Jonas Gahr Støre is the Norwegian Foreign Minister, charged with working for Norway's interests internationally.

Canku One Star promotes living a healthier lifestyle via song and dance.

Ivan Coyote believes that a good story can help inspire us to invent a better future.

Helen Pearson's book, "The Life Project," tells the extraordinary story of the longest-running study of human development in the world.

Steve Howard leads the sustainability effort at Ikea, helping the low-price-furniture giant to bring sustainable products to millions of people.

Kate Adams spends her days dissecting digital communications to find a better way to tell brand stories and connect with customers.

Franco Sacchi is the director of This Is Nollywood, the story of Nigeria's massive homegrown film industry.

Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Mia Birdsong advocates for strong communities and the self-determination of everyday people.

Ed Gavagan was walking down the street in downtown Manhattan when he was the victim of a gang assignment to kill a random stranger. He lives to tell the amazing story.

Charlie Jane Anders writes novels and stories about building community, discovering our truest selves and coping with radical change.

At age 12, Martin Pistorius fell into a coma, and spent 13 years locked inside his body, unable to communicate -- until a caregiver noticed his eyes responded to her. His book "Ghost Boy" tells his story.

In articles that span the gene-editing abilities of CRISPR, the roots of psychopathic behavior in children, and much more, Jennifer Kahn weaves gripping stories from unlikely sources.

Andrew Stanton has made you laugh and cry. The writer behind the three "Toy Story" movies and the writer/director of "WALL-E," he releases his new film, "John Carter," in March.

Anand Varma's photos tell the story behind the science on everything from primate behavior and hummingbird biomechanics to amphibian disease and forest ecology.

Stacey Kramer has traveled the United States and the world helping to create names and brands for growing companies.

Katherine Eban's articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and coercive interrogations by the CIA have won international attention.

Writer, comic and mental health activist Kevin Breel speaks up about depression.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon writes about women around the world living their lives at war and in conflict zones.

Werner Reich travels around the world to speak about his life story and the importance of taking care of each other.

Jon Mooallem is the author of "Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America."

Tamekia MizLadi Smith wants to start new conversations around involving non-clinical staff in healthcare.

Imprisoned three times by the Nigerian government, Chris Abani turned his experience into poems that Harold Pinter called "the most naked, harrowing expression of prison life and political torture imaginable." His novels include GraceLand (2004) and The Virgin of Flames (2007).

Novelist Tracy Chevalier is the author of "Girl With a Pearl Earring."

In his 12th-grade Sexuality and Society class, Al Vernacchio speaks honestly and positively about human sexuality.

Paul Greenberg researches and writes about fish, aquaculture and the future of the ocean.

Jennifer Brea was a PhD student at Harvard when, one night, she found she couldn't write her own name.

For the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, Anders Fjellberg investigated the story of "The Wetsuitman," along with his co-author, photographer Tomm Christiansen.

Ben Wellington blends his love of statistics, the city, and comedy in his entertaining analysis of the story of New York City, told through data.

Science historian Sonia Shah explores the surprisingly fascinating story behind an ancient scourge: malaria.