Dr. Alex Shalek is Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an Associate Member of the Ragon Institute of Harvard, MIT, and the Massachusetts General Hospital. He studies how cells collectively perform systems-level functions in healthy and diseased states and has been studying the effects of COVID-19 on the cellular system. 

Dr. Sunetra Gupta, award-winning Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at Oxford University, discusses the coronavirus pandemic, its dangers, and the disastrous effects lockdowns have on migrant workers.  

Drew Faust is President Emerita of Harvard University, the first woman president in the history of the University. A renowned historian, she is the author of the best-selling 'This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War.'

Walter Isaacson is best-selling author of biographies on Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, and more.  He is former managing editor of TIME Magazine and CEO of CNN and The Aspen Institute.  He is University Professor at Tulane and co-host of Amanpour and Co. on PBS. 

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