The Colin McEnroe Show
Episodes
The Furries Among Us
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Like just about anything else one delves into, the subculture known as furries is more nuanced, more varied and less sensational than mass media depic...
The Mysterious (And Misunderstood?) Melania Trump
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Melania Trump is in many ways a first: The first First Lady to have arrived as an immigrant, the first to have been born in a communist country, and t...
The Amazons: Myth, Reality, And Modern Relevance
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Amazons of ancient Greek mythology is that they were not entirely mythical. While many of the deeds and de...
The Scramble: Trumpocalypse, Amazon, Sloane Stephens
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Nichols, author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to The Most Dangerous People in America believes Donald Trump has put together th...
The Nose Went To 'Wind River'
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Taylor Sheridan's "Wind River" has been called "a thrilling, violent finale to the 'Hell or High Water' and 'Sicario' trilogy" (Sheridan wrote the fir...
One Leg At A Time: The History Of Women And Pants
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
According to mytho-historical accounts, the ancient Amazons wore pants while riding into battle. But the trend this tribe of warrior women set was sho...
Why Do We Commemorate And Who Does It Serve?
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The violence in Charlottesville last month over whether or not to remove a statue of Confederate soldier Robert E. Lee rekindled a heated debate that'...
The Scramble: Connecticut's Fiscal Crisis, North Korea, Walter Becker
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Connecticut has become overconfident that money would always be found to pay the bills. For the first time, the state is realizing we can't pay the bi...
The Women Who Served In America's Fields
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Herbert Hoover realized early in the 20th century that food was as important as bullets to win a war. After witnessing Belgians starve under the harsh...
The Nose Doesn't Want To Quit Louis CK
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For years, there have been rumors about things Louis CK may or may not have done to women. And for years, women have been saying that CK should addres...
The Ultimate Glory Of Ultimate Frisbee
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's been called a "glorified game of toss" and "World of Warcraft for extroverts." But has Ultimate Frisbee quietly become a real sport?It is, appare...
What's On The Other Side? What A World Without Walls Would Look Like
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As the Department of Homeland Security collects plans for the US-Mexico border, the conversation is turning more towards how border walls don't work i...
You Can Tell A Lot By A Superhero's Costume
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If it's the clothes that make the man, then it's the costume that makes the superhero. But for as much as these brightly colored onesies reveal about ...
The Scramble: Joe Arpaio; Houston Preparedness; Melting Alaskan Permafrost
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump pardoned former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio Friday. Arpaio was not going to jail for his documented brutality against...
The Nose Has Seen The Superhero Supergroup Series 'The Defenders'
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix's newest series is the first season of Marvel's "The Defenders." But the series is the culmination of a number of series, a sort of crossover ...
An Ode To Obituaries And Obituarists
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On the one hand, obituaries are an amalgam of a bunch of different kinds of journalism: they're feature stories, they're profile pieces, they cover hi...
Human-Vehicle Hybrids, Robo-Cars, Jetpacks And The Future Of Transportation
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At some point in the near future we will all drive our last drive. We will get into our normal car, drive to a dealership and ride out in our first se...
An Ode to the Sun (Listen, Don't Stare!)
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We originally aired this show last August, a full year before the excitement over the solar eclipse. Enjoy!What can you say about the sun? It sits not...
The Scramble: Cultural Leaders Are Retreating From Trump. Why Now?
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cultural leaders are beating a hasty retreat from President Trump. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for pr...
The Nose Wonders If Smartphones Have Destroyed A Generation
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Actually, it's The Atlantic that wonders "Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?" And, of course, the answer is, in a word: No. But then, high schoo...
Solar Eclipse 2017: A 49-Minute Show About Two Minutes Of Darkness
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Since the earliest humans gazed up at the sky, eclipses have been a common occurrence. But only in recent centuries have we come to understood the sci...
How Much Do You Know About Guam?
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Guam came into America's consciousness this past week as the war of words between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
Are You Cracking Under The Weight Of Your Political Stress?
15 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The American Psychological Association says the 2016 presidential election was a major source of stress for a majority of Americans regardless of poli...
The Scramble: Terror In Charlottesville
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of followers of the white nationalist movement came to Charlottesville over the weekend to protest the planned removal of a statue of Robert ...
The New Haven Nose Goes To 'Detroit'
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Boal is a journalist who has written for Rolling Stone and Playboy and who partnered with Serial on the podcast's second season. Kathryn Bigelow ...
The Decimation Of The Osage Nation
10 Aug 2017
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...
