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Steve has been with VPR since 1994, first serving as host of VPR’s public affairs program and then as a reporter, based in Central Vermont. Many VPR listeners recognize Steve for his special reports from Iran, providing a glimpse of this country that is usually hidden from the rest of the world. Prior to working with VPR, Steve served as program director for WNCS for 17 years, and also worked as news director for WCVR in Randolph. A graduate of Northern Arizona University, Steve also worked for stations in Phoenix and Tucson before moving to Vermont in 1972. Steve has been honored multiple times with national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his VPR reporting, including a 2011 win for best documentary for his report, Afghanistan's Other War.

Susan is an award-winning reporter/writer at her favorite radio station. She's also WNIJ's Perspectives editor, Under Rocks contributor, and local host of All Things Considered.

Ed Ward is the rock-and-roll historian on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Linton Weeks joined NPR in the summer of 2008, as its national correspondent for Digital News. He immediately hit the campaign trail, covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions; fact-checking the debates; and exploring the candidates, the issues and the electorate.

Jeff is a public radio veteran with more than 25 years behind the microphone. He's hosted everything from jazz to folk to progressive rock. Jeff is a hobbyist musician and minor-league collector of musical instruments from around the world. He has a long-time interest in the classical music of Northern India and plays banjo, fiddle and bad guitar in an old-time square-dance band.

With more than two decades in radio, Ward's career has included stints as a morning show host, sportscaster and interview program host. He is also a past winner of the prestigious Marconi Award. Ward's love of classical music stems from a childhood influenced by his bass-baritone father and piano-teaching mother. While still a college student in Nebraska, he began singing with the Abendmusik Chorus and took part in concert tours to venues as varied as England's Lincoln Cathedral, the Vatican, Salzburg Cathedral, Auschwitz and Moscow. When not singing, he works to develop his guitar-strumming repertoire.

Valerie has been a classical music host at stations in Arizona and Minnesota. She holds a degree in cello performance and plays piano in self-defense, but feels most at home in front of a microphone - as your companion for an evening of classical music, or singing classic tunes in a club.