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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3 Pieces

Three features about issues of poverty following Hurricane Katrina

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101 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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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


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 5
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New music from the Gaslamp Killer, Flying Lotus, and more.

Bought by WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 4

  • Added: Sep 25, 2012
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 5
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New music from Woods, Ondatropica, and more.

Bought by KMUN, WTIP, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2012
  • Length: 57:03
  • Purchases: 3
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A conversation with Russell Rumberger, author of Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of School and What Can be Done About It.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 50:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks about the high school dropout crisis in America.

Bought by KSJD


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 16:24
  • Purchases: 1
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New music from Dustin Wong, Cat Power, and Jens Lekman.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, and WTIP


  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 5
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Every year, more than a million kids drop out of school. Without a diploma, they will have a tough time succeeding. But the problem starts much ear...

Bought by KMUZ, WTIP, KCPW Salt Lake City, Spokane Public Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2012
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 49
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New music from Matthew Dear, Four Tet, and more.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, KRCB 104.9, WTIP, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:54:08
  • Purchases: 5
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New music from Wild Nothing, Parquet Courts, Flying Lotus and more.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, WTIP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 5