Catie Talarski
Senior Director, Storytelling and Radio ProgrammingCatie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.
Catie has been instrumental in growing the slate of original award-winning local programming at Connecticut Public Radio - including Where We Live, Colin McEnroe Show, Audacious, Seasoned, and Disrupted.
Along with her many years as a talk show producer, her stories and audio documentaries have been heard on NPR and other national programs.
Catie has taught storytelling and journalism classes to college and high school students, including as teaching assistant for the Transom Story Workshop. She studied documentary radio at the Salt Institute in Portland, Maine.
For years, she hosted *the ear cave* - a listening session led by a rotating cast of local radio professionals held at a coffeehouse in Hartford. And her Radio Adventure Theater was an experimental variety show that combined live music, theater, poetry and documentary radio.
Catie’s foray into magazine writing includes an article about her Polish heritage published in SilverKris, the in-flight magazine of Singapore Airlines. She’ll take any opportunity to dig into her ancestry.
She lives with her husband and two kiddos in West Hartford. You can follow her on Twitter.
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This hour on Disrupted, we talk about urban revitalization across Connecticut, including December's federal spending bill. Guests include Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and Dr. Karen DuBois-Walton (Housing Authority of New Haven). -
This hour on Disrupted, we talk to Tracy Heather Strain, director of a new PBS documentary about Zora Neale Hurston's anthropology. Also, Dr. Stacey Close on Connecticut's tobacco fields.
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Learn the family stories behind The Griswold Inn, Shish Kebab House of Afghanistan, and The Glenwood Drive-In. Plus, John Kanell shares recipes from his cookbook, 'Preppy Kitchen,' on this episode of Seasoned.
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Host Khalilah Brown Dean puts NFL player Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest in context with former Detroit Lions safety Ryan Stewart. Also, the challenges UConn’s women’s basketball team has overcome this season.
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This hour on Disrupted, Dr. Clint Smith joins us to talk about his recent book, 'How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.'
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This hour on Disrupted, we discuss long-term medical conditions, including long COVID. Sonya Huber tells us how she navigates chronic pain. We also learn about the latest research into long COVID.
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This hour on Disrupted, we're talking about the plan to merge Connecticut's 12 community colleges into a single institution. We'll hear from John Maduko, the new president of the system, in addition to students, faculty, and staff.
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Michael Twitty discusses his 'Koshersoul' in this episode of Seasoned. Chef Plum and Tagan Engel taste a Rosca de Reyes bread from Atticus Bakery in New Haven, and learn about natural wine.
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This hour on Disrupted, how artists in Connecticut are using their talents to empower communities. We talk with NXTHVN co-founders Titus Kaphar and Jason Price, plus Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell.
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This week on Disrupted, we discuss antisemitism today, how we teach the history of the holocaust and Nazi racism’s connection to American Jim Crow laws.
