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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The teams behind 'The Librarians' and 'Missing in Brooks County' talk about the power of documentary film to create change. -
When survivors of sexual abuse speak, how can we listen better? The executive director of CT Alliance to End Sexual Violence offers guidance, and Drew John Ladd shares his story. -
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is known for her pioneering work on critical race theory and intersectionality— both of which are terms she coined. She joins us to discuss her new book, 'Backtalker: An American Memoir,' which explores how the way she grew up taught her the importance of speaking out. -
On this episode of Audacious, a woman donates her kidney to someone with opposing beliefs, changing them both. Plus, one donor changes lives, including her own. -
The 'Disrupted' summer movie panel is back! We'll talk about the moment horror films are having today, and we'll have an honest conversation about representation in Hollywood. -
For three musicians with disabilities, making music means rethinking breath, rhythm, movement, access, and the path between body, instrument, and sound. -
Comedians take the mic in unlikely places: an office where no one’s allowed to laugh, a jail, and nursing homes where the audience has no idea what they're in for. -
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy thinks Americans need to change their values. He makes the argument in his new book, 'Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America.' -
We head to Lake Compounce in Bristol to watch a dozen hopefuls try to qualify for the Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest. Plus, learn from pros like “Katina Eats Kilos” what it’s like to eat your way to success. -
Joe Stone became paralyzed after trying to protect his daughter in a car crash. Then he discovered wheelchair rugby, a full-contact sport built around collision.
