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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We discuss a new picture book about inventor Jim West and hear from Angeline Boulley, bestselling author of young adult novels like 'Firekeeper's Daughter' and 'Sisters in the Wind'. -
On this episode of Audacious, we hear from two women who had to give up custody of their children, revealing the power dynamics, complexity, and love surrounding their decisions. -
Two Connecticut biologists tell us about the changing environment, what inspired them to study science and the impact of funding cuts on research. -
On this episode of Audacious, tour the PEZ factory, meet the world’s top collector, the hosts of PEZamania, and a woman with a deeply personal PEZ tattoo. -
We talk about student finances, including loan debt, and hear from John Maduko, Interim Chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system. -
On this episode of Audacious, passengers on a cruise ship drop their guard and open up about love, faith, wisdom, and the courage it takes to be honest. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet people who have devoted their lives to loving wild animals: Thumbelina the squirrel and Walnut the endangered crane. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet the world’s oldest female comedian, a 92-year-old divorce lawyer, and the Guinness World Record holder for most-tattooed senior woman. -
We're talking to disruptors breaking barriers. We hear from Hamden's historic Fire Chief, someone fighting for inclusive economic growth in New Haven and CT State Gateway's new Campus President. -
Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith joins us to talk about the power of poetry to create connection.
