Talia Schlanger

Talia Hannah Schlanger is a Canadian musician and radio broadcaster, who has worked in both Canada and the United States.

Formerly a weekend host of Radio 2 Morning on CBC Radio 2 and TV host of CBC Music Backstage Pass, and a part-time host on CBC Radio 3, her selection as host of NPR's music program World Cafe was announced in February 2017. She joined World Cafe in October 2016 as a contributing producer, and was named the program's new host after the retirement of David Dye. In September 2019, Raina Douris was announced as her successor.

Schlanger grew up in a Jewish family in Thornhill, Ontario. the original Canadian company of Queen's We Will Rock You and the first national U.S. tour of Green Day's 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 fill-in host on CBC Radio programming including Here and Now and Q.

Her debut album, Grace for the Going, was released on February 2, 2024. This included a song about Toughie, who was the last known frog of his species when he died in 2016.

In March 2026 it was announced that Schlanger will originate the role of Kate in the world premier of It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken, a new musical based on the songs of The Tragically Hip, for Theatre Aquarius.