Jazmine Aluma

Jazmine Aluma is a Jewish, Latinx writer and poet who studied writing at UCLA. She is currently working on a MFA in Creative Writing at Antioch University. Her work has been published in The Boston Globe, LA YOGA Magazine, Bust.com, and Jewish Journal among others. Jazmine is a teaching artist for Get Lit–Words Ignite, where she guides young people in the art of spoken word.

She lives in the Los Angeles area with her spouse and wildlings and is working on a memoir about motherhood told through personal essays and poetry.

You can find more of her work at JazmineAluma.com. Pronouns: she/her.

Casey Gates Frey

Casey Gates Frey is a creator with a passion for good storytelling. She is a writer, director, visual artist, and most recently was on staff at Elizabeth Banks' WhoHaha, a digital platform promoting women in comedy.

Her career in digital media inspired her to create her most personal project yet– The Belly Diaries, a graphic memoir designed to be swiped through on your phone.

As a director, Casey’s short film Crystal won in its category at the 2020 Best Shorts Film Festival, and the docu-style films she made through her initiative “Lady Brain” earned her BlogHer’s Voice of the Year Award in 2016. With a passion for stories it only seemed natural for Casey to take to podcasting as a way to experiment with a new medium, reach a new audience, and be able to record from home after her daughter’s bedtime.

Pronouns: she/her

James Hillmer

James Hillmer is a researcher and podcast producer living in Los Angeles. He has recently finished a PhD in Korean History at UCLA. You can now call him Dr. James.

James is interested in Cold War history, cycling, standup comedy and helping people tell their story through podcasting.

Pronouns: he/him