The Colin McEnroe Show
Episodes
Cities That Changed The World: Mapping History's Hubs Of Innovation
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In looking to our past, a curious trend appears. A vast amount of mankind's great accomplishments in art, music, science, technology and language seem...
The Scramble Looks At The French Election And More
24 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The world is riveted by the presidential election in France, which seems to be at the epicenter of clashing ideological forces vying to shape the futu...
The Nose Bids Adieu To Bill O'Reilly
21 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bill O'Reilly is out at Fox News. Serena Williams is pregnant. Melania Trump: photographer. And "Girls" is over.It's been another weird week, and The ...
The Official Public Radio Guide To Polyamory
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If there's one thing we've never been good at, it's limiting ourselves. We eat too much junk food, watch too much TV, and engage in all manner of self...
Live From Watkinson School: It's A Very Exciting Time To Be A Word!
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When this forum was originally scheduled, it was intended as a conversation about how our language is changing. Example, the idiom "woke" or "#woke" h...
The Serious, Subversive (And Sometimes Shocking) History Of Cartoons
18 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Its been over 100 years since the first cartoons were drawn by hand. Since then, the genre has delved into everything from sex and drugs to racial ine...
The Scramble: Taxes, The Trump Chicken, Sean Spicer
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Presidential press secretaries usually keep a low profile. They don't typically try to control the room or get defensive or mean with reporters.  ...
The All-Star Nose Flies United
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. David Dau "refused to volunteer" to give up his seat on United Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville earlier this week, aviation police forc...
Are You Cracking Under The Weight Of Your Political Stress?
13 Apr 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...
What's On The Other Side? What A World Without Walls Would Look Like
12 Apr 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...
Secret Governnment Mind Control Experiments (And Other Things Your Tax Dollars Paid For)
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Over the years, our government has been involved in some pretty shady affairs. After eugenics and internment camps but before Watergate and Iran-Contr...
The Scramble On Tyranny And Pandemics
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Aspiring tyrants have long used disaster and terror to consolidate power and limit freedom. Hitler used the Reichstag fire to suspend the basic rights...
The Nose Is In New Haven Today, You Hockey Pucks
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It was kind of an odd week this week (as they all are). Kendall Jenner tried to save the world with a Pepsi. And then Barry Manilow came out at age 73...
The Women Who Served In America's Fields
06 Apr 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 Multiplicity Of The Multiverse
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
There's a theory that ours isn't the only universe. That there are, actually, infinitely many universes.That there are, then, infinitely many yous.Sup...
Deconstructing 'Deconstructing "Sgt. Pepper's"'
04 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It was 50 years ago today that The Beatles were in the studio working on the follow-up to their 1966 album, Revolver, and on June 1, 1967, they releas...
The Scramble Talks To Cokie Roberts
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The bad news is that the Trump Administration may be in for another rough week. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/li...
The Nose Goes To S-Town
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
S-Town is the new, wimpily titled, seven-hour, non-fiction, southern gothic novel of a podcast that the folks behind Serial and This American Life rel...
The Search For Civil Religion And America's Middle Ground
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions in America run deep. They exist between the right and the left, between the religious and the secular, and between the rich and the poor. And...
The Movies Get "Split Personalities" All Wrong
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The movie "Split," by director M. Night Shyamalan, is the latest in a long line of movies that portray people with "split personalities" as either vio...
Bracketology For Bookworms, 2017
28 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This month, the nation turns its eyes to basketball, to college basketball, to its annual March Madness tournament.But... not quite all of the nation....
The Scramble: The Arts Are Essential
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Conservative politicians love to cut funding for the arts: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, and now, Donald Trump. The arts can't do an...
The Nose Goes To 'Logan'
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
James "Logan" Howlett -- Wolverine -- is maybe the only X-Men character to appear in every adaptation of the franchise to date, including now nine fea...
Cash Culture: The History (And Future?) Of Our Love For Paper Currency
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As our society moves further away from paper currency, we pause to look back at the once predominant form of payment. Its look, its feel and its smell...
Is Marijuana The Holy Grail Of Good Health?
