Audacious with Chion Wolf

Series produced by Connecticut Public (WNPR)

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Audacious with Chion Wolf highlights the uncommon experiences of everyday people – asking questions that get right to the heart of things.

Transcend assumptions. Humanize the stereotyped. Understand the misunderstood.

Audacious with Chion Wolf highlights the uncommon experiences of everyday people – asking questions that get right to the heart of things. With curiosity and compassion, Connecticut Public producer and host Chion Wolf digs deeper, encouraging you to ask hard questions in your own life.

Chion is the winner of a 2021 Gracie Award, from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation for her Audacious episode, Going Flat, or Building New Breasts: Two Women’s Post-Mastectomy Stories.

She won a second Gracie Award in 2022 for the episode, I Regret Becoming A Parent.

Her third Gracie was awarded in 2024 for Best Host.


115 Pieces

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The reality of 'Forever Parenting' when your child needs lifetime care
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Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, hear reflections and wisdom from “forever parents” whose children have conditions that require lifetime care.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
The magic never ends for Disney adults
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Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet Disney adults! Including one woman who has spent tens of thousands of dollars on merch; and a man who spent near...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
What solitude does to you in the wilderness and in prison
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a winter caretaker at Yellowstone, a runner-up from the television show, Alone, and a man who spent almost 30 ye...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Ride into the Danger Zone: Tornado Chasing, Hurricane Hunting, and Smoke Jumping
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We're talking with professional storm chasers and smoke jumpers whose job it is to run towards danger.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
SOLD! Audacious Auctioneers
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On this episode, meet Audacious auctioneers! The country's oldest, a charity auctioneer, and one who sold a seat on a rocket ship. Plus, how did Ch...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
What it's like surviving a plane crash
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On today’s show, hear stories from two people who survived plane crashes, including a pilot, and a woman who was one of only two survivors of a cra...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
Finding purpose in life after accidentally killing someone
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Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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When you accidentally kill someone, there are almost no resources for how to move forward with your life. Hear from one woman who found a way. Plus...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Below the surface: The stories behind underwater world records
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Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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As part of NautiWeek, Audacious brings you two people who broke world records underwater! One is for breath-holding, the other is for living underw...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Beyond the mask: Conversations with psychopaths
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Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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Meet two people who are psychopaths on this episode of Audacious. Learn about common misunderstandings about their inability to bond or experience ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Body Integrity Dysphoria: When being disabled is a desire
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On this episode of Audacious: What if you've always felt as though one of your healthy limbs doesn't belong? Meet one man who found relief after ha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
The hidden hunger of Pica: Stories from people who eat objects
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On this episode of Audacious, meet two people who have struggled with Pica, an disorder where people eat objects, including rocks, magnets, screws,...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
The human behind the brand: Meet Progressive's Flo and the "Can you hear me now?" guy
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On this episode of Audacious, meet Paul Marcarelli, who was Verizon's "Can You Hear Me Now" guy, and Stephanie Courtney, also known as Flo From Pro...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Retired CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez on magic, technology and the art of deception
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On this episode of Audacious, get to know a few secrets and stories - from the White House to Russia - from retired CIA Chief of Disguise, Jonna Me...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
You Should Talk: Voices At Work
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Meet an actress who’s an accent expert, a man who is the dubbed-over voice of Peter Griffin and Will Smith in Germany, and a news anchor who went v...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
GOOD GOURD! A show about pumpkins!
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On this episode of Audacious, meet the author of "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Mother*@&!s"; a man who sailed down a river in a giant pumpkin; and...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Haunted artifacts & serial killer art: When one person's treasure is another one's nightmare
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Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a man who collects items that are supposedly haunted; And another man explains why he collects art made by murde...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
  • Purchases: 1
Behind the mic: Gayle King, Ziwe, and Mehdi Hasan on the art of the interview
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On this episode of Audacious, hear about what goes into the art of the interview with CBS’s Gayle King, MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan, and Showtime’s Ziwe.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
These child prodigies are taking on the world
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a boy who became a chess master at ten, siblings who started college at seven, and one of the youngest members o...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
  • Purchases: 1
What happens when you choose a vow of silence?
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On this episode of Audacious, an environmental activist and a Trappist Monk talk about their vows of silence, and host Chion Wolf takes a week off ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
"Negativity be gone!": Artists igniting joy on social media
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On this episode of Audacious, meet two artists whose messages of positivity, encouragement, and love have exploded on social media.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2024
  • Length: 50:00