{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"HarmonyTALK","title":"The Stories That Connect Us","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1914,"description":"Long before Carla McCabe became a media executive, she was watching history unfold outside her front door.\nCarla grew up in Belfast during the Troubles, when soldiers on the streets, bomb scares and curfews were part of everyday life.\nShe also witnessed something very different: the beginnings of peace.\nThose experiences would follow Carla into a career built around telling stories and understanding the people behind them.\nOn this episode of HarmonyTALK, host Greg Frigoletto talks with the President and CEO of WVIA, Northeast and Central Pennsylvania’s affiliate station for PBS and NPR, about a journey that began in Northern Ireland, took her to the BBC and independent television production, brought her across the Atlantic to American public media and ultimately led her to Northeastern Pennsylvania.\nCarla didn’t set out to work in television.\nA temporary job at the BBC changed that.\nThere, she saw television examine conflict, reconciliation and history through the experiences of the people who had lived it.\nOne documentary would make that work deeply personal.\nAfter losing her brother to suicide, Carla helped produce Breaking the Silence, telling the stories of families affected by suicide with a deliberate focus on respect rather than sensationalism.\nWatching the finished film alongside those families changed the way Carla thought about media.\nStorytelling could have impact.\nThat belief now shapes her leadership at WVIA.\nWith local newsrooms shrinking and public media facing enormous change, Carla has pushed WVIA deeper into local journalism and community storytelling. Reporters spend time in the communities they cover. They build trust. They follow stories rather than simply moving on to the next headline.\nAnd they make room for different perspectives, giving audiences the information to decide what they think for themselves.\nFrom Belfast to the BBC to WVIA, Carla has seen what can happen when people are divided.\nShe has also seen what can happen when we listen.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Ee5Gp6RaczE7AweMg9xhmD_JTcZkBJuuAV7D-psKneY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MzRl/MjdiODU2ZTljMjZk/MGI5MDU3MWI5ODUz/NThlMi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}