Guests 9100 Guests
October 2011
- Lisa Anderson President, American University in Cairo
- Jill Abramson Executive Editor, The New York Times
- Marc Andreessen Co-Founder, Netscape
- Ken Auletta Contributor, The New Yorker
- Paul Allen Owner, Seattle Seahawks
- Christopher Buckley Author
- Matt Bai National Political Columnist, Yahoo News
- Jared Bernstein Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- William Buster Spokesperson, Occupy Wall Street
- Dan Balz Chief Correspondent, The Washington Post
- Jackie Calmes White House Reporter, The New York Times
- Stephen Costello Opera Singer
- George Clooney Actor
- Ray Dalio CIO, Bridgewater Associates
- Matthew Dowd Chief Political Analyst, ABC News
- Lawrence Ellison Founder and C.E.O., Oracle
- Robert Gottlieb Former Editor, The New Yorker
- Leymah Gbowee Activist; Nobel Laureate
- Joshua Green Author
- Marshall Ganz Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Julianna Goldman White House Correspondent, Bloomberg News
- Peter Gelb General Manager, Metropolitan Opera
- Daryl Hall Singer-Songwriter
- Al Hunt Journalist, Bloomberg News
- Roya Hakakian Author
- Mark Halperin Senior Political Analyst, NBC News
- Reid Hoffman Co-Founder, LinkedIn
- David Ignatius Foreign Affairs Columnist
- Robert Iger President and C.E.O., The Walt Disney Company
- Steve Jobs Former C.E.O., Apple
- Rem Koolhaas Architect
- Paul Krugman Nobel Laureate; Journalist
- Jim Yong Kim President, World Bank
- Betty Liu Guest Host
- Rich Lowry Editor, National Review; Contributor, Fox News
- Ken Langone Co-Founder, Home Depot
- Michael Lewis Author; Journalist
- Hisham Matar Author
- Richard McGregor Journalist; Former Washington and Beijing Bureau Chief, Financial Times
- John Miller Deputy Commissioner, Department of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, New York Police Department
- Walter Mossberg Former Technology Columnist
- Mike Nichols Director
- Anna Netrebko Opera Singer
- Gary Player Hall of Fame Professional Golfer
- Nouriel Roubini Chairman, Roubini Global Economics
- Joe Roth Director
- John Paul Stevens Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
- Eric Schmidt Executive Chairman, Alphabet
- Jeffrey Sachs Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University; Senior U.N. Advisor
- Kevin Sheekey Executive, Bloomberg News
- Edward Tian Chairman, China Broadband Capital Partners
- Karen Tumulty National Political Correspondent, The Washington Post
- Robin Wright Joint Fellow, U.S. Institute for Peace
- Boming Wang President, Stock Exchange Executive Council
- Steve Wozniak Co-Founder, Apple
- Jeff Weiner Chief Executive Officer, LinkedIn
September 2011
- Aung San Suu Kyi Leader, National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Turki bin Faisal Al Saud Former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. and U.K.
