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115 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Richard Heffner Self - Host / Self - Host / Self - Host (1956-2013) Self - Host / Self - Host / Self - Host (1956-2013) See fewer	94	This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Alexander Heffner Self - Host (2014-) / Self - Host / Self Self - Host (2014-) / Self - Host / Self See fewer	9	QAnon Anonymous (2018)
Helen Gurley Brown Self Self See fewer	6	Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
Floyd Abrams Self - Constitutional Lawyer / Self - Constitutional Attorney Self - Constitutional Lawyer / Self - Constitutional Attorney See fewer	4	Nothing But the Truth (I) (2008)
Elie Wiesel Self Self See fewer	3	L'aube (1986)
James Farmer Self Self See fewer	2	Adam Clayton Powell (1989)
Edwin Newman Self - Correspondent / Self - Host Self - Correspondent / Self - Host See fewer	2	The Pelican Brief (1993)
Ruth Westheimer Self (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer) Self (as Dr. Ruth Westheimer) See fewer	2	One Woman or Two (1985)
William Safire Self Self See fewer	2	In Event of Moon Disaster (2019)
Deborah Tannen Self - Georgetown University / Self - Author Self - Georgetown University / Self - Author See fewer	2	Explained (2018)
Claire Sterling Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	2	NBC White Paper (1960)
Martin Luther King Self (as Rev. Martin Luther King) Self (as Rev. Martin Luther King) See fewer	1	Freedom Writers (2007)
Julius Waties Waring Self (as Judge J. Waties Waring) Self (as Judge J. Waties Waring) See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Malcolm X Self Self See fewer	1	Malcolm X (1992)
Wyatt Tee Walker Self Self See fewer	1	Malcolm X (1992)
Alan Morrison Self Self See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Ingmar Bergman Self Self See fewer	1	Wild Strawberries (1957)
Kenneth Tynan Self Self See fewer	1	Macbeth (1971)
Mary McCarthy Self Self See fewer	1	The Group (1966)
Mark Lane Self - Panelist Self - Panelist See fewer	1	Executive Action (1973)
Edward Jay Epstein Self Self See fewer	1	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
David L. Bazelon Self - Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals Self - Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals See fewer	1	Bridge from NoPlace (1971)
Thomas Szasz Self (as Dr. Thomas Szasz) Self (as Dr. Thomas Szasz) See fewer	1	The Last Interview of Thomas Szasz (2013)
Bayard Rustin Self - Civil Rights Leader Self - Civil Rights Leader See fewer	1	Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
Lewis B. Hershey Self (as General Lewis B. Hershey) Self (as General Lewis B. Hershey) See fewer	1	Youth in Crisis (1943)
Henry Brill Self (as Dr. Henry Brillo) Self (as Dr. Henry Brillo) See fewer	1	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Eric Goldman Self - Host (as Eric F. Goldman) Self - Host (as Eric F. Goldman) See fewer	1	Firing Line (1966)
Burt W. Griffin Self Self See fewer	1	The Kennedy Assassination: What Do We Know Now That We Didn't Know Then? (1978)
Richard H. Rovere Self - Political Analyst Self - Political Analyst See fewer	1	Since '45 (1979)
Wilson Elkins Self - President, University of Maryland Self - President, University of Maryland See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Eugene McCarthy Self - Senator Self - Senator See fewer	1	I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	1	Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985)
Jeffrey St. John Self - Commentator Self - Commentator See fewer	1	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Betty Friedan Self Self See fewer	1	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
George Gilder Self Self See fewer	1	Effective Stewardship (2009)
Edward F. Kennedy Self (as Senator Edward F. Kennedy) Self (as Senator Edward F. Kennedy) See fewer	1	The Politics of Cancer (1994)
Ross Speck Self Self See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
John H. Knowles Self (as Dr. John Knowles) Self (as Dr. John Knowles) See fewer	1	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
