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David Petraeus
Former Director of the CIA
New
Martha Fiennes
Award-winning filmmaker
Slavoj Žižek
Maverick philosopher
New
Paterson Joseph
Beloved actor and intellectual
New
Lisa Randall
Trailblazing Harvard Physicist
New
Roger Penrose
Nobel prize winning physicist
Peter Singer
World renowned ethicist
New
Rowan Williams
Former Archbishop of Canterbury
Amy Chua
Outspoken legal writer and commentator
Joscha Bach
Cognitive AI neuroscientist
Winston Marshall
Musician turned renegade
New
Yasmin Benoit
Award-winning activist
New
John Bercow
Former speaker of the commons
Christina Lamb
Sunday Times chief foreign correspondent
New
Marika Taylor
Boundary-Pushing Physicist
Dan Ariely
Irrationality Expert
Avshalom Elitzur
Revolutionary space time physicist
Donald Hoffman
Leading anti-reality theorist
Ilan Pappé
Outspoken critical Israeli historian
S.Y.Quraishi
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
New
Jessica DeFino
Beauty culture critic
Scott Aaronson
Top quantum complexity theorist
New
Chris Lintott
Oxford astrophysicist and presenter
Jenny Kleeman
Journalist and broadcaster
New
Tommy Curry
Pioneering Philospher of Race
New
Priya Natarajan
Award-winning theoretical astrophysicist
Stuart Hameroff
Quantum Consciousness Theorist
Armen Sarkissien
Former president of Armenia
New
Denis Noble
Leading Biologist
New
Sophie Scott-Brown
Inspiring intellectual historian
New
Bernard Carr
Mathematical physicist and cosmologist
Ali Allawi
Veteran Iraqi politician and scholar
Aaron Bastani
Leftist media disruptor
New
Myriam François
Filmmaker and activist
Paul Bloom
Anti-Empathy Psychologist
New
Catherine Rowett
Distinguished politician and philosopher
Guy Standing
Pioneering labour economist
New
Hilary Lawson
Radical post-post modern philosopher
Shini Somara
Celebrated science communicator
Tim Maudlin
World-leading philosopher of physics
New
Theodore Dalrymple
Acclaimed author and critic
New
Claudia de Rham
Pioneering physicist
New
Judith Donath
Pioneering social media expert
Simon Baron-Cohen
Pioneering clinical psychologist
New
Bronwen Maddox
CEO of Chatham House
New
Ruth Padel
Poet and Novelist
New
Frances Ashcroft
Pioneering geneticist
Subrena E. Smith
Leading opponent of evolutionary psychology
Jack Symes
Trailblazing emerging philosopher
Güneş Taylor
Award-winning geneticist
New
Nancy Sherman
Professor of Philosophy
New
John Ralston Saul
World-renowned writer and anti-globalism activist
Shannon Vallor
Prophetic AI ethicist
New
Rana Mitter
Historian and political scientist
New
Robin van den Akker
Leading Metamodernist Scholar
Isabel Hilton
Leading China expert
New
Aline Laurent-Maynard
Acclaimed author, journalist and podcast host
Mary Ann Sieghart
Stalwart public intellectual
Steve Taylor
Psyhchologist and spirituality expert
Des Fitzgerald
New Generation sociologist
Peter York
Inimitable Style Guru
Joanna Kavenna
Acclaimed novelist
New
João Magueijo
Radical physicist
New
Johnjoe McFadden
Acedemic and author
New
Ben Ware
Leading Wittegensteinian and philosopher of extinction.
New
Sir Simon Wessely
Renowned psychiatrist and epidemiologist
Roger Hearing
BBC business presenter
Frank Tallis
Psychotherapist and award-winning author
New
Claire Provost
Discerning investigative journalist
Harry Cliff
Celebrated Physicist and Science Communicator
David Livingstone Smith
Philosopher of Dehumanisation
New
Alpa Shah
Tireless defender of democracy
New
Tim Palmer
Celebrated Mathematic and Climate Physicist
New
Vicky Pryce
Powerhouse economist
New
Ruth Padel
Poet and Novelist
New
Dominic walliman
Popular science educator
New
Abby Innes
Insightful political scholar
New
Bjorn Ekeberg
Radical Philosopher of Science
New
Barry C Smith
Leading philosopher of the senses
New
Kate Sullivan De Estrada
India and global order expert
New
Lyndsey Stonebridge
Renowned writer and political thinker
New
Hannah Rich
Historian and Activist
New
Angie Hobbs
New
Kenneth Cukier
Leading podcaster and journalist
New
Matthew Beaumont
Acclaimed author and critic
New
Simon May
Radical philosopher of emotions
New
James Riley
Writer and Cultural Critic
New
Camilla Hall
Revolutionary documentary filmmaker
New
Kerry McCarthy
Shadow Minister for Climate Change
New
Nadia Idle
Voice of the Joyful Left
New
Jeremy Gilbert
Podcaster, Philosopher, Praxis
New
Keir Milburn
Intergenerational political podcaster
New
Avery Anapol
Writer for The Conversation
New
Caleb Althorpe
Political philosopher of work
New
Isabel Berwick
Expert on work
New
Nilufar Ahmed
New
Antonella Tramacere
Philosopher of neuroscience
Fellipe do Vale
Gender theorist and theologian
Lisa Cameron
Voice for Conservative Scotland
New
Dale Turner
Indigenous thought Philosopher
New
Janne Teller
Critically acclaimed novelist
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