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.
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This week on Disrupted, an Art Historian talks about the forgotten and powerful First Ladies of American history. Also, how gender quotas are changing politics in Latin America.
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This hour on Disrupted, we analyze the U.S. government's response to COVID-19 and discuss problems with health equity that started long before the pandemic.
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Connecticut-based artist Andre Rochester talks about social consciousness in art, and designer Busayo Olupona discusses her journey from being an attorney to working in fashion.
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In this hour of 'Disrupted,' Elizabeth Ito, creator of 'City of Ghosts,' discusses using people's real voices in her work, and Bethonie Butler talks about her book 'Black TV.'
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This hour on Disrupted, we take a look at friendship. We'll hear about people who defy their peers' expectations of how close friends can be, and we'll talk about intergenerational friendships.
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Colleges are in the spotlight as students hold protests relating to the Israel-Hamas war. Many are wondering how to address harmful speech without curbing free expression.
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NPR host Ayesha Rascoe joins us to talk about HBCU Made, a new collection of essays that she edited. She'll explain how Howard University helped her develop her voice.
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This hour, we listen back to our episode on the Black press. We learn about the role it played throughout the history of civil rights, and we hear how current publications are centering Black voices.
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This hour, we explore Connecticut music. We talk to a violinist who grew up in Connecticut, a DJ supporting other women in the industry and the team behind an upcoming documentary on New Haven music venue Toad's Place.
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For the final episode of our Disrupted favorites series, producer Kevin Chang Barnum chose an episode that highlights the discrimination that Chinese Americans face, but also shows the way they've fought against it.