Tess Terrible
Senior Producer, Where We LiveTess is a senior producer for Connecticut Public news-talk show Where We Live. She enjoys hiking Connecticut's many trails and little peaks, knitting, gardening and writing in her seven journals.
She won the Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for News Documentary and Society of Professional Journalist Award for Local Broadcasting in 2024.
She can be reached at tterrible@ctpublic.org.
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The brain and how it works is the subject of a new exhibit at the Yale Peabody Museum opening later this week. This hour, hear from the curators of the exhibit “Mind/Matter: The Neuroscience of Perception, Attention, and Memory Launched.”
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The holidays can come with gathering, celebration, and for some, more work than play. We hear from retail and healthcare workers on the ground this holiday season.
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This fall’s fires stretched resources and made history. In September and October, Connecticut experienced almost five times more brushfires than normal — just as the state saw its driest two-month period in 120 years.
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Getting better reproductive care might start with examining the past. Historian Deirdre Cooper Owens joins 'Where We Live' to discuss her research on the origins of American gynecology and how it ripples into OB-GYN practices today.
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Throughout Connecticut, the prevalence of tenant unions has increased. But not without pushback from landlords. This hour, hear from the Connecticut Tenants Union and learn what you need to know if you’re a renter in our state.
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Carolyn Kuan has been the music director of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra since 2011. This hour on Where We Live, she joins us for a conversation about her work and how she’s seen the orchestra evolve during her tenure.
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Wildfires are fairly uncommon in the Northeast, but that could be changing. On the next WWL, author John Vaillant joins us for the hour. He’s the author of Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World.
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Sara Bronin is an architect and attorney who chaired the Hartford Planning and Zoning Commission for seven years. She joined Where We Live to discuss her new book, 'Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World.'
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This hour on Where We Live, PBS chef and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich shares some of her American story and answers your cooking and turkey-roasting questions ahead of Thanksgiving. What are your family food traditions?
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Makerspaces provide places for young and adult students to craft and create with 3D printers, woodworking, laser design and more. This hour, we hear from some of the makerspaces around Connecticut.