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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101 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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The Needle Drop is your weekly fix of rock, pop, electronic, and experimental music of the independent persuasion.


Latest Pieces

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From our Audacious love series: From the world of BDSM and kink, meet dominants. One gets money just for existing, and another uses his wheelchair ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 50:05
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On this episode of Audacious, learn the difference between “submissive” and “slave”, and four people’s interpretations of what it means to obey, se...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious, you’ll meet four people who are married to spirits, ancestors, or gods, also known as Spectrosexuals.

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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“What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?” On this episode of Audacious, you’ll meet people who are in Platonic Life Partnershi...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 50:03
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On this episode of Audacious, from grave cleaning to free house cleaning to drive-by compliments, meet people who use TikTok to make the world a be...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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For this 100th episode of Audacious, hear good news! An engagement, a new baby, a big compliment, an unexpected expression of acceptance at a funer...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious, meet Joel Cross, Scott Tatum, and Daníel Colón, who use social media to inspire, connect, and show other ways of embr...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious, meet Brandon Stanton, the creator of the photo/storytelling/fundraising powerhouse that is Humans of New York.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 50:01
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Whether you’re superstitious or, as Michael Scott from The Office says, “a little stitious”, in this episode of Audacious about superstitions, you’...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious, meet a young DJ who stands up against bullying, a 14-year-old who cleans up litter, and a child who made a memorial s...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 50:00