United Kingdom | Philippe Sands is Professor of Law at University College London and a practicing barrister at Matrix Chambers. He frequently appears before international courts, including the International Criminal Court and the World Court in The Hague, and has been involved in many of the most important cases of recent years, including Pinochet, Congo, Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Iraq and Guantanamo.

Australia | Rebecca was quite happily delivering daily traffic reports to ABC listeners, before she was dragged kicking and screaming into the producer’s seat for Richard Fidler. Her life hasn’t been the same since. Host of ABC Weekends on ABC Radio Brisbane

Australia | Kylie Lang is an award-winning journalist and presenter. As Associate Editor of The Courier Mail, Queensland’s metropolitan daily newspaper, she specialises in social issues reporting, delivering front-page exclusives and long-form features.

Australia | Rowan Callick is an author and columnist. He has three times worked as China Correspondent, once for The Australian Financial Review and twice for The Australian, completing his last posting in April this year.

Australia | Cathy is a reporter and producer for Radio National Breakfast based in Brisbane. She is a journalist with more than 20 years experience in radio reporting, presenting and documentary making.

Australia | Clare Press is a journalist, podcaster and ethical fashion activist. She is the author of Wardrobe Crisis, named one of The Age’s Best Books of 2016. In 2018, she was named Vogue Australia’s sustainability editor.

Australia | Emma Donovan is a passionate singer, songwriter and collaborative vocal artist whose musical expression is a fusion of roots, reggae and soul.

New Zealand | Marilyn is a renowned feminist, political economist, and author. Professor of Public Policy at AUT University in New Zealand, Marilyn’s seminal text Counting for Nothing/If Women Counted (University of Toronto Press) was the subject of award winning documentary Who’s Counting – Marilyn Waring on sex, lies and global economics.

United States | Seth is a New York Times op-ed contributor, a visiting lecturer at The Wharton School, and a former Google data scientist. His research – which uses new, big data sources to uncover hidden behaviours and attitudes – has appeared in the Journal of Public Economics and other prestigious publications. He lives in New York City.

Australia | Lior is one of Australia’s most successful singer-songwriters, renowned for his beautiful voice and songs that radiate truth and sincerity. Lior burst on to the Australian music scene in 2005 with his stunning debut album – Autumn Flow.

Australia | Matt is a husband, dad, pop culture nerd, moral philosopher and ethicist. Matt is a Fellow at the Ethics Centre and the resident philosopher for the kids ethics podcast Short & Curly.

United Kingdom | Julian Baggini is the author, co-author or editor of over 20 books including A Short History of Truth, Freedom Regained, The Ego Trick, The Edge of Reason and most recently How The World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy.

Australia | Tom Switzer is the Executive Director at the Centre for Independent Studies, host of Between the Lines on the ABC’s Radio National and a Fairfax columnist.

United States | Jean an award-winning, Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, commentator and expert on North Korea who serves as director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

Australia | Fiona researches, speaks and consults on a range of topics including the neuroscience of human-human and human-technology interaction, neurogenesis, and leadership. She augmented early degrees in Psychology and Anthropology with a PhD that combines cognitive neuroscience and complex systems engineering in order to investigate the patterns she saw in flourishing systems and capable leaders.

Australia | Kerry O’Brien is one of Australia’s most respected journalists, with six Walkley awards including the Gold Walkley and the Walkley for Outstanding Leadership in journalism. In a career spanning over fifty years, Kerry has worked for newspapers, television and a wire service, and as a foreign correspondent.

Australia | Dr Anne Summers AO is a best-selling author, journalist and thoughtleader with a long career in politics, the media, business and the nongovernment sector in Australia, Europe and the United States.

Australia | Graeme Samuel AC is a Professorial Fellow in Monash University’s Business School and School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine. Graeme has held a number of roles in public life including former Chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

Zimbabwe | Evan Mawarire is a Zimbabwean clergyman who founded the 2016 #ThisFlag citizen’s Movement that challenges corruption and injustice in Zimbabwe. As a result of his viral facebook videos, this grassroots movement prompted strikes and protests against the Zimbabwean government.

Australia | Leigh Sales is one of Australia’s most respected journalists. As the anchor of the ABC’s flagship current affairs program, 7.30, she has interviewed dozens of world leaders and celebrities. Leigh is the winner of two Walkley Awards; the author of the books Detainee 002 and On Doubt; and the co-host of a popular podcast called Chat 10, Looks 3 with Annabel Crabb.

United Kingdom | A.C. Grayling is the Master of the New College of the Humanities, London, and its Professor of Philosophy. He is the author of over thirty books of philosophy, biography, history of ideas, and essays.

Australia | Deline hails from Gugu Yalanji country in the Daintree rainforest. Her career started at the age of 17 with the Briscoe Sisters in Cairns. She soon established herself as one of Australia’s finest Indigenous female singers.

Australia | Pamela Williams is an investigative journalist. She has won six Walkleys including the Gold Walkley, plus the Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year award, the Quill award, and the George Munster award. She has written two best-sellers: the political book The Victory; and business book, Killing Fairfax, a
Walkley winner.