
Kevin Chang Barnum
ProducerKevin Chang Barnum is a producer for Connecticut Public Radio’s weekly show Disrupted. Kevin grew up in Connecticut and started his radio work at his graduate university’s radio station, KUCI. He has also worked for HRN, a network of food and beverage podcasts.
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This hour on Disrupted, we talk about urban revitalization across Connecticut, including December's federal spending bill. Guests include Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin and Dr. Karen DuBois-Walton (Housing Authority of New Haven).
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This hour on Disrupted, we talk to Tracy Heather Strain, director of a new PBS documentary about Zora Neale Hurston's anthropology. Also, Dr. Stacey Close on Connecticut's tobacco fields.
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Host Khalilah Brown Dean puts NFL player Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest in context with former Detroit Lions safety Ryan Stewart. Also, the challenges UConn’s women’s basketball team has overcome this season.
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This hour on Disrupted, Dr. Clint Smith joins us to talk about his recent book, 'How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.'
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This hour on Disrupted, we discuss long-term medical conditions, including long COVID. Sonya Huber tells us how she navigates chronic pain. We also learn about the latest research into long COVID.
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This hour on Disrupted, we're talking about the plan to merge Connecticut's 12 community colleges into a single institution. We'll hear from John Maduko, the new president of the system, in addition to students, faculty, and staff.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.