Sarah Knight is a writer, editor, and recovering perfectionist. She spent fifteen years working in the New York publishing industry where she edited talented authors such as Jessica Knoll, Gillian Flynn, Emily Nagoski, James Lee Burke, Chris Cleave, and many, many more. In 2015 she left it all behind in pursuit of more sunshine, less stress, and a daily abundance of pina coladas - moving with her husband from Brooklyn to the Dominican Republic.

You might know her from her TEDx Talk, "The Magic of Not Giving a F*ck," which has more than 3.5 million views and counting.

So far she has three books in the "No F*cks Given Guides" series: THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF NOT GIVING A F*CK, GET YOUR SH*T TOGETHER, and YOU DO YOU. All of them are international bestsellers.

Stacy Horn is an American author, businesswoman and occasional journalist. She grew up on Long Island, New York and received a B.F.A. from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She received a graduate degree from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program

Bassam Rifai is the director of public affairs at SCM Medical, an NGO that provides medical and humanitarian aid to refugees. He is also currently serving as a political advisor and government relations board member for the Syrian American Council. Prior to that, he served as the Outreach Coordinator for the NJ Governor's Office where he was the principal liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives and the local community. He received his degrees in Planning and Public Policy from Rutgers University and graduate certificates in International Affairs and Public Relations from NYU. Bassam has also served as a political and government relations commentator on CNN, Al-Jazeera, CNBC, BBC, C-Span and several national talk radio shows.

Fred M. Kaplan is an American author and journalist. His weekly "War Stories" column for Slate magazine covers international relations and U.S. foreign policy

Brooke Gladstone is an American journalist, author and media analyst. She is co-host and managing editor of the WNYC radio program On the Media, and has been a contributor to The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Observer, and Slate.

Christy Monroe, The Stripper Comedian, is a New York City-based nationally touring comedian and exotic dancer. Drawing from her experiences as an exotic dancer, her comedy provides a unique perspective into a world most people are curious but know little about. She's headlined as far as Hawaii, appeared on the Howard Stern Show, and has appeared on Burning Bridges with Kevin Brennan.

With Dan Naturman and Boris Khykin.

Sander Hicks has spoken widely across the USA, on five national speaking tours, ranging from radical bookstores to Stanford Law School. Hicks is a veteran of several electoral and ballot effort campaigns with various progressive and reform movements. Hicks was elected the President of the Cortelyou Road Merchants Association in 2003.

Hicks has personally confronted Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, Richard Ben-Veniste, Jerome Hauer, and several other government officials about the 9/11 cover-up. His work of investigative journalism from 2005 was titled, The Big Wedding, and today has 14,000 copies in print. Today he serves as NYC facilitator of the Truth Action Project, a nation-wide non-profit working for justice for the 9/11 victims families.

With Comedians Tony Daro, Boris Khaykin and Lou Perez

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Lee Rowland was a senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Lee has extensive experience as a litigator, lobbyist, and public speaker. She has served as lead counsel in federal First Amendment cases involving public employee speech rights, the First Amendment rights of community advocates, government regulation of digital speech, and state secrecy surrounding the lethal injection process. She also authors amicus briefs and blogs on topics including the intersection of speech and privacy, student and public employee speech, obscenity, and the Communications Decency Act.

Nico graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington (IU) with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and history. While at IU, he was a member of the track & field team and served as editor-in-chief for the Indiana Standard and as a reporter and columnist for the Indiana Daily Student. Nico’s on-campus activism in defense of student and faculty rights led to induction into FIRE’s Prometheus Society. He was also a winner of 1 for All and the Knight Foundation‘s 2011 “Free to Tweet” contest.

Lee Rowland was a senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Lee has extensive experience as a litigator, lobbyist, and public speaker. She has served as lead counsel in federal First Amendment cases involving public employee speech rights, the First Amendment rights of community advocates, government regulation of digital speech, and state secrecy surrounding the lethal injection process. She also authors amicus briefs and blogs on topics including the intersection of speech and privacy, student and public employee speech, obscenity, and the Communications Decency Act.

Nico graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington (IU) with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and history. While at IU, he was a member of the track & field team and served as editor-in-chief for the Indiana Standard and as a reporter and columnist for the Indiana Daily Student. Nico’s on-campus activism in defense of student and faculty rights led to induction into FIRE’s Prometheus Society. He was also a winner of 1 for All and the Knight Foundation‘s 2011 “Free to Tweet” contest.

A heated debate about the return of Louie CK to the public eye and his surprise visit to the Comedy Cellar.

With Lux Alptraum, Modi, keren Margolis and Abby Rosenquist

Retired detective Said R, comedians Boris Khaykin, Dan Naturman and Jastin Perez, Join Noam Dworman and Hatem Gabr in a ddiscussion about being a cop, Police brutalitiy , racisum, and more....