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Samantha Balaban is a producer at Weekend Edition.

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.

Ken Tucker reviews rock, country, hip-hop and pop music for Fresh Air. He is a cultural critic who has been the editor-at-large at Entertainment Weekly, and a film critic for New York Magazine. His work has won two National Magazine Awards and two ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards. He has written book reviews for The New York Times Book Review and other publications.

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Geoff Bennett is a White House reporter for NPR. He previously covered Capitol Hill and national politics for NY1 News in New York City and more than a dozen other Time Warner-owned cable news stations across the country. Prior to that role, he was an editor with NPR's Weekend Edition. Geoff regularly guest hosts C-SPAN's Washington Journal — a live, three-hour news and public affairs program. He began his journalism career at ABC News in New York after graduating from Morehouse College.