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: the story of how one "unaccompanied minor" traveled to Massachusetts. Plus, a massive wind farm will open off of the coast of Ma...

  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT: We discuss security concerns on the Northern border of the United States. And a Vermont Supreme Court ruling raises the question...

  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on NEXT, we're focusing on the many ways climate change and rising sea levels are affecting New England. We talk with climate scientists,...

  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT, why the opioid crisis is hitting Latinos in Massachusetts especially hard. And, police are setting up stings to catch bootlegge...

  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 49:59
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This week on NEXT, we visit a Hartford elementary school that is going to great lengths to make evacuees from Puerto Rico feel welcome. And, a mura...

  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 49:58
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A Brazilian immigrant who has lived in Martha's Vineyard for over 15 years is now facing deportation. But it's not a clear-cut case. WBUR's Shannon...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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Dairy farmers in Vermont are facing tough times. But fifteen miles north in Saint-Armand, Quebec, it’s a different scene. We’ll hear how farmers on...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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The nation's only Census "test community" in Rhode Island is dealing with fear and questions heading into the important 2020 count. The brewing tra...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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An unusual asylum case has a woman suing the federal government; In Maine, a look inside a program to provide mental health to police; In Vermont, ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 49:57
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We'll hear voices from the March For Our Lives and the Boston Globe editorial page, which has taken up the gun control fight. We'll also get the la...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 50:00