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Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives

Nancy Pelosi | June 12, 2009 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Andy Borowitz

Satirist & Bestselling Author

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Sylvia Earle

Oceanographer

Sylvia Earle | April 5, 2011 | Wortham Center, Houston | The Progressive Forum

Dr. Jill Biden

Educator, Author and Former First Lady

Lester Brown

Founder: Earth Policy Institute

Lester Brown | April 28, 2009 |  October 6, 2013 | The Progressive Forum

Douglas Brinkley

Acclaimed Historian