Previous Guests
| 2019 | Tina Fey, Emmy award-winning writer, actress, and producer |
| 2018 | The Right Honourable David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016) |
| 2018 | NBC’s Andrea Mitchell moderated a discussion with former national security advisors Condoleezza Rice and Susan Rice |
| 2016 | Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium |
| 2014 | Derek Jeter, former New York Yankees captain and five-time World Series champion |
| 2013 | Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State |
| 2013 | Shirin Ebadi and Bernard Kouchner, Nobel Laureates |
| 2010 | Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State |
| 2008 | Jon Stewart, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Comedy Central comedian |
| 2008 | Aretha Franklin, Recording Artist and Multiple Grammy Award Winner |
| 2007 | Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States |
| 2006 | Tom Brokaw, Broadcast Journalist, Anchor and Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News |
| 2004 | Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States |
| 2003 | Bill Cosby, Comedian, Actor and Author |
| 2002 | Rudolph Giuliani, New York City Mayor |
| 2002 | Madeleine Albright, 64th Secretary of State of the United States |
| 2001 | Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States |
| 2000 | Desmond Tutu, Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1999 | Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| 1998 | B.B. King, Blues Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter |
| 1998 | F.W. de Klerk, President of South Africa |
| 1997 | Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor, Author and Peace Advocate |
| 1996 | James Carville, Senior Political Advisor to President Bill Clinton Mary Matalin, Deputy Campaign Manager for President George Bush |
| 1996 | Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 65th Secretary of State of the United States |
