Longtime listeners recognize Jacki Lyden's voice from her frequent work as a substitute host on NPR. As a journalist who has been with NPR since 1979, Lyden regards herself first and foremost as a storyteller and looks for the distinctive human voice in a huge range of national and international stories.
Gwen Thompkins is a New Orleans native, NPR veteran and host of WWNO's Music Inside Out , where she brings to bear the knowledge and experience she...