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Carrie Brownstein is a writer, musician, actor, dog trainer and blogger for NPR Music. She was a member of the critically acclaimed rock band Sleater-Kinney. Brownstein writes NPR Music's "Monitor Mix" blog, and is a contributor to All Songs Considered. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Believer, Pitchfork.com and numerous book anthologies on music and culture.

Dr. Krista Lewis is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at UA Little Rock, a member of the Middle Eastern Studies faculty, and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Dr. Lewis’ research investigates the relationship between trade, food, politics, landscape, cities, and environment from prehistory to the present. She has been producing episodes of Being Human since 2013.

Lauren is NHPR’s Politics and Policy reporter for the State of Democracy project.