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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Orthodox Jewish girls' team wins games...wearing court-length skirts

Bought by Interfaith Voices, KFAI Minneapolis, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jan 28, 2008
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 3
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Media Commentary on Senator Larry Craig

  • Added: Sep 06, 2007
  • Length: 02:32
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Tour of the famous "Glass House" of architect Philip Johnson.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Which politician received the most favorable treatment by the news media during the run-up to the midterm elections? Media commentator Paul Janens...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2006
  • Length: 02:28
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A reporter's notebook takes an inside look at the current state of New Orleans after the storms.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2005
  • Length: 09:28
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A news story describing how the labor shortage is a major problem in hurricane-devastated Louisiana despite the astronomical unemployment rate.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Audio postcard from LSU tailgate party with Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2005
  • Length: 04:02
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Jazz artist pays tribute to silent film star

  • Added: Oct 20, 2005
  • Length: 04:37
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Companion radio feature for PBS Documentary

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Av Harris reports from the North End neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut - a city facing a sharp rise in gun violence.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2005
  • Length: 06:43