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Celeste Headlee
6 workspublishing since 2016
Celeste Headlee is an American journalist, author and public speaker. Over two decades in public radio she co-hosted the national morning show The Takeaway and hosted On Second Thought on Georgia Public Broadcasting, and she later co-hosted Retro Report on PBS. Her TED talk on conversation drew millions of viewers and led to We Need to Talk (2017), followed by Do Nothing (2020), Speaking of Race (2021) and Freedom's Daughters (2026), a history of Black women's resistance through literacy and education.
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Celeste Headlee is an American journalist, author and public speaker. Over two decades in public radio she co-hosted the national morning show The Takeaway and hosted On Second Thought on Georgia Public Broadcasting, and she later co-hosted Retro Report on PBS. Her TED talk on conversation drew millions of viewers and led to We Need to Talk (2017), followed by Do Nothing (2020), Speaking of Race (2021) and Freedom's Daughters (2026), a history of Black women's resistance through literacy and education.
