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Fareed Zakaria

Acclaimed International Journalist

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T. Boone Pickens

Businessman, Energy Leader

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T. Boone Pickens | March 29, 2009 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Sylvia Earle

Oceanographer

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

John Kerry

Former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, Democratic Presidential Candidate

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AL Gore

Nobel laureate, Environmentalist

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Al Gore | June 7, 2006 | Hobby Center | The Progressive Forum

Anna Deavere Smith

Writer, actor, and professor

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Anna Deavere Smith | May 21, 2007 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

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