Nikki Battiste is a correspondent for CBS News who moved to an on-camera reporting position after more than a decade of working behind the scenes at ABC News.

We talk about how Nikki used hidden cameras to help two survivors confront the priest who abused them, what it means to be a network "booker", and how she landed the first interview in the world with Amanda Knox, who was the center of the one of the biggest news stories of the century.

Josh Scheinblum is the chief investigative reporter at the ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

He shares how there actually is a lot to investigate in a smaller city like Cedar Rapids, including a school district that employed a teacher with multiple complaints of sexual misconduct. Josh also gives insight on what working in Iowa is like during election season, and how his career never would've happened without a Youtube video. 

No new episode this week because I'm on vacation but I still have content to give you guys! Take a quick listen to find out what it is.

Back next Thursday!

Vicki Gonzalez is a reporter for NBC Sacramento. She recently covered her fourth mass shooting, the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. 

We discuss what she's learned from each of those experiences, plus the things she did on live TV while working in Las Vegas that could never be done anywhere else, how she managed to anchor and produce her own shows in a newsroom that mostly spoke a different language, and her exclusive interview with a death row inmate the day before his execution.

Emily Lippiello is the 11 p.m. newscast producer at NBC Philadelphia.

We go into great detail about what a producer does and what her responsibilities are - from coming up with the stories in the show and artfully putting them in an order that works, to getting creative with studio camera shots and handling the "live television" elements once the show begins. We also talk about a Women's History Month special Emily produced, one of the rare times she got to leave the building!

Kevin Holden is the sports director at CBS Milwaukee.

Some topics we hit on are the challenges of calling play-by-play (in Spanish!) vs. reporting and anchoring, Aaron Rodgers' relationship with the media, and the time Kevin was the first journalist in the world to break a historic baseball story.

Arden Farhi is the coordinating White House producer for CBS News. He works closely with several CBS News correspondents, including previous Craziest Story Ever guest Major Garrett.

Arden explains what a producer actually does! We also talk about how President Trump's unconventionality can sometimes help the journalists covering him, and we go behind the scenes into the television production of Trump's recent visit to North Korea.

Arden is a producer on Major Garrett's politics and pop culture podcast, The Takeout, which you can check out here.

Tricia Kean has been an anchor at ABC Las Vegas since 2001 as well as the head of the successful 'Contact 13' consumer brand that's recovered millions of dollars for people in need.

We talk about how her first news job turned out to be a sports position she was totally unequipped for, the work she did helping Las Vegans during the 2008 recession, the decision to share her weight loss journey with viewers, and how Jerry Lewis went out of his way to put a smile on her father's face.

George Smith is the main evening anchor at ABC in Madison, WI and was a national correspondent for ESPN for 10 years.

We talk about his role in ESPN's team coverage of the Kobe Bryant rape case and his subsequent interviews with Bryant, his experience at the 2008 Olympics with Team USA Basketball, and how ESPN had already started to lean into an "embrace debate" culture by the time he left.

Natalie Brunell is a freelance correspondent for ABC News based in Los Angeles, an adjunct professor of journalism at USC, and the host of the Career Stories podcast.

We talk about what life is really like working as a freelancer for a major news network, an investigation she spearheaded that resulted in an FBI raid on city hall, and why covering a red carpet is more glamorous for the celebrities than the reporters.

Click here to check out Natalie's excellent podcast, Career Stories!