Returning to continue his conversation in Part Two, Greg Brockman is a cofounder and president of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.

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Greg Brockman is a cofounder and president of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.

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Chris Pavlovski is the founder and CEO of Rumble, an online video and cloud services platform launched in 2013 as an alternative to YouTube for independent creators. As CEO, he has positioned Rumble as a next generation infrastructure and video platform aimed at empowering creators and businesses that are wary of content moderation on larger tech platforms. Under his leadership, Rumble grew from roughly one million users before 2020 to tens of millions of monthly active users. He continues to scale Rumble globally, investing in cloud, payments, and AI capabilities to compete across both media and technology markets.

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Falling in love is a courageous, destabilizing, and deeply human act. In this Valentine’s Day special, Irish poet and philosopher David Whyte returns with poems of romance. He reflects on love’s power to transform a life through intimate stories of vulnerability, longing, and the willingness to step into the unknown to live and love fully.

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Bill Gurley is a venture capitalist and longtime general partner at Benchmark, where he has backed companies such as Uber, Zillow, and Grubhub. He began his career as a Wall Street research analyst before transitioning into venture capital, building a reputation for deep, first‑principles analysis of technology businesses. He also writes the blog Above the Crowd, where he publishes essays on the evolution and economics of high technology businesses. His upcoming book, Runnin’ Down a Dream: How to Thrive in a Career You Actually Love, draws on his eclectic career path to offer a playbook for navigating risk, opportunity, and long‑term fulfillment.

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George Saunders is an author known for his inventive short stories and the Booker Prize–winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo. His works include the collections Tenth of December and Liberation Day and the craft book A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. This week, he released Vigil, a new novel that follows his trademark blend of imagination, compassion, and dark humor as it explores life, death, and moral reckoning in the twilight hours of a dying oil executive’s life. Named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people, he has received numerous honors, from a MacArthur Fellowship to the National Book Foundation’s 2025 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Saunders teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University, where he has mentored generations of emerging authors.

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Dr. Mary Talley Bowden is an ear, nose, and throat physician and founder of BreatheMD, a direct-care ENT clinic that emphasizes transparent pricing and outpatient airway care. She completed her residency at Stanford University, and she is board-certified in otolaryngology and sleep medicine, focusing her practice on sinus, sleep, and allergy disorders. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Bowden became a nationally prominent physician for opposing vaccine mandates, advocating for early outpatient treatment, and engaging in high-profile legal and regulatory disputes with hospital systems and medical boards. She is also the author of Dangerous Misinformation: The Virus, the Treatments, and the Lies, a memoir about her COVID-19 work and clashes with medical institutions, set for release in May 2026.

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Barry Diller is a media executive and entrepreneur whose career has shaped modern television, film, and digital media. He helped redefine entertainment by innovating network programming at ABC, leading Paramount Pictures during a period of major commercial success, and later launching the Fox Broadcasting Company, establishing the United States’ fourth major television network. He expanded his influence into digital commerce as chairman of IAC and Expedia Group, building and scaling companies such as Match, Expedia, and Vimeo.  In recognition of his impact in media, he was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1994 and later reflected on his life and career in his memoir, Who Knew.

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Joseph Nguyen is the author of the #1 international bestselling book Don't Believe Everything You Think, translated into more than forty languages worldwide. His other titles include Beyond Thoughts: an exploration of who we are beyond our minds and workbooks such as The Overthinker's Guide to Making Decisions. Across these works, he uses philosophy, spirituality, and psychology to offer practical tools for seeing beyond conditioned thinking, deepening connection, and moving through life with greater clarity and ease.

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Mike White is a writer, director, producer, and actor best known as the creator of HBO’s acclaimed series The White Lotus. He began his career writing and producing TV shows, including Dawson’s Creek and Freaks and Geeks, and later wrote and acted in films such as School of Rock and Nacho Libre. Premiering in 2021, The White Lotus has received widespread critical acclaim across its seasons with numerous Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for drama series, writing, directing, and acting categories. His career, spanning three decades, is defined by a consistent focus on character, tone, and social observation across film and television.

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