “Mandela’s Way”
- David Simon Author; Producer
- Allan Sloan Journalist, Fortune Magazine
- Brent Stirton Photojournalist
- Chuck Todd Host, "Meet the Press," NBC News
- Barbara Walters Television Host; Contributor and Co-Anchor, ABC News
- Matthew Weiner Creator
- Robin Wright Joint Fellow, U.S. Institute for Peace
- Jim Webb Senator, (D) Virginia; Author
- Godefroid Wambale Wildlife Warden, Virunga National Park
- Neil Young Singer-Songwriter
- Emmanuel de Merode Conservationist; Director, Virunga National Park