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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112 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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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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On this episode of Audacious, meet three Ig Nobel Prize winners! Their achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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On this episode of Audacious, meet one man who's recovered 200+ stolen vehicles. And the Cart Narc uses humor to shame people when they don’t retur...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Hear from an eating disorder specialist, and two people - including one who is in recovery - talking about their lives with anorexia.

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Meet therapists who specialize in treating unique populations like those on death row or the extremely wealth.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Meet people who collect uncommon items like barf bags, tiny chairs, and bricks.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Ten people talk about why they had an abortion, how they feel about it years down the road, and how they felt when Roe v. Wade was overturned.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:21:34
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What’s it like to get in the Guinness Book of World Records? Hear from people who've set records for the size of their mouth, the amount of toothpi...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Today, we'll hear stories about conning morning shows, sneaking into meet and greets, impersonating a famous megachurch pastor, a photographer posi...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 48:59
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There have been fewer than 50 full face transplant recipients in the world. And up until 2019, there had been zero done for African-Americans. Toda...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
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Hear from a fashion model with decades in the industry, a model who uses a wheelchair, and two non-binary models about what beauty means to them.

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1