The Sunday Session Creators & Guests

Jo Brand is an English comedian, writer, presenter, and actress.

Joseph Pfeifer is a firefighter.

Elizabeth Lee McGovern is an actor and musician. She is best known for her role as Cora Crawley in the TV series "Downton Abbey" and the film "Downton Abbey: A New Era."McGovern made her feature film debut in "Ordinary People" (1980). She received a nomination for the Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actress for her second film role in the film "Ragtime" (1981). She went on to act in many more films, including "Once Upon a Time in America" (1984), "She's Having a Baby" (1987), "The Bedroom Window" (1987), "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990), and "The Wings of the Dove (1997)."McGovern formed the musical group Sadie and the Hotheads, which has released four studio albums.

Claire Dederer is a nonfiction writer and memoirist. She teaches writing at the Pacific University MFA program.Dederer's essays, reviews and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Atlantic, The Nation, Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle, Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, New York magazine, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Slate, Salon, and High Country News. Her first book, "Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses," was published in 2010. Her second book, "Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning," was published in 2017. Her third book, "Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma," was published in 2023.Dederer began her career as the chief film critic for Seattle Weekly.

John Sweeney is an investigative journalist. He worked for The Observer newspaper and the BBC's Panorama and Newsnight series.

Russel is the Royal Editor at the Daily Mirror and the co-host of Pod Save the Queen