Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter an award-winning author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, columnist, television producer and radio host.

Alter’s most recent book is American Reckoning: Inside Trump's Trial—And My Own (2024). His earlier books include His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life. (2020), The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies (2013), The Promise: President Obama, Year One (2010) and The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (2006), also one of the Times’ “Notable Books” of the year.

Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson is a Professor of History at Tulane. He has been the editor of Time Magazine, the CEO and Chairman of CNN, and the CEO of the Aspen Institute. He is an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg, a financial services firm based in New York City, a cohost of the PBS show Amanpour & Co., a contributor to CNBC, and host of the podcast “Trailblazers, from Dell Technologies.”

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