An Ode To Ink
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
From ancient scrolls to modern toner cartridges, ink (in one form or another) has been around for millennia. And while we may take it for granted now,...
The Electric Guitar Is Dead. Long Live The Electric Guitar.
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Where have all the guitar heroes gone? Where has all the guitar music gone? Where have all the guitar sales gone?Are rumors of the electric guitar's d...
The Scramble Tries To Understand All Those Leaks
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday the Justice Department will aggressively pursue the leaking of classified information that undermines natio...
The Nose On 'Ozark' And Sam Shepard
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix has marketed its new series "Ozark" as " 'Breaking Bad' plus Jason Bateman," which might make you picture... a funnier version of "Breaking Ba...
The Final Frontier Or The Glass Ceiling: The Legacy Of Women In NASA
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As the men of Apollo 11 returned home to ticker tape parades, the women who made their journey possible worked quietly behind the scenes. Since its fo...
Neonaticide Is An Act Of Desperation
02 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Neonaticide is a hard concept for most of us to wrap our heads around. Yet, the CDC estimates that "a baby born in the United States is ten times more...
A Look At Independent League Baseball
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Iannazzo was a baseball star at Norwalk High School, pitching them to an FCIAC title in 2007. At the University of Pittsburgh, he was an All-Conf...
The Scramble On The Chief Of Staff's Role, And The Sportsification Of American Policy
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the "skinny" repeal of the Affordable Care Act died a buzzer-beating (and perhaps temporary) death on the Senate floor. The Ringer's Bryan ...
The Nose Goes To 'Dunkirk'
28 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's quite a trick Christopher Nolan has played on us over the course of a career that includes movies like Memento and Inception. His latest, Dunkirk...
The Trump Era: A Retrospective At Six Months
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You might say that we’ve done a lot of coverage of The Trump Era.It began with a show sixteen months ago that imagined a Trumpian future. We didn't ...
Teaching An Old Fox New Tricks
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In 1959, Soviet geneticist Dmitri Belyaev started an ambitious experiment to study the origins of domestication -- he would attempt to breed domestica...
The Dire (And Sometimes Deadly) Consequences Of Video Game Addiction
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It should be no surprise that video games have the potential to become addictive. But a spate of recent events has shown they can also be deadly: From...
The Scramble: How The Alt-Right Influenced The 2016 Election
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Almost nine months after the 2016 election, there still isn’t one generally agreed-upon theory of what happened.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.or...
The New Haven Nose Won't Hate On Ed Sheeran
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Big Sick, written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani (who you know from "Silicon Valley"), tells the "awkward true story" of their courtship a...
Who Owns Antiquity?
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hobby Lobby recently paid a $3 million fee for illegally buying smuggled ancient Iraqi artifacts.This hour: What is the relationship between collectin...
A Look At Late Night
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is the most ridiculed president in the history of late night comedy.That's not hyperbole, and it's not just common sense either. There's ...
Bastards! A Look At Illegitimacy From Game Of Thrones To Hamilton And Beyond
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The word bastard hasn't always been meant to offend. Used simply as an indication of illegitimate birth at first, the label bastard didn't bring ...
The Scramble: Donald Trump Jr.; Connecticut Prison Reform; Doctor Who
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump Jr. thinks it's no big deal that he met with an emissary of the Russian government because the meeting didn't provide him with useful mat...
Your Friendly Neighborhood Nose Went To 'Spider-Man: Homecoming'
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Spider-Man: Homecoming is the sixth American Spider-Man feature film, and it's the 16th title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But it's the first mov...
The President In Paris
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump is in France today, and he plans to hold a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris during the noon easte...
It's Hard To Be Black In America. Still.
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Race is a myth; racism is not. I'm stealing this line from Gene Seymour, one of our guests on our show today. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.o...
What Would Rorschach Tell You About You?
11 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Rorschach inkblots are ubiquitous throughout culture. They've inspired visual artists from Warhol to Alan Moore, from Gnarls Barkley to Jay Z, to ...
The Scramble: G-20 Summit; Donald Trump Jr.; Diaperless Infants
10 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump left a trail of confusion when he left the G-20 Summit this weekend. While the president thinks he gained concessions favorable t...
The Nose Takes A Ride With Baby Driver
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Baby, played by Ansel Elgort, is a reluctant getaway driver in the latest Edgar Wright film, "Baby Driver." He's a good guy who's had some bad luck, l...
