WGRT's LIMElight Creators & Guests

Jessie is the host of WGRT's LIMElight with Jessie and the News & Media Director at WGRT 102.3 FM in Port Huron, MI. She's spent most of her life running chaos control with her husband, Chris, parenting five amazing humans, and learning as much as she could about the world and the people in it. She's an avid reader, prolific writer, and a curious observer.

Austin Kleon is a New York Times bestselling author of three books, Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and Newspaper Blackout.

Steve Leder is a scholar, Jewish community leader, and author of the book The Beauty of What Remains.

Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga teacher and body positivity advocate and writer. She is known as an Instagram influencer.Stanley posts photos of herself practicing yoga as a "plus-size woman of color," who self-identifies as a "fat femme" and "queer femme." Her practice focuses on how the practitioner feels rather than on how they look.Stanley's first book, "Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get On the Mat, Love Your Body," was published in 2017.

Dylan Thuras, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the co-founder and creative director of Atlas Obscura, the co-author of the Atlas Obscura book, and the host of the AO Youtube series 100 Wonders. He and his co-founder started Atlas Obscura because they felt that the world was a huge, bizarre, vast place filled with astounding stuff. Dylan is now a father of two and host of the Atlas Obscura podcast.

Ian Rosenberg is an Assistant Chief Counsel at ABC.

Aviva Romm is an author.

Roshani Chokshi is an author.Chokshi's first book, the young adult novel "The Star-Touched Queen," was in 2016.Before becoming a full-time writer, Chokshi was attending law school at University of Georgia. Her first novel was so successful that she dropped out to pursue writing.

Denise Woods is an author, producer, and voice coach.

David Rubenstein is the co-founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group.

David Zucchino is an award-winning journalist, author, and New York Times contributing writer.a

Carlyn Beccia is a writer and author of the book, "Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters."

Joel Silverman is a celebrity animal trainer and former host of Good Dog U on Animal Planet

Gary John Bishop is a personal development and urban philosophy expert.

Jason Emmanuel Petty, known as "Propaganda" is a Christian rapper, artist, and poet.Petty released his solo debut album, "Out of Knowhere," in 2003. He has released nine solo albums.Petty's first book, "Terraform: Building a Better World," was published in 2021.

Erika Engelhaupt is a freelance science writer and editor.

Becca Ehrlich is an author and pastor.

Lawrence Gowan is a musician and lead vocalist & keyboardist for the band, Styx.

Amanda Hesser is a food writer, editor, cookbook author, and entrepreneur.