BuzzFeed Daily Creators & Guests

Zach Stafford is the Editor in Chief of The Advocate Magazine.Prior to working for The Advocate, Stafford served as the Chief Content Officer for Grindr. He was Editor-at-Large for Out Magazine, and before that he was a writer for The Guardian. He is the co-editor of "Boys: An Anthology."Stafford received his B.A. in Women's & Gender Studies from DePaul University.

Casey Rackham is a senior TV & film editor, and host of BuzzFeed Daily Podcast.

Hayes Brown is a senior world news reporter & editor at BuzzFeed.

Julian Weller is a executive podcast producer, show runner, story editor, and sound designer. His series have been nominated for 3 Ambies awards for Podcast of the Year (2021) Best Original Score and Music Supervision (2022) Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast (2022), and won a New York Radio Festival Silver for Best Technology Podcast (2019). For more info on his work, visit julian.fm.

Chani Nicholas is a writer and astrologer.

Sarah Zhang is a health and science journalist. Currently, she is a staff writer at The Atlantic.Prior to joining The Atlantic, Zhang was a staff writer at Wired. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Nature, Discover, and Method Quarterly.Zhang received her B.S. in Neurobiology from Harvard University.

Dr. Julia Marcus is an infectious disease epidemiologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and Adjunct Faculty at The Fenway Institute.Dr. Marcus's research focuses on improving measures to reduce new HIV infections and promote sexual health. Her work on using harm reduction techniques for epidemics has appeared in The Atlantic.Dr. Marcus received her PhD in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.

Kayleen Schaefer is a journalist and author.Schaefer's first book, "Text Me When You Get Home," was published in 2018. Her second book, "But You're Still So Young: How Thirtysomethings Are Redefining Adulthood," was published in 2021.Schaefer's work has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Vogue.

Ej Dickson is a staff writer at Rolling Stone covering culture. Her work has been published in the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Washington Post, GQ, Elle, and many other publications.Previously, Dickson was a deputy digital editor at Men's Health. She was also a features editor at Romper, Bustle's parenting website.

Ariel Edwards-Levy is a journalist. Currently, she is a senior reporter and polling editor at The Huffington Post.Prieviously, Edwards-Levy was executive producer for Annenberg Radio News.Edwards-Levy received B.A.s in Print and Digital Journalism and in Political Science from the University of Southern California.

Bob the Drag Queen is a drag queen, comedian, Black activist, musician, and reality television personality.

Bettina Makalintal is a food and culture writer who covers food through the lens of pop culture, history, and cultural criticism. Currently, she is a senior reporter at Eater.Previously, Makalintal was an associate print editor at Bon Appétit and a staff writer at Vice’s Munchies.

Zoe Tillman is a legal reporter. Currently, she is the Senior Legal Reporter at BuzzFeed News.Previously, Tillman was a reporter for the National Law Journal and Legal Times, where she covered federal courts. Before that, she was a reporter for The Gazette in Maryland, the Philadelphia Inquirer in Philadelphia, and other newspapers.Tillman received her B.A. in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Spencer Kornhaber is a staff writer at The Atlantic.Kornhaber was a senior associate editor at The Atlantic from 2011 to 2014, where he edited the entertainment coverage. Previously, he was a freelance writer and contributed to SPIN, Rollingstone.com, The Onion AV Club, and TheAtlantic.com. Early in his career, he was a local editor at Patch.com and a staff writer and clubs editor at OC Weekly.Kornhaber received his B.S. in Journalism and Political Science from Northwestern University