The Great Big Beautiful Podcast Creators & Guests

Mary Robinette Kowal is an American author and puppeteer, she is also the co-host of Writing Excuses Podcast.

Kate Micucci is an actress, voice actress, comedian, singer, songwriter, and artist, she is one half of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates.

John Christopher McGinley is an actor. He is most notable for his roles as Perry Cox in Scrubs, Bob Slydell in Office Space, Captain Hendrix in The Rock, Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's Platoon, Marv in Stone's Wall Street, and FBI agent Ben Harp in Point Break.

Felicia Day is an actress, writer, and web series creator.

Benjamin Frisch is an audio and documentary producer and an artist. Currently, he is a Senior Producer at Slate.Frisch's first graphic novel, "The Fun Family," was published in 2016.

Ashley Eckstein is an American actress, fashion designer, and founder of the fashion label Her Universe, best known for voicing a role in Star Wars franchise, beginning with Star Wars: The Clone Wars in 2008.

Adam Bray is the USA Today and Amazon Best-Selling author of nearly 20 official Star Wars, Marvel and LEGO books. He has also contributed to nearly 40 books on travel in Southeast Asia and has been called a 'Modern Indiana Jones' by CNN. From working with great apes, to finding lost temple ruins in Vietnam, to writing in a galaxy far, far away, Adam’s adventures are beyond epic.

Patrick James Rothfuss is an American writer of epic fantasy and co-hosts the Unattended Consequences podcast. He is best known for his series The Kingkiller Chronicle, which won him several awards, including the 2007 Quill Award for his debut novel, The Name of the Wind.

Steve Burns is an American actor, musician, producer, director, and television host. He is best known as the original host of the long-running children's preschool television program Blue's Clues from 1996 until 2002, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2001.

Preeti Chhibber has written for SYFY, Polygon, and The Mary Sue, among others, and her books Orientation (Marvel’s Avenger’s Assembly #1) & A Jedi You Will Be are out now!

Janina Zione Gavankar is an American actress and musician. She is also trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist. She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Danielle Nicole Panabaker is an actor. She is best known for her roles on series "Shark," "Necessary Roughness ," "Bones," "Justified," and "The Flash." For the latter performance, she was nominated for five Teen Choice Awards and won the 2021 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television.Panabaker's early roles were in Disney films such as "Stuck in the Suburbs," "Sky High," and "Read It and Weep." She also appeared in the HBO show "Empire Falls." She received three Young Artist Awards: in 2004 for an appearance in "The Guardian," and in 2005 for her roles in the TV film "Searching for David's Heart," and as part of the cast of the film "Yours, Mine & Ours."Before returning to television, Panabaker starred in a series of horror films, including "Mr. Brooks," "Friday the 13th," "The Crazies," "John Carpenter's The Ward," and "Piranha 3DD."Panabaker received her B.A. in English from the University of California Los Angeles.

Cecil Baldwin is the voice of Night Vale and the narrator of Welcome to Night Vale. He works at Night Vale Community Radio as the announcer and self-proclaimed journalist.

Paul Mark Oakenfold is an composer, remixer, english record producer, and trance DJ. He also hosts the show Perfecto.

Dominique Tipper is an actress, dancer, singer, and songwriter.