
Disrupted
Wednesdays & 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. Every week on Disrupted, host and political scientist Khalilah Brown-Dean unpacks how big and small disruptions are shaping our lives.
Latest Episodes
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This hour, Stephanie Foo discusses her book 'What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma,' her own trauma, and the trauma that communities of color in the U.S. face.
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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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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.”