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Valerie Crowder is a freelance reporter based in Panama City, Florida. Before moving to Florida, she covered politics and education for Public Radio East in New Bern, North Carolina. While at PRE, she was also a fill-in host during All Things Considered. She got her start in public radio at WAER-FM in Syracuse, New York, where she was a part-time reporter, assistant producer and host. She has a B.A. in newspaper online journalism and political science from Syracuse University. When she’s not reporting the news, she enjoys reading classic fiction and thrillers, hiking with members of the Florida Trail Association and doing yoga.

Maria Corpuz eagerly joined the Riverside Chats team at the end of 2022. Since graduating from Creighton University’s school of Journalism, Media, and Computing, she has been exploring ways to utilize the power of collaborative conversation to improve her community. Born and raised in Omaha, her work spans across multiple platforms in efforts such as grassroots journalism, startups, politics, non-profit partnerships, arts and culture. Corpuz believes that storytelling expands universal empathy and builds connection within the community.

Michael is the executive producer of the weekly talk show Riverside Chats, which airs Monday at noon on KIOS. He took over the role from show creator Tom Knoblauch. Michael also shares hosting duties with Tom Knoblauch, Maria Corpuz and Chris Bowling.

Dave "The Optimist and Extrovert" Zorko is an Omaha native who's enjoyed food from Omaha and beyond for a long time. He's always on the lookout for new places to try...and to feature on Faturday Omaha! Dave's been known to mention his dislike of mayo and sour cream (although good aiolis and quality mayos may be granted a pass).

Liz Halloran joined NPR in December 2008 as Washington correspondent for Digital News, taking her print journalism career into the online news world.