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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Karine Jean-Pierre discusses leaving the Democratic Party and the challenges of being White House Press Secretary. CNN Senior Writer Matthew Vann talks about what it's like covering politics in D.C. -
Legendary Chef Jacques Pépin discusses his storied career cooking for heads of state and working in television alongside Julia Child. -
For our fifth anniversary, Beverly Daniel Tatum breaks down what it's like to be a college president and discusses some of the biggest news stories involving academia. -
We talk to people spreading Black joy. Hear from the founders of a Black Joy summer camp and the owner of a local woodworking business called Black Joy Creations. -
We're talking to disruptors breaking barriers. We hear from Hamden's historic Fire Chief, someone fighting for inclusive economic growth in New Haven and CT State Gateway's new Campus President. -
This hour, we learn from oral historians about a Black person imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp and the history of Connecticut's Puerto Rican communities. -
We talk with a gun violence expert who argues it's time for a new approach to preventing gun violence— one that looks at the culture of gun ownership in the U.S. -
Journalist Elizabeth Bruenig has spent years reporting on the death penalty. In 2020, she started witnessing the executions she'd write about. This week on 'Disrupted,' we examine the human impact of capital punishment. -
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. -
We learn how craft can be a part of activism, and we hear from a local potter whose indigenous Wangunk ancestry informs the way he understands his work.
Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media
