99% Invisible Creators & Guests

Radio producer for 99 Percent Invisible and Nice Try!

Vivian Le is an audio and television producer from Los Angeles. Before joining the 99pi team, she primarily produced very strange talk shows, so she is very excited to be here. One of her favorite naturally occurring phenomenons is when dogs and their human owners look like each other.

Christopher Johnson is a reporter for The Stakes, audio journalist, co-host of The Realness, and producer of the Slow Burn Podcast.

Roman Mars, born on October 16, 1974, is the host and producer of 99% Invisible, a KALW radio show and podcast, and a founder of the podcast collective Radiotopia. He has also contributed to radio programs such as Radiolab and Planet Money. Fast Company identified him as one of the hundred most creative people of 2013.

Sharif Youssef is an audio producer. Previously, Youssef produced for the podcast "99% Invisible," and for "Weekend Edition" and "Morning Edition" at NPR. He interned at the TED Radio Hour.Youssef received his degree in Cognitive Science and focused on decision-making and choice architecture.

Sam Greenspan is a freelance journalist.Previously, Greenspan was a producer at VICE, where they produced "Vice News Reports." They have also produced for USA Today's "The City," Radiotopia's "Spacebridge," and NPR's "The TED Radio Hour." They were a founding producer at "99% Invisible."Greenspan has also taught radio at Stanford University, UnionDocs, New College of Florida, YR Media, and The Writing Pad.Greenspan received their B.A. in Anthropology from New College of Florida.

David Weinberg is a freelancer writer who worked as a staff reporter at Marketplace, and is currently a reporter at KCRW and host of the podcast Welcome to LA.

Ellie Gordon-Moershel is an independent audio producer and writer. He also teaches podcast production.

Chris Berube is a Canadian podcast producer and editor.

Christina Cauterucci is a staff writer at Slate Magazine, editor of Where the Girls Go - a blog, and host of two Slate podcasts.

Delaney Hall is a radio journalist and audio producer. Currently, she is the Senior Editor of the podcast "99% Invisible."Previously, Hall worked for NPR, producing for "State of the Re:Union"'s Peabody-Award-winning 2014 season. She got her start in radio with the Third Coast International Audio Festival, based at WBEZ in Chicago.Hall also co-created the Austin Music Map.

Alana Casanova-Burgess is a Producer for On The Media.

Austin Cope is a journalist, writer, and audio producer currently based in New York City.

Gillian MacLaren Jacobs is an American actress. She is known for portraying Britta Perry on the NBC/Yahoo! sitcom Community.

James Parkinson is an audio producer and journalist in Melbourne. He's produced stories for 99% Invisible and NPR. He also created the award-winning podcasts Gameplay and By Association. He's currently a producer for iHeart Australia.

Jeyca Maldonado-Medina is a digital producer at Minnesota Public Radio.

Harmon Leon is a journalist, filmmaker, comedian, producer, and author. He has appeared in and produced episodes for "99 Percent Invisible" and "This American Life." He hosts the podcast "Comedy History 101."Leon's documentary films have appeared at The Sundance Film Festival, DOC NYC, and Tribeca Film Festival, as well as on Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Daily Mail, and The New Yorker. His stories have appeared in BBC, VICE, SuperRare, Observer, The Nation, Mel Magazine, Esquire, National Geographic, Salon, and Wired. He has published eight books. Leon has also performed solo comedy shows, and has appeared at The Kennedy Center, Just for Laughs in Montreal, The Edinburgh Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival, UCB, and SF Sketchfest.