Connecticut Public (WNPR)

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Connecticut Public is a member station of national public media services PBS and NPR, and parent company for three television stations: Connecticut Public Television (CPTV); CPTV Spirit; and PBS Kids 24/7; and Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR). We serve one million people each month through our television, radio and digital platforms. WNPR serves Connecticut, Rhode Island, Long Island (NY) and parts of Massachusetts with news, talk, information and entertainment programming.  Connecticut Public produces six local talk shows that are also available as podcasts; Where We LiveThe Colin McEnroe Show, Audacious with Chion Wolf, Disrupted, The Wheelhouse and Seasoned. They also have two limited series podcasts in produciton for release in 2024. 

Series

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Three features about issues of poverty following Hurricane Katrina

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113 Pieces

Audacious with Chion Wolf highlights the uncommon experiences of everyday people – asking questions that get right to the heart of things.

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A radio show produced and hosted by students from the Journalism and Media Academy Magnet School, CPBN Learning Lab. Hartford, CT.

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A collection of audio essays from writers, listeners and station guests.

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Disruptions are all around us. Some spark joy and possibility. Others move us to take action and re-evaluate our world. Every week on Disrupted, host and political scientist Khalilah Brown-Dean unpacks how big and small disruptions are shaping our lives.

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Media Commentary

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242 Pieces

NEXT is a weekly, hour-long radio show and podcast exploring the rapid changes in New England, one of the oldest parts of the nation. This feed is for stations that subscribe to the weekly show.

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Tackling subjects like Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor — you get the idea. Plus, on Fridays, we convene an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

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The Needle Drop is your weekly fix of rock, pop, electronic, and experimental music of the independent persuasion.


Latest Pieces

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On this episode of Audacious, meet David Meyers. We recorded with him as he was nearing the end of his life after living with glioblastoma for five...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious, meet three women whose anti-war poetry about the conflict in Gaza, and the violence under Russian president Vladimir ...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 2
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You know those tools, utensils, or family heirlooms you have in your kitchen? Well, you'll hear eleven people's stories about them on this episode ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious, meet the founder and CEO of the International Butler Academy in the Netherlands, and a woman who is a palace manager ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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On the final episode of NEXT, Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola talks about the evolution of her poetry, and how she uses futurism to reimagine...

  • Added: May 27, 2021
  • Length: 50:00
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Rebecca Carroll’s new memoir details her experiences as a Black child raised by adoptive white parents in rural New Hampshire. This week on NEXT, C...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 50:00
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Millions of people in the U.S. left the workforce as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. A majority of them were women. This week on NEXT, we hear f...

  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 50:00
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Alison Bechdel’s new graphic novel depicts her life through fitness. This week on NEXT, we talk with Bechdel about ‘The Secret to Superhuman Streng...

  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 50:00
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When Professor Laurie Santos first offered a course about psychology and happiness at Yale University, over a thousand students signed up. This wee...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
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By the time today’s teenagers are fifty, they’ll be living in a very different New England. This week on NEXT, we hear from young climate activists...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 50:00