The Colin McEnroe Show
Episodes
The Truth About Lies
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Laszlo Ratesic is a nineteen-year veteran of the Speculative Service. He lives in the Golden State, the only place left in what was once America. Lasz...
Two Of The Greats: Robin Williams And George Carlin
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Rob...
Not Necessarily The Nose: The Coen Brothers And 'The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs'
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No Country for Old Men. Fargo. The Big Lebowski. Raising Arizona. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Miller's Crossing. Over the past...
From The Bad Ideas Dept.: It's A Show About Towels!
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Seriously: a show about towels. There's the history of towels, towels in Christianity, Terrible Towels, Towel Day. Oh, and there a...
The Criminal (In)Justice System
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The American criminal justice system has become less 'just' over recent decades and prosecutors bear much of the responsibility. The tough-on-crime cu...
Happy Birthday, Barbie! A Look Back At 60 Years Of Fun, Fashion, And Mixed Messages
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Barbie Millicent Roberts -- yes, that's her name -- turns 60 we, as a plastic loving nation, celebrate! For six decades the impossibly proportioned...
Handmaid's Tale And Trump's America: Comparisons Frightening Or Overblown?
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For everyone who watched Sunday's series finale of Game of Thrones, perhaps a better show to get a handle on what's happening inside America is Hulu's...
The Nose Says Goodbye To Tim Conway, Peggy Lipton, 'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep,' And More
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a rough week for the famous. Last Saturday, Peggy Lipton died at age 72. On Monday, Doris Day died at 97. Then on Tuesday, it was Tim Conway...
VHS Will Not Die
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tracking, rewinding, ejecting, collecting - VHS broke ground in home entertainment like never before. The culture of VHS and its enormous best friend,...
Liberalism Has Become A Dirty Word
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 18th century Parisian cafe was an incubator for the liberal tradition as it was before liberalism became a politically-loaded and dirty word. The ...
Does Religion Still Matter When We Need It Most?
14 May 2019
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 six-y...
Congressional Showdown; Teen Victims Of Shootings As Heroes; Moon Rocks
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Listen at 1:00 pm. President Trump is working to block more than 20 separate Congressional investigations led by the Democratic-contro...
The Nose On 'Pizza, A Love Story' And The Age-Old Question, Is Vampire Weekend Still Cool?
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Father of the Bride is Vampire Weekend's fourth studio album, their first in nearly six years, and their first for a major label. It has been called a...
The Art Is The Idea: A Look At Sol LeWitt
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hartford native Sol LeWitt was one of the giants of conceptualist and minimalist art. As an artist, he abandoned the long histories of painting and dr...
Isn't There A Little Prepper In All Of Us?
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Reality TV shows like the Discovery Channel's Doomsday Bunkers and National Geographic Channel's Doomsday Preppers perpetuate a stereotype o...
The King: Before There Was Lebron, There Was Elvis
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elvis left two legacies. Musically, he pulled several American musical traditions out of the shadows, braided them together, and made them mainstream....
NPR Has A New Theme Song; A Beloved Writer Dies; Humans Are Killing Thousands Of Species
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
NPR has a new theme song. The new theme is much like the old theme with new embellishments created by a "sonic studio" instead of one artist and a "cr...
The Nose On 'Avengers: Endgame' And Taylor Swift's 'ME!'
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Avengers: Endgame is the 22nd feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is the fourth Avengers movie and the fourth MCU entry directed by Anth...
Finding Humanity At The Sideshow
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The concept of the early 20th century sideshow evokes images of bearded ladies, sword swallowers and exotic "others" exhibited as "freaks" before audi...
Lets Eat Grandma!
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have thought that a book on grammar would be #5 on Amazon's best-seller list? (Should that be "whom" would have thought? Should I write out ...
After We Die, Our Dust Will Live Forever
30 Apr 2019
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. Dust...
Anti-Semitism Is On The Rise; Twenty 2020 Democratic Candidates Are In The Race
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We want to hear from you. It's just Colin and your calls. Twenty Democratic presidential contenders are in the race for 2020. Are you suffering from c...
The Nose Goes To 'Homecoming' And Breaks 'Jeopardy'
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To say Beyoncé's performance at Coachella was historic feels like an understatement. In about the span of a week, Queen Bey released a two hour...
Why Are We So Fascinated By Scams?
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fyre Festival, Theranos, Anna Delvey, the college admissions scandal... the list goes on. And whether explored on the news or as a book, podcast, docu...
