Meg Dalton
Director of Audio Storytelling and Talk ShowsMeg Dalton is the director of audio storytelling and talk shows at Connecticut Public where she oversees the station’s talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.
She previously worked for The Takeaway from WNYC, in collaboration with GBH and PRX, and Mobituaries with Mo Rocca. She's also reported and edited for the Columbia Journalism Review, PBS NewsHour, Slate, MediaShift, Hearst Connecticut newspapers, and more. Her audio work has appeared on NPR, WNYC, WSHU, Marketplace, and WBAI.
Meg earned her master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2017, where she specialized in audio storytelling and narrative writing, and has taught audio storytelling at Columbia Journalism School, UnionDocs, and public libraries.
Off the clock, she enjoys making horrible puns, attempting to hike every National Park, and hanging out with her cat, Nora Ephron. She also works with Empowerment Avenue’s Writer’s Cohort, a one-on-one volunteer model in which outside editors work with incarcerated writers to workshop and publish their work.
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We talk to the director and producer of the new documentary, "The Body Politic," featuring Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott. Plus, how Future Caucus brings young lawmakers together to create bipartisan solutions. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet two people who discovered that they were born as a result of incest. Hear how they found compassion and meaning in helping others. -
This hour, our guests say that anti-Black racism is baked into U.S. education policy and making college campuses more inclusive goes beyond admitting a diverse student body. -
On this episode of Audacious, meet a lawyer who exclusively works with lottery winners, and a man who, at 21 years old, won a $28 million Powerball jackpot. -
This hour, Yale law professor James Forman Jr. talks about dismantling mass incarceration at every level, from policing to prisons to courts. -
This hour on Where We Live, we dive into political advertising in 2024. Erika Franklin Fowler of the Wesleyan Media Project answers our questions. She also gives advice for improving our media literacy skills. -
On this episode of Audacious, find out what it was like to win a Nobel Prize, and all the twists and turns after! Featuring Andrea Ghez and Martin Chalfie. -
Author Neema Avashia talks about growing up queer and Indian in Appalachia and poet Crystal Wilkinson tells us about her culinary heritage stretching back to her enslaved ancestors. -
Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley tells us about the connection between fascism and right-wing attacks on education. -
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.
