Circle Round Creators & Guests

Rebecca Sheir is an actor and host of Storynory - Audio Stories For Kids podcast.

Jonathan Cormur is a SAG-AFTRA voice actor whose character voices appear in video games, apps, digital comics, audiobooks, and industrials. For 6 years, he was the voice of California’s Great America for their in-park show announcements Gold Striker ride and the Halloween Haunt.

Tonya Mosley is the Silicon Valley bureau chief and host of “Truth Be Told” for KQED. She serves as the senior editor, leading a team of journalists covering the impacts of technology companies on the South Bay and society.

André Robin De Shields is an actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer.De Shields is best known for playing Hermes on Broadway in the musical "Hadestown," a role he originated and for which he won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. He has also appeared on television.

Maulik Navin Pancholy is an American actor, activist, public speaker, writer, and author of the book, The Best At It.

Mireille Enos is an actress.

Christine Toy Johnson is a Tony honored, multi award-winning writer, actor, director, filmmaker, and advocate for inclusion based in New York City.

Maggie Siff is an American actress. Her most notable television roles have included department store heiress Rachel Menken Katz on the AMC drama Mad Men, Dr. Tara Knowles on the FX drama Sons of Anarchy for which she was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and psychiatrist Wendy Rhoades on the Showtime series Billions. She has also had roles in the films Push (2009) as Teresa Stowe, and Leaves of Grass (2010) as Rabbi Renannah Zimmerman. She starred in indie film A Woman, a Part (2016) and had a minor role in the drama film One Percent More Humid (2017). She is the television spokesperson for the robo-advisor service Betterment.

Shankar Vedantam is a journalist, writer, and science correspondent for NPR. His reporting focuses on human behavior and the social sciences.

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts All Things Considered and is a correspondent for NPR's Planet Money. She landed in public radio after practicing law for a few years.Chang started out as a radio reporter in 2009, and has since earned a string of national awards for her work.Prior to coming to NPR, Chang was an investigative reporter at NPR Member station WNYC from 2009 to 2012 in New York City, focusing on criminal justice and legal affairs.

Amory Sivertson is a singer/songwriter and podcast host and producer. Currently, she works at WBUR, where she produces and hosts the podcasts "Beyond All Repair" and "Endless Thread."

Jon Huertas is an actor, known for his role on the show, This Is Us.

Glynn Washington is the host and executive producer of Snap Judgment, the radio, podcast, stage, television show distributed by WNYC.

Guy Raz is a radio broadcaster and the host and editorial director of three NPR programs including two of its most popular ones: TED Radio Hour and How I Built This. Raz joined NPR in 1997 as an intern for All Things Considered and has worked virtually every job in the newsroom from temporary production assistant to breaking news anchor.In 2000, at the age of 25, Raz was made NPR's Berlin bureau chief where he covered Eastern Europe and the Balkans.Guy is also an avid cyclist who commutes to work on his bike year-round. From early April to late September, you can find him at Nationals Park watching baseball.

Michael Zegen is an actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Rescue Me, Boardwalk Empire, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Marshall Escamilla is the co-host of Tumble -Science Podcast For Kids.