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MEET THE 2025-2026 SPEAKERS

Ideas Worth Sharing. Voices Worth Hearing.

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Senator Joe Manchin

U.S. Senator (2010-2025) & Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Rick Steves

Travel expert, TV host, and best-selling author inspiring Americans to explore Europe and think globally

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Anthony Ray Hinton

Author, advocate, and death row exoneree

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Ella Al-Shamahi

Anthropologist, National Geographic Explorer, and stand-up comic

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Frans Lanting & Christine Eckstrom

Photographers, Videographers, and Writers

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Ken Burns

Emmy and Grammy Award-winning filmmaker and documentarian known for his in-depth explorations of American history

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Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation

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