Catie Talarski
Senior Director, Storytelling and Radio ProgrammingCatie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.
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, Connecticut Public 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, hear the story of intersex activist, Pidgeon Pagonis. They successfully changed one hospital's policies on surgeries for intersex children. -
This hour, we revisit segments that teach us about the LGBTQ+ rights movement. We learn about history, present-day policies and trans joy. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet people who love farts! Including animal researchers, a hand-farter, and a man born without an anus who now farts on-command. -
We look at the tradition of Juneteenth and recognize its importance as a time to learn more about Black history in the U.S. -
On this episode of Audacious, hear about what goes into the art of the interview with CBS’s Gayle King, MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan, and Showtime’s Ziwe. -
Medina Jett opens up about her son's bipolar schizoaffective disorder and Michell Clark offers advice on how he's prioritized his mental health as a parent and beyond. -
On this episode of Audacious, hear from Jayson Greene, author of “Once More We Saw Stars“. On the 9th anniversary of her death, he talks about life after losing his two-year-old, Greta. -
A look at friendship— from people who defy their peers' expectations of how close friends can be to the power of connecting across age groups. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet a man with an antenna that turns color into sound, and a choreographer whose implant turns earthquake data into vibrations in her feet. -
We learn about President Biden and former President Trump's immigration policies, a group that supports immigrants in Connecticut and a restrictive immigration law that was signed 100 years ago.
