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Talk Shows
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In this hour of 'Disrupted,' Elizabeth Ito, creator of 'City of Ghosts,' discusses using people's real voices in her work, and Bethonie Butler talks about her book 'Black TV.'
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The wine industry is overwhelmingly white. But there’s been a push in recent years to make it more inclusive. This hour, we hear from Black and brown winemakers and enthusiasts in Connecticut.
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This hour, three Connecticut poet laureates join us in the studio to discuss what it means to be an ambassador of poetry. They share some of their work and talk about passing poetry on to the next generation.
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This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, The New York Times’ Astead Herndon joins us to talk about the run-up to 2024.
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This week on Disrupted, we dive deep into one of the wildest election cycles in recent history. Mother Jones editorial director Jamilah King gives her take on the 2024 election, and we hear about an organization that supports Black women in politics.
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The wine industry is overwhelmingly white. But there’s been a push in recent years to make it more inclusive. This hour, we hear from Black and brown winemakers and enthusiasts in Connecticut.
Local News
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The Government Accountability Office found that Black girls received nearly half of the most severe punishments, like expulsion, even though they represent only 15% of girls in public schools.
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A Connecticut pastor will be the new president of the largest Black Protestant denomination in the U.S. The Rev. Boise Kimber is the senior pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday called Mullins a fair, sensible and empathetic jurist with experience serving in all three levels of the state court system.
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In the book, “Black Homeownership on Martha’s Vineyard: A History,” authors Thomas Dresser and Richard Taylor trace the presence of Black Americans on the Vineyard back to pre-Revolutionary War, through the Underground Railroad and the Civil War, and into the 20th century and the Great Migration.
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Dating back to even pre-revolutionary years, Newport was home to entrepreneurs, political pioneers and philanthropists from across the African diaspora.
PBS Features
NPR features
Welcome to a collection of some of NPR's best podcast episodes and features from across the Black experience.
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