Masha Dakic (writer and actor)
Xochitl Gonzalez (writer and retired wedding planner)
Casey Legler (writer, model, and former Olympic swimmer)
Maysoon Zayid (comedian, actress, disability advocate, and tap dancer)
Patricia Okoumou (activist, Statue of Liberty climber)
and music by DJ Tikka Masala
MICHELE CARLO (Author and performer)
SOPHIA CHANG (Music business matriarch)
TATENDA NGWARU (Intersex activist and motivational speaker)
MAZIN SIDAHMED (Journalist and Editor of DOCUMENTED)
AMINATOU SOW (Writer, co-host of CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND podcast)
With music and poetry from HALEH LIZA
- MONA CHALABI (data editor at Guardian US)
- ROXANNE FEQUIERE (writer)
- SONIA MANZANO (Sesame Street's "Maria")
- KEATON and VIORICA MORRIS-STAN (actor and visual artist)
- XAVIER TREVINO (storyteller)
With music from oudist Hadi Eldebek!
- SIRI HUSTVEDT (writer and author of 'The Blazing World')
- SIGRID NUNEZ (author of 'The Friend')
- NIMESH PATEL (comedian and writer @ SNL)
- ZUZANNA SZADKOWSKI (actress and star of 'Gossip Girl')
- SWETA VIKRAM (author of 'Louisiana Catch')
…with music from PAUL WIANCKO and AYANE KOZASA.
- MANSOOR BASHA (storyteller)
- WO CHAN (poet and drag performer)
- ANA FABREGA (actress and comedian)
- AATISH TASEER (journalist and author of 'The Way Things Were')
- ANGEL YAU (performer and filmmaker)
…with music from AMALIA WATTY.
AYANNA DOOKIE (stand-up comedian)
MIRA JACOB (author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing)
MASHUQ MUSHTAQ DEEN (theater artist)
NAMRATA TRIPATHI (storyteller and children’s book editor)
JUSTIN WEE (photojournalist)
...with music from South African jazz vocalist VUYO SOTASHE
- ANDRÉ ACIMAN (author of 'Enigma Variations' and 'Call Me by Your Name')
- MEERA NAIR (essayist and author of 'Video')
- ROJO PEREZ (stand-up comedian)
- MEREDITH TALUSAN (journalist, author and Executive Editor at 'them')
- DANUSIA TREVINO (actress and storyteller)
... with music from guitarist GABE SCHNIDER
- ANIL DASH (entrepreneur, and ethical and inclusive technology activist)
- NANCY MERCADO (poet, writer, educator, and activist)
- APARNA NANCHERLA (standup comedian and actress, of Inside Amy Schumer)
- AGUNDA OKEYO (writer, producer, filmmaker and activist)
- EMMA RAMOS (producer, writer and performer)
...with music from Broadway's "Fiddler"/Violin soloist from Fiddler on the Roof, KELLY HALL-TOMPKINS (accompanied by CRAIG KETTER)
- ARMANDO LUCAS CORREA (author of THE GERMAN GIRL)
- NEGIN FARSAD (comedian, actress and filmmaker)
- PAUL HOLDENGRÄBER (director and founder of LIVE from the NYPL)
- AMITAVA KUMAR (writer, journalist, author of Lunch with a Bigot)
- AASIF MANDVI (actor and comedian)
...with music from TREYA!
– LAURA GÓMEZ (star of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK)
– MICHELLE HERRERA MULLIGAN (writer and founding editor of COSMO FOR LATINAS)
– JAROSLAV KALFAR (author of SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA)
– CHRISTINE LEWIS (domestic worker, activist, and poet)
– JUNE THOMAS (managing producer of SLATE podcasts)
... with music from guitarists THOR JENSEN and SARA L'ABRIOLA
– MATT HUYNH (artist, illustrator, comic creator)
– TANWI NANDINI ISLAM (author of Bright Lines and founder of Hi Wildflower beauty and fragrance)
– CHRISTINE LEWIS (domestic worker, activist, and poet)
– FRANÇOISE MOULY (art editor of The New Yorker)
– JULIO TORRES (of Saturday Night Live)
... with a special surprise from VIET THANH NGUYEN (author of The Sympathizer)
And music from violinist MICHELLE ROSS