Dale Beran is a journalist and the author of, "It Came From Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump Into Office."

Wade Davis is an anthropologist, ethnobotanist and author. He is the author of several best-selling books, the most recent of which is, "Magdalena: River of Dreams."

Rachel Corbett is a journalist, a deputy editor at Artnet, and the author of "You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin."

Kevin Knight is Chief of Staff to Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ). He is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Brendan Leonard is an adventure writer, award-winning film-maker, and the creator of Semi-Rad.com.

Phoebe Hoban is an American journalist and the author of the best-selling biography, "Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art."

Steve Fuller is a social philosopher at the University of Warwick. Some of his most recent books are, "Post Truth: Knowledge as a Power Game," and, "A Player's Guide to the Post-Truth Condition."

Tamim Ansary is an author and historian, whose works include, "Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes," and most recently, "The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection."

Henri Cole has been called the "central poet of his generation" and is the author of numerous poetry collections, the most recent of which is Blizzard.

David S. Brown is a history professor at Elizabethtown College, and the author of "Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald."