Nancy Pelosi speaks with Hanna Rosin about power, leadership, and women in politics. Reflecting on decades in public life, she offers insight into governing in a polarized era and the challenges shaping America's democratic future.
Hanna Rosin
Hanna Rosin is a journalist and podcast host, currently of Radio Atlantic — the flagship podcast of The Atlantic. Recently, she co-hosted We Live Here Now, a narrative audio series from The Atlantic. Previously, she was the editorial director of audio at New York magazine. She began her audio career at NPR, serving as co-host of Invisibilia. Prior to making the switch to podcasts, she was a magazine and newspaper writer at outlets like The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic and The Washington Post. She won a National Magazine Award and many audio awards. She is also the author of two books, most recently “The End of Men: And The Rise of Women.” She lives in Washington, D.C. with her partner, teenage son and a ragtag collection of pets with human names. She’s trying to be a potter!
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2026 SPEAKERS
Laverne Cox
Emmy-winning actress, producer, LGBTQ+ advocate, and author
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker Emerita, United States Congress
Ibram X. Kendi
Author, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
Monica Lewinsky
Activist, Writer, Producer
Tonya Mosley
Co-Host Fresh Air / Creator and Host of Truth Be Told
Kenny Mayne
Former ESPN Host, Podcast Host
Robby Hoffman
Emmy-winning writer, Emmy-nominated actor, and Comedian
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Author of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries
Knute Berger
Host, Mossback's Northwest
Adam Schiff
U.S. Senator, California
Nick Zentner
Geologist, Host of Nick on the Rocks
Patricia Murphy
Host, Seattle Now / KUOW
Hanna Rosin
Host, Radio Atlantic
Tyler Foggatt
Host, The Political Scene
Danielle Pletka
Distinguished Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Kevin Sur
Host, KEXP's Sounds of Survivance
Paris Jackson
Host, The Newsfeed
David Rind
Host of CNN Podcast, "One Thing"
Girmay Zahilay
King County Executive
Rebecca Nagle
Writer and Host, First America
Laura Gibson
Musician / Writer
Daisy Hernández
Author, Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth
Molly Webster
Senior Correspondent, Radiolab Co-Host
Gene Tagaban
Storyteller, Speaker, Mentor, Teacher and Counselor of the Spirit
Julia Ioffe
Author, MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia; Founding Partner, Washington Correspondent at Puck
Steve Phillips
Host of Democracy in Color podcast, Author, and Columnist at The Guardian, The Nation
Hozoji Matheson-Margullis
Musician, Helms Alee, Lozen, Tacos!, and Uukwuuk
John Donvan
Moderator-in-Chief
Brangien Davis
Cascade PBS, Arts and culture writer / television host
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Theoretical Physicist and Cosmologist, Author of The Edge of Space and Time