Jen Brien Launches New Weekly Podcast “Splittin’ The Atom” on The Ocean State Current
The Ocean State Current announced today that long-time media personality, Jen Brien, will become a regular contributor as host of a new weekly show, “Splittin’ The Atom”. The video podcast will take a close look at issues that are on the fringe of the news cycle and that are not regularly reported.
With a colorful science-themed backdrop, Brien will provide personal commentary and will interview guests about curious and lighter-side in-state and worldwide stories, including certain conspiracy theories. as well as delving into other issues that impact Rhode Islanders.
“Unlike the Seinfeld show which was about nothing, my show is about everything,” quipped Brien. “Listen folks, if you like our show, you’re not crazy … you’re curious.”
Splittin’ The Atom is scheduled to be broadcast for on-demand viewing each Thursday afternoon at 3:00 PM ET and can be accessed at oceanstatecurrent.com/splittintheatom. The first show was broadcast last Thursday.
Brien, who served in an Army Military Police K-9 unit before entering media, is best known by Rhode Islanders for her long term on-air partnership with Ron St. Pierre, most recently featuring a radio podcast called Ron and Jen’s Great Escape. St. Pierre, a RI Radio Hall of Famer, suddenly passed away in 2024.
Brien, a Woonsocket, RI native, has (co-)hosted various radio talk shows in Rhode Island (WHJJ in Providence and WADK Newport), Massachusetts (WBZ and WRKO in Boston, and WCOD in Cape Cod), and New York (WHAM in Rochester). She also is a regular columnist for RI News Today.
State Representative Jon Brien, brother of Jen and who is expected to be a regular guest, was featured on the podcast’s first broadcast last Thursday along with lunar landing skeptic and filmmaker, Bart Sibrel, with part-2 of the latter interview to be air on this Thursday’s episode.
The Ocean State Current is the ‘news and views’ arm of the nonpartisan RI Center for Freedom & Prosperity, Rhode Island’s only conservative nonprofit think tank. The Current’s regular lineup also includes its flagship show, In The Dugout with Mike Stenhouse, Sisters In Arms (2A discussion), Red Tide Radio, Sten Reacts, Tuesday’s With Tanya, and Rhode Rage With Larry & Adam.
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