Sloane Crosley is the author of The New York Times bestselling books Grief Is for People, How Did You Get This Number, and I Was Told There’d Be Cake, which was a 2009 finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor. She is also the author of Look Alive Out There, a 2019 finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the novels Cult Classic and The Clasp, both of which she has adapted for film. She has been featured in The Library of America's 50 Funniest American Writers, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Best American Travel Writing, and Phillip Lopate’s The Contemporary American Essay. She has been a columnist for The Village Voice, Vanity Fair, Esquire, The Independent, Departures, Black Book, and The New York Observer. A contributing editor at Vanity Fair, Crosley’s work has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Vogue, and The Guardian. A Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and Yaddo Fellow, she has also been an adjunct professor in Columbia University’s MFA program and The New School’s MFA program, as well as a guest lecturer at Dartmouth College, The Yale Writers’ Workshop, The School of Visual Arts, New York University, and Bowdoin College.

Fred Brathwaite, aka Fab 5 Freddy emerged in the late 1970s as a New York City graffiti artist, and was one of the first to exhibit his paintings internationally. Along with friends and contemporaries Futura 2000, Keith Haring, Lee Quinones, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab was a key player in New York’s 1980s downtown cultural scene and instrumental in elevating graffiti into a disruptive movement that would eventually give birth to street art. His early art work was recently on exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in a show titled “Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation.” Born in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn, New York, his introduction to pop culture came courtesy of a namecheck on new wave group Blondie’s 1980s pop hit “Rapture.” In addition to his visual art, Fab co-produced, starred in, and composed the music for the cult classic film Wild Style and went on to direct music videos for numerous hip-hop stars like Snoop, Nas, Queen Latifah, and others. From the late 1980s into the mid ’90s he was the original host of YO! MTV Raps, the groundbreaking TV show that took hip-hop culture global. Today he continues to make and exhibit his visual art and produce and direct projects for film and television. In 2019 he produced and directed the feature-length documentary Grass Is Greener, which examines the history of cannabis, music, and criminal justice in America. Inspired by all he learned while making that film, he developed a social equity cannabis brand, B NOBLE, which is now available in ten states.

Sophie von Haselberg is an actress and producer based in New York, working across TV, stage, and film, with a bias toward the surreal (Give Me Pity!), the unnerving (stuck in a vent at Studio 54 in Halston), and the savory (Having a Night). Upcoming projects include the independent films Ugly Cry and By Design, as well as the new Ryan Murphy series, American Love Story. She is on the board of the cleaning & greening non-profit, New York Restoration Project, and holds a BA from Yale College and an MFA from The Yale School of Drama. She is studying to become a non-denominational chaplain through the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care.

Julianne Moore is an Academy Award, Emmy, and Golden Globe–winning actor known for her performances in films like Still Alice, Far from Heaven, and The Hours. Moore is also a bestselling children's author and founding chair of Everytown for Gun Safety's Creative Council. Recent work includes her Golden Globe–nominated performance in May December, Pedro Almodovar’s The Room Next Door, the Apple TV+ thriller Echo Valley, Netflix’s limited series Sirens, and Jesse Eisenberg's upcoming musical comedy.

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Library Book, Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. Orlean’s memoir Joyride was published on October 14th.

Josh Radnor is an actor, writer, director, and musician. His recent television credits include Hunters on Amazon, opposite Al Pacino, and Fleishman Is in Trouble on F/X and Hulu. He is best known for his leading role on CBS’ Emmy-winning How I Met Your Mother. Additionally, he has been featured on Rise, Mercy Street, Centaurworld, Grey’s Anatomy, and Six Feet Under. Radnor wrote and directed two feature films: happythankyoumoreplease and Liberal Arts, both of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, the former winning the 2010 Audience Award. His additional film credits include Afternoon Delight directed by Joey Soloway, Social Animals, 3 Birthdays, and All Happy Families. His theater credits include includes the world premiere of Itamar Moses’ The Ally at The Public Theater, Little Shop of Horrors at the Kennedy Center, Richard Greenberg’s The Babylon Line at Lincoln Center, and the Broadway production of Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, Disgraced. As a musician he made two albums with Aussie singer-songwriter Ben Lee as Radnor & Lee. Solo music: One More Then I’ll Let You Go and Eulogy: Volumes 1 and Volume 2. You can find his popular Museletters over on Substack.

Critically acclaimed actress, comedian, and New York Times bestselling author Jenny Slate is one of the most versatile creators working today. Slate is known for her starring role in A24’s Obvious Child and for co-creating, co-writing and voicing the beloved Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. In 2022 Slate was nominated for a Golden Globe, Critics Choice Award, and Oscar for the feature film of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. She is also known for her 2019 comedy special Stage Fright, and her essay collection Little Weirds, which was an instant New York Times bestseller. Her new comedy special, Jenny Slate: Seasoned Professional, is now streaming on Prime Video. Slate released her second book, Lifeform, a national bestseller, in October and can be seen in the new FX series Dying for Sex opposite Michelle Williams, for which she received a Gotham Award and an Emmy nomination. Slate is a graduate of Columbia University.

John Linnell and John Flansburgh formed They Might Be Giants a while back and tonight they are joined by a new guy, Marty Beller, who has been playing with them for over 20 years.