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Sawyer Thomas is a rooted SLO County local who plays music and studied classical composition. He substitutes on a variety of KCBX music programs, and was an intern for KCBX News during the fall of 2024. Sawyer was the Editor-in-Chief for The Cuestonian, Cuesta College’s student-run news website. Now back in school at Cal Poly, he’s working toward a degree in journalism so he can pursue news reporting and broadcast production full time.

Noah Adams, long-time co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, brings more than three decades of radio experience to his current job as a contributing correspondent for NPR's National Desk., focusing on the low-wage workforce, farm issues, and the Katrina aftermath. Now based in Ohio, he travels extensively for his reporting assignments, a position he's held since 2003.

Michael Schaub is a writer, book critic and regular contributor to NPR Books. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Portland Mercury and The Austin Chronicle, among other publications. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Marielle Segarra was WHYY's Keystone Crossroads reporter. She reported for the multi-station partnership on urban policy, crumbling infrastructure and how distressed Pennsylvania cities are bouncing back. As a freelance radio reporter, her stories have also aired on Latino USA, WNYC, WBUR and other NPR member stations.

Elizabeth Shogren is an NPR News Science Desk correspondent focused on covering environment and energy issues and news.

Longtime listeners recognize Jacki Lyden's voice from her frequent work as a substitute host on NPR. As a journalist who has been with NPR since 1979, Lyden regards herself first and foremost as a storyteller and looks for the distinctive human voice in a huge range of national and international stories.