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


Latest Pieces

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On this episode of Audacious, hear how two people's lives were changed after getting hit by lightning. And an expert will talk about ways to avoid ...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Zulynette is a Hartford-based poet whose book, Seeing in the Dark, just came out. On this episode of Audacious, she joins Chion around a fire to ta...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Doing stand-up comedy isn’t easy for most human beings. So...what’s it like for comedians who have a disability like cerebral palsy, amputations, o...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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This episode of Audacious is the second installment about people who have facial differences. In this episode, meet two actors who worked together ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious, hear from Hartford's "Love Poet" Olusanya Bey. He's featured in this third installment of a series of conversations w...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Hartford-based poet, Andrew Dean Wright joins Chion around a fire in her backyard to talk about poetry on this episode of Audacious. Why this mediu...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
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The stories you get from jury duty can be funny, absurd, or, like you’ll hear from a juror from the Derek Chauvin trial, traumatic. That's on this ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious: What goes into producing an episode of Antiques Roadshow? And what does it feel like to find out your heirloom is wor...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2024
  • Length: 50:01
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On this episode of Audacious, meet protestors who've thrown soup at a Van Gogh, worn all white with a splotch on the crotch to protest circumcision...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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This week on Audacious: Dumpster Diving! A pro takes host Chion Wolf into the depths of a dumpster, plus a TikTok star talks about how she got hook...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 50:01