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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115 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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This week on NEXT: A fight over a landfill spills over into a touchy topic in some New Hampshire towns - zoning. And, we'll consider whether a new ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: We'll meet a woman who has a personal story about surviving a shooting, and learn how Boston is monitoring gang activity. We'll ...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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Nine out of ten deaf babies are born to hearing parents, who know almost nothing about deafness or the science of language. But they have to learn ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, we'll take a deep dive into immigration law, including two challenges to immigrant detention. We'll also go searching for old growth for...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: how a dam removal in Maine changed the way rivers are restored. Plus, we’ll visit a unique library at Harvard University, and le...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT: why Vermont’s farmworkers are facing food insecurity. Plus, how our bicycle infrastructure was created, and a new trend in bike ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
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This week on NEXT: We discuss the future of natural gas in our region. And, how Springfield-born Theodor Geisel became Dr. Seuss. We’ll also hear...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: We’ll travel with a van that’s providing addiction services on the streets of Boston. Plus, how EMTs are helping collect overdo...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
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This week on NEXT: We’ll hear about how housing policies have created segregated towns across New England. Plus, we’ll talk to a commercial fishe...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT: We’ll hear about how PFAS chemicals got into the milk supply at one Maine farm. Plus, a look at waste laws around New England....

  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 50:00