E.R. Murrow Award Podcast Submission - Disrupted (2026)
Disrupted is a show about the changes and changemakers shaping our world. In these clips, you can hear how the show brings personal stories to life, while offering listeners new ways to think about the most challenging issues of the day.
0:00-9:22 Dr. Shizuko Tomoda talks about having a mother who survived the atomic bomb that the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima. As we looked for a guest who could offer the perspective of someone directly impacted by the bomb, one of our team members found, through her personal network, Dr. Tomoda’s story
9:22-10:49 Journalist Elizabeth Bruenig talks about her experience witnessing an execution
10:49-14:52 Shelly Carter, the first woman and first person of color to talk serve as Chief of Hamden, CT’s fire department, talks about breaking barriers
14:52-17:10 Two high school students, Nariyah Lindsay and Oluwaseyi Oluborode, talk about their efforts to extend a bill expanding access to transportation
17:10-24:21 Clips from our episode on student journalism. We hear from Gary Green, Executive Director of the Student Press Law Center. We then hear a panel of student journalists, hosted by our student intern Kathy Wang. This episode was in production when the government revoked Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk’s visa after she wrote an op-ed. In that environment, it was not easy to find students willing to talk to us, but the team persevered
24:21-27:21 Interim Chancellor of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system, John Maduko, talks about the ways the federal government’s policies are impacting higher education in Connecticut
27:21-29:23 Connecticut College biology professor Maria Rosa talks about how students are going overseas because of current education policies in the U.S.
Original airdates:
Shizuko Tomoda - 8/8/25
Elizabeth Bruenig - 9/5/25
Shelly Carter - 9/26/25
Nariyah Lindsay and Oluwaseyi Oluborode - 5/30/25
Student journalism - 5/16/25
John Maduko - 12/5/25
Maria Rosa - 7/25/25
Murrow Award submission date: January 20, 2026