Adam Johnson is co-host of the "Citations Needed" podcast and the author of The Column on Substack.

Nicholas Schou is an award-winning journalist and the author of multiple books, including "Kill the Messenger" and "Spooked."

Clay Tumey is an award-winning poet from Texas, and the author of "The Blue Chip Store: How Bank Robbery Changed My Life."

Mikhail Dyakonov is a professor of physics at Montpellier University, and the author of "Will We Ever Have a Quantum Computer?" 

Richard Hanania is a former fellow at the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University, and the current President of The Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology, as well as the host of their podcast.

Rick Perlstein is a historian and author of numerous best-selling books, the most recent of which is Reaganland, now available in paperback.

Vijay Seshadri is a poet, essayist and literary critic, whose 2014 poetry collection "3 Sections" won the Pulitzer Prize.

John McCourt is a Professor of English at University of Macerata. He is the author of a number of books on James Joyce, and is President of the International James Joyce Foundation.

Steven Callahan survived 76 days adrift at sea, and his since written the books "Adrift" and "Capsized," and has consulted for numerous films and TV shows.

Tom Oliver is a professor of applied ecology at the University of Reading, and the author of, "The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters."