Megan Fitzgerald
Senior Manager of Projects and Radio ProgrammingMeg Fitzgerald is the senior manager of projects and radio programming. She works with Connecticut Public's talk show producers to ensure our audio stories are represented digitally. She is a key liaison for our national radio programming. Meg also helps to manage and co-produce special projects like StoryCorps CT, Where ART Thou?, Generation Barney, Generation Gilmore Girls, and other program initiatives across our radio and podcast teams .
Meg started her career in the music and entertainment industry. She has booked artists and special events for art centers throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, including The Bushnell and Infinity Music Hall (Hartford, CT), the Warner Theatre (Torrington, CT), and The Kimmel Cultural Campus (Philadelphia, PA). She also programmed stages for the Philadelphia International Festival of Arts and worked with Live Nation.
In 2015, Meg joined Connecticut Public as an associate producer for Infinity Hall Live and The Kate, two nationally distributed public television music series. She also helped launch Connecticut Public's social media strategy in 2019.
When Meg's not diving into storytelling projects and music, she's studying astrology and herbalism. She loves nature, art, and spending quality time with her family and friends.
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From a televised dating show to a Disney-themed dating app to a bomb shelter in Israel, three couples reveal how love can begin in the most unlikely places. -
Karen Walrond describes how trying new things—even if we're not good at them—can expand our definition of self. Plus, we visit Baila Con Gusto CT, where dabblers dance in community. -
This hour, the conversation winds around to the rule of law, the Epstein files, the economy, the Green Bay Packers, Gilmore Girls … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. -
Disrupted recently reached a milestone— five years on the air. We celebrated with a live event that included a panel discussion on the theme of “Finding Joy and Purpose in Turbulent Times.” -
ARFID, an eating disorder that causes food to feel dangerous, is widely misunderstood. Exposure videos capture the struggle, and psilocybin sparks change for one person. -
CT Public's Maysoon Khan gives us the latest update on Connecticut's Clean Slate law and two professors discuss the way the legal system takes resources from marginalized communities -
Nine year-old Lola leaves England for six months in Germany. Then her exchange sister Hanna comes to the UK, and their bond starts to look a lot like real sisters. -
The life of U Thant is the subject of a new book by Thant Myint-U titled “Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World.” -
Meet two cancer survivors who rewrote endurance history: a marathon swim that shattered records, and an ultrarunner who ran 104 marathons in 104 consecutive days. -
Journalist Elizabeth Bruenig has spent years reporting on the death penalty. In 2020, she started witnessing the executions she'd write about. This week on 'Disrupted,' we examine the human impact of capital punishment.
