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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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 discuss the move to alternate forms of energy around the region, including the latest on the effort to bring hydropower from ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2018
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT: we explore how proposed changes to the farm bill will affect SNAP programs around New England. Plus, we speak with an environmen...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we examine why HIV disproportionately affects African-Americans nationwide and learn about efforts to promote a drug that can lo...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, we check-in on life on the island. Plus, we look at conservation projects around N...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: we discuss border patrol checkpoints around New England and a recent arrest that was made in New Hampshire. And, we consider sus...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: The invasive Emerald Ash Borer has made its way around the region, threatening millions of ash trees and the culture of the Peno...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on a special 100th Episode of NEXT: we hear highlights of a live panel discussion about the effects of immigration on the economy. Plus, ...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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As housing assistance ends for Puerto Rican evacuees in Massachusetts, many families face uncertainty. Plus, a look at Massachusetts’ struggling pu...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT: why is the region's largest utility buying water companies? We explore Eversource's move to get into the water business. Plus, a...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT we look at two sources of alternative energy: hydroelectric power along the Connecticut River, and solar power in New England. We...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2018
  • Length: 50:00