Khalilah Brown-Dean
Host, DisruptedDr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar and author of Identity Politics in the United States. She is Wesleyan University Professor and Executive Director of the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life. She's also a frequent contributor to media outlets across all platforms.
With a keen eye toward the practical implications of democratic conflict, Dr. Brown-Dean is a preeminent expert on issues of American politics, criminal punishment, mass incarceration, voting rights, and U.S. elections. In 2021 she was recognized by the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame as a Spotlight Recipient for her work on justice and civic engagement.
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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. -
Connecticut entrepreneurs Karin Smith of Kindred Thoughts Bookstore, Vincencia "Vee" Adusei of VASE Construction and Yves Joseph of RJ Development open up about the joys and challenges of running a Black-owned business. -
Shizuko Tomoda's mother survived the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima. Dr. Tomoda talks about the bomb's intergenerational impact and her documentary Memory of Hiroshima through Imagination. -
Jon Hamilton of NPR’s Science Desk describes new medicines available to people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Plus, learn about the benefits of art therapy and the new law mandating coverage of tests for early detection. -
Two Connecticut biologists tell us about the changing environment, what inspired them to study science and the impact of funding cuts on research. -
Photographer Bill Graustein has an exhibit in New Haven and artist Katharine Owens creates life-sized portraits of animals out of plastic packaging. -
On our third annual summer movie panel, we discuss 'Sinners,' the politics of this year's films and how the industry might be impacted by artificial intelligence.
