About Barbie The Welder Barbie The Welder is an American metal sculptor, published author of 6 books, and advocate for the skilled trades from Erin, NY. Even though she had no business experience or professional art education, Barbie’s unique, self-taught style of creating sculptures quickly threw her into the spotlight on social media where she…

About Glenn Frankel Glenn Frankel worked for many years at the Washington Post, where he served as bureau chief in London, Jerusalem, and Southern Africa, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for International Reporting. He taught journalism at Sanford University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he directed the School of Journalism. He…

About Daniel Levin From Daniel’s website: The son of a diplomat, Daniel Levin spent his early years in the Middle East and in Africa and then trained as a lawyer. Currently a board member of the Liechtenstein Foundation for State Governance, he has, for the past twenty years, worked with governments and development institutions worldwide,…

About Seb Falk From Seb Falk’s website: Seb Falk is a historian, teacher, broadcaster, and historical consultant.  In 2016 he was named a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker.​ His first book, The Light Ages, is a wide-ranging history of medieval science, told through the life of an extraordinary monk, John of Westwyk.  The Light Ages follows the twists…

About Jeremy DeSilva From Jeremy DeSilva’s website: I am a paleoanthropologist, specializing in the locomotion of the first apes (hominoids) and early human ancestors (hominins). My recent work has focused on the origins and evolution of upright walking in the human lineage. I have had the opportunity to study wild chimpanzees in Western Uganda and…