HOST & PRODUCER

In Conversation with Natalie Bencivenga" airs every Saturday on 100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA.

Stream it live or listen after it airs on the Audacy App or at kdkaradio.com. Natalie welcomes guests from all different walks of life to inspire, educate and activate the audience to take steps to create a more equitable world for all. Topics include politics, pop culture, science, history, art, current events happening in Pittsburgh and much more! 

Natalie's weekly video series turns the focus away from fear and gets straight to the facts surrounding hot-button issues happening in Pennsylvania. Watch a new episode every Thursday on Instagram or on the Pennsylvania Capital Star website and YouTube channel. 

Have you ever scrolled past an article or turned off the news because a story didn't interest you? Maybe you thought, this has nothing to do with, why waste my time?

Natalie's newest interview series, Dare to Care, hopes to get you to think twice next time. Watch a new episode each month on Instagram or on the Pennsylvania Capital Star website and YouTube channel. 

Natalie is a regular contributor to KDKA's new afternoon show, "Talk Pittsburgh," hosted by Heather Abrahama, which airs weekdays from 3-4 PM. This segment drills down on a topic that impacts Pittsburgh and how we can educate ourselves around the issue and then be inspired to make positive change! 

Natalie produced and co-hosted NEXTpittsburgh’s weekly podcast with journalist Tony Norman. 

Their warm, thoughtful rapport was built over the years spent together in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom. The award-winning journalists focused on all the news you needed to know – but maybe hadn’t heard about elsewhere, as well as discussions of the state of the media and ways to activate listeners to become engaged with issues that mattered to them. They shared hot takes on local and national issues, politics and pop culture and welcomed a guest each episode to drill down on topics that center justice while illuminating ways to strengthen our communities.

They look forward Season Two coming soon!

Natalie produced and hosted a weekly interview series with local political candidates and thought leaders on Instagram LIVE in partnership with Pittsburgh City Paper from Spring 2021 to present.

"Heating Up" was a digital-first show by socially conscious journalist, media personality and entrepreneur Natalie Bencivenga and climate change activist Leandra Mira. It combined plant-based cooking with conversations around the dining table about environmental activism and social justice. It premiered in August 2021and ran for 10 weeks.

Co-hosted Pittsburgh Today Live on numerous occasions and was a monthly contributor for almost a decade.