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December 27, 2020

• Mayor John Cooper, D-Nashville
• Frank Figliuzzi, Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, FBI
  
• Governor Mike DeWine, R-Ohio
  
• Governor Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan
  
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
• Authors Panel: Susan Glasser, Peter Baker, Jon Meacham, Isabel Wilkerson

December 20, 2020

• Dr. Jerome Adams U.S. Surgeon General
• Ron Klain, Incoming White House Chief of Staff to President-elect Biden
• Kevin Mandia, FireEye CEO
• David Ricks, Chairman and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company
• Mary Daly, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

December 13, 2020

• Alex Azar Health and Human Services Secretary
• Rep. Cedric Richmond, D- Louisiana, Incoming Senior Adviser to the President-Elect Joe Biden
• Robert Garrett, Hackensack Meridian Health CEO
• Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Former FDA Commissioner

December 6, 2020

• Dr. Moncef Slaoui, Chief Adviser, Operation Warp Speed 
  
• Chris Krebs, Former Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
• James Linder, Nebraska Medicine CEO
• Mayor Lori Lightfoot, D-Chicago
• Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Former FDA Commissioner

November 29, 2020

• Dr. Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
• Mayor Dee Margo, (R-El Paso) 
• Mayor Mike Duggan, (D-Detroit)
• David Beasley, Executive Director for the UN World Food Programme
• Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, Feeding America CEO
• Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Former FDA Commissioner

November 22, 2020

• Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• H.R. McMaster, Former National Security Adviser, Author, "Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World"
• Symone Sanders, Senior Adviser and Spokesperson for Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
• Larry Merlo, CVS Health CEO
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner  

November 8, 2020

• Rep. Cedric Richmond, (D) Louisiana, Biden campaign co-chair
• Sen. Joe Manchin, (D) West Virginia
• Sen. Pat Toomey, (R) Pennsylvania
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

November 1, 2020

• Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee Chairwoman
• Rep. Val Demings (D-Florida)
• Jeh Johnson, Former Homeland Security Secretary
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner  

October 25, 2020

• Robert O'Brien, National Security Adviser
• Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas
• Mayor Quinton Lucas, D-Kansas City
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner  

October 18, 2020

• Tom Perez, Democratic National Committee Chairman
• Reince Priebus, Former Republican National Committee Chairman, CBS News Political Analyst
• Adm. Mike Rogers (Ret.) Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, Former Director, National Security Agency
• Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President & CEO
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner  

October 11, 2020

• Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D- Michigan
• Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee Chairwoman
• Neel Kashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President
• Leonard Schleifer, Regeneron Founder, President & CEO
• Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner 

October 4, 2020

• Robert O'Brien, National Security Adviser
• Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker
• Adam Schechter, LabCorp CEO and President 
• Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner 

September 27, 2020

• Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff
• Don McGahn, Former White House Counsel  
  
• Jeh Johnson, Former Homeland Security Secretary
• Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware
• Doug Parker, American Airlines CEO
• Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner 

September 20, 2020

• Former President Bill Clinton
• Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri
• Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
• Jan Crawford, CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent
• Nancy Cordes, CBS News Chief Congressional Correspondent

September 13, 2020

• Sue Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
• Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines
• Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer
• Governor Kate Brown, D-Oregon 
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director
• A preview of Scott Pelley's 60 Minutes interview with Bob Woodward about his book 'Rage.' 

September 6, 2020

• Mohamed el-Erian, Allianz Chief Economic Advisor
• David M. Rubenstein, Author of The American Story and co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
• Wes Lowery, "60 in 6" Quibi Correspondent
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director 

August 30, 2020

• Chad Wolf, Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security  
  
• Rep. Val Demings, D-Florida
• Daniel Cameron, Attorney General of Kentucky 
• Ben Crump, Civil Rights Attorney Representing Family of Jacob Blake 
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
• James Brown, CBS News Special Correspondent and host of The NFL Today on CBS Sport

