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Alexander Nanau tells impressive life stories with empathy and skill, making sure they travel around the world, for everyone to watch.

Michael Paterniti has gone around the world twice looking for stories of people pushed to their limits. From there, where fear meets despair, he shows us what humanity is.

Jacqui Banaszynski didn’t set out to become a storyteller, but turned out to be one of the most fervent believers in the power of stories to open minds, touch hearts and change lives.

One of the most important magazine writers in the world weights in on the role luck played in his career.

Our 2015 speakers share their belief in the power of stories and talk about how the use of storytelling in their work.

12 things you need to know about the author of The Empathy Exams, a spectacular blend of memoir, reporting, and cultural criticism that investigates pain, our ability to understand it, process it, as well as see it and acknowledge it in others.

Curiosity has followed Robert Krulwich throughout his career, from Columbia Law School, to Award-winning television programs and ultimately to one of public radio’s most popular shows.

At this year’s conference our speakers will tackle the idea of place in a story, the way it is conveyed, depicted, researched, and understood.

An unlikely Midwesterner with a passion for basketball became the universal BFF to the contemporary writer. And a poet.