Dan Buettner is the author of the New York Times-bestseller “The Blue Zones.” His new book “The Blue Zones Kitchen” is coming out in December.

John Rosengren is the author of nine books, including the biography “Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes.” His articles have appeared in more than 100 publications, ranging from The Atlantic to Sports Illustrated.

Bryan Miller quit his job as a newspaper editor to move to Minneapolis and try stand-up in 2008. In his first year he was a finalist in Acme’s Funniest Person in the Twin Cities contest and two years later he was spotted by Craig Ferguson, who invited him on CBS’s The Late Late Show.

Julie Barton is the New York Times bestselling author of “Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself.” She lives in Northern California with her husband Greg, two children, and a small menagerie of pets.

Lydia Liza has more than 6 million plays on Spotify and has shared the stage with the Goo-Goo Dolls and Kimya Dawson.

Aimee Groth is a business journalist who writes primarily for Quartz. In 2013 she broke the news about Zappos’s adoption of Holacracy.

Jim Lichtscheidl is an actor, director, choreographer, and writer.

Nick Fauchald is the co-author of Cocktail Codex , which was named the 2019 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year.

Craig Kaiser is the co-founder and ingredient genius behind the hot-sauce company Cry Baby Craig’s.

Two years ago, Brian Voerding left journalism to start the non-profit Engage Winona. It’s working even better than he could have imagined.