At a Distance Creators & Guests

Spencer Bailey is a writer, editor, and journalist. He has written at length about architecture, art, culture, design, and technology, among other subjects.

Olufemi O. Taiwo is a philosopher and assistant professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, known for his new article, Climate Apartheid Is the Coming Police Violence Crisis for the Dissent Magazine.

Batja Mesquita is a Dutch-born social psychologist, a cultural psychologist and an affective scientist. She is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Chris Impey is an astronomer, educator, and author.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an American civil rights activist, journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, CNN, and the Public Broadcasting Service. Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes were the first African-American students to attend the University of Georgia.

Jane Poynter is an American aerospace executive, author, Biospherian, speaker, and the co-founder and former CEO of World View Enterprises.

Tara Stoinski is a primatologist and Chief Scientific Officer at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

Marina Koren is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Eric Holthaus is a meteorologist, Weather & Climate journalist, writer, and author of the book The Future Earth.

David Chalmers is a philosopher and cognitive scientist, specializing in the areas of philosophy of mind and philosophy of language.

Rebecca Solnit is a writer. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art.

Vasant Dhar is a Professor at the Stern School of Business.

Alec Nevala-Lee is an American novelist, biographer, and science fiction writer.

Dacher Keltner is a Professor of Psychology at University of California, Berkeley, where he directs the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab. He is also the founder and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center and host of the podcast The Science of Happiness.