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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112 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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3 Pieces

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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8 Pieces

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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We'll meet the most powerful fisherman in New England, the king of the New Bedford fleet, Carlos Rafael, as he faces possible jail time for tax fra...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 49:59
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This week, updates from the front lines of the battle over immigration policy. An African immigrant's harrowing journey into the cold Quebec winter...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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This week, we'll look at how climate change is shifting our region's ski industry. We'll also hear about how Providence, RI is grappling with being...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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We'll get an update on what President Trump's new executive order will mean for New England; we'll meet an ICE agent, and a refugee who describes t...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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This week, stories of very different places in battle with the sea. We'll consider a massive - and expensive - seawall plan that could save Boston ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 49:59
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This week, story from our series Facing Change, about shifting demographics in New England, and the impact of immigration. First, we'll hear a stor...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 49:59
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This week, we'll find out how hard it is for farmer - young farmers, anyway - to afford health insurance to cover them in this dangerous job; We'll...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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This week's show is focused on our series Facing Change, about the shifting demographics of the region, and the role that immigration is playing. W...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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This week, a look at the problem of patients who need mental health services, and long waits in the emergency room. Also, gentrification and the to...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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Old mill towns like Lawrence, Mass are searching for a new identity. This hour, we’ll look at “Gateway Cities” planning for a new kind of economic ...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 50:00