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World Cafe senior producer Kimberly Junod has been a part of the World Cafe team since 2001, when she started as the show's first line producer. In 2011 Kimberly launched (and continues to helm) World Cafe's Sense of Place series that includes social media, broadcast and video elements to take listeners across the U.S. and abroad with an intimate look at local music scenes. She was thrilled to be part of the team that received the 2006 ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award for excellence in music programming. In the time she has spent at World Cafe, Kimberly has produced and edited thousands of interviews and recorded several hundred bands for the program, as well as supervised the show's production staff. She has also taught sound to young women (at Girl's Rock Philly) and adults (as an "Ask an Engineer" at WYNC's Werk It! Women's Podcast Festival).

Dave Kitchell's journalism career included 25 years as a writer, editor and columnist for the Logansport Pharos-Tribune where he won more than 60 state and national journalism awards.

Roger Rader joined WVPE in September 2021 as a weekend announcer and has over 20 years of experience in radio. Currently at WSMK as well as his weekend duties with WVPE, Roger has built a career as an event DJ and MC within the local area. In his spare time, Roger supports the local music scene and encourages everyone to do the same.

Harvey Stauffer, known affectionately as Ole Harv, embarked on a profound journey into the world of blues music that shaped his life. His encounter with B.B. King's "Live at Cook County Jail" in 1970 after wandering into Rex’s Record Rack in Elkhart, Indiana served as a pivotal moment, resonating deeply with his roots starting where he was born in Chicago's Cook County hospital. This album ignited his passion for blues, setting him on a lifelong path in music.

Jenny Staletovich has been a journalist working in Florida for nearly 20 years.

Miranda Suarez is KERA’s Fort Worth reporter.