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Ashley Westerman is a producer who occasionally directs the show. Since joining the staff in June 2015, she has produced a variety of stories including a coal mine closing near her hometown, the 2016 Republican National Convention, and the Rohingya refugee crisis in southern Bangladesh. She is also an occasional reporter for Morning Edition, and NPR.org, where she has contributed reports on both domestic and international news.

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In 2025, Jana moved to Spokane from Ellensburg, Washington for more opportunities after having visited several times. She fell in love with the area for the libraries, parks and fun things to do.

Anna Gyure Havlek is a Spokane resident and a graduate of Gonzaga University’s dance program. In addition to working for Spokane Public Radio, she works for Gonzaga’s Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center as a Production Assistant and Programmer, and as a free-lance lighting designer. During her free time, she dances professionally with Vytal Movement Dance in Spokane. She also enjoys other art forms including music and photography, both of which she has won awards for. Anna is looking forward to expanding her knowledge of the workings of public radio, and hopes to be able to apply that knowledge to her artistic endeavors.

Samantha Balaban is a producer at Weekend Edition.

Keith Romer has been a contributing reporter for Planet Money since 2015. He has reported stories on risk-pooling among poker players, whether it's legal to write a spin-off of the children's book Goodnight Moon and the time one man cornered the American market in onions. Sometimes on the show, he sings.

James Doubek is an associate editor and reporter for NPR. He frequently covers breaking news for NPR.org and NPR's hourly newscast. In 2018, he reported feature stories for NPR's business desk on topics including electric scooters, cryptocurrency, and small business owners who lost out when Amazon made a deal with Apple.

Joseph Shapiro is a NPR News Investigations correspondent.