Katie Monteleone

Katie Monteleone is a producer for the TED Radio Hour. She is also the lead producer for Body Electric, a podcast series exploring the relationship between technology and the human body.

Monteleone has co-created two miniseries for the TED Radio Hour – Mind, Body, Spirit (2023), and Work, Play, Rest (2022), and has produced dozens of sound-rich radio segments and full length episodes for the show.

She’s a graduate of Colby College where she studied English, creative writing, and theater. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her dachshund Maple.

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