The Colin McEnroe Show
Episodes
Does Religion Still Matter When We Need It Most?
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Religious scholar Elaine Pagels trusted the Gospel of Thomas to get her through the almost unbearably painful years after the death of her s...
Coronavirus Is Still Rising, Biden Is Still Leading, And It's National Moth Week
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The number of people testing positive for coronavirus continues to rise in many parts of the U.S., with sharp rises in places like Florida, Nevad...
The Nose Has Got A Lot Of Brains But No Polish
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Four years ago, over the course of three days, film crews documented the musical Hamilton as performed by nearly its entire original Broadwa...
Awake In The Middle Of The Night
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our ancestors viewed sleep as a highly sensual and transcendent experience. Today, about a third of adults have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep...
We Like To Watch
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, we didn't take television seriously. We saw it as ephemeral, as "chewing gum for the eyes," as, literally, furniture. And then, around th...
A Perfect Storm: A Surging Virus and An Election Meltdown
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The number of people being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus is rising in 48 states. We're testing more, but the rate of positive tests, ho...
Walking With Dante
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Dante's Inferno" is the most famous section of Dante Aligheri's 14,000 line epic poem, The Divine Comedy. But it's only the first part of D...
A World In A Grain Of Sand
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sand is the most abundant material on Earth. And, other than water and air, sand is the natural resource we consume more than any other -- more, even,...
Silenced Nights: Curfews And Fear Of The Night
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past weeks, cities across the country have implemented curfews in response to George Floyd protests and to enforce stay-at-home orders during...
Bankers For The Stars: Deutsche Bank, Trump, And Jeffrey Epstein
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is it safe to say that we're not yet ready to kiss and make up with the banks whose reckless behavior led to the 2008 financial crisis? A little contr...
The Evolution Revolution: Women Call The Shots
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Argus Pheasant is a lifelong bachelor. He mates with multiple females but has no further contact with his mates or the baby pheasants he sires. By...
You're Not Dying. But Panic Attacks Can Make You Think You Are.
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You're Not Dying. But Panic Attacks Can Make You Think You Are." width="100%">You're shopping for groceries. Out of the blue your heart starts to r...
The Nose Has Pretty Much Always Hoped Someone Would Rename It
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The raft of renaming going on right now obviously hasn't spared popular culture. The Dixie Chicks and Lady Antebellum are now The Chicks and...
Poker Mirrors Life: Part Skill, Lots Of Luck
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Maria Konnikova, best-selling New York Times author and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, has long been interested in understanding the balance...
Wild And Crazy Guys
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, John Belushi, John Candy, Rick Moranis. Animal House, The Blues Brothers, Beverly Hill...
You Are Your Safest Sex Partner: Sex And Coronavirus
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Your sex life doesn't have to suffer just because you're cooped up at home every day. Researchers say that sex is a healthy way to calm the anxiety of...
Coronavirus Is Surging; Tax Refunds Will Be Delayed; Fireworks Inspire Conspiracy Theories
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are just over 10 million cases of coronavirus globally and almost 500,000 deaths. U.S. deaths recently rose to 125,000. Yet, the Trump Administr...
Long Live The Movie Musical
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The movie musical died a long, slow death a long time ago. Right? Well, except that there's La La Land. And Moana. And The Gr...
How Are You? It's So Nice Outside Today; A Great Day For Our Show On Small Talk
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's nice to meet you! How do you like it here in Connecticut? Small talk is both the bane of our existence and essential in our existential que...
The Wonder Of Termites (Yep, That's What I Said)
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody likes termites. They get into the wood in our homes and can lead to infuriating and expensive repairs. What's to like? It turns out, there's a ...
Do You Hear What I Hear?
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Humans typically make enough collective noise to keep the earth vibrating at a steady hum. But the pandemic has quieted that hum enough to let se...
After We Die, Our Dust Will Live Forever
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dust is a fascinating substance. Our bodies are always shedding dust from our skin, hair, and nails, leaving little bits of DNA wherever we roam....
Learning How To Breathe
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists say humans don't know how to breathe very well. We don't breathe deep enough, we breathe too much, and we breathe through our mou...
Our (9th Or) 10th (Almost) Annual Song Of The Summer Show
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've done this show every year since 2013. We almost certainly didn't do it 2012. But we did in 2011. And the...
Understanding Hierarchies In Nature And Society
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Social structures, in almost all cases, are defined by some form of hierarchy. Whether in academics, sports, religion, business, or politics, there's ...
