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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116 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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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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Pittsfield, Massachusetts took a major hit in the '80s when General Electric downsized, taking thousands of jobs with it. This week on NEXT, we loo...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT, a teenager and officer’s “Collision Course” leads to a fatal shooting. We look at racial profiling and policing in New England. ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT, a woman turns in her nephew to police after he asks to use her address to order high-capacity magazines for his AR-15-style rifl...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT, the Trump administration took away deportation deferrals for seriously ill immigrants and then gave them back. And a new podcast...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT, two mayors face corruption charges and not all voters seem to care. Plus, as the Gulf of Maine warms and cold-water species trav...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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This week, we search for one of New England’s most endangered species and talk to young climate activists about what motivates them. Plus, the figh...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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((This program contains previously-aired, updated segments of NEXT)) This week on NEXT: tracing the history of the GOP and climate change here in ...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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A dialogue project brings together people from Massachusetts, South Carolina and Kentucky to talk about race and racism. We’ll learn how the conv...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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High times for New England's hemp market tempered by regulatory concerns; The history and science behind a disease that takes its name from a Conne...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
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This week on NEXT: The presidential primary buildup is always a big deal in New Hampshire, but reporter Josh Rogers tells us how it's changed this ...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 50:00