Kafka. Need I Say More.
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us know what Kafkaesque means even if we've never read a word Kafka wrote. For example, it's Kafkaesque when your smart home tu...
In Search Of Religion
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The number of Americans who identify as 'spiritual but not religious' is growing, especially among millennials who may not be finding what they need i...
We're Broadcasting In Four-Part Harmony
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re exploring the world of Barbershop Harmony; from its roots in the African American community to its influence in other genres, Barbershop i...
Winter Is Here: Game Of Thrones Returns
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the long awaited final season of Game of Thrones launched on HBO. As more than 17 million viewers dig in for one last round, some...
"Here In My Car, I Feel Safest Of All," Sang Gary Numan. He Was So Right!
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Engineers at Ford are working hard toward a breakthrough: A car that runs on tears! Okay, maybe not, but they really should be. Why? Because people cr...
Freshly Squeezed from Watkinson: We are Made of Star Stuff!
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It could be argued that you will never understand yourself if you don’t understand the universe. And the universe is full of both beautiful and ...
Why Are More People Turning Towards Socialism?
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Between November of 2016 and June of 2018, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) saw it's membership jump from 5,000 to over 40,000. This h...
The Life And Promise That Comes With Being Connecticut's Chief Justice
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The significance of being confirmed as Connecticut's first African-American state Supreme Court chief justice last May didn't fully sink in for Richar...
The Nose Hits That ‘Old Town Road’ And Kills Time With ‘Barry’
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is country music? If you ask Billboard, it’s definitely not Lil Nas X’s viral sensation, and the number one song in America, “O...
Of Coils And Coin Drops: Tales From The Vending Machine
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There's much more to vending machines than those tasty, preservative-laden treats temptingly lined up on display behind the glass casing. Today we tak...
Women Buried In The Footnotes Of Scientific Discovery
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Women scientists and inventors have been making ground-breaking discoveries since Agnodike pretended to be a man in order to become the firs...
This Show Will Be The Cat's Pajamas
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is really going to be the cat’s pajamas. Or is it pyjamas? Do cats even wear pajamas? Why would they? Why do we? Should any of us w...
Blind Injustice: A Look At Wrongful Convictions In America
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since 1989, more than 2,000 people have been identified as victims of wrongful convictions in the U.S. In 2015 and 2016, the wrongfully convicted were...
The Nose Flies Into 'Dumbo'
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Will Leitch, from New York Magazine, wrote that "The Era of the Old Athlete is Over." Is it? And what does this mean for the future of spor...
The One About Joni Mitchell
04 Apr 2019
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 beco...
Giving Up Child Custody For Mental Health Care
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are a group of Connecticut parents who feel they must relinquish custody of their “high needs” children in order to get them i...
The Weightlessness Of Truth
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's theme is about truth. Roger Cohen asks us to look inward at our complicity -- the media included -- when he laments our obsession to follow se...
The Nose Gets Tethered With 'Us'
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The sophomore film from any new director is oftentimes held to a harsher critique than their debut movie. It’s unfair. But Jordan Peele’s ...
Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived?
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
During his remarkable career with the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams earned many nicknames: The Kid, The Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame... but the on...
America Is Not A Happy Country
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The annual U.N. World Happiness Report was released last week on World Happiness Day. (I'm a little unhappy that we missed it.) It may be no sur...
Tales From The Trailer Park: An Inside Look At Mobile Home Communities
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It is estimated that 12 million Americans live inside one of our nations roughly 45,000 mobile home communities. Despite these numbers, few people out...
Special Counsel's Findings: The Beginning Of An End Or The End Of A Beginning?
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump is declaring it to be a "complete and total exoneration," but Democrats in Congress vehemently disagree. Still how much s...
Connecticut's Cartoon County
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For a period of about fifty years, many of America's top cartoonists and illustrators lived within a stone's throw of one another in the southwestern ...
The Nose Goes ‘Into The Spider-Verse’ And Takes On Public Shaming
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver tackled public shaming with perhaps the one person who has had the worst case of public shaming in recent...
Our 10th* Annual March Madness Show
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
March Madness starts TODAY with some of the best games coming to Hartford! There's a lot of excitement over the match-up between No. 5 seed Marquette'...
The Flat Earth Movement: A (Global) Phenomenon!
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In case you haven't heard, our planet is as flat as a pancake. Sound crazy? Perhaps. But around the globe (disc?) a flat Earth movement is steadily on...
