Von Decarlo is a stand up comedian & Executive Producer of The Patrice O’Neal Documentary Killing Is Easy. 

Marina Franklin is a comedian, actor, writer, and host. 

Jamie Kirchick is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a columnist for Tablet magazine. His first book, The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues and the Coming Dark Age, was published in 2017, and his next book, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington is forthcoming from Henry Holt. 

Erin Jackson has appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers and CONAN and just made her Netflix debut as part of Season 2 of Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready. 

Trish Roberts-Miller is a scholar of train wrecks in public deliberation—times that communities had all the information they needed to make a good decision and instead made a disastrous one. She is also a at the University of Texas at Austin, and author of several books. 

Comic Adrienne Iapalucci has appeared on "The Degenerates" on Netflix and Letterman. She just released her debut album, "Baby Skeletons."

Dov Hikind is an American politician, activist, and radio talk show host. He is a former Democratic New York State Assemblyman. Hatem Gabr is the co-host of the podcast, Live from America. 

Wayne Federman is an Emmy-nominated stand-up, actor, author, professor, and podcaster. His new book is called, The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle.  He co-hosts the acclaimed podcast: The History of Stand-Up.