The Colin McEnroe Show
Episodes
Representative Rashida Tlaib Wants To Fu...Er, Impeach President Trump
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The reactions to Representative Rashida Tlaib's profanity and her calls for impeachment against the president have been mixed.While most Republicans a...
The Nose On Louis C.K. (What Else Is New?) And Two Movies: 'Bird Box' And 'Vice'
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Louis C.K. has done another thing. He did the thing a few weeks ago, it turns out. But this week the thing appeared on the internet, as things do. And...
With Few Regrets, Governor Malloy Is "Ready To Live A Different Life"
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Connecticut's 88th governor, Dannel P. Malloy, loves to make decisions. "That's who I am and what I am," he proclaimed during a wide-ranging exit inte...
Destroying Wildlife; Hacking Newspapers; Firing NFL Coaches
02 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's been easy to overlook Trump Administration environmental policies that are contributing to the destruction of wildlife and habitats.Support the s...
As 2018 Draws To A Close, Celebrate With "Big Al" Anderson And "Tall Jim" Chapdelaine
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Don't miss -- for what might just be the sixth year we've done this -- a very badly planned New Year's Eve Eve Eve Eve special featuring chaos muppet ...
Transcending Gender Roles Across Cultures
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As our culture continues to progress, one elephant in the room that seems to be growing harder to ignore is our views on human sexuality. The traditio...
The Seduction Of The Supermarket
26 Dec 2018
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...
I Want To Follow Jesus But...Can You Hold the Religion?
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's election was the culmination of a venom-filled campaign that was nastier than almost any in recent memory. The mean-spirited comments t...
The Nighttime Nose Bids Adieu To 2018
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As 2018 draws to a close, The Nose makes its final appearance on our schedule this year. And so we've brought in a nine-person Nose to do a special, l...
Some Jobs Require A Human Touch, Or Do They?
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Athletes, therapists, comedians, and public radio producers: All jobs which require a human touch, right? Perhaps not. Even now, we're beginning to se...
Celebrate The Best Jazz Of 2018!
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
2018 has been a doozy of a year. And 2019, well, who knows? But you know what would make you feel a little bit better? Listening to our esteemed ...
What We Get Wrong About Disability
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When was the last time you saw someone with a disability? Do you have a loved one who is part of the community? Did you see a character on TV, or did ...
Who Are The Women Helping Guide The Far Right?
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The most common image of white supremacy, nationalism, and other far-right movements is of angry men. Often overlooked are the women.On the surface, t...
Not Necessarily The Nose: 'Hamilton' Is Here
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton: An American Musical is, simply, a phenomenon.The Broadway production was nominated for a record 16 Tony Awards, and it ...
Understanding Hierarchies in Nature and Society
13 Dec 2018
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 ...
An Hour With Singer-Songwriter Jill Sobule
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Sobule is back in town! She joins us after her first of three consecutive evening performances at the Mark Twain House.Support the show: http://w...
Twice-as-Nice Advice About Vice
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Three guests, Peter Sagal of WWDTM, Maria Konnikova of The New Yorker, and Robert Evans of Cracked, take you on a tour of vice. They talk everything f...
Robert Mueller Inches Closer To The President
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What did he know and when did he know it?Prosecutors from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team and the Southern District of New York on Friday aftern...
Not Necessarily The Nose: 'Doctor Who' And Producers' Endorsements
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of Doctor Who aired on November 23, 1963. Since then, there have been 37 seasons and 849 episodes of the show. The current Doctor, t...
From The Bad Ideas Dept.: It's A Show About Towels!
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Seriously: a show about towels.There's the history of towels, towels in Christianity, Terrible Towels, Towel Day.Oh, and there are actual towels too.S...
It's Time To Show Your Toothbrush Some Love
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Our relationship with our toothbrush is complicated. Most of us don't brush our teeth well enough. We don't brush long enough, or we brush too hard, o...
Smiling Will Get You Everywhere
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the series "NewsRadio," the character played by Phil Hartman once said, "Experience once taught me that behind every toothy grin lies a second row ...
President Trump, Male Insecurity, And His New Status As "Individual 1"
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
New York University researchers say they've found a link between appeal for President Trump and a certain, specific segment of the male population: th...
The Nose On Bernardo Bertolucci, Fresh Air, And 'Creed II'
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Bernardo Bertolucci directed The Last Emperor (which won nine Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director), Last Tango in Paris, The Dream...