Healing From Cancer
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Colin was diagnosed with melanoma last year. He had a few scary weeks between diagnosis and removal of the cancer. He's told he's clean but, what happ...
The Myth Of Meritocracy; The Global Threat Of White Nationalism; March Madness
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're outraged that wealthy parents illegally paid to get their kids into elite colleges they would otherwise not qualify to enter. Despite evidence t...
The Nose On Facebook/Instagram Outages, Twitter Changes, And 'Captain Marvel'
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp suffered major worldwide outages, and Twitter previewed some possible new changes. And people took to (wh...
Every Family Has Secrets: Jessica Harper's 'Winnetka'
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Harper has starred in movies like Suspiria, Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise, Woody Allen's Stardust Memories, and Steven Spielberg's ...
Are You Ready To Marie Kondo Your House?
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are you one of the millions inspired by Marie Kondo and her KonMari Method to get rid of your clutter? Kondo's books, such as The Life-...
The Grumblings Over Moving The Clocks Forward And Fox News
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday morning news shows were abuzz about the Democratic National Committee's decision to deselect Fox News as a media partner for the 2020 Democrati...
The Nose On A Sad Week For Celebrities And 'The Umbrella Academy'
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been rough going here for the famous for a little while. This week, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek announced his stage four cancer diagnosis. Hall of...
How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, And Superheroes Made America Great For Extremism
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You know all the reasons Trump won, right? Economic anxiety. Racial anxiety. The forgotten working class. The forgotten rustbelt... But what if the re...
The Truth About Lies
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Laszlo Ratesic is a nineteen-year veteran of the Speculative Service. He lives in the Golden State, the only place left in what was once America. Lasz...
Jacques Lamarre's YOU MUST CHOOSE
06 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For the past few months, Nose regular Jacques Lamarre has been posting debate-starting, head-to-head style Facebook posts. Taylor Swift vs. Katy Perr...
An Hour With Joyce Maynard
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joyce Maynard has been writing for over 45 years about the kind of human experiences we're often taught to keep hidden - stories about envy, ang...
Is It Too Late To Cancel Michael Jackson?
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It was hard to watch the first part of Leaving Neverland, the documentary which aired on HBO aired on March 3. The poignancy of the mixed emotions exp...
The Wonder Of Termites (Yep, That's What I Said)
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nobody likes the termite. They get into the wood in our homes that can lead to infuriating and expensive repairs. What's to like. It turns out, there'...
Shall We Dance?
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why do we dance? The answer is more complicated than you might think. Dancing has served a multitude of functions for various cultures throughout hist...
Pain Is A Subjective Thing, Or Is It?
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You have pain that wakes you up at night and distracts you during the day. You go to the doctor, who asks you to grade your pain on a scale of 1-10. T...
Attack Of The Apocaloptimists
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We were going to produce a show today on loneliness with British writer Olivia Laing. We still want to do that show with Olivia - but not today.Instea...
A Conversation With Peter Tork
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we remember Peter Tork of The Monkees. This show originally aired April 25, 2013.John Lennon said they were the greatest comedy team since the ...
It's The 2019 Noscars!
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a year of aborted missteps for the Academy Awards. There was going to be a new Best Popular Picture category. But now there won't be. Kevin ...
Does Religion Still Matter When We Need It Most?
21 Feb 2019
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 six-year-o...
Does Religion Still Matter When We Need It Most?
21 Feb 2019
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 six-year-o...
The King: Before There Was Lebron, There Was Elvis
20 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Elvis left two legacies. Musically, he pulled several American musical traditions out of the shadows, braided them together, and made them mainstream....
Live (On Tape) From The Sea Tea Comedy Theater, It's Our Stand-Up Comedy Special!
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To do a show about local stand-up comedy, we figured we should probably do a show of local stand-up comedy.So we went to a comedy club, put on a comed...
The New Haven Nose On Aziz Ansari And Two More Oscar Nominees: 'Bohemian Rhapsody' And 'Green Book'
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Colin's away this week, but The Nose must go on! Or maybe "must" isn't quite right, but in this particular case, The Nose is going on -- with excellen...
A Radio Show About Mimes? You Bet!
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mimes have been gesticulating their way into our hearts (or nightmares) for a lot longer than you may think. While it may have been the legendary Marc...
The Seduction Of The Supermarket
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We're doing a show on supermarkets today - from a supermarket!Most Americans still buy most of their food from a supermarket. While farmer's markets a...
