#1 NYT-bestselling author, The Small and the Mighty

Founder. The Preamble, a newsletter about history and politics

Host of the award-winning podcast, Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Creator of Sharon Says So

Brett Martin is the author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution, a longtime correspondent for GQ Magazine and a frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and many others. He has won three James Beard Awards for journalism. 

When people think of Archie Manning, they think football. But Archie’s appeal transcends his athletic achievements. People far and wide have been inspired by his warm personality, his drive and sense of humor.

He currently serves in public relations and consulting capacities for several local, regional, and national companies. For 25 years he hosted four Archie Manning Cystic Fibrosis benefit golf tournaments in Louisiana and Mississippi and is active in a wide variety of charitable and civic causes.

SARAH LEWIS is the founder of Vision & Justice and the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities and Associate Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She is the author of The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America (Harvard University Press), the bestseller, The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery (Simon & Schuster), and the forthcoming book Vision & Justice (One World/Random House).

Winner of the 2018 James Beard “Best Chef: South” and semi-finalist for 2023 James Beard “Outstanding Chef,” Nina Compton is Chef/Owner of award-winning restaurant Compère Lapin in New Orleans’ Warehouse District and BABs (formerly Bywater American Bistro) in New Orleans’ “Sliver by the River” Bywater neighborhood. In March 2023, Compton opened Nina’s Creole Cottage – a fast-casual restaurant in Caesar’s New Orleans new celebrity chef food hall.