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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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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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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President Trump's opioid speech in New Hampshire made news for its tough rhetoric about drug dealers, but there's another group that's not getting ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 50:01
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This week, we'll look at how states are responding to calls for gun reform and school safety, including a Connecticut plan that provides more fundi...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 49:59
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New Hampshire's Liquor Commission is facing scrutiny over big money, out-of-state purchasers - NHPR's Todd Bookman investigates. We also explore tw...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 50:03
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A Guatemalan family living in Massachusetts faces a tearful goodbye. Organic dairy farmers feel the squeeze of low prices and production quotas. An...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week, some favorites from the archive: North of the border, a fascinating story of land disputes, French Canadian pride, and massive dams that...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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New Bedford, Massachusetts is known for its profitable fishing port. It even draws visitors by celebrating Moby Dick, a novel inspired by whalers t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2018
  • Length: 50:03
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For Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees, FEMA housing support runs out on February 14. Though Hartford and Holyoke are hubs for Puerto Ricans, finding...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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Maine's lobster population has been booming - and new research points to some reasons why. Also, we'll sit down with the man behind Take Magazine -...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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This week, we're revisiting a few favorite segments. A Vermont Public Radio investigation looks at guns and gun deaths in the state. It paints a ve...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2018
  • Length: 50:00
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A woman who’s widely referred to as the “original DREAMer” weighs in on the current moment. A young man shares a tale of rising above poverty, home...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 50:00