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


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 7
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Experimental electronics from Skrillex, Gold Panda, and the new Brian Eno album.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KISU, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2010
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 6
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New music from Diamond Rings, Squarepusher, and Small Black.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KISU, WTIP, KSJD and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2010
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 8
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An empty truck and an abandoned house gave storyteller Catherine Conant the fright of her life.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Storyteller Jennifer Munro shares a childhood memory about her father and an overzealous neighbor.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 1
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New music from Matthew Dear and the Extra Lens.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KISU, KPVL, WTIP, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 57:15
  • Purchases: 7
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New music from Sufjan Stevens and Belle & Sebastian.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KMXT, WTIP, KSJD, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2010
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 8
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New music from Chromeo and the Walkmen.

Bought by WTIP, KPVL, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 6
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New music from Blonde Redhead, Of Montreal, and Weezer

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KPVL, KSJD and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 9
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New music from Interpol; plus, one of the most upbeat albums I've heard all year.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 6