Past Seasons of Newsmakers
2023
The Second City
Michael Tubbs
Theresa May
Henry Winkler
Ken Jennings
Sarah Thomas
Ana Navarro
Claire McCaskill and Kelly Ayotte
Michele Norris
2022
Karl Rove and David Axelrod
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Mo Rocca
Leana Wen
Adam Steltzner
Ruben Navarrette
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Levar Burton
2019-2020
Don Lemon
John Kasich
Platon
Kate Biberdorf, Ph.D.
Abby Wambach
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Ruben Navarrette (rescheduled to 2022)
2018-2019
James Comey
Dr. Jean Twenge
Rick Wilson & Marc Lotter
Martha Raddatz
Jeff Henderson
J.D. Vance
Amy Tan
Julius Erving
2017-2018
Ray Kelly and Al Sharpton
Alison Levine
Governor Jeb Bush
Greg Gumbel and Sugar Ray Leonard
Governor Jennifer Granholm
The Capitol Steps
Jeffrey Toobin
John Leguizamo
2016-2017
Billie Jean King & Christine Brennan
Ann Compton
Eric Holder
Ted Koppel
Michael Beschloss
Susan Eisenhower
2015-2016
Joe Montana & Stephen A. Smith
Jose Antonio Vargas vs. Michelle Malkin
David McCullough
Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Martin Luther King III
2014-2015
Leon Panetta
Scott Brown vs. Joe Lieberman
George F. Will
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
Jeannette Walls
Robert Edsel
2013-2014
Steve Young, Cal Ripken, Jr., and Frank Deford
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Bob Woodward
Dan Rather
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Madeleine K. Albright
Jack Hanna
2012-2013
Captain Mark Kelly
David Gergen
Billy Beane
Paul DePodesta
Condoleezza Rice
Lara Logan
James Bradley
2011-2012
James Lovell and Gene Kranz
Paul Tagliabue
Laura Bush
Jack Hanna
Donna Brazile vs. Pat Buchanan
Marlee Matlin
2010-2011
Peter Greenberg
The Capitol Steps
Soledad O’Brien
Tom Brokaw
Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D’Souza
Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
F.W. de Klerk
2009-2010
General Colin Powell
Rick Reilly
Candace Bushnell
Bob Schieffer
Peggy Noonan
Dr. Robert Ballard
2008-2009
Jeff Corwin
Senator George Mitchell
Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Naomi Judd
Peter Bergen
Lisa Ling
2007-2008
President Vicente Fox
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Dr. Sally Ride
Doris Kearns Goodwin
James Carville & Mary Matalin
Garrison Keillor
2006-2007
Maya Angelou
Ken Burns
Catherine Crier
Tom Daschle
Frank Deford
Newt Gingrich
Brian Mulroney
2005-2006
Steve Young
Lesley Stahl
Erin Brockovich
Dave Barry
Jehan Sadat
George McGovern
J.C. Watts
2004-2005
Jay Leno
Geraldine Ferraro
Tucker Carlson
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Frank Abagnale
Jane Bryant Quinn
Bob Dole