Argumentation Nation: America's Love Of War With Words
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Americans like to argue, a lot. In politics, in media, and in society at large, arguing has (arguably) become the default means by which we handle dis...
The Scramble: Voter Data; Climate Denial; Geoff Fox Is Back!
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week, President Donald Trump's "Commission on Election Integrity," under the leadership of Vice-President Mike Pence and Kansas Attorney General ...
Benedict Arnold: Unscrupulous Traitor Or Unsung Hero?
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When you "pull a Benedict Arnold," you sell out your side to join the stronger side of a situation out of fear, not honor. Needless to say, that...
From Hartford, Almost Live, It's The Nose
30 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a post-"The Gong Show" world. Any TV that you've ever heard anyone use the word "Dada" to describe -- David Letterman's entire career, for ...
What Can Hannah Arendt Teach Us About This Moment?
29 Jun 2017
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...
A Show About Psychics! But You Already Knew That
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There is perhaps no figure more emblematic of the paranormal than the psychic. Able to predict the future, see into the past, and even communicate wit...
An Hour With U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Colin has been covering politics in Connecticut since... well, since shortly before the development of the steam engine.And one thing he’s never do...
The Scramble: Obama's Struggle With Russia; Amazon; Campus Speech
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
President Obama has been criticized in recent days for his response to Russian intervention in the 2016 election as reported in this big Washington Po...
The Nose Live From The International Festival Of Arts And Ideas And Pancakes And Pumpkins
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"What do festivals do?"Whether it's a film festival or Edinburgh or the Venice Biennale or New Haven, we wonder what happens when you get a lot of cre...
Mmmm, Donuts
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
My mom would take me and my brothers to the beach on summer days when I was a little kid. I couldn't yet swim but I could stand in Long Island Sound w...
Is Beauty In The Eye Of The Beholder?
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I find great joy in walking in the dead of winter along the river trail near my house. Everything leaves my mind as I watch the Canadian geese take fl...
What Happens When Autism And The Law Collide
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a social disability that leaves the autistic isolated and confused in a world in which they can't understand the social c...
The Scramble: Bill Cosby, Russian Cyberwarfare, Cuba
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Cosby's trial for alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand in 2004 ended in a mistrial Saturday due to a hung jury. Despite the judge saying thi...
The Nose's Nobel Lecture Is Cribbed From CliffsNotes
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This week in pop culture: Delta and Bank of America decide Shakespeare is in poor taste. Megan Kelly decides Alex Jones is worthy of a platform. Senat...
All Cults Are Not Created Equal
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
All cults are not created equal. From the wide array of beliefs they teach, to the variety of people who are involved, cults are as different from eac...
The 2017 Song Of The Summer Is...
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, we do a Song of the Summer show. It always makes people angry. There is no evidence that it has ever made people happy. A lot of it has to...
The End Of Advertising
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
TiVo. AdBlock. Ad-free subscription options. Cord cutting. The death of print.There seem to be a lot of signals pointing toward the end of an industry...
The Scramble: Can Another Civil War Happen In America?
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In 2075, Florida and New Orleans are under water, South Carolina is under quarantine, and America is fighting a bloody and brutal Second American Civi...
The Nose Women Watch 'Wonder Woman'
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Wonder Woman" isn't just the first big-budget, blockbuster movie about a female superhero (as if that isn't enough). It also had the biggest opening ...
Reacting To Testimony By Former FBI Director James Comey
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Colin, along with WNPR's John Dankosky and former FBI special agent Michael Clark, will react to the testimony of former FBI Director James Comey, at ...
Treason!
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Of all the crimes defined by law, only one is mentioned in the U.S. Constitution: Treason! This distinction, however, was not meant to deter dissent, ...
The Reality, Controversy, And Efficacy Of Modern Homeschooling
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The stereotypes around homeschooling have existed for decades. Since the modern homeschooling movement began in the late 20th century, those who favor...
The Scramble: Trump's Response To London And The Paris Accord
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Seven people were killed and more than forty were injured in the third attack in London in a few months time. If you're like writer Yascha Mounk, you ...
Our (Almost) Annual Show Live From BIFF
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hello. Hello? Anybody home? Think, McFly, think!Oh, wait. Not that Biff. This BIFF: The Berkshire International Film Festival.Support the show: http:/...
Forget Google Maps, There's Still Lots To Explore
01 Jun 2017
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...
The Dark (And Not So Ancient) History Of American Eugenics
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The eugenics movement of the early 20th century is a dark chapter in our nation's history. And while we may think of it as a practice we've long since...
