"Kay" a very well-known journalist, that reports on extremism and war from within. Due to his very dangerous occupation and his covert travels to certain places, including bounties on his head by militias etc., we are protecting his identity by using the pseudonym "Kay" instead of his real name.

Ainhoa Martinelli is from Switzerland and works in a Montessori school before beginning to study geography. Ainhoa started her activist work in her early teenage years with Fridays for Future. She is now an active part of various international climate movements such as the Global Climate Strike, Debt4Climate, and the Global Youth Biodiversity Network, making her the perfect person to talk to about the issues we will all have to face.

Alejandro Salas is the head of global movement at the global anti-corruption organization Transparency International. Alejandro is originally from Mexico and has studied political science. He now lives in Berlin, Germany.

Cécile Nebbot was born in Marseille, France in 1967 to liberal Jewish parents. She is an economist and communication expert with a background in brand content and strategic consulting. For two decades she has worked for leading consulting firms based in London, New York, and Paris. Cécile has a deep expertise in econometrics. In 2020, she cofounded an Institute for Art & Future Design based in Berlin to deal with contemporary art, future foresight, and the epochal shifts we live in. Amongst its expertise and clusters of research are “Cultural Frictions & Democracy”, “Artificial Intelligence & Ethics”, and “Climate Change & Symbiotic Politics”.

Dr. Eyal Dujovny, an environmental anthropologist who has lived in many different countries has then been working as a licensed tour guide in Israel for the past several years and had started a podcast for tour guides.

Eitan Chitayat is a creative director, copywriter, and brand-builder, and founder of the Natie Branding Agency in Tel Aviv. Eitan has been delivering branding campaigns for B2C and B2B clients for over 25 years. He has lived in Hong Kong, London, Tel Aviv, New York, and Boston, working with clients such as Google, Volkswagen, American Express, and Toyota, as well as Israeli companies like Amdocs, NICE, The Jewish Agency for Israel, and Taglit. In 2015, he created the viral video "I'm That Jew" which has been viewed over 15 million times on various platforms. He also gave a TED talk about why he created the piece. He's consistently been an advocate for Israel and the Jewish People, gaining a following on social media, but since October 7th he has dedicated all of his time to fighting Jew hatred and anti-semitism, focusing on building Jewish pride. Eitan has

Elizabeth was born in Russia, grew up in Bangladesh, and has lived and worked in several countries. She had studied psychology in the United States and later moved to Israel. Nowadays, Elizabeth works as a Jeweller and Yoga teacher.

Emily Katz was born in Israel, raised in the UK and Spain. Emily had studied organization behavior development and now works as an Organizational and Self-Healing Consultant, a professional problem solver, on a mission to try and help heal humanity. She is working on different projects to heal the collective but is currently focusing on helping individuals with their mental health.

Jolanda Spiess Hegglin is a journalist and former Swiss politician. One harrowing night, everything changed for her. In the aftermath, her name was extensively used in Swiss tabloid media in attempts to ruin her reputation and to victim blame, while Jolanda was trying to come to terms with what had happened to her and to seek legal accountability. Now, Jolanda is an activist against gender-based violence and has founded an NGO called netzcourage. Jolanda still, to this day, is receiving misogynist hatred, harassment, and threats, while she is working on vindicating her name and taking sole ownership of her story.

Juliet Taylor grew up in a Jewish modern orthodox family in London, England. Juliet moved to Israel and worked as the educational director for a school. In the midst of her daily life, a mental health crisis slowly crept in and altered her life. Juliet was able to change her perspective on life and focus on what she values most, which eventually brought her to express her feelings through art in her spoken poetry. Juliet holds a master’s degree in early childhood education.

Katharina Höftmann was born in Rostock in East Germany. She studied Psychology and German-Jewish History at Humboldt University in Berlin while working as a journalist for various newspapers. Due to receiving a scholarship for Ben Gurion University in Israel, she first stayed in the land that would later become her home base of choice. Katharina converted to Judaism and later wrote about her experiences in the Holy Land in several books and is an accomplished writer and author living in Tel Aviv.

Lauren Adilev is originally from the United States and relocated to Israel in the '80s. She is a single mom of two, living in Efrat in the Gush Etzion Region, and runs two businesses, a boutique content agency and a home/life organization service where she helps people declutter and downsize their life.

Matan Peretz makes a living as a comedian in Israel, and as an Israeli citizen, he also serves in the IDF, the Israel Defense Forces, when called up for reserve duty. Matan has been using his platform to advocate for Israel, and against terrorism and misinformation.

Maysa Resende is originally from Brazil, and she moved to Israel in 2016 to do her Ph.D. in Biotechnology Engineering at Ben Gurion University (BGU). She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University (TAU), and during the pandemic, she founded a brand of natural and sustainable cosmetic bars called "Bars from Mars".