- Michael Arad Architect, Handel Architects; Designer of the 9/11 Memorial
- Warren Buffett Chairman and CEO; Philanthropist
- Zbigniew Brzezinski Professor, Johns Hopkins University; Former National Security Advisor
- K. Shankar Bajpai Indian Ambassador to the United States
- Tony Blair Former Prime Minister of Great Britain
- Ian Bremmer President, Eurasia Group
- Peter Bart Columnist, Variety; Former Producer, Paramount Pictures; Author
- Zanny Minton Beddoes Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
- Scott Z. Burns Playwright
- Michael Bloomberg Former Mayor, New York City
- Bill Clinton Former U.S. President; Founder, Clinton Global Initiative
- Ina Caro Author
- David Childs Architect; Lead Designer, One World Trade Center
- Matthew Dowd Chief Political Analyst, ABC News
- Robert Duvall Actor
- Saeb Erekat Chief Palestinian Negotiator
- Ethar El-Katatney Staff Writer, Egypt Today
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President, Turkey
- James Fallows National Correspondent, The Atlantic
- David Friend Editor of Creative Development, Vanity Fair
- Thomas Friedman Columnist, Author
- Paul Goldberger Biographer; Architectural Critic, Vanity Fair
- Zach Galifianakis Actor
- Valery Gergiev Director, Mariinsky Theatre; Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra; Music Director, Munich Philharmonic
- Nia-Malika Henderson National Political Reporter, The Washington Post
- John Harris Editor in Chief, Politico
- Stephen Hadley Senior Advisor for International Affairs, United States Institute of Peace
- William Hague British Foreign Secretary
- James Hanlon Co-Director; Former Firefighter
- Mark Halperin Senior Political Analyst, NBC News
- John Heilemann National Affairs Analyst, NBC News
- David Ignatius Foreign Affairs Columnist
- Jim Lehrer Former Anchor, "PBS Newshour"; Author
- Ian Lipkin Director, Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University; Film Consultant
- Daniel Liebeskind Architect, Studio Libeskind; Designer, One World Trade Center Master Plan
- Daniel Libeskind Architect; Founder, Studio Daniel Libeskind
- John Miller Deputy Commissioner, Department of Intelligence and Counterterrorism, New York Police Department
- Michael Mandelbaum Director of the American Foreign Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University
- Steve Martin Comedian; Actor; Musician
- Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel
- Jules Naudet Director
- Gedeon Naudet Director
- Janet Napolitano Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Ron Prosor Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations
- Leon Panetta Former Chief of Staff for President Clinton; Author
- Jean Pigozzi Businessman; Photographer; Art Collector
- Antonio Pappano Chief Conductor; Music Director, Royal Opera House
- Lisa Randall Professor, Harvard University; Theoretical Physicist
- Kenneth Rogoff Professor, Harvard University
- Simon Rattle Chief Conductor and Artistic Director, Berlin Philharmonic
- Eric Schmitt Journalist, The New York Times
- Guo Shuqing Chairman, The China Construction Bank
- Lawrence Summers Professor, Harvard University
- Brent Scowcroft Former National Security Advisor
- Simon Schama University Professor of History and Art History, Columbia University; Author
- Steven Soderbergh Director
- Larry Silverstein President and C.E.O., Silverstein Properties
- Andy Stern Former President, SEIU
- Carl Schramm C.E.O., Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- Desmond Tutu Archbishop of South Africa
- Gillian Tett Managing Editor, Financial Times
- Jack Welch Founder, Jack Welch Management Institute; Former Chairman and C.E.O., GE; Author
- Zhou Wenzhong Former Chinese ambassador to the U.S.; Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia
- Christopher O. Ward Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Gao Xiqing President, The China Investment Corporation
- Mortimer Zuckerman Editor in Chief, U.S. News & World Report; Publisher, The New York Daily News
- Jeff Zeleny Journalist, The New York Times
- Philip Zelikow Professor, University of Virginia; Former Executive Director of the 9/11 Commission
- Thomas de Frank Washington Bureau Chief, N.Y. Daily News
August 2011
- Paul Farmer Author; Anthropologist; Co-Founder, Partners in Health
- Stanley Fish Author
- Vera Farmiga Actor
- Eric Greitens Author; Former Navy Seal
- Katie Holmes Actor
- Rula Jebreal Journalist
- Jerry Jones Owner, Dallas Cowboys
- Salman Khan Founder, Khan Academy
- Keira Knightley Actor
- Nicole Krauss Author
- Li Bingbing Actor
- Siddhartha Mukherjee Author; Assistant Professor, Columbia University
- Wendi Deng Murdoch Producer
- Willie Nelson Singer-Songwriter
- Salman Rushdie Author
- Roger Rosenblatt Author
- Jerry Richardson Owner, Carolina Panthers
- Patti Smith Singer-Songwriter; Poet; Author
- Sting Singer; Songwriter
- Moshe Safdie Architect; Urban Planner
- James Taylor Singer-Songwriter
- Christy Turlington Model; Director; Founder, Every Mother Counts
- Wayne Wang Director
- Zhang Xin C.E.O., Soho China
- Guillermo del Toro Film Director; Author