Winner of the Bill Hicks Spirit Award for Thought Provoking Comedy, writer for Comedy Central's Indecision2008, Huffington Post, & the Independent Film Channel, cast member of Shoot The Messenger (from the creator of The Daily Show), author of Harper Collins' bestselling Get Rich Cheating," and executive editor of MY Wall Street Journal (with writers from The Daily Show, The Onion,... read full bio
Joel Chasnoff is a stand-up comedian and writer with stage and screen credits in eight countries, and author of the comic memoir The 188th Crybaby Brigade (Simon and Schuster), about his year as a combat soldier in the Israeli Army. On tour, Joel was the warm-up act for Jon Stewart and Lewis Black of The Daily Show. Joel recently returned... read full bio
Canadian comedian, actor, and writer Jay Malone is a gifted individual. Jay started stand-up comedy in college on a whim, fell in love right away, dropped out, and relocated to Toronto to devote himself fully to the art. After four years, he received an invitation to participate in Just for Laughs' Homegrown competition, where he won first place. The Montreal Newspaper... read full bio
Dr. James B. Maas is Professor and past Chairman of the Department of Psychology, and the Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University. An expert on the psychology of sleep, Dr. Maas teaches the nation's largest single lecture course, and is the winner of numerous teaching awards. As one of the nation's most sought after corporate speakers, Dr. Maas... read full bio
John Folse is a noted Louisiana chef and restaurant owner, and a leading authority on Cajun and Creole cuisine and culture. His philosophy of life is summed up in the quote, “Risk is the tariff paid to leave the shores of predictable misery. The best fruit is not on the trunk of a tree; it’s on the limb.”... read full bio
Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s. Janie Fricke was one of the most popular female country singers of the '80s, racking a string of hits and proving herself a versatile vocalist with a particular flair for ballads. She won the Country Music Association's... read full bio
He his nickname in high school was Warm Up Bouton because hed rather warm up than actually play, Jim Bouton became an all-star pitcher and World Series hero with the NY Yankees, a TV sportscaster, an actor, and author of Ball Fourthe funny, controversial, all-time bestseller. During his baseball comeback with the Atlanta Braves, Bouton helped create Big League Chew,... read full bio
At NBC, John Hockenberry served as a correspondent for Dateline, where his work ranged from an intimate portrait of a schizophrenic young adult to an investigative piece that traced internet swindlers in an international web, to the first and only interview with the brother of two of the 9/11 suicide hijackers. A four-time Emmy Award winner and three-time Peabody winner,... read full bio
No one knows more about the difficulty of running an effective aid mission than Dr. James Orbinski. The former president of Mdecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is now using his expertise to help victims in Haiti. A true humanitarian, Orbinski accepted a Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of MSF in 1999 for his leadership during the Rwandan genocide. Recently,... read full bio
Arguably the best wheelchair athlete in the world, Josh George is a remarkable paralympian, ESPYs finalist and world record holder. Considered by many to be unstoppable on his path to greatness, he has been recognized worldwide in the sports of track and field, marathon racing and basketball.... read full bio
John Shryock has performed close-up, parlor, and illusion acts all over the world, "wowing" audiences with his engaging demeanor, proficiency with the performance, and undeniable sense of humor. One of the few magicians who consistently performs in all three show rooms at the renowned Magic Castle in Hollywood, John was a fan favorite at Ceasar's Magical Empire in Las Vegas. John... read full bio
Juliana was born in Maine and grew up in the Boston suburb of Duxbury. She is daughter of Philip M. Hatfield and The Boston Globe fashion critic Julie Hatfield. She acquired a love of rock music during the 1970s, having been introduced by a babysitter to the music of the seminal Los Angeles punk rock band X. She was also... read full bio
John Berry, a country music legend who has been nominated for a Grammy Award, has carved his name into the charts with an incredible catalog of 20 singles that have appeared on the country hit parade. Six of these songs reached the prestigious Top 5, with one even taking the top spot on the Billboard and Radio and Records country... read full bio
Juice Newton known for her impact on the pop, as well as the country music scene, exhibits diversity in her music as well as her stage show. Juice keeps her performances varied with the energy of her top-notch touring band, and the intimacy of an acoustic setting. Juice Newton, through her pop and country hits, her distinctive voice and... read full bio
Jean-Luc Ponty is an innovator and unparalleled virtuoso of violin in the genres of jazz and rock. He is renowned as a pioneer who has applied his unique visionary spin that has broadened the vocabulary of modern music. Besides recording and touring globally with his own group, Ponty has also performed some of his compositions with the New Music Ensemble... read full bio
Jazz, funk, rock, gospel, blues and soul were cooked up together in the crucible of smoke filled rooms, simmered over the fire of pure down home grooves, and the combined alchemy created the Jazz Crusaders. It was the 1960's and the young Texans were breaking new ground with their signature horns, driving rhythms and the blues-funk style that identified their... read full bio
John Lescroart (pronounced ""less-kwah"") is a big believer in hard work and single-minded dedication, although he'll acknowledge that a little luck never hurts. Now a New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into 16 languages in more than 75 countries he is best known for two series of legal and crime thriller novels featuring the characters Dismas... read full bio
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology. His books include... read full bio
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Many bemoan the American public school classroom as a place where young people cannot learn, where drugs are more prevalent than textbooks, where violence and vandalism make corridors look like war zones. For a myriad of reasons, the sad fact that many American public schools are waging a losing battle to complete their mission of training future generations to lead... read full bio
