Celeste Headlee

Celeste Headlee is an award-winning journalist who hosts GPB
Radio’s “On Second Thought,” weekdays from 9 – 10 a.m. She has appeared on NPR, PBS World, CNN and other national networks and began working as a public radio journalist in1999. Headlee also hosts the national show “Middle Ground,” covering only the states between California and the eastern seaboard. She was formerly a host at National Public Radio, anchoring shows like “Tell Me More,” “Talk of the Nation,” “All Things Considered” and “Weekend Edition.” Until September of 2012, Celeste was the co-host of the national morning news show, “The Takeaway” from PRI and WNYC.

Headlee graduated from the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts in 1987. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Vocal Performance at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona
and her Master’s of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan in 1998.

Headlee is married with a son and a step-daughter and a beagle.