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Mind Matters: Mental Health, Stigma and Solutions | Serena Chaudhry + Tripp Friedler | Moderated by: Clancy DuBos
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Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
A Stage for All: The Power of The Public Theater | Oskar Eustis | Moderated by: Michael Cerveris
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Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Environmental Advocacy: Politics, Policy and The Path Forward | Jay Hakes + Trish O’Kane | Moderated by: Mark Schleifstein
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ROTC
Lead Like You Mean It: Lessons on Integrity and Purpose from the C-Suite | Laysha Ward | Moderated by: Michelle Miller
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Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Documenting New Orleans Street Culture: Just Because You Can, Should You? | Cheryl Gerber, Cherice Harrison-Nelson + Eric Waters | Moderated by: Echo Olander
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Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service | A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson
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McAlister Auditorium
The Mississippi River: History, Geography and the Future of a Vital Lifeline | Richard Campanella + Boyce Upholt | Moderated by: Robert Thomas
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Dixon Hall
Archie Manning: A New Orleans Saints Legacy On and Off the Field | Moderated by: Cooper Manning
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Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Between Dreams and Memory: Fiction that Defies Boundaries | ‘Pemi Aguda, Cebo Campbell + Cristina Rivera Garza | Moderated by: Rien Fertel
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Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
The Last Flight from Havana: Marie Quintana | Moderated by: Lucy Bustamante
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Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Truth-Telling in Troubled Times: The Role of the Public Intellectual | Daniel Black, Imani Perry + Bakari Sellers | Moderated by: Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Conversation with Griffin Dunne | Moderated by: Molly Jong-Fast
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Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Sharing Space: An Astronaut’s Guide to Mission, Wonder and Making Change | Cady Coleman | Moderated by: Sarah Gelman
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ROTC
Warfare Strategy and Leadership: A Conversation with Gen. David H. Petraeus | Moderated by: Max Boot
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Dixon Hall
A Life in News: Connie Chung on her Life and Career | Moderated by: Betsy Fischer Martin
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McAlister Auditorium
The Power of the Written Word: Literature’s Role in Shaping Culture and Connection | The Atlantic | Sarah M. Broom + Tracy K. Smith | Moderated by Vann R. Newkirk
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Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
The Writer’s Road: From Idea to Bestseller and Beyond | Priscilla Painton, Matthew Snyder + Binky Urban | Moderated by: Dwight Garner
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Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Gumbo to Gourmet: The Stories Behind New Orleans’ Greatest Kitchens | Marcelle Bienvenu, Eric Cook, E.J. Lagasse + Donald Link | Moderated by: Edgar “Dook” Chase
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Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
The Pursuit of Meaning: Balancing Achievement, Purpose and the Power of the Mind | Adam Sandel | Moderated by: Arthel Neville
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ROTC
Sky Full of Elephants: A Conversation with Debut Novelist Cebo Campbell | Moderated by: Daniel Black
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Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Writing the Apocalypse and After | Martha Park, Joselyn Takacs + Madeleine Watts | Moderated by: Nathaniel Rich
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Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
I Once Was Lost: A Conversation with Don Lemon | Moderated by: Dean Baquet
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Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
The Global Table: African Cuisine’s Influence and Evolution | Biruk Alemayehu, Serigne Mbaye + Alexander Smalls | Moderated by: Michelle Miller
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Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Living It, Writing It: Memoir and the Journey of Reflection | Sarah LaBrie, Bernice McFadden + Cristina Rivera Garza | Moderated by: Kathryn Schulz
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ROTC
Superdome at 50: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Past and Future | Jeff Duncan, Dennis Lauscha + Doug Thornton | Moderated by: Mark Romig | Introduction by: Gayle Benson
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Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Dirty Nerdy: A Conversation with Comedy Writer and Comedian Jessi Klein | Moderated by: Mike Sacks
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Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
The Code Breaker: A Conversation with Jennifer Doudna | Moderated by: Walter Isaacson
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Dixon Hall
Bridging the Divide: A Bipartisan Discussion on America’s Future | David Axelrod + Karl Rove | Moderated by: Elaina Plott Calabro
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McAlister Auditorium
Power and Purpose: Darren Walker on Philanthropy and Social Justice | Moderated by: Dean Baquet
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Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Foreign Agents: How Money Moves Power | Casey Michel | Moderated by: Jason Berry
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Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
Reckoning with the Past: Fiction, Family and Hard Truths | Crystal Hana Kim, Rachel Khong + Madeleine Watts | Moderated by: Katy Simpson Smith
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Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
New Orleans, New Flavors: Cultural Fusions on the Plate | Nina Compton + Nini Nguyen | Moderated by: Kevin Belton
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Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Remembering John Lewis: A Conversation with Eddie S. Glaude Jr. + David Greenberg
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ROTC
Who is Government? | W. Kamau Bell, Casey Cep, Michael Lewis + Sarah Vowell | Moderated by: David Shipley
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Dixon Hall
Shaking it Up: AI, Social Media, Legacy Media and the "new" News | Ken Auletta, Molly Jong-Fast + Nate Silver | Moderated by: Andy Lack
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McAlister Auditorium
Bayous, Backroads and Beyond: Fiction Set in Louisiana | Joselyn Takacs + David Weill, MD | Moderated by: Michael Strecker
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Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Reshaping Communities Through the Arts | Oskar Eustis + Darren Walker | Moderated by: Kate Levin
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Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Black in Blues: A Conversation with Imani Perry | Moderated by: Sarah Lewis
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Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
Singing the Truth: Fiction, Identity and Community in Isaac’s Song
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ROTC
Centers of Progress: 40 Cities that Changed the World | Allan Carey + Chelsea Follett
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Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
New Orleans History and Geography | A Conversation with Richard Campanella + Lawrence Powell
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Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror and the Rise of the Modern Detective | Steven Johnson | Moderated by: Rich Cohen
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ROTC
Faith, Science and Ethics: Dr. Francis Collins on the Big Questions | Moderated by: Don Lemon
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Kendall Cram Auditorium - Lavin-Bernick Center
Be not alarmed, Madam: The Letters of Pride and Prejudice | Barbara Heller | Moderated by: Merry Toups
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Stibbs 203 - Lavin-Bernick Center
Katrina 20: The Stories We Tell, The Truths We Hold | Jarvis DeBerry, Jeff Duncan + Cheryl Gerber | Moderated by: Lucy Bustamante
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Book Fest Programming Tent - Berger Family Lawn
Lead and Succeed: A Conversation with Scott Cowen | Moderated by: Yvette Jones
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Marshall Family Commons - Goldring/Woldenberg Business Complex
From ‘Sugar’ to ‘Firstborn Girls’: An Essence Book Project Interview with Bernice McFadden | Moderated by: Jacinta Saffold
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Diboll Gallery - Malkin Sacks Commons
The Small and the Mighty: A Conversation with Sharon McMahon | Moderated by: Annette Gordon-Reed
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McAlister Auditorium