Robyn Doyon-Aitken
Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk ShowsRobyn is the Director of Audio Storytelling and oversees the content and production of Connecticut Public's five local talk shows: Where We Live, The Colin McEnore Show, The Wheelhouse, Audacious with Chion Wolf and Disrupted. 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 award for the story, The Gift of the Buffalo Creek Squash. She's accompanied reporters out in the field during election season and produced radio, either segments or entire hours, for all of the 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.”
Robyn 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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From 4,941 holes in 24 hours to more than 1,100 courses visited, meet the people who delight in the competitive, adventurous and joyful side of mini golf. -
This hour, we are taking a look at weight stigma. We talk about the relationship between anti-Blackness and anti-fatness, and we hear how weight stigma impacts things like medical care and employment. -
When Jewish author and historian Amy-Jill Levine found out she was named president of the Catholic Biblical Association, she thought it was a joke. She talks about taking on this new role, sitting with discomfort and what it means to “call in, not call out.” -
We talk about Paul Revere's momentous ride and parse out the Longfellow poem commemorating it. Plus: Revere's route today. -
We hear from Civic Works, a new organization that plans to build community in New Haven. We also talk to two legal experts about strategies for advancing DEI in the current political moment. -
The wild true story of the artists behind Secret Mall Apartment. Plus, Chion heads to two local malls for an insider tour, and hears stories from the front lines: from Build-A-Bear to the carousel. -
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.' -
On this episode of Audacious, suicide attempt survivors Kevin Hines and Steve MacHattie share what a mental health crisis can feel like, and what helps people stay alive. -
This year's winner of the Stowe Prize is Princess Joy L. Perry. Her debut novel, 'This Here is Love,' follows multiple characters as it depicts slavery in 1690s Virginia and the complex hierarchies that form. -
On this episode of Audacious, we wander The Big E’s 175 acres to find the heart behind the fair in its people, its stories, and its extremely creative food.