David Susskind Self Self See fewer	1	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Marya Mannes Self Self See fewer	1	NET Playhouse (1964)
Stanley Milgram Self Self See fewer	1	Obedience (1962)
Russell Lynes Self Self See fewer	1	Omnibus (1952)
Michael I. Sovern Self - President, Columbia University Self - President, Columbia University See fewer	1	Shrek the Musical (2013)
Ed Koch Self Self See fewer	1	We Own the Night (2007)
Lucy Dawidowicz Self - Guest - Author Self - Guest - Author See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Richard Helms Self - Former Director, CIA (as Amb. Richard Helms) Self - Former Director, CIA (as Amb. Richard Helms) See fewer	1	Les mercredis de l'histoire (1995)
Flora Lewis Self Self See fewer	1	Cold War (1998)
David L. Wolper Self Self See fewer	1	L.A. Confidential (1997)
R.D. Laing Self Self See fewer	1	Knutar/Knutna (1973)
Alastair Reid Self - Poet Self - Poet See fewer	1	Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda (1996)
Stuart M. Berger Self (as Dr. Stuart Berger) Self (as Dr. Stuart Berger) See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Norman Mailer Self Self See fewer	1	Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
Gloria Steinem Self Self See fewer	1	The First Wives Club (1996)
Tony Brown Self Self See fewer	1	The White Girl (1990)
Elizabeth Holtzman Self - District Attorney Self - District Attorney See fewer	1	American Secrets
Kenneth Clark Self (as Kenneth B. Clark) Self (as Kenneth B. Clark) See fewer	1	Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
David Broder Self - Washington Post political journalist (as David S. Broder) Self - Washington Post political journalist (as David S. Broder) See fewer	1	Inside Politics '88 (1987)
William Fore Self - National Council of Churches of Christ (as Dr. William F. Fore) Self - National Council of Churches of Christ (as Dr. William F. Fore) See fewer	1	Sex Violence & Values: Changing Images (1986)
James M. Wall Self - Editor - The Christian Century Self - Editor - The Christian Century See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Stephen Graubard Self - Editor of Daedalus Magazine Self - Editor of Daedalus Magazine See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Isaac Asimov Self Self See fewer	1	I, Robot (2004)
Mary Catherine Bateson Self - Professor, George Mason University (as Prof. Mary C. Bateson) Self - Professor, George Mason University (as Prof. Mary C. Bateson) See fewer	1	The Anthropologist (2015)
Michael Harrington Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	1	Economics U$A (1985)
C. Vernon Mason Self Self See fewer	1	William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (2009)
Donald Rumsfeld Self Self See fewer	1	4 (I) (2009)
Martin Duberman Self - Author (as Martin Baum Duberman) Self - Author (as Martin Baum Duberman) See fewer	1	Stonewall (1995)
Lynn Nesbit Self Self See fewer	1	Radical Wolfe (2023)
Etienne-Emile Beaulieu Self (as Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu) Self (as Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu) See fewer	1	20 heures le journal (1981)
Robert G. Newman Self - President,. Beth Israel Medical Center (as Dr. Robert G. Newman) Self - President,. Beth Israel Medical Center (as Dr. Robert G. Newman) See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Fred W. Friendly Self Self See fewer	1	CBS Reports (1959)
Elaine Showalter Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	1	Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013)
Neil Postman Self - Communications Scholar Self - Communications Scholar See fewer	1	Too Much of a Good Thing: A Fairy Tale (1982)
John Hope Franklin Self Self See fewer	1	Separate But Equal (1991)
Howard Fast Self Self See fewer	1	Spartacus (1960)
Joan Ganz Cooney Self Self See fewer	1	Sesame Street (1969)
Charles Kuralt Self Self See fewer	1	CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979)
John Leonard Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	1	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Sylvia Hewlett Self - Author (as Sylvia Ann Hewlett) Self - Author (as Sylvia Ann Hewlett) See fewer	1	Nightly Business Report (1979)
