On Being Creators & Guests

Krista Tippett is a journalist, author, and entrepreneur.

Zack Rose is the producer of On Being and technical director at On Being Studios.

Chris Heagle is a former technical director of Performance Today and producer of On Being Podcast.

Katherine May is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction.

Karen Armstrong is an author and commentator.

Maria Romero is a Mexican American, an attorney working in legal services, and a mother. She lives in Seattle.

Dr. Russell Moore is a theologian, ethicist, preacher, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, and the public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).

Richard Rohr is an author and spiritual writer.

Bessel van der Kolk is a psychiatrist, author, and educator.

Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, author, public speaker, and internet pioneer. She is the founder of the Webby Awards and the co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Nicholas Christakis is a sociologist and physician.

Dr. Helen Elizabeth Fisher is a biological anthropologist, human behavior researcher, and self-help author. Her work focuses on the biology of love and attraction. Currently, she is a senior research fellow at The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, and a member of the Center For Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology at Rutgers University.Previously, Fisher was a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.In 2005, Fisher was hired by match.com to help build chemistry.com, which used her research and experience to create both hormone-based and personality-based matching systems. She was a speaker at the 2006 and 2008 TED conferences. She has written six books on lust, romance and attachment.Fisher received her B.A. in Anthropology and Psychology from New York University in 1968, her M.A. in Physical Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics, and Archeology from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1972, and her Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Derek Black is a former leader of the white nationalist movement. His former life is covered in Eli Saslow's book "Rising Out of Hatred."

Béla Fleck is a banjo player, musician, songwriter, and composer.

Sandra Cisneros is a Mexican-American writer.

Mustafa Akyol is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.

Omar Saif Ghobash is the assistant minister for cultural affairs in the Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates, and author of the book Letters to a Young Muslim.

Marilynne Robinson is a novelist, essayist, and author.

Jane Hirshfield is a poet, essayist, and translator.