Melisa Özçakir is a therapeutic self-empowerment counselor and meditation facilitator with a degree in psychology, originally from Turkey, now living in Israel. Melisa is the co-founder of Alphaspace.

Naftali Aklum is a public speaker, educator and the CEO of Yerus, an educational company focusing on the unique narrative of the Ethiopian community of Israel. Naftali was born in Ethiopia in 1979, and reached Israel with his family in 1980. After serving in the Army, he studied politics, government, history, and Middle Eastern studies at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He is a committed volunteer, helping children at risk in Be’er Sheva through the city’s Council for the Well Being of the Child, and is a mentor to Ethiopian-Israeli academics, helping them in their job placement efforts.

Patrick Jones is a journalist, originally from New York, now living in South Carolina, and host of the "That Gives Me Anxiety Podcast". Patrick and Nina discuss dealing with expectations of hosting a podcast, mental health, conspiracy theories, death, politics, and other fun stuff.

Rabbi Akiva Weingarten was born and raised in the Jewish ultraorthodox “Satmar” community in New York. He decided to leave the community, lived abroad for many years, then studied “Jewish Studies” in Germany and eventually became the Rabbi for two liberal Jewish communities in Switzerland and Germany. He published his own book by the title “Ultraorthodox”.

Rahel Cucchia was brought up in a very small town in Central Switzerland. In 2018 she started working out to build her fitness and competed in her first bodybuilding competition within a year. After several successful national competitions, she then went to Romania to compete in an international pro qualification that she won overall and in her class. Rahel became an IFBB Pro and has been a professional bodybuilder ever since.

Raul Krauthausen lives in Berlin, Germany, and is a well-known activist and author who advocates for the inclusion of disabled people, basing his work on his own life and experience because Raul was born with Osteogenesis imperfecta and is therefore using a wheelchair. Raul is a published author of several books about inclusion, disability, and activism, with his latest book being “Whoever wants inclusion, finds a way. Whoever doesn’t want it, will find excuses”.

Originally from Minneapolis in Minnesota (USA), Rebecca made Aliyah in 2009 and now lives in Israel with her husband and three children.
Rebecca is a self-employed boudoir photographer, self-love activist, and a body image and self-love coach for women.

Roy Freeman originally grew up in the UK in Luton, just north of London. He moved to Sydney in Australia at the age of 28 and lived there for 11 years until he moved to Israel in 2012. Roy works in High-Tech as an Instructor and in 2013 he dedicated his spare time to founding his own organization by the name of “LGBT Olim” for the LGBTQ+ community in Israel.

Ruth Peri was born and raised in a small town in Bulgaria, close to the Romanian border. She lived in Berlin and eventually moved to Israel 8 years ago. In Tel Aviv, her roommate invited a guest over for dinner one night and that is how Ruth came into contact with Muhammed from Ramallah in the West Bank. This encounter inspired her to participate in the work of local NGOs and she discovered the commonalities of Jews and Arabs coexisting in Israel. During a visit back home in Bulgaria, Ruth was arrested and jailed for trying to help a refugee that had fled the oppressing forces of the Hamas in Gaza. Two years ago Ruth then co-founded HOLY LOCAL ALIENS, which is an organization and community that brings people of different backgrounds together that usually don’t have the chance to interact.

Sam (they/them) and their family moved to Israel from California when they were 11 years old, lives with cerebral  and became an advocate for intersectional disability and mental health. Sam is a writer and is currently also studying. We are talking about gender identity, disability, mental health, and how Sam handles living with cerebral palsy.

Sharona Shnayder, originally from Lagos in Nigeria moved to Portland, Oregon (USA) at the age of eight. At the age of 21, she decided to move to Israel. She co-founded “Tuesdays for Trash”, a global grassroots movement, mobilizing communities to help clean the environment and raising awareness, providing education about climate urgency.
Sharona is a climate activist and also the chairwoman of “Our Streets PDX”.

Born and raised in India, Siddaq Singh first studied in India and received a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, as well as an MBA, and then went on to do a Masters Degree in Environmental Studies in Israel. Siddaq is a thinker, educator and sustainability facilitator and currently teaches a course called Sustainability in Practice at Thapar School of Management in which the business students become sensitized to the challenges of human existence and allows them to develop positive impact projects with local communities.

Stephanie Horwitz is the host of the “What Should I Do With My Life” podcast currently living in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Tomer Yair Zemel was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. He is a social activist for causes that he is most passionate about. Tomer works in the high-tech industry and has been living close to Tel Aviv in Israel for the past several years.

Victoria Vlasenko is a Youtube content creator from Kiev, Ukraine.

Yirmiyahu Danzig, widely known as @that_semite on social media. Yirmiyahu is an educator, public speaker, and activist for Jewish and indigenous rights. He holds a degree in Political Science, Homeland Security, and Public Diplomacy.