Catie Talarski
Senior Director, Storytelling and Radio ProgrammingCatie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.
Catie has been instrumental in growing the slate of original award-winning local programming at Connecticut Public Radio - including Where We Live, Colin McEnroe Show, Audacious, Seasoned, and Disrupted.
Along with her many years as a talk show producer, her stories and audio documentaries have been heard on NPR and other national programs.
Catie has taught storytelling and journalism classes to college and high school students, including as teaching assistant for the Transom Story Workshop. She studied documentary radio at the Salt Institute in Portland, Maine.
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. And 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 about her Polish heritage published in SilverKris, the in-flight magazine of Singapore Airlines. She’ll take any opportunity to dig into her ancestry.
She lives with her husband and two kiddos in West Hartford. You can follow her on Twitter.
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This hour on Seasoned: local organic tomato farmers and the chef at Tony D's. Plus, scientist Harry Klee breeds flavor back into tomatoes. -
In this hour of Disrupted, we talk about how technology—from digital privacy to artificial intelligence—shapes the world around us.
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This hour on Seasoned, we’re celebrating summer food with local author, Terry Walters. Terry explains her philosophy around clean eating. Plus, we head to the West End Farmers’ Market in Hartford.
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This week on Disrupted, we hear from two Black Americans who helped pave the way for the next generation of NASA astronauts and administrators. We’ll speak to NASA director Greg Robinson about the revolutionary James Webb space telescope and Astronaut Leland Melvin.
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This hour on Where We Live, we look into factors driving the primary care physician shortage, and what’s being done about it. The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortfall of upto 48,000 primary care physicians by 2034.
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This hour, we’re celebrating our 100th episode of Seasoned by listening back to conversations with Pati Jinich and Darina Allen, and local chefs David Standridge and Tyler Anderson. Plus, we tour Hummel Brothers Hot Dogs in New Haven.
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This week on Disrupted, an Art Historian talks about the forgotten and powerful First Ladies of American history. Also, how gender quotas are changing politics in Latin America.
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This week on Disrupted, a conversation with Vanessa Roberts Avery, the first African American woman to be the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. And, how a new Yale program is making law school more accessible.
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Queer spaces are a haven for the LGBTQ community. This week on Seasoned, we explore three of the state’s LGBTQ bars and cafés. Plus, we talk with the co-founder of Dyke Beer and learn about the Queer Food Foundation.
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For decades, the American sports betting industry was only accessible via seedy back rooms and offshore banking accounts. But after a 2018 supreme court ruling, betting on your favorite team is as easy as pressing a button on your phone. This week on Disrupted, an exploration of the bustling legal world of sports betting.
