Says Who? Creators & Guests

Maureen Johnson is an author.

Dan Sinker was the Director at OpenNews and currently co-host of Says Who Podcast, a weekly comedy political podcast.

Ana Marie Cox is an American author, blogger, political columnist and critic, founding editor of the political blog Wonkette. She also launched and hosts the Podcast With Friends Like These.

Parker Molloy is a writer, blogger, and transgender rights activist.

Julia Angwin is an investigative journalist who specializes in data-driven journalism, and the effect of technology, specifically algorithms, on culture. She is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Markup.Previously, Angwin was a senior reporter on technology at ProPublica, and technology reporter at the New York bureau of The Wall Street Journal.Angwin's first book, "Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America," was published in 2009, and her second book, "Dragnet Nation," was published in 2014.In 2003, Angwin was one of The Wall Street Journal's staff reporters whose stories were acknowledged with a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.

Farai Chideya is a novelist, journalist, and radio host. She currently produces and hosts the podcast "Our Body Politic." She is also Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University, where she teaches courses in radio production and media economics.Prior to 2009, Chideya was the host of the National Public Radio radio program "News & Notes." She produced and hosted the show "Pop and Politics with Farai Chideya," a series on politics that ran for 15 years, and the podcast "One with Farai." Before that, she hosted "Your Call," a daily radio call-in show on KALW in San Francisco. Chideya was a member of the improv comedy troupe The Immediate Gratification Players. She is also the founder and president the pop culture blog "PopandPolitics.com."In addition to radio, video and online journalism, Chideya appears as a political analyst on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, ABC News, Fox News, BET and HBO. She is a senior writer for the website FiveThirtyEight.Chideya's first novel, "Kiss the Sky," was published in 2009. She is part of The Finish Party writing group, and is the author of three non-fiction books about race and politics: "Don't Believe the Hype," "The Color of Our Future," and "Trust: Reaching the 100 Million Missing Voters."Chideya began her career working for Newsweek magazine, MTV News, the Oxygen Network and the non-profit community news website, TheBeehive.org. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times Syndicate, The Chicago Tribune Syndicate, The American Prospect, The San Francisco Chronicle, Time Magazine, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vibe Magazine, Spin Magazine and Glamour.Chideya was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Harvard College.

Spencer Ackerman is a national security reporter and blogger.

Crime Lady. Columnist, New York Times Books. Author, SCOUNDREL & THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS & EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN. Next: WITHOUT CONSENT. She/her.

Molly Ball is a journalist who covers national politics. Currently, she is National Political Correspondent for TIME and an analyst for CNN.Previously, Ball was a staff writer for The Atlantic, and before that she worked for the Atlantic, Politico, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Las Vegas Sun, and the Cambodia Daily.Ball was raised in Idaho and Colorado. She received her degree from Yale University, and she was a Knight-Wallace journalism fellow at the University of Michigan in 2009, where she studied economic policy.