Everything Happens Creators & Guests

Kate Bowler is an assistant professor of the history of Christianity in North America at Duke Divinity School.

John Green is an author, vlogger, producer, and educator.

Jayson Greene is an American author, music critic, and editor. He has served as a senior editor of online music magazine Pitchfork, and is the author of "Once More We Saw Stars."

Anna Sale is the creator and host of Death, Sex & Money and the podcast from WNYC Studios about, the things we think about a lot & need to talk about more.

Barbara Brown Taylor is an American Episcopal priest, professor, author and theologian and is one of the United States' best known preachers. In 2014, TIME magazine placed her in its annual TIME 100 list of most influential people in the world.

BJ Miller is a palliative care physician at Zen Hospice Project. He is an expert in death and has also teaches how people can dramatically improve their own lives often with very small changes.

Alan Alda is an actor, director, screenwriter, comedian, and author.

Nicholas Kristof is an American journalist and political commentator.

Dr. Vivek H. Murthy is a renowned physician and public health advocate serving as the 21st Surgeon General of the United States. Born in Huddersfield, England, Murthy has dedicated his career to improving public health. He first served as Surgeon General from 2014 to 2017 and was reappointed in 2021. Murthy has focused on issues such as mental health, opioid addiction, and the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the importance of holistic health and community well-being. He is the author of the book "Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World" (2020). Murthy continues to lead initiatives to enhance the health and well-being of Americans.

Jeff Chu is a writer, reporter, editor, and teacher.

Melinda French Gates is an American philanthropist and a former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft.

Dr. Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

Nora McInerny is the host of Terrible, Thanks for Asking and author of No Happy Endings.

David C. Fajgenbaum is an immunologist, author, and Assistant Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Suleika Jaouad is a writer, advocate, and motivational speaker.

Kwame Alexander is a writer of poetry and children's fiction.

Kelly Corrigan is a writer and host of the PBS podcast.

Morgan Harper Nichols is an American Christian musician, songwriter, artist, and writer.

Richard E. Grant is a Swazi-English actor. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I. He's appeared in other films such as Hudson Hawk, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Age of Innocence.