A Nerding Out About Clouds
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No one likes a cloudy sky. A cloud on the horizon is seen as a harbinger of doom. We feel like clouds need to have silver linings. But here's our thes...
Not Necessarily The Nose: 36 Years Of The Coen Brothers
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No Country for Old Men. Fargo. The Big Lebowski. Raising Arizona. Barton Fink. Miller's Crossing. Blood Simple. The...
Do You Speak Corona?
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It took two years for the word AIDS to get from coinage to dictionary. It took COVID-19 thirty-four days. The pandemic has inspired a thousand new or ...
Sports In The Time After (But Kind Of Still During) Corona
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The leagues are working in earnest toward starting back up. The NBA has a plan. Major League Baseball can't seem to work one out. Major Leag...
The Facts And The Fiction Of Pandemic
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A group of health officials gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss infectious disease learn that forty-seven people at an internment camp in Indo...
The Nose Doesn't Know A Frog's Ribbit About Those Things
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've all seen any number of emails and Tweets and Facebook posts this week from companies supporting protests and the like. Entertainment industry fi...
The World (Kind Of) Without Us (For A Little While)
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2007, journalist Alan Weisman published The World Without Us. It was an international bestseller. The book tries to answer what is ultimately ...
What Could Be Wrong? I Don't See What's Wrong.
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When did the horrors that once seemed unthinkable become commonplace? We're in the throes of a global pandemic. People protesting a police officer who...
Something Different Is Happening. Do You Feel It?
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Something different is happening in America at this moment. Do you feel it? We want to hear from you. Call us during our live show Tuesday, from 1 to ...
The Convergence Of A Pandemic, Police Brutality And Racism
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has laid bare how racism in housing, education, employment, and access to health care, disproportionately hurts Black Americans more than...
The Nose Is Culturally Confident
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Gadsby has been a prominent comedian in Australia for going on 15 years. In America, though, she arrived seemingly from nowhere in 2018 with&nb...
Between Two Worlds: The Liminal Nature Of Life During Crises
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the world waits for an end to Covid-19, billions of people find themselves betwixt and between two realities: The pre-pandemic reality we knew, and...
An Hour With An Old Friend
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Shortly after the pandemic shifted our weekday work scenario from one of shared space and bursts of spontaneous conversation, to one hour-long weekly ...
The Virus Is Still Here. The Only Thing That's Changed Is That We're Reopening.
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. is on track to reach 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 this week. Yet, most states began reopening last week using data t...
An Hour With America's Greatest Living Film Critic
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, in lieu of The Nose, an hour with America's Greatest Living Film Critic, David Edelstein. GUEST: David Edelstein - America's Greates...
Masks Maketh The Man (Women And Lions Too)
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have guessed a face mask would become the latest cultural symbol of our identity, one more way to express our politics, our sense ...
How Creating A Color Created A Controversy
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nyctophiliacs rejoice! The color you know and love (black) is now blacker than ever before. And never mind that black is not technically a color. The ...
Searching For The Holy Grail Of COVID-19
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connecticut will reopen some businesses on May 20, as coronavirus-related hospitalizations continue to decrease. This may be good news for busine...
The Nose Wants To Go To Dreamland
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter announced on Tuesday that its employees who can work from home can continue to work from home -- for forever, if they want. One wonders h...
Holy Bats In A Pandemic!
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bats get a bad rap. People are afraid of animals that tap into our deepest fears and revulsions. Bats aren't cuddly, they fly at night, have big eyes ...
The Philosophy And Psychology (And Physics And Metaphysics) Of Holes
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In November, 2016, we did a show about all the problems presented by, well, a-holes. And so it seems only logical to expand our scope a bit and d...
Greenwich Republicans And Trump; 'This Week In Virology'
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We can observe how economic inequality in America plays out during this pandemic by watching who gets help and who gets ignored. Two America's live si...
The Nose Is A Made-Up, Bogus, Hyped-Up, Not-Necessary Special Event
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
23 Hours To Kill is Jerry Seinfeld's fourth-ever standup comedy special and his second for Netflix. It hit the streaming service on Tuesday, and ...
The Sweatpants Maketh The Man (And Woman)
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"It is the rare person who doesn't own a pair of sweatpants." I am, it turns out, that rare person. Sweatpants are just too warm, is my take. But I do...
The One About Joni Mitchell
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joni Mitchell is a singer-songwriter from Alberta, Canada. In 1968, her debut album, Song to a Seagull, was released and since then, Mitchell has...
