Alec Baldwin (Author) Alec Baldwin is a multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning actor, producer, comedian and philanthropist. He has also been nominated for an Oscar and a Tony Award and is the author of the New York Times bestseller A Promise to Ourselves.Kurt Andersen (Author) Kurt Andersen is an author/novelist and host of the US public radio show Studio 360. He is also co-founder of Spy and author of Fantasyland, How America Went Haywire- A 500-Year History, publishing in July 2017.