Robyn Doyon-Aitken
Deputy Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk ShowsRobyn is the Deputy Director of Storytelling. Previously, she was the host and senior producer of Seasoned, a radio show and podcast celebrating food and farms. Seasoned won first place in the 2023 Connecticut chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism contest for the story, The Gift of the Buffalo Creek Squash. She’s filled in as a producer for several of our local shows, most notably, Where We Live. In 2021, she was part of the team that received first place in the Interview category from the Public Media Journalists Association for the episode “Who Owns History? Connecticut Woman Sues Harvard For Family Photos.” She produced The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze® from November 2015 until the broadcast ended. Before that, she ate her way through the previous seven years of Fine Cooking magazine while its web producer.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet people who have devoted their lives to loving wild animals: Thumbelina the squirrel and Walnut the endangered crane. -
Stressful conversations about politics can creep into holiday celebrations. But there are ways to stay engaged with family members who have different views from our own. Professor Irshad Manji shares her "Five Skills of Moral Courage." -
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. -
New Haven's Claire's Corner Copia has been a Connecticut institution for fifty years now. This hour on Where We Live, owner Claire Criscuolo joins us to talk about food, building community, and her new cookbook. -
This hour, the conversation winds around to a local landmark, stomping, poetry, firewood, music, sprickets, bibliographies. … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. -
Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith joins us to talk about the power of poetry to create connection. -
On this episode of Audacious, we celebrate the best kind of bad - bad news, bad movies, and bad dates - and the people bold enough to share them. -
This hour, the conversation winds around to spiders, healthcare, conspiracy theories, walking, election results, and more spiders. … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. -
Vanessa Priya Daniel has spent years working in social justice movements. She joins us to talk about the leadership lessons she thinks we need in our political moment.