August 23, 2020

• James Comey, Former FBI Director
• Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee Chair
• Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
• Dr. Robert Robbins, President of the University of Arizona
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

August 16, 2020

• Jared Kushner, White House Senior Adviser
• Lori Lightfoot, Mayor of Chicago
• Governor Tate Reeves, (R) Mississippi
• Dmitri Alperovitch, Former CrowdStrike CTO, co-founder
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

August 9, 2020

• Robert O'Brien, National Security Adviser
  
• Quinton Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City
  
• Charles Evans, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  
• Ned Lamont, Connecticut Governor 
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

August 2, 2020

• Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff
  
• Rep. James Clyburn, Majority Whip, D-South Carolina 
  
• Neel Kashkari, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Vanita Gupta, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections and Surveys Director
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

July 26, 2020

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
• Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas 
• Eugene Woods, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atrium Health
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections and Surveys Director
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

July 19, 2020

• Colin Powell, Former Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D-Atlanta)
• Dr. Richard Besser, Former CDC Acting Director
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
• Dr. Michael Drake, President-Elect, University of California System

July 12, 2020

• Dr. Jerome Adams, U.S. Surgeon General
• Mayor Kate Gallego (D-Phoenix)
• Terry Shaw, AdventHealth CEO
• Tom Wyatt, CEO KinderCare
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director  
  
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner 

July 5, 2020

• Ambassador John Bolton, Former National Security Adviser
• Carlos Giménez, Miami-Dade County Mayor
  
• Sylvester Turner, Houston Mayor
  
• Stephen Kaufer, TripAdvisor CEO
• Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner 

June 28, 2020

• Vice President Mike Pence
• Gov. Jay Inslee, Washington
  
• Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina
  
• Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
  
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner 

June 21, 2020

• Chad Wolf, Acting Homeland Security Secretary
• Senator Mark Warner, D-Virginia
• Jide Zeitlin, Tapestry CEO
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
• Jamelle Bouie, New York Times Columnist

June 14, 2020

• Sen. Tim Scott R-South Carolina
• Sen. Cory Booker D-New Jersey
• Carmen Best, Seattle Chief of Police
• Robert S. Kaplan, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
• John Dickerson, "60 Minutes" Correspondent 

June 7, 2020

• William Barr, Attorney General
• Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

May 31, 2020

• Benjamin Crump Floyd Family Attorney
• Mayor Melvin Carter, D-St. Paul, MN
• Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, D-Atlanta
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner  

May 24, 2020

• Robert O'Brien, National Security Adviser
  
• Michael Chertoff, Former Homeland Security Secretary
• Eric Rosengren, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
  
• Geoffrey Ballotti, President & CEO, Wyndham Hotels Group

May 17, 2020

• Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services
  
• Rep. Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker
• Gary Cohn, Former Director of the National Economic Council
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
  
• Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America

May 10, 2020

• Kevin Hassett, White House Economic Adviser
  
• Eric Schmidt, Former CEO and Chairman of Google
• Dr. Christopher Murray, Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
  
• James Ryan, President, University of Virginia

May 3, 2020

• Gov. JB Pritzker D, Illinois
• Daniel O'Day, Chairman and CEO, Gilead Sciences
• Gary Kelly, Chairman and CEO, Southwest Airlines
• Raphael Bostic, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

April 26, 2020

• Gov. Larry Hogan, R, Maryland
• Mayor London Breed, D, San Francisco, CA
• Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America
• Barry Diller, Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC and Expedia Group
• Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner

April 19, 2020

• Gov. Charlie Baker, Massachusetts
• Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Former FDA Commissioner
• Deborah Birx, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
• King Abdullah II of Jordan
• Suzanne Clark, President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

April 12, 2020

• Gov. Phil Murphy, New Jersey
• Scott Gottlieb, M.D., Former FDA Commissioner
• Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
• Christopher Murray, M.D., Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
• Neel Kashkari, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Lori Lightfoot, Mayor of Chicago 

April 5, 2020

• Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
• Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb
• Michael Dowling, President & CEO, Northwell Health
  
