Stephen James is co-host and co-producer of the "The Hub for Important Ideas." He is the award-winning author of American Stew: Hope in a Toxic Culture, and is the producer-director of the award -winning documentary series “Conversations with Solomon.” Steve is a principal in the communications company Creative Factor Productions, a producer of communications media in the New York area. He is the president of Contemporary Heroism Initiative, and Executive Director of the Humanist Society of Metropolitan New York.