Celeste Headlee
Journalist, radio host and author
Celeste Headlee is an American journalist, radio host and author. Her book We Need to Talk grew out of her popular talk on having better conversations.
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American Born 1969 in Whittier, United States
About Celeste Headlee
Celeste Headlee has built her career in public radio, anchoring programs such as Talk of the Nation and All Things Considered and co-hosting the morning news show The Takeaway. Her TEDx Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, has drawn more than 40 million views. We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter was her first book and won the 2017 Silver Nautilus Award in Relationships and Communication. She has also written Do Nothing. Headlee serves as the head of Headway DEI, a non-profit that trains organizations in racial justice and equity using science-based methods. She is also a trained operatic soprano and the granddaughter of composer William Grant Still.