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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This week, we'll dive deep into hate speech, protest movements and lasting activism. We'll get an update on a Neo-Nazi leader from New Hampshire; w...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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A new draft federal climate report forecasts warmer temperatures, higher seas, and more precipitation for the Northeast than predicted just three y...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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From Lake Champlain to the Connecticut River, overtaxed sewage systems are being pushed to filter out more pollutants. We'll look into what it take...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 49:59
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***NOTE: We have fixed a small section of Segment A, during the first story by Jill Kaufman. We have now correctly identified the location of the s...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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A VA hospital in New Hampshire comes under fire for not meeting veterans' needs; a Massachusetts man, in prison for murder, fights to get a new tri...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 49:59
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It’s a disease that’s probably been around for thousands of years...but in the decades since it was identified here in New England, Lyme disease ha...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 49:59
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Angry residents complained - and federal railroad officials backed off a high speed rail plan through their towns. We'll get an update. We'll also ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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This week, we open a window into what it sounds like at a New Hampshire parole board hearing. A hint: It isn't pretty. We'll also hear the results ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2017
  • Length: 49:59
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This hour, we look at whether more training in de-escalation tactics help prevent shootings, and visit a police program to help children overcome t...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
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A talk with the mother of accused terrorist Alex Ciccolo, a 24-year old Mass. man whose own father tipped him off to the feds. Also, three tales fr...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 49:59