Edward Whelan is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and holds EPPC’s Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies. He is the longest-serving President in EPPC’s history, having held that position from March 2004 through January 2021. He is also the co-author of Scalia Speaks, On Faith, and  The Essential Scalia.

Edward Whelan Book Recommendations:

Scalia Speaks - Antonin Scalia https://amzn.to/3AWxwNk

On Faith - Antonin Scalia

The Essential Scalia - Antonin Scalia 

Orthodoxy - G.K. Chesterton 

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Nadine Strossen is one of the preeminent constitutional law and civil liberties scholars in the United States. Her impressive resume includes serving as the first female President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), being a member of the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Heterodox Academy, Council on Foreign Relations, and the National Coalition Against Censorship. The National Law Journal has named Strossen one of America’s "100 Most Influential Lawyers," and several other publications have named her one of the country’s most influential women. She is currently the John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law at New York Law School.

Her latest book, HATE: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech, Not Censorship was published in 2018. Her earlier book, Defending Pornography: Free Speech, Sex, and the Fight for Women’s Rights, was named by The New York Times as a “Notable Book” of 1995.

Nadine Strossen Book Recommendations:

On Liberty - John Stuart Mill

1984 - George Orwell

Kindly Inquisitors - Jonathan Rauch

Bleak House - Charles Dickens

Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens

A Promise of Ankles: 44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith

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Francis J. Greenburger is the CEO and Founder of real estate giant Time Equities Inc, owner of the highly successful Sanford J.Greenburger Literary Agency, and founder of the Omi International Arts Center and The Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice.

He is also the author of a book entitled Risk Game: Self Portrait of an Entrepreneur.

Francis J. Greenburger Book Recommendations:

Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson

Zeckendorf - William Zeckendorf

Am I Being Too Subtle - Sam Zell

Nine Street Women - Mary Gabriel

The Other Black Girl - Zakiya Dalila Harris

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Leroy (Lee) Hood is a world-renowned scientist and recipient of the National Medal of Science in 2011 from President Barack Obama. Dr. Leroy Hood co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer and Professor at ISB. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine. Of the more than 6,000 scientists worldwide who belong to one or more of these academies, Dr. Hood is one of only 20 people elected to all three. He has received 18 honorary degrees from prestigious universities in the U.S. and abroad and has published more than 850 peer-reviewed articles and currently holds 36 patents.

Dr.Hood and his colleagues developed the instruments that paved the way for the Human Genome Project’s successful mapping and understanding of the human genome. He and his students also deciphered many of the complex mechanisms of antibody diversification.

Lee Hood is currently carrying out studies in Alzheimer’s Disease, cancer, and wellness. He is pioneering a 1 million patient genome/phenome project for Providence and is bringing scientific (quantitative) wellness to the contemporary U.S. health care system. Dr. Hood has played a role in founding 15 biotechnology companies including Amgen, Applied Biosystems, Arivale, and Nanostring. He has co-authored textbooks in biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, genetics, and systems biology.

Leroy Hood Book Recommendations:

The End of Average - Todd Rose

Lifespan - David Sinclair

The Empty Planet - Darrell Bricker

The 100-Year Life - Lynda Gratton & Andrew Scott

The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge -Abraham Flexner

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Dr. Steven E. Koonin is a leader in science policy in the United States. He served as Undersecretary for Science in the US Department of Energy under President Obama. He has written more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in the fields of physics and astrophysics, scientific computation, energy technology and policy, and climate science, Dr. Koonin was a professor of theoretical physics at Caltech, also serving as Caltech’s Vice President and Provost for almost a decade. He is currently a University Professor at New York University, with appointments in the Stern School of Business, the Tandon School of Engineering, and the Department of Physics.

Most recently he is the author of the Wall Street Journal Bestselling book Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters.

Steven Koonin Book Recommendations:

Energy and Civilization - Vaclav Smil

The New Map - Daniel Yergin

Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond

False Alarm - Bjorn Lomberg

Apocolypse Never - Michael Shellenberger

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David A. Kaplan was a senior editor and legal affairs correspondent at Newsweek for 20 years. While there, he wrote several dozen cover stories on the Court and other topics. He is the author of numerous books including The Silicon Boys and most recently, of The Most Dangerous Branch. He now teaches journalism and ethics at NYU and at CUNY.

David Kaplan Book Recommendations:

Charlotte's Web - E.B. White

Cadillac Desert - Marc Reisner

The Power Broker - Robert Caro

The Impending Crisis - David Potter

A Sense of Where You Are - John McPhee

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Norman Ohler is a German New York Times bestselling author, novelist, and screenwriter, best known for his book Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany, which has been published in over 30 languages.

Most recently he is the author of The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany’s Resistance Against the Nazis.

Norman Ohler Book Recommendations:

Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon

The Bohemians - Norman Ohler

Moby Dick - Herman Melville

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

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Rabbi David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. He was named one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the World by the Jerusalem Post and the Most Influential Rabbi in America by Newsweek. He taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York and at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Hunter College - CUNY, and UCLA. His articles have been featured in the New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Time Magazine, The Atlantic, and numerous others. He has been featured on CBS This Morning, The Today Show, Face the Nation, and ABC This Morning. Rabbi Wolpe has publicly debated some of the great intellectuals of our time such as Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and many others.

Mr.Wolpe is the author of eight books, including Why Faith Matters, Making Loss Matter, and most recently of David: The Divided Heart.

Check out his podcast: Off the Pulpit with Rabbi David Wolpe

Rabbi David Wolpe Book Recommendations:

The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker

Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

The Sabbath - Abraham Joshua Heschel

Night - Elie Wiesel

The Warden - Anthony Trollope

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