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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We are reframing failure and celebrating people who forge their own path. We talk to the Founder of the Museum of Failure and host a panel discussion with young people about taking non-traditional journeys. -
This hour, we take your calls … about whatever you want to talk about. -
We'll learn how the history of discrimination at pools impacts people of color, and we'll talk to a local group who provides adaptive swim lessons to neurodivergent students. -
A tale of two bunnies: One woman loved being part of Playboy. Another never wanted to be a Playmate. Hear two lives shaped very differently by the same famous name. -
You know the lines, “Give me your tired, your poor …” but what else do you know about the “Mother of Exiles?” We shine a light on the Statue of Liberty's past and present. -
Ahead of the contentious midterm elections, The Wheelhouse revisits a conversation with social psychologist Kurt Gray about why our political views divide us in the first place. -
With the 250th year of the U.S., scholar Eddie Glaude Jr. is thinking about how the country celebrates its founding. His new book is 'America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries.' -
Scott Wallace takes us into the Brazilian Amazon as part of a rare expedition to protect one of the world's last uncontacted tribes - without ever meeting them. -
This hour, the conversation winds around to elections, the gym, obituaries, Guillain-Barré syndrome… Anything. (Seemingly) everything. -
From sold-out arenas and second chances to first homes, true love, and outer space, hear 36 Audacious guests share pinch me moments when life felt almost too good to be real.
