Glyn Vincent is a New York based journalist and author. A finalist for the National Magazine Award, he has written about art and culture, socio-political issues, and the environment for The New York Times Book Review, The New York Observer, The Paris Review, Huffington Post, Columbia Magazine, Gannett, Monocle, East and other publications. 

 He is the author of two books, the critically acclaimed biography of the American painter, R.A. Blakelock, The Unknown Night, and most recently, Crossing, a memoir about sailing the Atlantic and his family’s troubled, itinerant past. He is also the author of several plays.

 Glyn was born and raised in New York City, though he spent some time as a child living in Ecuador and California. He later lived in Boston, France, Mexico and San Francisco before returning to New York where he worked as a reporter and editor at the United Nations and a New York City public-high school teacher. 

 Glyn graduated from Harvard College. While there he joined the American Repertory Theater and had his first play produced. He later earned an M.A. from Columbia University’s School of Journalism. 

 Glyn is active in local environmental organizations on Long Island where he saltwater fly-fishes and sails. He is a member of the Gray Wolf Press National Council. 

 He has appeared on New York Public Radio and lectured across the country.

Chris Duffy is an award-winning comedian, television writer, and radio/podcast host. Chris currently hosts the hit podcast How to Be a Better Human. You can watch his comedic TED talk, “How to find laughter anywhere” online. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, and National Geographic Explorer. Chris wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas on HBO, executive produced by John Oliver. He’s the creator/host of the streaming game show Wrong Answers Only, where three comedians try to understand what a leading scientist does all day, in partnership with LabX at the National Academy of Sciences. Chris is both a former fifth grade teacher and a former fifth grade student. 

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R. John Williams is a professor of English and film and media studies at Yale University. He is the author of The Buddha in the Machine: Art, Technology, and the Meeting of East and West (2014), and of the forthcoming volume Out of Mind: A Media-Theoretical Critique of Meditation.

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