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The Pittsburgh Speakers Series invites you to join us at Heinz Hall to experience the ultimate in cultural engagement -- seven evenings of diverse opinions, profound insights and fascinating discussion on a broad scope of issues. For the past twelve seasons, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Peace Prize winners, world leaders, political figures, distinguished journalists, authors and other celebrated personalities have enlightened and inspired our audiences. Join us for a season of heroes and legends. You'll be delighted you did!

The speakers for the 2014-2015 season are:

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ALAN ALDA

Award-Winning Actor
October 8, 2014

From Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H to Arnold Vinick on The West Wing, Alda has been a staple on American television for more than four decades, earning 32 Emmy nominations and six Emmy and Golden Globe Awards. Well known for California Suite, The Four Seasons and other movies, he was nominated for an Academy Award for The Aviator.

Julia Gillard

JULIA GILLARD

Australian Prime Minister (2010-2013)
October 29, 2014

Gillard’s political career was crowned by her service as Prime Minister of Australia and leader of the Australian Labor Party from 2010 to 2013. She was the first woman to hold either position. Born in Wales, she moved with her family to Adelaide when she was a child. Gillard’s earlier political career included numerous cabinet and shadow cabinet positions.

ROBERT S. MUELLER, III

Director of the FBI (2001-2013)
November 19, 2014

After leading a Marine rifle platoon in Vietnam, Mueller attended law school and started his career working in the U.S. Attorney offices in both San Francisco and Boston, and then in the U.S. Department of Justice. In 2001, he was nominated as FBI Director, starting in that position only one week before the September 11 attacks.

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ARIANNA HUFFINGTON

President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post Media Group
January 14, 2015

Considered by Forbes magazine as one of the Most Influential Women in Media, Huffington is best known as the founder of the news website The Huffington Post. The site has become one of the most widely read, linked to, and frequently cited media brands on the internet. In 2012, the site won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.

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P.W. SINGER

21st Century Warfare Expert
February 18, 2015

Currently a Senior Fellow and Strategist at the New America Foundation, he is the preeminent specialist on 21st century warfare. In his work he explores how science fiction has started to play out on modern day battlefields, with its emphasis on robotics and other technologies, as well as the implications of these developments for war, politics, ethics and law in our time.

David McCullough

DAVID MCCULLOUGH

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian
March 25, 2015

Acclaimed author of Truman, John Adams, and most recently The Greater Journey, this two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award has been called a National Treasure. A gifted storyteller, he has narrated several PBS documentaries, including The Civil War and Napoleon, and the motion picture Seabiscuit.

Michio Kaku

MICHIO KAKU

Theoretical Physicist
April 29, 2015

Known as a futurist and popularizer of science, Kaku has written numerous books about physics and makes regular appearances on radio, television and film. A frequent host of TV specials for the BBC, Discovery Channel, the History Channel and the Science Channel, he hosts a weekly, syndicated, one-hour radio program called Explorations.

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2014-2015 Speakers

  • Alan Alda
  • Julia Gillard
  • Robert S. Mueller, III
  • Arianna Huffington
  • P.W. Singer
  • David McCullough
  • Michio Kaku

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