Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast Creators & Guests

Chris Hayes is a journalist and author. Hayes hosts All In with Chris Hayes, a weekday news and opinion television show on MSNBC. He also hosts the show Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes.

Jiaying Zhao is an associate professor in Department of Psychology and IRES at University of British Columbia.

French economist who studies high-net-worth individuals and tax havens

Josh Dzieza is a technology and science reporter, currently working at The Verge.Dzieza's work has appeared in New York Magazine, Pacific Standard, and MIT Technology Review. His investigation into Foxconn’s failed Wisconsin project for The Verge received the Deadline Club Society of Professional Journalists award for reporting in digital media. His story about migratory beekeepers and the pollination industry for Pacific Standard received the 2016 Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers. His piece about sea level rise and the growing market for beach sand was a notable story in 2017’s Best American Science and Nature Writing.Dzieza received his B.A. in Philosophy from Pomona College.

Liliana Segura is a journalist focused on prisons & harsh sentencing. She is a reporter for Intercept, and host of the Murderville podcast.

Alexandra Brodsky is an author, and Civil rights attorney at Public Justice.

Maya Sen is a Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University.

Ian Coss is a musician and radio producer. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Ethnomusicology at Boston University and producing audio for radio, podcasts and museums.

Kashmir Hill is a journalist who writes about technology and privacy for the Special Project Desk at Gizmodo Media Group.

Herman Pontzer is an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology and Global Health.

Dorothy A. Brown is a lawyer and professor. She is best known for her work on the racial implications of federal tax policy. Currently, she is Professor of Law at Emory University.Brown's first book, "The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans -- and How We Can Fix It," was published in 2021. She is also the author of the textbook "Critical Race Theory: Cases, Materials, and Problems," which is currently in its 3rd edition.Brown received her B.S. from Fordham University, her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and her L.L.M. in Tax from New York University School of Law.

Heather McGhee is a political commentator and strategist.

Jeremy Konyndyk is the president at Refugees International.

Olga Khazan is a journalist who reports on health, gender, and science. She is currently a staff writer for The Atlantic.Prior to becoming a staff writer, Khazan was The Atlantic’s Global editor. She has also written for the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Forbes, and other publications. She is a two-time recipient of the International Reporting Project’s Journalism Fellowship and winner of the 2017 National Headliner Awards for Magazine Online Writing.Khazan's first book, "Weird," is to be published in 2020.Khazan was raised in West Texas. She received her B.A. in political science from American University, and her M.A. in journalism from the University of Southern California. She began reporting at The Eagle newspaper at American.

Ted Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator for Texas since 2013. He was the runner-up for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

Timothy Shiou-Ming Wu is a legal scholar and professor at Columbia Law School who specializes in antitrust, copyright, and telecommunications law. He is also a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times.Wu is best known for having coined the term "network neutrality." He has advocated for an antitrust break-up of Facebook. He also served as a senior adviser to the Federal Trade Commission, and on the National Economic Council during the Obama Administration.Wu has written three books and co-edited a fourth. His most recent book, "The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age," was published in 2018.Wu received his B.Sc from MgGill University and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Natalie Wynn is a YouTuber and ex-philosopher.

Letitia "Tish" James is a lawyer, activist, politician, member of the Democratic Party, and the attorney general of New York.

Brandy Zadrozny is an investigative journalist and reporter with NBC News. She specializes in political radicalization, extremism and disinformation on the Internet.