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.
Listener Note: Starting the week of September 23, Disrupted will move from Wednesday at 2 PM to Friday at 9 AM. Our first Friday broadcast is on 9/27.
Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media
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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.' -
New Haven’s official historian, Michael Morand, doesn’t sugarcoat the past. This week on Disrupted, we explore the histories of New Haven and Yale, including their roles in slavery. -
Listening to the news, it feels like there are more natural disasters than ever. This hour, we learn the climate science behind that and look at how the word disaster affects our thinking. -
In the lead up to the election, we are bringing you some highlights from the New Hampshire Public Radio series 'Civics 101.' This series will help answer some of the biggest questions about how our government works. -
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. -
This hour on Disrupted, we hear from people who think a lot about religion— their own experiences and how it impacts society. -
This hour, we explore Connecticut music. We talk to a violinist who grew up in Connecticut, a DJ supporting other women in the industry and the team behind an upcoming documentary on New Haven music venue Toad's Place. -
This hour on Disrupted, we look at representation in beauty pageants, from Miss Connecticut to the first-ever Miss AI Beauty Pageant. -
Hear from a Paralympic swimmer who lost part of her leg in a shark attack last year and a competitor in the first-time Olympic sport of breaking, which has its roots in hip-hop culture. -
A panel dissects the latest in the movie industry from the lack of a Barbie/Oppenheimer phenomenon this year to the possible end of the summer blockbuster as we know it.
Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media