Which Dystopia Is It Anyway?
30 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
So, it turns out the world didn't end last week. Or the week before that. Or the week before that.And while it might seem like the events of the last ...
The Nose Picks A Side In The Katy Perry / Taylor Swift Beef
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The current production at Hartford Stage is a "grand, crisp and well-tailored yet ultimately unsettling" version of George Bernard Shaw's caustic come...
Calls, Calls, And More Calls
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's been an interesting five or six months, don't you think?So, this hour, we're doing something we don't normally do: We aren't booking any guests.S...
Cannibalism: History of A Taboo, From The Bible To The Box Office
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Of the many strange behaviors we humans have engaged in, few seem more abhorrent than cannibalism. But the act of feasting on another human's flesh ca...
The Cost Of Health Care Is Killing Us
23 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We spend over three trillion dollars on health care every year and we have worse outcomes than any other developed country - all of which spend on ave...
The Scramble: Trump's Trip, And The Alien Megastructure That's Coming To Kill Us All*
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, President Trump spoke to leaders from Muslim countries in Riyadh. Today and tomorrow, he visits Israel and the West Bank. And Wednes...
The Nose Watched 'I Love Dick' And This Headline Is Paralyzed By The Plenitude Of Possible Wordplay
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"I Love Dick" is Jill Soloway's second TV series for Amazon, after "Transparent." It's based on Chris Kraus's seminal feminist novel from the 1990s an...
'Tis A Show About Castles, Me Lord
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
They're in the books we read, the shows we watch, and the art we hang on our walls. They conjure notions of might, magic, romance, and more. Castles, ...
Facts Are Facts; Reality Is A Trickier Thing
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There's a quote by journalist Ned Resnikoff in Brooke Gladstone's latest book, The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our ...
The Enduring Legacy Of Ayn Rand
16 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There has been a surge of interest in the writings of Ayn Rand in the last decade, including from Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, President...
The Scramble: Trump Limits Access To Public Information; Why It Feels So Good To Swear. Related?
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump Administration is quietly limiting access to public information, especially as it relates to ethics and enforcement. We can no longer view d...
The Nose Goes To 'Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2' Obviously
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Look. I don't like Guardians of the Galaxy, okay? I get it. I'm the only nerd on the face of the planet who isn't charmed by these movies. I know I ha...
Humanity's Golden Age: Long Gone Or Yet To Come?
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Has the golden age of humanity passed? Can we, as a species, survive the next few centuries? As our climate warms, population grows, resources shrink,...
Trump Fires Comey: Are We In Constitutional Crisis Yet?
10 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump fired FBI director James Comey on Tuesday in the midst of the FBI investigation into whether Russia influenced the 2016 election....
It's A Sportsing Show!
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We've been feeling like maybe all the serious politics coverage we've been doing has crowded out some of the nonsense sports coverage we like to do.So...
The Scramble Welcomes Adam Gopnik
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Most Beautiful Room in New York is a new play by The New Yorker essayist Adam Gopnik. It's about home and food and family, and...
Praise Be -- The Nose Is Live At The Connecticut Library Association Conference
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Atwood started writing her classic dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale in 1984. She set it in an imagined future America where the toxic envi...
Nutmeg May Seem Pretty Harmless...
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1800s, Connecticut peddlers would travel south to peddle goods made in small factories around the state. The best way to increase their profit ...
Life After Death: Science, Speculation And Skepticism
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Life after death, in one form or another, has been examined by multiple disciplines for centuries: From theology, to physics, to philosophy, to ...
Our Year Of Unexpected Outcomes
02 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On May 2, 2016, with a 2-2 draw between Tottenham and Chelsea, Leicester City clinched the league title for the first time in their 132-year history. ...
The Scramble: Climate Change Reporting, Gail Sheehy, Wax Worms
30 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend's Peoples Climate March against the Trump Administration's rollback of Obama era environmental policies coincided with more alarming news...
The Nose Has Seen Nine Concerts, One Lie, And '13 Reasons Why'
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"13 Reasons Why" is the new Netflix series based on Jay Asher's book. In it, one of the main characters, a teenager, has killed herself before the nar...
A Big, Dumb Paean To Big, Dumb Action Movies
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The "Fast and Furious" franchise includes eight feature films and two short films, and it looks like it's about to include a series of spinoff films. ...
The Mystery And Legend Of Gangsters
26 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Al Capone told everyone who asked him what he did for a living that he was a "property owner and taxpayer in Chicago." He was really a powerful multim...