Catie Talarski
Senior Director, Storytelling and Radio ProgrammingCatie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.
Catie has been working in journalism and storytelling for more than 15 years. Her stories and audio documentaries have aired on NPR and member stations across the country.
Catie has spent much of her career immersed in talk programming. She’s launched new shows, led production teams, provided editorial support for daily live programs, weekly produced shows, and digital-first podcasts. Under her leadership, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø talk shows have won numerous national awards including PMJA, Gracies and a Murrow.
Catie has taught storytelling and journalism classes to high school and college students, including at the Transom Story Workshop.
For years, she hosted *the ear cave*, a listening session led by a rotating cast of local radio professionals held at a coffeehouse in Hartford, CT. Her Radio Adventure Theater was an experimental variety show that combined live music, theater, poetry and documentary radio.
Catie’s foray into magazine writing includes an article on her Polish heritage published in SilverKris, the in-flight magazine for Singapore Airlines.
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On this episode of Audacious, meet people who are wholeheartedly committed to loving and sharing the good word about Costco and Trader Joe's. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet the author of "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Mother*@&!s"; a man who sailed down a river in a giant pumpkin; and an underwater pumpkin carving duo. -
In this hour of 'Disrupted,' Elizabeth Ito, creator of 'City of Ghosts,' discusses using people's real voices in her work, and Bethonie Butler talks about her book 'Black TV.' -
Listening to the news, it feels like there are more natural disasters than ever. This hour, we learn the climate science behind that and look at how the word disaster affects our thinking. -
Meet an extreme ironer, cheese roller, and shin kicking referee (also called a "stickler") on this weird sports episode of Audacious! -
This hour on Disrupted, we hear from people who think a lot about religion— their own experiences and how it impacts society. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet three sports superfans! Banjo Man (SF 49ers and Oakland A's), Ronnie “Woo Woo“ Wickers (Chicago Cubs), and Bob Labonne (UConn Huskies). -
This hour, we explore ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø music. We talk to a violinist who grew up in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, a DJ supporting other women in the industry and the team behind an upcoming documentary on New Haven music venue Toad's Place. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet two memory champions - including one world record holder - and find out about the methods they use to memorize anything. -
This hour on Disrupted, we look at representation in beauty pageants, from Miss ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to the first-ever Miss AI Beauty Pageant.
