- Jane Goodall: April 13, 2000
- Maya Angelou: May 10, 2000
- Toni Morrison: August 25, 2000
- Anna Deavere Smith: March 6, 2001
- Alice Walker: October 5, 2001
- Dr. Cornel West: October 18, 2002
- David Malouf: November 6, 2002
- Sherman Alexie: February 20, 2002
- Dr. Richard Leakey: April 10, 2002
- Nina Totenberg: October 2, 2003
- Eric Schlosser: November 13, 2003
- Walter Mosley: February 6, 2003
- Alma Guillermoprieto: April 10, 2003
- Edward James Olmos: December 2, 2004
- bell hooks: February 10, 2004
- John Waters: March 2, 2004
- Angela Davis: April 3, 2004
- Tony Kushner: April 15, 2005
- Naomi Wolf: October 19, 2005
- Art Spiegelman: November 30, 2005
- Barry Scheck: October 5, 2006
- David Wild: December 7, 2006
- Nikki Giovanni: March 16, 2006
- Robert Kennedy Jr.: May 4,2006
- Dr.Henry Louis Gates: February 9, 2006
- Amy Goodman: March 29, 2007
- Julie Chavez Rodriguez: October 10, 2007
- John Bul Dau: November 14, 2007
- Ed Begley Jr. February: 29, 2008
- Adrienne Rich: April 22, 2008 (canceled)
- Frank Warren: October 2, 2008
- Danny Glover: November 7, 2008
- Saul Williams: February 25, 2009
- Jonathan Kozol: March 9, 2009
- Ira Glass: October 24, 2009
- Edwidge Danticat: November 23, 2009
- Juan Williams: April 6, 2010
- Michael Pollan: Fall 2010
- Terry McMillan: February 23, 2011
- Morgan Spurlock: October 19, 2011
- Jerry Greenfield: April 17, 2011
- Firoozeh Dumas: September 26, 2012
- Aaron McGruder: February 19, 2013
- Jose Antonio Vargas: November 7, 2013
- Bill Nye: February 10, 2014
- Sherman Alexie: September 23, 2014
- Aisha Tyler: February 20, 2015
- David Simon: April 21, 2015
- LeVar Burton: February 24, 2016
- Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors: October 13, 2016
- Kareem Abdul Jabbar: March 2, 2017
- Raoul Peck: October 26, 2017
- Carly Fiorina: April 12, 2018
- Roxanne Gay: October 25, 2018
- Diane Guerrero: May 1, 2019
- Samin Nosrat: October, 2019
- Pete Souza: February, 2021
- Xiuhtezcal Martinez: April, 2021
- Ibram X Kendi: September, 2021
- Aly Raisman, April 2022
- Paul Ryan, February 23, 2023
- George Takei, April 18, 2023
- Mae Jemison, October 10, 2023