Past Guests
Alphabetical Index
Karen Armstrong, Scholar of comparative religion, author of The Case for God
Tony Auth, Editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Jimmy Santiago Baca, Poet and writer, and Mark Lyons, Social activist and co-author, Espejos y Ventanas /Mirrors and Windows: Oral Histories of Mexican Farmworkers and Their Families.
John Banville, Novelist and critic, winner of the Man Booker Prize
Andrea Barrett, Novelist
Tanya Barrientos, Novelist and journalist
Chuck Barris, Game show producer and author
Amanda Bennett, Editor and executive vice president, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2003-2006
Mary, Countess of Bessborough, a great granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel, the founder of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry, today's Drexel University.
Cordelia Frances Biddle, Novelist
David R. Brigham, President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
A. S. Byatt, Novelist, winner of the Man Booker Prize, author of The Children's Book
Joan Calabrese, Designer of children's couture
David L. Cohen, Executive vice president of Comcast Corporation
James J. Collins, Biomedical engineer, recipient of Drexel University's 2009 Exceptional Achievement Award
Anne d'Harnoncourt, Director and CEO, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982-2008
Joan DeJean, Author of The Essence of Style
Daniel DeJesus, Artist and rock cellist.
David Denby, Cultural critic and film critic for The New Yorker
Cory Doctorow, Science fiction writer and technology activist
Nora Ephron, Screenwriter, film director, humorist, author of I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections
Daniel C. Esty, Specialist in environmental law and policy, Yale University
The Honorable Gwendolyn A. Faison, Mayor of Camden, NJ, 2000-2010
Christopher J. Ferguson, Captain, U.S. Navy, NASA astronaut
Oliver St. Clair Franklin, O. B. E., President and CEO of International House, Philadelphia (2003-2008)
Charles Fuller, Playwright, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Paul Fussell, Cultural and literary historian
Kenny Gamble, Grammy Award-winner, record producer, community developer
Derek Gillman, Executive director and president, The Barnes Foundation
Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (2003-2009), poet, critic, translator, anthologist
The Honorable Rudolph Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City
Yury Gogotsi, Specialist in nanotechnology, Drexel University
Ellen Goodman, Syndicated columnist, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Adam Gopnik, Journalist and cultural critic, staff writer for The New Yorker
Daniel Gottlieb, Family therapist and host of radio show Voices in the Family
Bruce Graham, Playwright
David Graham, Photographer
Jennifer Higdon, Composer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music
Christopher Hitchens, Author and journalist
Daniel Hoffman, Poet, critic, editor, memoirist, and teacher
Molly Ivins, Syndicated columnist
Margo Jefferson, Cultural critic, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for criticism, author of On Michael Jackson
Ha Jin, Fiction writer and poet, winner of the National Book Award and PEN Faulkner Award
Steven Johnson, Social critic and technologist
Beth Kephart, Memoirist and author of novels for young adults
Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake, Architects
John Kounios, Cognitive neuroscientist, discoverer of the physiology of sudden insight
Harold S. Kushner, Rabbi and author
Carol F. Lippa, Specialist in memory disorders, Drexel University College of Medicine
Fengming Liu, Associate general counsel, Microsoft Corporation
Chris Matthews, Host of MSNBC's Hardball and author of Life's a Campaign
Marty Moss-Coane, Host and executive producer of WHYY's Radio Times
Sotirios Mousouris, Former U.N. Assistant Secretary General
Bharati Mukherjee, Fiction writer, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
Paul Muldoon, Poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry
Craig Newmark, Internet entrepreneur, founder of craigslist.org
Sibylle Sarah Niemoeller-von Sell, Writer, lecturer, widow of anti-Hitler pastor Martin Niemoeller
Banu Onaral, Professor of biomedical engineering, Drexel University.
Carl "Tobey" Oxholm III, Spearhead of the Drexel University School of Law; Drexel University administrator, 2001-2011
Camille Paglia, Literary and cultural critic
Constantine Papadakis, President, Drexel University, 1995-2009
C. R. "Chuck" Pennoni, Founder of engineering firm Pennoni Associates; president, Drexel University, 1994-1995 and 2009-2010
Antony Penrose, Director of the Lee Miller Archives and Roland Penrose Estate
Georges Perrier, Chef-restaurateur, owner of Le Bec-Fin
Sharon Pinkenson, Executive director, Greater Philadelphia Film Office
Derrick Pitts, Astronomer
Norman Podhoretz, Author of World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism and editor-at-large of Commentary.
Matthew Quick, Novelist
Diane Ravitch, Historian of education, New York University
John Rich, Specialist in inner-city young men's health issues and 2006 MacArthur Fellow
Carrie Rickey, Film critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia
Timothy Rub, Director and CEO, the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Kal Rudman, Music industry publisher, broadcast pioneer, philanthropist.
Gene Scheer, Librettist, songwriter, lyricist and composer of "American Anthem"
Robert J. Schwartzman, Neurologist, specialist in RSD pain syndrome
John Servis, Trainer of champion racehorse Smarty Jones
Nelson Shanks, Painter
Gail Shister, Journalist
Willard Spiegelman, Author of Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness
Megan Stein, Fashion designer
Gerald Stern, Poet, winner of the National Book Award for Poetry
Sarah Stolfa, Photographer
Terry Teachout, Drama critic for The Wall Street Journal, author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Edward Tenner, Historian of technology, author of Our Own Devices
Elaine Terranova, Poet
Brian P. Tierney, Publisher, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2006-2010
Paul G. Vallas, CEO for the School District of Philadelphia, 2002 -2007
J. Craig Venter, Pioneer in genomic research, author of A Life Decoded: My Genome, My Life
Robert Venturi, Architect, and Denise Scott Brown, Architect and urban planner
John Waters, Filmmaker and author of the memoir Role Models
Elizabeth Wellington, Fashion writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer
Suzy Welch, Author, commentator, business journalist
Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, Architects
Eleanor Wilner, Poet and teacher
E.O. Wilson and Bert Holldöbler, Biologists, authors of The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
Frank Wilson, Literary critic; books editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2000-2009; proprietor of the blog Books Inq. since 2005.
Jiri Zizka, Artistic co-director, The Wilma Theater, Philadelphia, Pa., 1981-2010
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