KRISTIN RUSSO is a producer, speaker, and consultant with a focus on LGBTQ issues. She has spoken at hundreds of universities nationwide including Harvard, Stanford, and NYU and has worked with large-scale companies such as Bloomberg on allyship and inclusion. She was the co-creator of LGBTQ organizations Everyone Is Gay&My Kid Is Gay and co-author of This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids. In 2016, Kristin took her production work to the podcasting space and began working as Executive Producer and co-host of the now critically-acclaimed pop culture podcast, Buffering the Vampire Slayer. Her work with queer communities has been featured by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, NPR, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Ellen Show, and many other outlets.
JENNY OWEN YOUNGS is a touring musician, songwriter, and podcaster. Her music has been heard on television shows including Bojack Horseman, Grey’s Anatomy, and Weeds, to name a few. She’s also co-written songs recorded by Pitbull, Donna Missal, Ingrid Michaelson, and other artists, perhaps most notably the Panic! at the Disco quintuple-platinum hit “High Hopes.” She has performed hundreds of concerts across the US, UK, and Europe, and livestreams weekly to a highly engaged community via Twitch. In addition to her pod duties co-hosting Buffering the Vampire Slayer (and writing an original song to accompany every single episode), Jenny also co-hosts another television recap podcast, Veronica Mars Investigations.
