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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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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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
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This week, we'll explore the confounding system of imposing low bail on non-violent offenders - a bail they often can't make; Colin Woodard gives u...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 49:59
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Federal policy changes were supposed to end random deportations of people who aren’t criminals - but in parts of New England, it’s still happening....

  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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This week, we revisit an episode from October, 2016. We explore the opioid epidemic in New England, including the documentary "Short of Breath" by ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2017
  • Length: 50:00
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This is Episode 21 of the show, being fed separately from our regular feed - for stations that would like to air it. Here's a blurb: There’s a huge...

Bought by Vermont Public


  • Added: Dec 29, 2016
  • Length: 49:59
  • Purchases: 1
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We explore rural homelessness in New Hampshire; We learn about a huge experimental forest that's teaching scientists about acid rain, climate chang...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 50:01
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There’s a huge demographic shift that’s happening in New England That means cities bringing in refugees - and entire industries relying on immigra...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 49:59
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This is a :30 promo for use with the weekly show, NEXT.

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, two stories of contamination. A macabre animal graveyard at an Ivy League school that's leaching toxins into drinking water; a homeowner...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 49:58
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We'll take you to two places in New England that most people don’t get to see. Inside mountain they call the “bat cave" that stores an enormous bat...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 50:00