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: we discuss how the government shutdown is effecting individuals around New England, including through a growing backlog of cases...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT: we discuss the role that New England politicians will play in the 2020 presidential election. Plus, we look back at an important...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2019
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we go inside a delivery room to hear a new project in action. Plus, we learn about a research team that's working to build a bet...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we hear from a family in Rhode Island who is struggling to pay the bills to keep the power on. Plus, we discuss an offshore wind...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we learn about how an argument in an East Boston high school set off a series of events that led to a young man’s deportation. P...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT: we explore the high drug overdose death rates in our region and why methamphetamine is a rising threat. Plus, we learn about why...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we discuss the opening of recreational marijuana shops in Massachusetts, and the start of legalized sports betting in Rhode Isla...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we learn about the cultural significance of the ash tree for the Penobscot Nation in Maine, and how an invasive beetle is threat...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we discuss the experience of immigrating to our region. First, we speak with a man who fled violence in his home country of Nica...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we discuss election results from around the region. Plus, we explore incarceration rates of African-Americans in Vermont. Finall...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 50:00