Xorje Olivares is a nationally-recognized broadcaster, columnist, and social commentator. He spent 10 years as an on-air personality at SiriusXM Radio, most notably as the host of the years-long weekly talk show, ‘Affirmative Reaction with Xorje Olivares.’

His written work has been published in Vice, Rolling Stone and Teen Vogue, among others, and his podcast ‘Queer I Am, Lord,’ was featured by The Daily Beast and the CBC. He’s also launched and led multiple productions at Lemonada Media, Netflix, and SiriusXM.

Originally a Texas-Mexico border native, he now lives in San Francisco.

Ana De Almeida Amaral is a Chicana storyteller, journalist, and audio producer from San Diego, California.

She became passionate about storytelling through her Ethnic Studies education where stories were used as a tool for empowerment and transformative change. Ana strives to center marginalized voices in her work and is influenced by her childhood growing up in a border community and immigrant family.

Ana previously interned at Wonder Media Network and on KQED’s Bay Curious. She worked on the podcast Cruzado Líneas, producing border stories in Spanish for the fronteriza community. Ana was also a member of the 2024 class of AIR New Voices.

Chris Hambrick is a Bay Area-based journalist and podcast editor with a wealth of experience across the media landscape. They edit KQED projects Mindshift and Hyphenación, and previously edited Rightnowish and Hyphy Kids Got Trauma. Chris also produced stories for Spooked podcast from Snap Judgment Studios, hosted the podcast White Rabbit Story Hour, and the music/interview show The Tracklist on KGPC in Oakland.

In addition to her editing and hosting work, Chris has contributed to KALW’s daily arts and culture news magazine, Crosscurrents, KQED’s Bay Curious, and has worked as a facilitator for the national oral history project StoryCorps. A true lover of stories, you might also catch them telling their own on stages like Mortified, SFLitCrawl, or The Moth.

Jen Chien is Director of Podcasts at KQED and co-founder of the Editors Collective and Edit Mode. Previously, she was Executive Editor for LWC Studios, Senior Radio Editor at Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting and Managing Editor for Crosscurrents and KALW News. Awards recognitions include Third Coast, Peabody, Gracies, ONA/OJA, and SPJ Sigma Delta Chi. She holds a BA in American Studies from Smith College, and an MA in Interdisciplinary Performance from New College of California.