Pandemic And Moral Relativism; The Rush To A Vaccine; Asian Giant Hornets
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's hard to fathom the idea that more people have to die from COVID-19 before we come out on the other end of this pandemic. Is it time for political...
The Nose Has The Hands Of A 70 Year Old
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are plenty of questions about what the future of live performance looks like right now, and, in certain ways, no form seems more displaced by so...
Did We Get The Dystopia We Were Promised?
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago, we did a show where we asked which fictional dystopian future we were actually already living in. Now that we've arrived at, ya ...
Do You Hear What I Hear?
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Humans typically make enough collective noise to keep the earth vibrating at a steady hum. But the pandemic has quieted that hum enough to let se...
We Knew This Pandemic Was Coming
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This show originally aired on July 25, 2018. Two years ago, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security ran an intricate simulation of a rapidl...
How Do We Make Sense Of President Trump's Behavior?
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
People in several states came together last weekend to protest against stay-at-home orders. Their actions followed President Trump tweets of...
The Nose Rollicks And Frolics With All The Young Dudes
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fiona Apple's new album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, is currently the best-reviewed album, um, ever, according to Metacritic. Bon Iver has ...
Noah Baerman And 'The Rock & The Redemption'
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Noah Baerman Resonance Ensemble's The Rock & the Redemption is a jazz concept album of sorts that recasts the Sisyphus myth&nbs...
The Scapegoat Is Not To Blame
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In March, President Trump blamed our global pandemic on China. When that didn't work, he blamed the World Health Organization (WHO...
Without TV, There's No Trump
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
That headline is just a direct quote from James Poniewozik's Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America. I was torn...
Learning To Live In The Shadow Of Coronavirus
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One can't help but wonder if the President understands that getting through this pandemic will not be a quick sprint. On Thursday, the Trum...
The Nose Hosts 'SNL' In Its Pajamas
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Last weekend, Saturday Night Live aired a prerecorded special, "Saturday Night Live at Home." Tom Hanks hosted from his kitchen. M...
Grocery Blues: Supermarket Shopping In The Time Of COVID
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I haven't been grocery shopping in 21 days. The last time I went, March 26, was a harrowing experience. It was before this particular grocery store, a...
On Solitude And Hermits
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before the pandemic, most of us craved of a little solitude away from the hustle of life. Now, we've been been thrust into a form of solitu...
When Will It Be Safe To Go Back In The Water?
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Health experts have released multiple plans that all call for some version of the same thing. We need to conduct widespread testing, trace c...
The Nose Bought $100,000 Worth Of Anthony Fauci Bobbleheads
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We've entered a moment where the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is a celebrity. You can buy donuts wi...
The Glory Of Everything: Reading Kids' Books As An Adult
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My son, Simon, is a year old. His mother and his grandmother are both librarians. His father is, well, me. Simon is, predictably, obsessed with books....
You Are Your Safest Sex Partner: Sex and Coronavirus
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Your sex life doesn't have to suffer just because you're cooped up at home every day. Researchers say that sex is a healthy way to calm the anxiety of...
A Conversation With Ocean Vuong
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ocean Vuong emigrated to Hartford from Vietnam when he was two years old. His family brought with them the trauma of an American-led war that ravaged ...
America's Leaderless Pandemic
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic is making us reflect on what we value as people and a country. We don't yet know how much COVID-19 will change life as we knew it before ...
The Nose Stayed Up Late Trying On Clothes It Already Owns
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The novel coronavirus has started to take its toll on figures from our popular culture. Adam Schlesinger, who founded Fountains of Wayne and wrot...
One Person's Boredom Is Another Person's Pleasure
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You can find lots of advice about how to avoid feeling bored during this pandemic. There are virtual dance parties and&n...
The History Of Hygiene: Humanity's Quest For Cleanliness
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From ancient mixtures of boiled goat fats and ashes to modern artisanal soaps with calendula and coffee grinds, humans have been inventing clever ways...
Trust Me, I'm A Scientist
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For those who put their trust in science, it's hard to understand why anyone wouldn't. But in recent decades, the voices of skeptics have grown louder...
Prioritizing Public Health; Grieving Coronavirus; Blaming "Others"
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
William Wetmore Story sculpted The Angel of Grief for his wife's grave after her death in 1894. He wrote that it was the only way he could e...
The Nose Is Big Cat People
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Last Friday night, Disney released the #1 movie in the country -- Pixar's Onward -- for digital download on iTunes/Amazon/etc. It's saf...
