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Chas joined WPLN in 2015 after eight years with The Tennessean, including more than five years as the newspaper's statehouse reporter.Chas has also covered communities, politics and business in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied economics and journalism. Outside of work, he's a dedicated distance runner, having completed a dozen marathons

Broadcast Fridays from 9 to 11 p.m. Central, Tonic: The Funky Groove Show is produced and hosted by Michael Bendure ("Michael B"), a longtime funk fan who retired from a professional communications career in 2021 to concentrate on his music and artistic outlets. Michael also produces and hosts 40 Minutes of Funk, an interview podcast focusing on funk practitioners, their philosophies, and their music.

Brett Neely is an editor with NPR's Washington Desk, where he works closely with NPR Member station reporters on political coverage and edits stories about election security and voting rights.

Brandon Carter is an assistant producer on NPR's Washington Desk. He manages the NPR Politics social media accounts, writes and produces stories for the web and writes for the NPR Politics weekly newsletter.

Emma Murphy is a reporter covering health care, juvenile justice and higher education/career technical schools for Oklahoma Voice, a non-profit independent news outlet.

Janelle Stecklein has been covering Oklahoma government since 2014. Currently, she is the editor at Oklahoma Voice, a non-profit independent news outlet.

Barbara Hoberock is a senior reporter at Oklahoma Voice, a non-profit independent news outlet. She began her career in journalism in 1989 after graduating from Oklahoma State University.

Nuria Martinez-Keel is an education reporter for Oklahoma Voice, a non-profit independent news outlet.

A previous KGOU intern, Cate Howell holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing from OU's College of Journalism. Her work has been recognized by the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists and the National Association for Women in Communications.

Paul Monies has been a reporter with Oklahoma Watch since 2017 and covers state agencies and public health.

Nick Michael is the Acting Supervising Editor for Video at NPR. He joined NPR in 2014 as the lead video producer for Jazz Night in America, NPR's first program with companion radio and video content. Jazz Night's 2017 portfolio earned a Peabody nomination and a Webby Award for Online Film & Video. Since then, he has co-managed the growth of NPR's award-winning video team, highlights of which include co-crafting the look of NPR's signature interviews with President Obama, leading NPR's experimentation with 360 video and audio and coordinating 22 filmmakers across the country to document 2017's solar eclipse. Before NPR, Michael co-founded 1504, a creative video studio now based in Birmingham, Ala. He earned a masters in photojournalism at the Missouri School of Journalism.