Conversations
& Biographies
Get to know the series’ guests who join host Alan Lightman in thought-provoking conversations exploring deep questions. Read about the series’ unique style of interviews here.
- Bina48 Humanoid Robot
- Robert Desimone Director, McGovern Center for Brain Research, MIT
- Ruth Faden Bio-ethicist, Johns Hopkins University
- Melissa Franklin Physicist, Harvard University
- Paolo Galluzzi Honorary President, Museo Galileo Florence
- Fabiola Gianotti Director-General, CERN
- Rebecca Goldstein Philosopher & Novelist
- Micah Greenstein Rabbi, Temple Israel, Memphis
- Bruno Maureille Anthropologist, University of Bordeaux
- Nergis Mavalvala Dean of Science, MIT
- Pascal Oesch Astronomer
- Erik Sorto Brain Research Collaborator
- Jack Szostak Origins of Life Initiative, University of Chicago
- Rai Weiss Nobel laureate & Physicist, MIT
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Get to know the series’ guests who join host Alan Lightman in thought-provoking conversations exploring deep questions. Read about the series’ unique style of interviews here.
