Allison Chinchar: CNN meteorologist on career, marriage and severe weather

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Allison Chinchar is an on-air meteorologist and science writer at CNN. Before joining CNN a decade ago, Allison built her career at The Weather Channel and several major news stations, including stations in Atlanta and Nashville. In this episode, we dive into her career journey, what it’s like to work at CNN, and the path to making it to a national network. We also talk about forecasting severe weather, her marriage to Mike Bettes — a meteorologist at The Weather Channel —and her hobby as a romance fiction author. This episode covers it all, so here's her story!