Celeste Headlee is an American radio journalist, author, public speaker, and musician with a 20-year career in public radio. She has held prominent roles in national and regional broadcasting, including serving as co-host of the national morning news show The Takeaway and host of the Georgia Public Broadcasting program "On Second Thought." She also co-hosts the weekly series Retro Report on PBS. Earlier in her career, Headlee worked as the Midwest Correspondent for NPR's Day to Day before 2009 and hosted a weekly show on Detroit Public Radio. Beyond her broadcasting work, she is an author, having written We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter. She is also active as a public speaker and musician.