Suzanne Garment Self Self See fewer	1	Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg (1994)
Robert Coulson Self Self See fewer	1	The Quiet Triumph: How Arbitration Changed the World (2017)
Spencer Grin Self Self See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Oliver Stone Self Self See fewer	1	Platoon (1986)
Phoebe Eng Self - Publisher, A. Magazine Self - Publisher, A. Magazine See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Katie Roiphe Self Self See fewer	1	Naughty Books (2020)
Robert Redford Self Self See fewer	1	The Natural (1984)
Mario Cuomo Self Self See fewer	1	The Ghosts (2011)
Howard Safir Self - Police Commissioner, NYC Self - Police Commissioner, NYC See fewer	1	NYPD Blue (1993)
David Denby Self Self See fewer	1	CBS Mornings (2012)
Madeline Levine Self - Author (as Dr. Madeline Levine) Self - Author (as Dr. Madeline Levine) See fewer	1	The Mask You Live In (2015)
Harold J. Rothwax Self - NYS Supreme Court Judge Self - NYS Supreme Court Judge See fewer	1	Firing Line (1966)
Gavin de Becker Self - Author, 'The Gift of Fear' Self - Author, 'The Gift of Fear' See fewer	1	Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
Peter D. Kramer Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	1	Great Books (1993)
Eli Wallach Self Self See fewer	1	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Stanley Crouch Self - Dailey News columnist Self - Dailey News columnist See fewer	1	Jazz (2001)
Dorothy Otnow Lewis Self - Author (as Dorothy Otnow-Lewis M.D.) Self - Author (as Dorothy Otnow-Lewis M.D.) See fewer	1	This Hollow Sacrament (2006)
Arthur Levine Self - President, Teachers College Columbia University Self - President, Teachers College Columbia University See fewer	1	Making Sense of the Sixties (1991)
David Rabban Self - Author (as Prof. David M. Rabban) Self - Author (as Prof. David M. Rabban) See fewer	1	American Experience (1988)
Gene Maeroff Self - Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media Self - Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Robert Michels Self - Professor of Medicine and of Psychiatry Self - Professor of Medicine and of Psychiatry See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Lucinda Franks Self Self See fewer	1	My Father's Secret War
Amitai Etzioni Self - Author (as Dr. Amitai Etzioni) Self - Author (as Dr. Amitai Etzioni) See fewer	1	VPRO Backlight (2002)
Herman Badillo Self - Chairman of the Board of Trustees, CUNY Self - Chairman of the Board of Trustees, CUNY See fewer	1	Attica (1974)
Karl L. Alexander Self - Professor, John Hopkins University Self - Professor, John Hopkins University See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Doris R. Entwisle Self - Professor, John Hopkins University Self - Professor, John Hopkins University See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
John Sexton Self - President of New York University Self - President of New York University See fewer	1	Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street (2016)
Sol Wachtler Self Self See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
Jess Phoenix Self - Volcanologist Self - Volcanologist See fewer	1	The Day I Don't Remember (2014)
Julia Davis Self - The Daily Beast Columnist / Self - Russian Analyst Expert Self - The Daily Beast Columnist / Self - Russian Analyst Expert See fewer	1	Medal of Honor (2000)
Travis View Self - Conspiracy Theory Researcher Self - Conspiracy Theory Researcher See fewer	1	QAnon Anonymous (2018)
Rachel Graham Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	1	Shaqani (2009)
Ali Breland Self - Mother Jones Correspondent Self - Mother Jones Correspondent See fewer	1	QAnon Anonymous (2018)
Eric Feigl-Ding Self Self See fewer	1	The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown (2005)
Kelly Clancy Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	1	BBC Inside Science (2015)
Mariana Budjeryn Self - Expert Self - Expert See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)
J. Walter Sterling Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	1	The Open Mind (1956)