Talia Schlanger

Talia Hannah Schlanger is a Canadian musician and radio broadcaster who has worked in both Canada and the United States Her debut album of original music Grace For The Going will be released in early 2024 via Latent Recordings The first single Attention was released on Sept 6 Formerly a weekend host of Radio 2 Morning on CBC Radio 2 and TV host of CBC Music Backstage Pass and a parttime host on CBC Radio 3 her selection as host of NPRs music program World Cafe was announced in February 2017 She joined World Cafe in October 2016 as a contributing producer and was named the programs new host after the retirement of David Dye In June 2019 she announced her departure from the program to return to other creative projects In September 2019 Raina Douris was announced as her successor Schlanger grew up in a Jewish family in Thornhill Ontario She is a graduate of Ryerson Universitys program in radio and television arts Prior to joining the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Schlanger was an actress whose credits included the supporting role of Madison in Strange Days at Blake Holsey High guest roles in System Crash and Degrassi The Next Generation and musical theatre roles in Mirvish Productions Mamma Mia the original Canadian company of Queens We Will Rock You and the first national US tour of Green Days American Idiot She won a Canadian Screen Award in 2014 as a coproducer with Brent Hodge Bryan Ward Grant Lawrence and Kai Black of The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions a web series on CBC Music in which Lawrence travelled across Canada meeting local musicians and other personalities Since leaving World Cafe Schlanger has again been heard as a fillin host on CBC Radio programming including Here and Now and q with Tom Power as well as guest host on Heres The Thing with Alec Baldwin