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 on Disrupted, how artists in Connecticut are using their talents to empower communities. We talk with NXTHVN co-founders Titus Kaphar and Jason Price, plus Poet Laureate Antoinette Brim-Bell. -
This week on Disrupted, we discuss antisemitism today, how we teach the history of the holocaust and Nazi racism’s connection to American Jim Crow laws. -
For Theologian and Author Candice Marie Benbow, church culture hasn’t always aligned with her personal relationship with God. This week on Disrupted, Benbow on her evolving relationship with faith and what it means to be what she calls a “Red Lip Theologian.” -
History is littered with promising innovations that failed to live up to their hype. This week on Disrupted, a look at three revolutionary but doomed disruptions and their impact on our world today. -
This hour on Disrupted, we talk with Pulitzer Prize nominee Nicholas Dawidoff. His latest book, 'The Other Side of Prospect,' examines a wrongful conviction in New Haven. Plus, an update from journalist and filmmaker Soledad O'Brien. -
This hour on Disrupted, we explore how kids experience gender and stereotypes. We also talk to an English professor who breaks down the language we use around gender and what it means to be queer. -
Over the last two years, the way Americans work has fundamentally changed. But with more companies pushing for a return to the office, what lessons are executives taking away from the pandemic? This hour on Disrupted, the future of the work. -
This week on Disrupted, an Art Historian talks about the forgotten and powerful First Ladies of American history. Also, how gender quotas are changing politics in Latin America. -
This hour on Disrupted, we explore how to communicate across the political divide with the author of 'I Never Thought Of It That Way," Mónica Guzmám. We also hear about a controversial vocabulary worksheet at a Connecticut high school. -
Constance Baker Motley was a trailblazing attorney and judge who helped shape the Civil Rights movement. But her story has not been celebrated like others. This hour on Disrupted, the life and legacy of the first Black woman appointed to a U.S. federal court.
Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media
