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David Edelstein is a film critic for New York magazine and for NPR's Fresh Air, and an occasional commentator on film for CBS Sunday Morning. He has also written film criticism for the Village Voice, The New York Post, and Rolling Stone, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times' Arts & Leisure section.

Ed Ward is the rock-and-roll historian on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Milo Miles is Fresh Air's world-music and American-roots music critic. He is a former music editor of The Boston Phoenix.

Composer and author Tom Manoff has been the classical music critic for NPR's All Things Considered since 1985.

Susan Jane Gilman, whose reviews and commentaries can be heard regularly on All Things Considered, is a journalist, fiction writer and bestselling author of three nonfiction books: Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress, Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess and, most recently, Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, a memoir about a naive and disastrous trek Gilman made through Communist China in 1986.

Dr. Erika Brady is a long-time co-host of Barren River Breakdown, and a faculty member in the WKU Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology. Her work on the show earned her the Governor's Media Award in the Arts in 2011.

David Baxter has been teaching for sixteen years. Most recently, he was a 5th and 6th grade teacher at Cumberland Trace Elementary School. He has also taught several courses at the college level, including a Math Methods class for pre-service teachers. He earned a Master’s Degree in Folk Studies at WKU and completed his Gifted Endorsement in 2009. David enjoys being with his wife and sons, writing, and listening to music.

Nolan Porterfield brings considerable expertise and humor to his show each week, which draws upon his unique collection of vintage recordings.