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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New music from Sufjan Stevens, and enough remixes to choke a horse.

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


  • Added: Aug 30, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 7

  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 5
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Music from the Budos Band, School of Seven Bells, and Autolux.

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


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 01:54:24
  • Purchases: 4
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New music from Arcade Fire, Daughters, the Vaselines, and more.

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


  • Added: Aug 08, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 5
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Garage rock with Bare Wires and dreampop from Wild Nothing.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 3
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Experimental music from the Books and Baths.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 3
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New music from Superhumanoids, Bjork, and more.

Bought by WTIP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 3
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An interview with New Haven, CT's Procedure Club and progressive rock from Germany.

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


  • Added: Jul 12, 2010
  • Length: 57:08
  • Purchases: 5
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New music from Wavves and an interview with the editor of Inkwell Press.

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


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 57:09
  • Purchases: 4
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Summer songs from Magic Kids and some new bands from the UK.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, KSJD, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: 57:13
  • Purchases: 7