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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10 Pieces

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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139 Pieces

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


Latest Pieces

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This week on Blue Mic Radio, we talked about some of the different choices students make when choosing a college and how they are going to pay for it.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2014
  • Length: 14:15
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New music from BADBADNOTGOOD, Smith Westerns, Jon Hopkins, and more!

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KZUM, KPVL, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSLR and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 15
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New music from Quasimoto, Bibio, Integrity and more.

Bought by KPVL, Yellowstone Public Radio, KZUM, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 14
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New music from the Uncluded and This Routine Is Hell!

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KZUM, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 15
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New music from Daft Punk, The Uncluded, and Altar of Plagues.

Bought by KMUN, KRCB 104.9, WNJR, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 4
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New music from Savages, The Haxan Cloak, Jenny Hval, and more.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KZUM, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 08, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 15
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New music from Ghostface Killah, Colin Stetson, and more.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMUN, KMXT, Spokane Public Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 13
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New music from Big K.R.I.T., Kurt Vile, Gold Panda, and more.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMUN, KMXT, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 14
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New music from the Knife, James Blake, TNGHT, and more.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KMUN, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMXT, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 12
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New music from Lapalux, The Mary Onettes, Phosphorescent, and more.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 12