• James Bullard, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
  
• Dr. Luana Marques, President, Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)

March 29, 2020

• Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
• Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin
• Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
• Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo Clinic CEO and President
• Dr. David Heymann, WHO special adviser

March 22, 2020

• Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, @ScottGottliebMD
• Gary Cohn, Former National Economic Council Director
• Richard Pollack, American Hospitals Association CEO/President
• Frederick W. Smith, FedEx CEO/President

March 15, 2020

• Larry Kudlow, Director, National Economic Council, @larry_kudlow
• Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan
• Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, @ScottGottliebMD

March 8, 2020

• Senator Chris Murphy, @ChrisMurphyCT
• Washington Governor Jay Inslee, @GovInslee
• U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, @Surgeon_General
• Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, @ScottGottliebMD

March 1, 2020

• Senator Bernie Sanders, @BernieSanders
• HHS Secretary Alex Azar, @SecAzar
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, @SecPompeo
• Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, @ScottGottliebMD
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director, @SalvantoCBS
• Ed O'Keefe, CBS News Political Correspondent, @edokeefe

February 23, 2020

• Former Vice President Joe Biden, @JoeBiden
• National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director, @SalvantoCBS
• Ed O'Keefe, CBS News Political Correspondent, @edokeefe

February 16, 2020

• Sen. Amy Klobuchar, 2020 candidate, @amyklobuchar
• 2020 candidate Tom Steyer, @TomSteyer
• Sen. John Kennedy, Louisiana, @SenJohnKennedy
• Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH, @NIAIDNews
• Panelists: Amy Walter( @amyewalter) , Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) , Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS), Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe)

February 9, 2020

• Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders
• Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg, @PeteButtigieg
  
• Senator Lindsey Graham, @LindseyGrahamSC
• Ambassador Cui Tiankai, @AmbCuiTiankai

February 2, 2020

• Representative Adam Schiff, @RepAdamSchiff
  
• National Security Adviser Robert Obrien
• Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg, @PeteButtigieg
  
• DNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, @GOPChairwoman
  
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director, @SalvantoCBS
  
• Ed O'Keefe, CBS News Political Correspondent, @edokeefe

January 26, 2020

• Rep. Jason Crow, Impeachment manager, @RepJasonCrow
• Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, @SenTomCotton
• Anthony Salvanto, CBS News' Elections & Surveys Director, @SalvantoCBS
• Kelsey Snell, NPR, Congressional correspondent, @kelsey_snell
  
• David Nakamura, Washington Post, @DavidNakamura
  
• Philip Rucker, White House Bureau Chief, Washington Post, @PhilipRucker
  
• Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, @RameshPonnuru

January 19, 2020

• Former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn
• Represenative  Jerry Nadler, Judiciary Committee Chairman, @RepJerryNadler
• Senator John Cornyn, @JohnCornyn
• Susan Page ,Washington Bureau Chief, USA Today @SusanPage
• Gerald Seib Executive Washington Editor, Wall Street Journal @GeraldFSeib
• Ed O'Keefe, CBS News Political Correspondent, @edokeefe
• Weijia Jiang, CBS News White House Correspondent, @weijia

January 12, 2020

• Former Secretary of State John Kerry @JohnKerry
• Secretary of Defense Mark Esper @EsperDoD
• Senator Tim Kaine, D-Virgina, @TimKaine
• Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, @SenMikeLee
• Representative Adam Schiff, D-California @RepAdamSchiff

January 5, 2020

• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (@SecPompeo)
• Gen. David Petraeus (Ret) Former Commander in Chief of Central Command, former CIA director
  
• Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida (@marcorubio), Foreign Relations Committee
  
• Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut (@ChrisMurphyCT), Foreign Relations Committee
• Tom Perez, DNC Chair (@TomPerez)
• CBS News Foreign Correspondent Holly Williams (@HollyMAWilliams) reports from Iraq
• CBS News National Security Correspondent David Martin (@CBSDavidMartin)