September 27, 2015

Pete Docter is a film director, animator, screenwriter, and voice actor at Pixar Animation Studios. He contributed to the development of the story and characters in Toy Story, the studio’s first full-length animated feature film, and he served as the supervising animator for the film. He wrote story treatments for Toy Story 2 and Wall-E and directed Up, Monsters, Inc., and his latest release, Inside Out. He has been nominated for six Academy Awards and won Best Animated Feature Film for Up. Born and raised in Bloomington, MN, he graduated from the California Institute of the Arts where he received a Student Academy Award for his film work. In 1990, he was hired by Pixar Studios as its third animator and began working on the day following his college graduation.

November 13, 2008

David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times and a regular contributor to The News Hour on PBS and All Things Considered on NPR. His columns and books, including Bobos in Paradise and The Social Animal, offer sharp insight into American culture, politics, and foreign affairs. He has served as a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, and an op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal. In his recent book, The Road to Character, he explores the importance of character development in building a meaningful life.

March 31, 2011

David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times and a regular contributor to The News Hour on PBS and All Things Considered on NPR. His columns and books, including Bobos in Paradise and The Social Animal, offer sharp insight into American culture, politics, and foreign affairs. He has served as a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, and an op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal. In his recent book, The Road to Character, he explores the importance of character development in building a meaningful life.

May 14, 2015

David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times and a regular contributor to The News Hour on PBS and All Things Considered on NPR. His columns and books, including Bobos in Paradise and The Social Animal, offer sharp insight into American culture, politics, and foreign affairs. He has served as a senior editor at The Weekly Standard, a contributing editor at Newsweek and the Atlantic Monthly, and an op-ed editor for The Wall Street Journal. In his recent book, The Road to Character, he explores the importance of character development in building a meaningful life.

April 16, 2015

Carl Bernstein is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who, along with Bob Woodward, broke the Watergate story for The Washington Post. Their reporting led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon and set the standard for modern investigative reporting. For more than forty years, his writings and commentary have shed light on the inner-workings of government and politics, including the increasing dysfunction of our nation’s governmental institutions, an economy tilted against middle-class citizens, and a media landscape characterized by misinformation and disinformation. Former MPR host Gary Eichten will interview Mr. Bernstein.

April 7, 2005

Jim Wallis is a public theologian, political activist, author, and international commentator on ethics and public life. He is president and CEO of Sojourners, a network of people committed to spiritual renewal and social justice, and editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine. He teaches at Georgetown University and recently served on the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He currently serves on the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum. He is the bestselling author of twelve books, including The Great Awakening and Rediscovering Values: On Main Street, Wall Street, and Your Street. 

February 11, 2010

Jim Wallis is a public theologian, political activist, author, and international commentator on ethics and public life. He is president and CEO of Sojourners, a network of people committed to spiritual renewal and social justice, and editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine. He teaches at Georgetown University and recently served on the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He currently serves on the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum. He is the bestselling author of twelve books, including The Great Awakening and Rediscovering Values: On Main Street, Wall Street, and Your Street. 

February 4, 2016

Jim Wallis is a public theologian, political activist, author, and international commentator on ethics and public life. He is president and CEO of Sojourners, a network of people committed to spiritual renewal and social justice, and editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine. He teaches at Georgetown University and recently served on the White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He currently serves on the Global Agenda Council on Values of the World Economic Forum. He is the bestselling author of twelve books, including The Great Awakening and Rediscovering Values: On Main Street, Wall Street, and Your Street. 

March 31, 2015

Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and the College of Arts and Sciences. She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies. She is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous books, including The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus; The Historical Jesus in Context; The Jewish Annotated New Testament; and The Meaning of the Bible: What The Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us.

March 12, 2015

Andrew Zimmern is a chef, food writer, teacher, and television host. As the creator, executive producer, and host of the popular series Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, he has traveled the globe, exploring the ways that food shapes and reflects the lives and cultures of people around the world. He is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Babson College’s Lewis Institute and serves on the board of directors for Services for the Underserved in New York City and for The National Youth Recovery Foundation. He is honorary chair of Minnesota FoodShare’s 2015 campaign to raise awareness of the food needs of people throughout our state.