The Flat Earth Movement: A (Global) Phenomenon!
29 Nov 2018
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...
An Hour With Nicholson Baker
27 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholson Baker once spent a portion of his retirement savings to rescue first edition newspapers from being destroyed. He also fought to save card ca...
Live (On Tape) From The Sea Tea Comedy Theater, It's Our Stand-Up Comedy Special!
27 Nov 2018
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...
Stalin's Ghost
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Stalin's only daughter grew up the beloved pet of a man responsible for a decades-long campaign to arrest, torture, execute or forcibly impriso...
Not Necessarily The Nose: The Coen Brothers And 'The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs'
21 Nov 2018
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 35 years, Joel and Ethan ...
The Evolution Revolution: Women Call the Shots
20 Nov 2018
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...
Finding Common Ground On Guns Is Necessary
18 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The repeated incidents of mass shootings are shocking. Yet, they're sanitized and abstract for most of us who haven't been directly touched by gun vio...
The Nose On Pete Davidson, Dan Crenshaw, Douglas Rain, Stan Lee, and 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Last weekend, Saturday Night Live did a thing it rarely does: it apologized for a joke it had made in poor taste. Pete Davidson, the comedian behind t...
Our Relationship Status With Blood: It's Complicated
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty million red blood cells circulate twelve thousand miles in a never ceasing loop through our bodies every day. Our blood has to keep moving in o...
What If Tug-Of-War Were Still An Olympic Sport? And Other Crazy Crucial Questions With Mike Pesca
14 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Pesca is one of our very favorite guests -- on any number of topics. And he's got a new book out: Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in S...
No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk...Right? A Look At Regret
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We all regret and we should not regret that we regret. I regret buying that pair of pink sneakers that I'll never wear. I can't take the sneaker...
100 Years After WW1; Matthew Whitaker; Doctored Videos
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend was the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. World leaders convened in Paris and listened to French president Emmanuel Macron war...
The Nose On The Sexiest Man Alive And 'Homecoming'
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Last week's Nose painted itself into a bit of a rhetorical corner and somehow found itself arguing that Idris Elba is too old to be James Bond. And wh...
Swamps: The Past, Present, And (Endangered?) Future Of America's Wetlands
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As President Trump talks about draining the swamp in Washington D.C., we turn our attention to actual swamps. Associated with death and decay, while a...
Women Of Connecticut Surf The Blue Wave
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Women won big in these 2018 Connecticut midterm elections. This follows a national trend sparked in response to the 2016 election of Donald Trump. Mor...
Citizen Observers Share What's Happening At Polling Places Around The State
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We have a tradition on the show of celebrating voting and the people who vote by speaking to thoughtful "citizen observers" from around the state abou...
WE DON'T GIVE A F*** If You Don't Like This Terrific Interview With Lewis Black, King Of Rant
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lewis Black is a funny guy. His expletive-laced RANTS and YELLING about whatever's on his (our) mind lends a rejuvenating catharsis for anyone who's t...
Let's Talk About Election Day
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's almost over. One more day of lawn signs, robocalls, nasty mailers and deceptive commercials. Election Day is upon us and is shaping up to bring a...
The Nose: 'Party For One' And 'Bodyguard'
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Carly Rae Jepsen hadn't released a Carly Rae Jepsen single from a Carly Rae Jepsen album in three years... until Thursday, that is. Her new single and...
The Decimation Of The Osage Nation
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Native Americans have been getting forced off their land for a long time. Thomas Jefferson forced them from their ancestral home in 1804 after he sign...
Not Happy With The Major Party Candidates? You Have Options. We Bring You A Few.
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Are you one of those people who wants to vote for Oz Griebel for governor but won't because you're afraid your vote might lead to a win for your least...
Forget Google Maps, There's Still Lots To Explore
30 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There's a set of steps and a big stone fireplace sitting in the middle of the woods where I used to walk my dog. I can envision the family living in t...
Pulling Back The Curtain On Political Polls
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The polling industry is seeking to regain public confidence after the 2016 election. Will the advent of live polling, like what's being done by The Up...
Not Necessarily The Nose: The Year In Horror, 2018
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In terms of box office, 2017 was the biggest year in the history of horror cinema. One wonders: Why? And then this year has brought us Hered...