A Little Bit Of Soap
26 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have been using soap for literally millennia -- nearly five of them... at least. And while there's a run on alcohol-based hand sanitizers,...
Restaurants Cannot Live By Takeout Alone
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Restaurants around the country have closed their doors to in-dining service to help slow the spread of Coronavirus and prevent unnecessary deaths. Tha...
The Politics Of A Pandemic; Staying Healthy While Staying Home
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration is pursuing policies they say are necessary to fight the spread of coronavirus -- even though Congress and the cour...
The Nose Self-Isolates
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As with all things, The Nose has never been a Nose quite like this week's Nose. First off, for almost every Nose ever, we've put four (sometimes more)...
Sports In The Time Of Corona
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The NBA, the NHL, and Major League Soccer have all suspended their seasons. Major League Baseball canceled spring training an...
They Say The City Never Sleeps. Neither Do We.
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Did you get enough sleep last night? If you're like most Americans, probably not. You might feel pretty good after six hours of sleep and a stron...
Isn't There A Little Doomsday Prepper In All Of Us?
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Reality TV shows like the Discovery Channel's Doomsday Bunkers and National Geographic Channel's Doomsday Preppers perpetuate a st...
Carrying On Amid The Confinement Of COVID-19
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
America got (more) serious last week about COVID-19. Schools and colleges closed, workers went remote, professional sports teams cancel...
An Hour With John McPhee
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John McPhee is a writer's writer. He's thought of as one of the progenitors of the New Journalism, of creative nonfiction or narrative nonfiction, alo...
The Fine Art Of Taxidermy
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of taxidermy, you may imagine a trophy room in which mostly male hunters have mounted the heads of 12-point stags along wood-...
Bankers For The Stars: Deutsche Bank, Trump, and Jeffrey Epstein
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is it safe to say that we're not yet ready to kiss and make up with the banks whose reckless behavior led to the 2008 financial crisis? A little contr...
Please Don't Take My Stuffed Animal Away!
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Take a few seconds to reminisce about your childhood "best friend." Maybe it was a boy, a girl, an imaginary friend, or perhaps a stuffed toy. This st...
Fear of Italian-Style Lockdowns Is Leading to Hamsterkäufe, Or: Panic Buying
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Italians fled northern Italy Sunday after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a lockdown to slow the spread of coronavirus Covid-19, which has ...
The New Haven Nose Really Wants To Say 'I Do'
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Katy Perry dropped a new single and video (which we apparently call a "visual" now) on Wednesday night. The video ends with what's being cal...
Long Live The Movie Musical
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The movie musical died a long, slow death a long time ago. Right? Well, except that there's La La Land. And Moana. And The Gr...
How Are You? It's So Nice Outside Today! It's A Great Day For A Show On Small Talk.
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's nice to meet you! When did you move in? How do you like it here in Connecticut after leaving the beautiful weather in Hawaii? Small talk is both ...
Move Over Iowa. It's Time For Connecticut To Go First.
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sanders won big in Nevada. Biden won big in South Carolina. Steyer and Buttigieg are out, Bloomberg is in, and...
The Nose Has A Regurgitative Reaction To Mistruthin'
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Quarantine culture is coming. Maybe. So we start with a look at the coronavirus in comedy, COVID in culture, etc. And then: Knives...
How To Secede From Belgium Without Really Trying
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Secession is in the air. Britain withdrew from the European Union, Scotland wants out of the UK, Catalonia from Spain, and, wait for it, Califor...
You Can Check Out Anytime You Like, But You Can Never Leave
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Most of the characteristics we associate with hotels - the welcoming yet alienating effect they have on our psyches - we absorbed from the a...
You're Such An Annoying Know-It-All!
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The recent Senate trial for President Trump's impeachment riveted the nation, but little consensus could be reached about the facts of the c...
Bernie On The Rise; COVID-19 Inches Closer To A Pandemic; Sports Cheating
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Bernie Sanders won a decisive victory in last week's Nevada caucuses after effectively tying with Pete Buttigieg in the less diverse states ...
Laura Nyro Was The Emily Dickinson Of American Pop Music
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Nyro's most famous compositions -- "Stoned Soul Picnic," "Stoney End," "When I Die," "Wedding Bell Blues," "Eli's Coming" -- are jewels of mains...
Memories of Watergate
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's been over 40 years since former President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency over Watergate. But, the story of Watergate is almost impossible ...