Catie Talarski
Senior Director, Storytelling and Radio ProgrammingCatie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.
Catie has been working in journalism and storytelling for more than 15 years. Her stories and audio documentaries have aired on NPR and member stations across the country.
Catie has spent much of her career immersed in talk programming. She’s launched new shows, led production teams, provided editorial support for daily live programs, weekly produced shows, and digital-first podcasts. Under her leadership, Connecticut Public talk shows have won numerous national awards including PMJA, Gracies and a Murrow.
Catie has taught storytelling and journalism classes to high school and college students, including at the Transom Story Workshop.
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, CT. 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 on her Polish heritage published in SilverKris, the in-flight magazine for Singapore Airlines.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet two people who were once bullies, talking about how they turned their lives around.
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NPR host Ayesha Rascoe joins us to talk about HBCU Made, a new collection of essays that she edited. She'll explain how Howard University helped her develop her voice.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet one of the best baristas in the world, an artist who uses coffee as a medium, and a man determined to visit every Starbucks in the world.
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This hour, we listen back to our episode on the Black press. We learn about the role it played throughout the history of civil rights, and we hear how current publications are centering Black voices.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet Lynda Shannon Bluestein who changed medical aid in dying laws, began a wind phone project, and made people laugh every day.
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This hour, we explore Connecticut music. We talk to a violinist who grew up in Connecticut, a DJ supporting other women in the industry and the team behind an upcoming documentary on New Haven music venue Toad's Place.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a man who photographs volcanoes, another who made music using 10 years of volcanic data, and another who cooks pizza inside a volcano in Guatemala.
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For the final episode of our Disrupted favorites series, producer Kevin Chang Barnum chose an episode that highlights the discrimination that Chinese Americans face, but also shows the way they've fought against it.
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What's it like being related to someone super famous? Like… Dolly Parton! Singer-songwriter Jada Star talks about shining bright in her aunt Dolly’s light.
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The Disrupted team favorites continue. This week, Producer Wayne Edwards chose our episode on how Media Literacy is evolving across generations.