Explain It to Me Creators & Guests

Jonquilyn Hill is a podcast producer and host. Currently, she is a Senior Producer of Explanatory Audio at Vox Media, where she also hosts the "Explain It to Me" podcast.Previously, Hill was a senior producer for WAMU and the NPR show "1A." While at WAMU she also created and hosted the podcast "Through The Cracks."

Dylan Matthews is a journalist. Currently, he is a correspondent for Vox.com, where he was one of the initial founders in 2014.

Ian Millhiser is a journalist and researcher who specializes in the United States Supreme Court. He is currently the SCOTUS correspondent for Vox.Prior to writing for Vox, Millhiser was a columnist at ThinkProgress and editor of ThinkProgress Justice. He was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Nation, the American Prospect, and the Yale Law & Policy Review.Millhiser received his JD from Duke University and clerked for Judge Eric L. Clay of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Matthew Yglesias is a blogger and journalist, he has written columns and articles for publications such as The American Prospect, The Atlantic, and Slate.

Jerusalem Demsas is a journalist. Currently, she is a Staff Writer at The Atlantic, where she writes about institutional failure, particularly as it relates to housing and infrastructure in Democratic states and cities, touching on issues of citizen voice, gentrification, and interstate mobility. She has written extensively on housing policy and NIMBY-ism both at The Atlantic and at her previous outlet, Vox Media, where she co-hosted the politics and policy podcast "The Weeds."

Sarah Kliff is one of the country's leading health policy journalists . She hosts Vox's The Weeds podcast.

Jane Coaston is a journalist and writer, she started at Vox as Senior Politics Reporter.

Avishay Artsy is an audio producer, reporter, and journalist. Currently, he is a senior producer for Vox Media. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.Previously, Artsy was a producer at KCRW.Artsy received his B.A. in Political Communications from Boston University, then studied Broadcast Production at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Jorge Just is Executive Editor at Gimlet Media.

Miranda Kennedy is a journalist and writer. Currently, she is Executive Producer of Vox's show "Today, Explained."Previously, Kennedy was an editor for NPR, where she edited the "Love Commandos" series for "Rough Translation" and, before that, "Morning Edition" and "Up First."Kennedy lived in New Delhi, India for five years, as a reporter covering South Asia for National Public Radio and American Public Media's Marketplace Radio. Her first book, "Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India," based on this experience, was published in 2011.Kennedy received her B.A. from Trinity College Dublin and her M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from Bennington College.

Sofi LaLonde is a journalist and podcast producer. Currently, she produces "The Weeds" for Vox Media.

Carla Javier is a reporter and producer.

Victoria Chamberlin is a reporter and producer. Currently, she is a producer for Vox Media’s daily news podcast "Today, Explained."Previously, Chamberlin was a reporter for DCist and WAMU 88.5, where she reported local news and feature stories for web and radio broadcast. She was one of ten reporting fellows for the public media collaborative project, "Guns & America."Prior to becoming a journalist, Chamberlin served on active duty in the U.S. Army for seven years.Chamberlin received her B.M. in Music from the Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and her M.A. in Journalism from Georgetown University.

Hady Mawajdeh is a radio journalist. Currently, he is a producer for Vox Media's podcast "Today, Explained."Mawajdeh worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.Mawajdeh received his B.A. in Mass Communication from Texas State University and specialized in electronic media.

Dr. Erikk Geannikis is a podcast producer, audio engineer, and composer. Currently, he is Producer of the Vox podcast "The Gray Area with Sean Illing."Geannikis received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from The Catholic University of America.

Jeff Geld is the editor of The Ezra Klein Show podcast at the New York Times.Previously, Geld was a producer for Vox Media, where he produced "The Ezra Klein Show," Impeachment, Explained," and "Vox's The Weeds" podcasts.

Kate Klonick is an Assistant Professor at Law at St. John's University Law School and an Affiliate Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.

David Shor is a political data analyst, and social democrat.