Riven

Courtney B. Vance

as Self - Host

Ken Burns

as Self - Director and Producer

Deepak Chopra

as Self - Author

Kwame Anthony Appiah

as Self - New York Univeristy

Jelani Cobb

as Self - Columbia University

Eric Deggans

as Self - NPR Television Critic

Drew Gilpin Faust

as Self - Harvard University

Jodie Foster

as Self - Actress and Director

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

as Self - Professor, Author and Filmmaker

Paula Kerger

as Self - President of PBS

LL Cool J

as Self - Musician and Actor

Dyllan McGee

as Self - Executive Produce

Cornel West

as Self - Harvard University

Bob Marty

Director

Andrew Ames

Writer