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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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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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

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This week on NEXT: We’ll take a look at police body cameras around the region. Plus, a border stop far from the border. As Pilgrim Nuclear Power ...

  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: We look at Rhode Island's 911 system, and Emergency Medical Services in Vermont. We'll learn about a lobster war on the U.S.-C...

  • Added: May 23, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: How the Sackler family has impacted Massachusetts politics, and why their role in a ski resort is causing controversy in a smal...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: The city of Providence, Rhode Island is thinking about selling its water to make up for its large pension liability, but is it ...

  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we’re talking about housing. From home prices in Vermont, to homelessness in Maine. It’s NEXT.

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: We’ll explore broadband access around New England. Plus, what role should invasive species play in combating climate change?...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT: We speak with Teresa Mares about her new book, which explores food insecurity among farm workers in Vermont. Plus, we take a l...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: What CMP's Transmission Line would mean for Maine's forests.  Plus, Vermont's declining refugee population. And, Rhode Island's...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
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This week on NEXT: How “equity measures” built into Massachusetts’ law to legalize marijuana are working on the ground. Plus, the push to legalize...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
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This week on NEXT: We look at Rhode Island’s 911 services. Plus, as rural towns in Vermont have trouble getting enough volunteers to staff EMS, ho...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2019
  • Length: 50:00