Robert M. “Bob” Shrum Veteran Democratic Campaign Strategist and Legendary Speechwriter. Professor and Director, Center for the Political Future, University of Southern California
Fernand Amandi MSNBC analyst, University of Miami lecturer, host of the podcast “Strange Days,” managing partner of Bendixen & Amandi, a leading multilingual and multiethnic research and consulting firm
Jennifer Senior Staff writer at The Atlantic, winner of the 2022 Pulitzer for Feature Writing, and one of three finalists for the same Pulitzer category in 2024
James Downey Saturday Night Live and David Letterman writer, mastermind of SNL’s political satire through six presidencies. Described by SNL creator Lorne Michaels as “the best political humorist alive.”
Norman J. Ornstein Senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, contributing editor and columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic, and an election eve analyst for BBC News.
Al Franken Former U.S. Senator (D-MN), five-time Emmy-winning writer, producer and actor at Saturday Night Live, author, four times #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List
Tad Devine Chief strategist of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, senior advisor to John Kerry’s 2000 campaign and Al Gore’s in 2000. 12 winning campaigns for President or Prime Minister around the world.
Walter Isaacson Professor of American History at Tulane; bestselling author of Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and numerous other renowned biographies, former CNN CEO and TIME magazine editor.
Michael Sandel Harvard professor of political philosophy. Described as “a rock star moralist” (Newsweek) and “the world’s most influential living philosopher.” (New Statesman)
David Wolpe Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, author of the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times. Named by Newsweek “the most influential rabbi in America.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the New York Times, prolific author, and dean of the Court’s press corps for more than three decades, is Senior Research Scholar in Law at Yale Law School.
Bestselling author and staff writer for the New York Times Magazine. She is a senior research fellow at Yale Law School, former senior editor of Slate, and co-host of the Slate podcast “Political Gabfest.”
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, presidential historian, author of many other NYT bestsellers and distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University
Author of eleven books, including The Wise Men (with Walter Isaacson) and numerous NYT bestsellers. Editor at large at Newsweek, where he won two National Magazine Awards
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