Disrupted

News & Politics Podcasts

Disrupted is about the changes we all encounter and the forces driving those changes. Some disruptions spark joy and possibility. Others move us to take action and re-evaluate our world. But the show isn't just about those disruptions; it’s about...

Episodes

Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Jill Lepore and Jon Meacham on Lessons from History (Part II)

Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Jill Lepore and Jon Meacham on Lessons from History (Part I)

After #MeToo, what has changed?

Curated failures, plus young people define success for themselves

Tayari Jones’ book ‘Kin’ challenges readers’ assumptions about novels centering women

Despite barriers to self-care, Black women can still find ways to bloom

Poet Tracy K. Smith on how poems get us through ‘Perilous Times’

8 years after a major Supreme Court decision, where we are with gambling today

A look at housing, from current legislation to a wave of arson in the 1970s

What does it mean to decolonize wellness?

The power of craft, from activism to connecting with ancestors

From strikes to boycotts: A look at consumer and worker power

Jay Williams on evolving the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation

Krystal Marquis’ book series ‘The Davenports’ offers a portrait of Black wealth in 1910

What Black History Month means in today’s political climate

Karen Walrond on the joys of dabbling

Finding joy and purpose in turbulent times

Connecticut’s Clean Slate law and a look at predatory criminal justice practices

Pushing for peace: A look at the past and future of the United Nations

E.R. Murrow Award Podcast Submission - Disrupted (2026)