Lets Eat Grandma!
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have thought that a book on grammar would be #5 on Amazon's best-seller list? (Should that be "whom" would have thought? Should I write out ...
The Unfolding Evolution Of Origami
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you make a 100-meter telescope that folds down to three meters so you can tuck it inside a space vehicle? How do you make a heart stent that fo...
An Exit Interview, Of Sorts, With Darko Tresnjak
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Darko Tresnjak has been artistic director at Hartford Stage Company since 2011. During his tenure here, he's won a Tony. He's had multiple productions...
The Contributions Of Wilhelm Reich
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Wilhelm Reich was a once-promising psychoanalyst and scientist under the guidance of Freud in pre-World War II Europe. He promoted the "sexu...
A Different View Of The American Revolution
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton has inspired millions to learn more about the founding of America. Some may be moved by a story of scrappy underdogs fig...
You Should Give Opera A Listen. It's Different Than You May Think
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been to the opera? I know, you think it's stuffy and formal and only for rich, white people of a certain age. You're wrong. Support...
The Super Bowl Was A Super Letdown
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's not a stretch to say the best part of Sunday's Super Bowl LIII was SpongeBob's short, but sweet, appearance during the halftime show. Should...
The Nose On Maroon 5 At The Super Bowl And 'Roma'
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The long list of luminaries who have played the Super Bowl Halftime Show includes Michael Jackson, Prince, Beyoncé, Madonna, Paul McCartney, The Roll...
The Life And Promise That Comes With Being Connecticut's Chief Justice
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The significance of being confirmed as Connecticut's first African-American state Supreme Court chief justice last May didn't fully sink in for Richar...
Human Hubris And Its Cosmic Consequences
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Humans are great at making a mess of things. So far, however, that mess has been confined to Earth. But as we develop into a spacefaring species, our ...
Son Of A Bench! Here We Go Again: Not Necessarily The Nose -- 'The Good Place'
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Where We Live producer Carmen Baskauf had been badgering us to do a show about The Good Place for months on end. (It had gotten kind of weird, to be h...
To Impeach Or Not To Impeach? That Is The Question.
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There's a healthy debate going on about whether to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Trump.The Atlantic's Yoni Appelbaum and oth...
Not Necessarily The Nose: Holy Shirtballs, This Is 'The Good Place'
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Where We Live producer Carmen Baskauf has been badgering us to do a show about The Good Place for months on end at this point. (It's gotten kind of we...
Deconstructing 'Deconstructing 'The Beatles''
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band had its 50th anniversary, we put together a show with famed Beatles lecturer Scott Freiman and famed Hartfo...
It's All Fun And Board Games On This Show!
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show might get a bit dicey. In fact, it's almost certainly headed for Trouble. And all we can say is Sorry, that's Life! Okay,...
A (Video) Is Worth A Thousand Words
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What we each saw in the short video (since deleted) that went viral this weekend of a Covington Catholic High School student staring at a Native Ameri...
The Spirit Is In The Music
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, I hopped into my car to go home after a long and grinding first day back to work. I had just returned the day before from a two-week vacatio...
Shyness Is Not For The Faint Of (Their Racing) Heart
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I once took guitar lessons with a small group of people who met two nights a week in the basement of a local elementary school. We spent most of each ...
Noah Baerman And 'The Rock & The Redemption'
16 Jan 2019
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 around the heroism...
After We Die, Our Dust Will Live Forever
15 Jan 2019
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....
Trump And Putin; Secret FBI Investigation; Government Shutdown; Your Calls
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Another weekend came, and another crop of revelations regarding President Donald Trump came with it.First out was The New York Times' report that...
The New Haven Nose On Imagine Dragons As The Worst Band Ever And 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, Imagine Dragons played the Halftime Show at the College Football National Championship Game. The reviews were... not great. In fact, the pe...
To Hell With "Whom" (And More On The Inexorable Evolution Of Language)
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Language is an untamable beast. You can decide that infinitives aren't to be split and that "whom" is the objective form of "who" and that "literally"...
Kafka. Need I Say More.
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us know what Kafkaesque means even if we've never read a word Kafka wrote. For example, it's Kafkaesque when your smart home&nb...
Satanism: Religion, Philosophy, Lifestyle
08 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Free will, individual responsibility, and the pursuit of happiness: Fundamental tenets of, wait for it... Satanism. While the word conjures up images ...