Disrupted
Fridays 9 AM & 8 PM, 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. Political scientist and host Khalilah Brown-Dean brings together changemakers to help us see the world differently and challenge us to grow together.
Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media
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Featured Playlist
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Disrupted has been highlighting changes and changemakers with over 200 episodes. With so many hours of conversations, it might be hard to know where to start. We made a playlist to help listeners get a feel for the kinds of conversations and the range of topics that Khalilah has with our guests.
Latest Episodes
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Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith joins us to talk about the power of poetry to create connection. -
Vanessa Priya Daniel has spent years working in social justice movements. She joins us to talk about the leadership lessons she thinks we need in our political moment. -
The life of U Thant is the subject of a new book by Thant Myint-U titled “Peacemaker U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World.” -
Karine Jean-Pierre discusses leaving the Democratic Party and the challenges of being White House Press Secretary. CNN Senior Writer Matthew Vann talks about what it's like covering politics in D.C. -
Legendary Chef Jacques Pépin discusses his storied career cooking for heads of state and working in television alongside Julia Child. -
For our fifth anniversary, Beverly Daniel Tatum breaks down what it's like to be a college president and discusses some of the biggest news stories involving academia. -
We talk to people spreading Black joy. Hear from the founders of a Black Joy summer camp and the owner of a local woodworking business called Black Joy Creations. -
We're talking to disruptors breaking barriers. We hear from Hamden's historic Fire Chief, someone fighting for inclusive economic growth in New Haven and CT State Gateway's new Campus President. -
This hour, we learn from oral historians about a Black person imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp and the history of Connecticut's Puerto Rican communities. -
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.
Funding provided by:
The Connecticut Office of Film, Television and Digital Media
