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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113 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 learn about two organizations that are working thousands of miles apart to keep young people out of gangs. Plus, a youth lead...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we hear from a Connecticut family that is coping with psychological distress following their mother's deportation. And, we visit...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: as General Electric replaces its CEO, we discuss what the move means for the company. And, we explore businesses from around New...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: after explosions in the Merrimack Valley, residents, and local businesses deal with life without gas. We check-in on recovery ef...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week we listen back to stories from our archive that explore energy and the environment. First, we travel along the region's largest river and...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we hear from Salvadorans who are in the region on Temporary Protected Status, but might soon be forced to leave the country. And...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: a year after a racially-charged, violent incident in New Hampshire, we hear from two young men about their experience growing up...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: after PFAS Chemicals were found at the Coakley Landfill, residents demanded answers. NHPR's Annie Ropeik explores the response f...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT: we speak with WBUR's Shannon Dooling who recently returned from a reporting trip from Honduras and El Salvador where she explore...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2018
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This week: we explore eviction rates in Maine. Plus, New Hampshire is the only state in the country where the secure psychiatric unit is located in...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 49:58