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Portrait of Celeste Headlee

Celeste Headlee

Emcee | Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

CELESTE HEADLEE is a journalist, professional speaker, and author of the books We Need To Talk, Do Nothing, and Speaking of Race. Her TEDx Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation, viewed over 34 million times, is one of the 10 most-watched talks. In her 20 years in public radio, Headlee has anchored programs including 1A, Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, Here and Now, All Things Considered, Here and Now, and Weekend Edition. Headlee hosts Slate’s Hear Me Out podcast and the Conferences for Women’s Women Amplified podcast. She is also the president of Headway DEI, a non-profit that works to bring racial justice and equity to journalism.

Conference History

  • 2024 National
  • 2022 MA
  • 2022 PA
  • 2021 MA
  • 2021 PA
  • 2020 MA
  • 2020 PA
  • 2019 MA
  • 2019 PA
  • 2019 TX
  • 2017 MA
  • 2017 PA
  • 2017 TX
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Standard exhibit space at the Texas Conference for Women is not available due to space constraints at the Moody Center.