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Tim Flannery

Scientist, Naturalist, Author

Tim Flannery | March 19, 2007 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Alice Waters

Restaurateur, Author, Activist

Alice Waters | February 27, 2012 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Andy Borowitz

Satirist & Bestselling Author

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John Kerry

Former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, Democratic Presidential Candidate

Eric Schlosser

Investigative Journalist

Eric Schlosser | September 24, 2013 | September 30, 2010 | The Progressive Forum

Barry Scheck

Cofounder of the Innocence Project

Barry Scheck | November 18, 2013 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum