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The Speakers for the 2018-2019 Season are:

JAMES COMEY

Former Director of the FBI (2013-2017)
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 8pm
Monday, November 26, 2018 8pm

Comey was appointed Deputy U.S. Attorney General by President George W. Bush. Appointed FBI Director in 2013 by President Obama, he served until 2017 when fired by President Trump amidst political storms regarding the investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

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LISA GENOVA

Neuroscientist and Author of Still Alice
Friday, October 12, 2018 8pm
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 8pm

A neuroscientist who received her Ph.D. from Harvard, Genova talks about the human brain and neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s, and what we can do to prevent them. She has written several books, including the best-selling novel Still Alice, which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film.

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GLORIA STEINEM

Feminist, Journalist and Political Activist
Monday, November 19, 2018 8pm
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 8pm

Steinem is a nationally recognized icon of the women’s liberation movement. A journalist and political activist, she was a columnist for New York magazine and co-founded Ms. magazine in 1972. Steinem has co-founded many organizations to advocate for women’s issues, including the Women’s Media Center.

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JEB BUSH

Governor of Florida (1999–2007)
Friday, January 18, 2019 8pm
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 8pm

Florida’s first ever two-term Republican governor, Bush served in that position from 1999–2007. In 2016, he was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Bush serves as Chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, a national nonprofit organization he founded to transform education in America.

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BRYAN STEVENSON

Social Justice Advocate and Author of Just Mercy
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8pm

As founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, Stevenson has challenged bias in the criminal justice system and helped achieve court decisions that prohibit sentencing children to death or life imprisonment without parole. His memoir Just Mercy was on Time magazine’s “10 Best Books of Nonfiction.”

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IAN BREMMER

Global Politics Expert and President of Eurasia Group
Monday, March 4, 2019 8pm
Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8pm

Founder of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research firm, Bremmer provides analysis and expertise to diplomats and heads of state on how political developments and national security dynamics impact financial markets across the globe. He is regularly seen on CNN and the BBC, and is a foreign affairs columnist for Time.

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JON MEACHAM

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian
Monday, March 25, 2019 8pm

Meacham won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Andrew Jackson. He has also profiled Thomas Jefferson and, most recently, George H. W. Bush in a body of work that spans from the Founding Fathers to the Civil Rights Era. A former editor-in-chief of Newsweek and a contributing editor to Time magazine, he now serves as the executive editor at Random House.

JAY LENO

Comedian and Former Host of The Tonight Show
Monday, April 29, 2019 8pm
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 8pm

After performing stand-up comedy for years, Leno became host of NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno after Johnny Carson’s retirement in 1992. Leno dominated the late night TV ratings for more than two decades. He hosted his last episode of The Tonight Show in 2014. He currently hosts Jay Leno’s Garage on CNBC.

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The Boston Speakers Series presents some of the world’s most celebrated and influential personalities of our time as they challenge your mind, enlarge your world and make you laugh.

The Speakers for the 2018-2019 Season are:

“It never gets old listening to brilliance and simultaneously being entertained.”