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Jared Diamond

Acclaimed Scientist, Historian

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Richard Leakey

Paleoanthropologist, Conservationist, Statesman

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Richard Leakey | October 28, 2010 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Leading Marine Biologist, Climate Policy Expert, Writer

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Nancy Pelosi

Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives

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

Tim Flannery

Scientist, Naturalist, Author

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Tim Flannery | March 19, 2007 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Robert Redford

Actor, Director, Environmentalist

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Robert Redford | March 27, 2008 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

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