Disrupted
Fridays 9 AM & 8 PM, Sundays 2:00 PM, available as a podcast
Disruptions are all around us. Some spark joy and possibility. Others move us to take action and re-evaluate our world. Political scientist and host Khalilah Brown-Dean brings together changemakers to help us see the world differently and challenge us to grow together.
Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media
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Featured Playlist
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Disrupted has been highlighting changes and changemakers with over 200 episodes. With so many hours of conversations, it might be hard to know where to start. We made a playlist to help listeners get a feel for the kinds of conversations and the range of topics that Khalilah has with our guests.
Latest Episodes
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This hour, Yale law professor James Forman Jr. talks about dismantling mass incarceration at every level, from policing to prisons to courts. -
We discuss how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance and talk to the curator of a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. -
Historian Rebecca L. Davis has heard a lot of false claims about the history of sexuality. She joins us to explain why that history is more complex than many believe. -
A candid hour with Reginald Dwayne Betts. We talk about what books meant to him when he was incarcerated and how his time in prison still impacts him. -
Crystal Wilkinson on how food can connect us to the past. She'll discuss her family's holiday traditions and her ancestors' interracial marriage in the time of slavery. -
Anna Deavere Smith hopes her one-woman shows inspire people to take action. She discusses courage, doubt and her new play 'This Ghost of Slavery.' -
New Haven’s official historian, Michael Morand, doesn’t sugarcoat the past. This hour on Disrupted, we explore the histories of New Haven and Yale, including their roles in slavery. -
We talk to the director and producer of the new documentary, "The Body Politic," featuring Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott. Plus, how Future Caucus brings young lawmakers together to create bipartisan solutions. -
This hour, our guests say that anti-Black racism is baked into U.S. education policy and making college campuses more inclusive goes beyond admitting a diverse student body. -
This hour, Yale law professor James Forman Jr. talks about dismantling mass incarceration at every level, from policing to prisons to courts.
Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media
