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NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz has appeared on Weekend Edition Sunday since the program's start in 1987. He's also the crossword editor of The New York Times, the former editor of Games magazine, and the founder and director of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (since 1978).

Lauren Frayer covers India for NPR News. In June 2018, she opened a new NPR bureau in India's biggest city, its financial center, and the heart of Bollywood—Mumbai.

Michael Schaub is a writer, book critic and regular contributor to NPR Books. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Portland Mercury and The Austin Chronicle, among other publications. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Stephanie S. Kuo is an award-winning radio journalist currently working as an administrative producer at KERA, overseeing and coordinating editorial content reports and logistics for the newly formed Texas Station Collaborative -- a news network between KERA, KUT, Houston Public Media and Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. Kuo is also a freelance reporter based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, contributing to KERA and The Texas Standard out of KUT in Austin, primarily reporting on urban development, transportation and poverty. Kuo received a Master of Science from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, graduating with honors in Radio Broadcast, and received a Bachelor of Journalism (in copy-editing and graphic design) from the University of Texas at Austin.

Sasha Ingber is a reporter on NPR's breaking news desk, where she covers national and international affairs of the day.

Miguel Perez is an assistant producer at KERA. He produces local content for Morning Edition and KERA News. He also produces The Friday Conversation, a weekly interview series with North Texas newsmakers.

Andy Jechow is the audience engagement editor for KUT News. Got a tip? Email him at andy@kut.org. Follow him on Twitter at @AndyJechow.

Clay Masters is Iowa Public Radio’s Morning Editionhost and lead political reporter. He was part of a team of member station political reporters who covered the 2016 presidential race for NPR. He also covers environmental issues.

Lauren Onkey is the Senior Director of NPR Music in Washington, DC. In this role, she leads NPR Music's team of journalists, critics, video, and podcast makers, and works with NPR's newsroom and robust Member station network to expand the impact of NPR Music and continue positioning public radio as an essential force in music.

Sidney Madden is a reporter and editor for NPR Music. As someone who always gravitated towards the artforms of music, prose and dance to communicate, Madden entered the world of music journalism as a means to authentically marry her passions and platform marginalized voices who do the same.