1A Creators & Guests

Jenn White is a host and anchor at WBEZ, Chicago, Public Radio and host of the Making Oprah and Making Obama podcasts.

Celeste Headlee is a former host of the Georgia Public Broadcasting program "On Second Thought" and the co-host of the national morning news show The Takeaway from Public Radio International and WNYC.

Matthew Simonson is a radio producer, sound editor & designer, and editor of 1A Podcast.

Kathryn Fink is a producer at 1A.

Michelle Harven is a journalist and producer for 1A.

Morgan Givens is a storyteller, writer, performer, and producer at 1A.

Avery Kleinman is an author and producer of 1A Podcast at WAMU 88.5.

Emmanuel Johnson is the producer of 1A Podcast.

Danielle Knight is an editor, reporter, and producer of 1A Podcast.

Paige Osburn is an audio producer, occasional reporter, and producer of 1A Podcast.

Bianca Martin is an audio journalist, producer at Chicago Public Media, and formerly produced 1A Podcast.

Jonquilyn Hill is a producer for 1A.

Kaity Kline is a producer at 1A.

Haili Blassingame is a producer at 1A.

Jessica Taylor is a political journalst. Currently, she is the Senate and Governors Editor for the political newsletter The Cook Political Report.Before joining Cook, Taylor was a political reporter for National Public Radio, where she covered elections and breaking political news. She was also a senior analyst/reporter for The Rothenberg Political Report (now Inside Elections). She has reported on politics for several prestigious outlets over the past decade — including the NBC News Political Unit, National Journal, Politico and The Hill, where she served as campaign editor. She has appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN and CNN.Taylor received her B.A. in Political Science from Furman University.

Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent at Reuters.

Marlee Matlin is an American actress, author, and deaf activist.

Rafael Bernal is a staff writer at The Hill newspaper.

Peter Daniel Sagal is a humorist, writer, and host of the National Public Radio game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! and the PBS special Constitution USA with Peter Sagal.