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In 1976, when The People's Pharmacy® was originally published, it was one of the first books providing drug and health information to consumers. It went on to become a number one bestseller. Since then, Joe and Terry Graedon have gone on to write 18 additional books, one of which was a medical thriller co-authored with Tom Ferguson, MD (No Deadly Drug, Pocket Books, 1992). In addition, Joe and Terry co-host the award-winning health talk show The People's Pharmacy on public stations around the country including WVTF, RADIO IQ, and RADIO IQ With BBC News; and write The People's Pharmacy® syndicated newspaper column, distributed by King Features®.

Carl Kasell is the official judge and scorekeeper for NPR's weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, which premiered in January 1998. For 30 years, Kasell provided newscasts for NPR's daily newsmagazine Morning Edition, a role he held since the program's inception in 1979 until 2009. A veteran broadcaster, Carl Kasell's radio career spans more than 50 years.

Prior to moving into the host position in the fall of 2012, Martin started as National Security Correspondent for NPR in May 2010. In that position she covered both defense and intelligence issues. She traveled regularly to Iraq and Afghanistan with the Secretary of Defense, reporting on the US wars and the effectiveness of the Pentagon's counterinsurgency strategy. Martin also reported extensively on the changing demographic of the US military – from the debate over whether to allow women to fight in combat units – to the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Her reporting on how the military is changing also took her to a US Air Force base in New Mexico where the military for a rare look at how the military trains drone pilots.

Sarah McConnell began her career as a reporter with Charlottesville, VA’s WINA 1070 AM. After twenty years as WINA’s News Director, she became host of With Good Reason in 2002. Sarah continues to train upcoming journalists as part of the Board of Directors for WUVA.

Ira Glass is host and executive producer of This American Life. Ira started working in public radio in 1978, when he was 19, as an intern at NPR's headquarters in DC. Over the next 17 years, he worked on nearly every NPR news show and did nearly every production job they had: tape-cutter, desk assistant, newscast writer, editor, producer, reporter, and substitute host. He spent a year in a high school for NPR, and a year in an elementary school, filing stories for NPR's All Things Considered. He moved to Chicago in 1989 and put This American Life on the air in 1995.

Dr. James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr., is a noted scholar on the American Civil War and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech.

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. She is the current Weekend All Things Considered host.

James Coomarasamy is a presenter on the BBC's Newshour program heard on our RADIO IQ and RADIO IQ With BBC Service service. Prior to hosting Newshour, James was a BBC correspondent based in Washington. He's also reported from Moscow, Paris, and Warsaw. James attended the University of Cambridge.

Matthew Bannister is host of the BBC's Outlook a daily human interest and current affairs program heard on our RADIO IQ service. Matthew has been with the BBC since 1978 holding a variety of positions before joining Outlook as presenter.

Julian Marshall is a presenter on the BBC's popular Newshour program heard daily on RADIO IQ and RADIO IQ With BBC News. Julian joined the BBC in 1975 and has been at Newshour since 1990.