Noam Chomsky is institute professor (emeritus) in the department of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Laureate Professor of Linguistics and Agnese Nelms Haury Chair in the program of environment and social justice at the University of Arizona. Chomsky is the author of numerous bestselling political works, which have been translated into scores of languages worldwide, including What Kind of Creatures Are We?, Optimism over Despair, and Internationalism or Extinction.

Marv Waterstone is professor emeritus in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona, where he has been a faculty member for over thirty years. His most recent books are Wageless Life: A Manifesto for a Future beyond Capitalism (coauthored with Ian Shaw) and Geographic Thought: A Praxis Perspective (coedited with George Henderson).

Donald Corren is an audiobook narrator and a New York actor with leading credits on and Off-Broadway, as well as numerous television appearances. On Broadway, he costarred with Judy Kaye in the critically acclaimed production of Souvenir, and replaced Harvey Fierstein in the seminal production of Torch Song Trilogy. His Off-Broadway appearances include The Soap Myth, Dietrich & Chevalier, The Last Sunday in June, Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night, and the original New York production of Tomfoolery. His television credits include eight seasons as forensic tech Medill on NBC’s Law & Order, as well as his current role as Dr. Kurian on Syfy’s Z Nation.