Following The Paper Trail
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
About 2000 years ago the Chinese came up with something really great: paper! Paper has allowed us to share ideas around the globe, record important hi...
What Jesus And Britney Spears Have In Common: Puns
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Shakespeare was famous for his off-color puns, yet much of their cleverness has been lost to the evolution of our English language.In Shakespear...
Fire: Sparking Imagination Since Two Million B.C.
23 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Things burn: Our environments, resources, and all forms of monument to self. And since the beginning, so too has our imagination. The inspiration huma...
Jamal Khashoggi's Killing And Trump's Transactional Presidency
21 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has hit a cultural nerve in America. The sustained anger outstrips our response to the killing of 43 ot...
The New Haven Nose On Louis C.K. And 'First Man'
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Louis C.K.'s surprise return to a comedy club stage in late August was widely covered and discussed. His subsequent performances have maybe sparked le...
How Vampires, Zombies, Androids, And Superheroes Made America Great For Extremism
18 Oct 2018
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 real...
You Should Give Opera A Listen. It's Different Than You May Think
16 Oct 2018
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...
Live From Watkinson: Examining Our Furious Political Discourse
16 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Common wisdom says that once you walk downstairs to the place where the sizes of candidates’ body parts are fodder for discussion, where one preside...
Our Electronic Voting Systems Are Still Pretty Hackable
14 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Despite Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and attempts by hackers to infiltrate voter-registration databases in Illinois, Arizona...
Not Necessarily The Nose: 'A Star Is Born' (Again)
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We now have no fewer than four big screen versions of A Star Is Born.There's the 1937 original, the Judy Garland/James Mason remake, the Barbra Streis...
Our Theme Today Is Theme Songs
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
So, when Prince died (which was two-and-a-half years ago), we announced that we were finally going to retire our theme song (which was a Prince song)....
An Ode To Yodeling
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What is yodeling, anyway? Some consider it singing, some say it's an ululation, and still others consider it merely a means to herd animals. Whatever ...
Is America Becoming More Tribal Or Just More Angry?
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton were using strategies to deliberately divide America's political system decades before the pivotal 2000 presi...
Has Lady Justice Ditched Her Blindfold?
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we've booked no guests. It's Colin and your calls. Saturday's confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was the anticlimatic co...
The New Haven Nose Takes Two: 'Slow Burn: Season Two' And 'Serial: Season Three'
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
So we did a Nose last week. It was good. It was about the second season of Slow Burn and the third season of Serial, and it was kind of also about how...
Are You 'October Ready'?
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The postseason proper is upon us!Baseball has already played four winner-take-all games in three days. The Dodgers and the Brewers won their divisions...
How Can I "Take It Easy" When Everyone Is Still Fighting Over The Eagles?
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Eagles' first album touched a cultural nerve in 1971, with songs like "Peaceful Easy Feeling" and "Witchy Woman." And the hits never stopped. Desp...
Little House Libertarians
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of you reading this are familiar with the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder because you watched the popular "Little House on the Prairi...
The Kavanaugh Hearings; Drug Exchanges
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Like many Americans, our newsroom was glued to the eight or so hours of testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh during l...
The New Haven Nose On 'Slow Burn: Season Two' And 'Serial: Season Three'
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's been... quite a week. It kinda seems like nothing happened in pop culture at all this week, doesn't it? Regardless, The Nose has a mandate to sat...
An Hour With Joyce Maynard
26 Sep 2018
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...
Will The Real Brett Kavanaugh Please Stand Up
25 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the seat of departing Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy had already widened the chasm between Dem...
Combating Corrosion: America's War on Rust
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rust is all around us. It's in our cars, our homes, our infrastructure. It's also the subject of Jonathan Waldman's first book, Rust, which introduces...
The Nose On The Death Of The Celebrity Profile, Chevy Chase, And 'The Land Of Steady Habits'
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The celebrity profile is dead. Or dying, at least, according to The New York Times. Case in point: the Times's own terrible profile of the great Maya ...
Poverty: Personal, Political, And Philosophical Perspectives
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How well do we really know the poor? As our nation's economy grows and the jobless rate decreases, are we increasingly ignoring their voices? Haven't ...
Attack Of The Apocaloptimists
19 Sep 2018
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...
Historical Deletion and Censorship
18 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There's a mostly forgotten story by the mostly forgotten sci-fi writer, R.A. Lafferty. It's called, "What's The Name of That Town." We meet a team of ...
