The Heart-to-Hearts on Hardship & Hope podcast, hosted by Ali Rain Roberts, features global citizens from a plethora of places with a bevy of different backgrounds. 🌎

Ali loves chatting with people to learn about their lives — and to glean lessons from their varied experiences.

She is also a fan-girl and would love to chat to these remarkable individuals.

If you are on her dream guest list (below), or know someone who is… please say ‘hello!’ 🥰

Note: Ali’s dream guests are listed alphabetically by first name for the avoidance of unnecessary stuffiness. 

Heart-to-Heart Dream Guests

🩷 Adam Sandler

🩷 Adele

🩷 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

🩷 Alyssa Liu

🩷 Anya Garnis

🩷 Andra Berghoff

🩷 Angela Duckworth

🩷 Anne Hathaway

🩷 Arnold Schwarzenegger

🩷 Auli’i Cravalho

🩷 Barack Obama

🩷 Ben West (Reasons to Stay)

🩷 Brandon Stanton (@humansofnewyork)

🩷 Brenda Song

🩷 Britney Spears

🩷 Brooke Teegarden (@letsnotdate)

🩷 Celine Dion

🩷 Channing Tatum

🩷 David Attenborough

🩷 Dean Kamen (owner of North Dumpling Island!)

🩷 Delaney Rowe

🩷 Dominique Moceanu

🩷 Drew Barrymore

🩷 Dustin Poynter (Red Flag/ Green Flag guy)

🩷 Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson

🩷 Ed Sheeran

🩷 Eileen Gu

🩷 EJAE

🩷 Elizabeth Gilbert

🩷 Emily Calandrelli

🩷 Eminem

🩷 George Clooney

🩷 George Ezra

🩷 Gordon Ramsay

🩷 Hans Zimmer

🩷 Hayao Miyazaki

🩷 j-hope (BTS

🩷 Jamie Lee Curtis

🩷 James Dumoulin (The School of Hard Knocks)

🩷 Jasmine Wilder (@thetinyjoyproject)

🩷 Jeanine Mason

🩷 Jennifer Lawrence)

🩷 Jim Carrey

🩷 Jimin (BTS)

🩷 Jin (BTS)

🩷 Joe Hisaishi

🩷 Josh Johnson

🩷 Julia Roberts

🩷 Jung Kook (BTS)

🩷 Justin Bieber

🩷 Kat Stickler

🩷 Kate Hudson

🩷 Kate Winslet

🩷 Ke Huy Quan

🩷 Keanu Reeves

🩷 Kelly Clarkson

🩷 Kendrick Lamar

🩷 Leonie Dawson

🩷 Linda Dong (@yoleendadong)

🩷 Lindsay Lohan

🩷 Lola Tung

🩷 Ludovico Einaudi 

🩷 Macklemore

🩷 Malala Yousafzai

🩷 Mark Ruffalo

🩷 Matt Steffanina

🩷 Matthew McConaughey

🩷 Meryl Streep

🩷 Michael Alan Singer

🩷 Michael ‘Misha’ Brown (@yourbestiemisha)

🩷 Michelle Kwan

🩷 Michelle Obama

🩷 Michelle Williams

🩷 Miley Cyrus

🩷 Natalie Portman

🩷 Nathan Ing

🩷 Olivia Rodrigo

🩷 Peruquois

🩷 Preston Rack

🩷 Rachel Accurso (Ms. Rachel)

🩷 Rama Lauw

🩷 Reese Witherspoon

🩷 Rihanna

🩷 RM (BTS)

🩷 Russell Brunson

🩷 Rutger Bregman

🩷 Ryan Higa

🩷 Sandra Kwon (@jeenieweenie)

🩷 Sara Blakely

🩷 Scarlett Johansson

🩷 Serena Williams

🩷 Shakira

🩷 Shana Roark (@supergirlreject)

🩷 Sienna Lalau

🩷 Simone Biles

🩷 Steve Martin

🩷 Steven Spielberg

🩷 Suga (BTS)

🩷 Taylor Swift

🩷 Taylor Swift

🩷 Tom Hanks

🩷 Tom Kerridge

🩷 Usain Bolt

🩷 Utada Hikaru

🩷 V (BTS)

🩷 Vinh Giang

🩷 will.i.am

🩷 Yoshiki

🩷 Zachery Dereniowski (@mdmotivator)

🩷 Zohran Mamdani