Leanna is a freelance journalist focused on bringing awareness to the connections between the climate crisis and economic, gender, generational and racial injustices. Her reporting has been featured in The Guardian, Truthout, Yes! Magazine, and Undark, and on NPR-affiliate stations Detroit Public Radio and New England Public Radio. Her favorite podcasts include Drilled, Hot Take, How to Save a Planet, This Land, and Timber Wars.

Years of storytelling for public radio and through her award-winning video productions prepared Emily well for crafting podcast-sized stories for Broken Ground. Emily was senior producer on two earlier Broken Ground seasons. Some podcasts she’s currently listening to include This American Life, The Daily, Heavyweight, and Coffee Break Gaelic.

Noa is a Communications Fellow in SELC’s Chapel Hill office focused on moving the needle on clean energy and climate protections in the state. Her past podcast experience includes helping to edit and produce The Modern West, Carbon Valley, and Those Who Can’t Teach Anymore. She has also scripted and produced audio stories for Princeton University’s Blue Lab. Noa’s all-time favorite podcast is S-Town, and lately she’s been listening to Threshold, the Ezra Klein Show, and Volts.

Ko (she/her) is a writer and editor based in and focused on the U.S. South, Mississippi in particular. She runs a newsletter called “pop justice,” exploring the intersection of popular culture and the justice system. More of her work can be found in Scalawag, The Atlantic, Harper’s Bazaar, Southerly, and more. Her favorite podcasts are The Read and Back Issue.

With a background in journalism and higher ed outreach, Jennie now manages production of Broken Ground and SELC’s magazine. Podcasts she’s listening to include Setting the Table, The Sum of Us, and Eat it, Virginia.

Samara Lenga is an audio production expert with nearly two decades of experience across major media platforms. Whether it’s producing news at Bloomberg Radio or editing podcasts like “The Bridge: 50 years of Hiphop with Nas,” Samara’s favorite activity is still anthropomorphizing her dog Kanga. She also enjoys very silly podcasts, like “Kill Me Now,” “Bananas,” and “Pizza Pod Party.”

Pria is a former public radio journalist turned climate policy advocate who still moonlights as an audio producer. She credits her time at Broken Ground for sparking an interest in environmental policy and is currently wrapping up a graduate program in applied climate science at Columbia University. Before she jammed her brain with intrusive thoughts about extreme weather events (it’s scary but there’s hope!), she reported local stories for NPR stations in Georgia, Indiana, and California. Ironically, her favorite podcasts are unrelated to climate and include You’re Wrong About, Throughline, and Scam Goddess.

Paige (all pronouns) is an experienced director building community around purposeful living. Their work is to translate the fundamental principles of connection across the digital and physical world. Paige began their career as a community organizer in Lima, Peru, and has gone on to develop multimedia projects as an Emmy-award-winning documentarian and cross-industry consultant. Their favorite podcasts are Not Yet (their own!), Thru, and Paradigm Shift.

After more than 10 years as a producer/editor for NPR, most recently as a Supervising Producer for Morning Edition, Claudine began working at the Southern Environmental Law Center and is creator and past host of Broken Ground. She is now Executive Producer of Audio at The Atlantic. She’s a fan of the podcasts The Daily, Embedded, Reveal and More Perfect.