The Collision Of Brett Kavanaugh And America's Moral Code
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we have no guests. We want to hear from you. We canceled our previously planned show so we could dedicate the entire hour to understanding how ...
The Nose On Cynthia Nixon's Bagel, 'Searching,' And Some Other Stuff
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Actress Cynthia Nixon lost the Democratic gubernatorial primary in New York yesterday. Did she lose because of the kind of bagel she eats? Probably no...
Does Color Exist In The Dark?
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Color doesn't exist on its own.A red rose will look different to me than it does to you. It will also look different to a pigeon, who can see way more...
The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is 'Fear' Itself
12 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You may have heard that Bob Woodward has a new book out.It was number one on Amazon... before it came out. It was into its seventh printing -- a milli...
Breaking Up (With Your Phone) Is Hard To Do
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly ninety-percent of Americans own a smartphone.On average, we spend more than four hours a day on our phones, which adds up to about 56 full days...
Serena & The Umpire; Who Get To Join Connecticut Debates?
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After Naomi Osaka won the first set against Serena Williams during Saturday's U.S. Open Women's Final, chair umpire Carlos Ramos gave Williams a warni...
Not Necessarily The Nose: Pop Culture Is Another Thing Dividing Us; The Major Leagues Of Wiffle Ball
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Here's the money quote from a recent Washington Post story on entertainment in the Trump era: "People look at politics when deciding how they feel abo...
The Semiotics of Cigarettes, Sexy Shoes, and Some Other Stuff
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Semiotics is the study of sign process, which is to say: it's the science of the search for meaning.And then, part of the underlying premise of semiot...
Colin Kaepernick And Nike
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nike is catching a lot of press for selecting former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick as the face of a new "Just Do It" ad campaign. Support the ...
Identity Politics: Friend Or Foe?
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Former Trump official Steve Bannon was disinvited from the 19th annual "New Yorker Festival" Monday, after David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker,&nb...
Living the Freelancer Life
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We all know that the days of punching our clock for exactly forty hours is over. One of the alternatives that has risen in its place is what's called ...
Noah Baerman And 'The Rock & The Redemption'
31 Aug 2018
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...
A Radio Show About Mimes? You Bet!
30 Aug 2018
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 Wonder Of Termites (Yep, That's What I Said)
29 Aug 2018
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's...
Who Killed The King?
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of the things you will learn this hour is how close New Haven came to being a possession of Spain. Even if you think you know the story of the New...
Will Political Decency Die With John McCain?
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I didn't vote for U.S. Senator John McCain when he ran for president in 2000 and again in 2008. I was deeply angry with him in 2008 when I felt he cap...
Not Necessarily The Nose: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Changing Hollywood; Baseball Changing...For The Worse?
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Nose is off this week, but we bring you some pop culture topics anyway:Jon M. Chu's Crazy Rich Asians is the number-one movie in the country, and ...
The Psychopath Show
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You know lots of sociopaths right?It could be anyone from your ex-spouse to the guy who cut you off on your drive to work today. It's a term we throw ...
How Soon Is Too Soon? (And Other Classic Questions And Conundrums About Comedy)
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
humor = tragedy + timeOkay, but then the logical next question is: How much time?If it's okay, at this point, to joke about, say, The Spanish Inquisit...
Sugar Highs (And Lows): A History of "White Gold"
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The history of sugar is a complicated one. Once available to only the rich and powerful, sugar now shows up in everything from cereals and soups, to c...
The Battle For Butter
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We tend not to think much about that pat of butter we put on our morning toast, including how the store-bought sweet cream butter we're eating likely ...
(You Make The Nose Feel Like) A Natural Woman
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
August 16 -- yesterday -- is kind of an oddly busy day in the history of popular culture. In 1954, the first issue of Sports Illustrated was published...
What Does It Mean To Be A Man In 2018?
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What do recent events such as #MeToo, the election of Donald Trump, and an onslaught of mass shootings perpetrated by white men all have in common? Th...
What Can Hannah Arendt Teach Us About This Moment?
15 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Arendt's 576-page magnum opus, The Origins of Totalitarianism, is a densely-written book about the rise of anti-Semitism up to the ou...
It's Primary Day, Er, Remember?
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's Primary Day in Connecticut! We know a lot of people can't vote in today's primaries because they're either not registered with one of our two maj...