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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.

Lloyd David Newell is the voice of the oldest continuous nationwide network radio broadcast in America, Music and the Spoken Word.

Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.