“What are we going to do about Erie?
. . .What will be our future?
. . . How can we turn our region around?”

For many years, these conversations have circulated around our community. And now we provide an on-air and online platform to discuss real solutions. Joel Natalie’s daily three-hour program is singularly-focused on Erie, featuring dialogue with news-makers and experts on the most-important topics our region faces. Joel’s show daily features news, hard conversations, controversy, opinion and fun, with an emphasis on friendships, family, and community.

Joel Natalie is uniquely qualified in our region to orchestrate this conversation on TalkErie.com. A 35-year broadcast and communications veteran, Joel is an Erie native, who grew up in the west-side Little Italy neighborhood, was educated in local parochial schools and at Gannon University. He has been an on-air personality and manager in Top 40, Adult Contemporary, and Christian Contemporary radio. In addition, he has directed the communications at a large church, has been an avid blogger and is fully immersed in the social media ecosystem. In the last several years, Joel has volunteered his ideas and voice to the various strategic planning, anti-violence and anti-poverty initiatives in the Erie region. Now every day, Joel brings those years of experience and investment to bear as he wrestles with Erie’s biggest challenges in a high-energy, free-wheeling yet substantive conversation, that’s both engaging and entertaining. His guests have ranged from political leaders, national authors and columnists, CEO’s, executive directors and entrepreneurs, and civic leaders from across the Erie community from the public, private and non-profits sectors.