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Acceptance for medical marijuana is growing among people who swear by marijuana's power to relieve their ills. Older people are choosing marijuana for...
The Scramble: Mayhem In The White House And Around The Globe
20 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's White House is paranoid, tense and increasingly defined by turf battles between top advisors vying to promote their competing agenda...
The Nose Deals With 'Big Little Lies' And 'Feud'
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David E. Kelley is the writer and producer behind "Picket Fences," "Ally McBeal," and "The Practice." Jean Marc-Vallée is the director of "The Young ...
Our Eighth* Annual March Madness Show
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every year at this time, as you may have heard, there's a big-old basketball tournament that goes on. And every year at this time, people in offices a...
Russia, Putin, And A War On Democracy
15 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mistrusting Russia is as American as apple pie. And as news breaks daily of Russia's ties to the Trump campaign, meddling in our recent election, and ...
The North Korea You Don't Know
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Amidst the increasing concern over a nuclear armed North Korea, it's easy to forget the nearly 25 million citizens who live there. Their stories, whil...
The Scramble Asks What Really Happened In Yemen - And To Preet Bharara?
13 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump Administration said the January 29 raid in Yemen that left U.S. Navy SEAL Ryan Owens dead, along with ten Yemeni children and at least ...
The Nose Is 'Crashing' New Haven
10 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a familiar formula: stand up comedian + television cameras = sitcom. And, ultimately, that's the math behind HBO's new series "Crashing" starri...
Democracy in the Public Square
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Tragedy of the Commons follows the theory that people can't be trusted to take care of common property without degrading it or taking more th...
What Would Rorschach Tell You About You?
08 Mar 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 ...
UFOs In American Culture: A History Of Intrigue And Denial
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
UFOs have been reported in America since the 1600s. And in all that time our government has largely dismissed the objects as being of Earthly origin. ...
The Scramble: Wiretapping And Reductions In Protective Regulations And EPA Budget
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump claimed former President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign in a series of tweets Saturd...
The Nose Gets Out
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The number-one movie in America this week is a horror-comedy with a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This might be the first week that that's ever been ...
Our World Of Faustian Bargains
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Faust myth comes from a German folktale that's centuries old. But does a day of your life go by where you don't hear someone invoking the "I'd sel...
Treason!
01 Mar 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, ...
A Conversation With Sam Waterston
28 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Waterston says he's been been lucky to have good fortune in his career and personal life. He's been nominated multiple times for Emmy, Academ...
The Scramble: Frank Rich, The Underground Railroad and The Oscars
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Culture icon Frank Rich joins Colin to talk about the subtle, or not-so-subtle war for our culture, from Trump's promise to avoid the White House Corr...
The Noscars! Live From Cinestudio
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Join us on the Trinity College campus in Hartford Friday at 1:00 pm as The Nose picks apart this year's Oscar contest live at Cine...
The Mysterious (And Misunderstood?) Melania Trump
23 Feb 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 ...
Shyness Is Not For The Faint Of (Their Racing) Heart
22 Feb 2017
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 ...
The Scramble Goes To Russia
21 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Republicans in Congress said little when Donald Trump's ban on immigrants led to chaos, they ignored widespread protest against his cabinet picks, and...
An Evening With Jon Meacham
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Many Americans were surprised by the results of the presidential election last month. During the early morning hours of November 9, half of America ce...
The Nose On 'O. J.: Made In America'
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
New York magazine's Will Leitch has called ESPN's documentary O. J.: Made in America a masterpiece, and now it's nominated for an Academy Award i...
The Snip
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you're a man or a woman, if you're of reproductive age, vasectomies matter to you.Are you a man who can't wait to get your vasectomy? Or does ...
Live From Watkinson School: The Legacy Of Brian Wilson
15 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Wilson is, in many regards, the perfect musical artist for this moment. We need, for a dozen different reasons, the sweetness and sun of his be...
Do You Think Your Heart Is Healthy?
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This is a rebroadcast of our February 17, 2016 show on hearts. February is heart awareness month.Heart disease is still the biggest killer in the Unit...
It's A Two-Egg Scramble!
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Democracy is so deeply rooted in American life that it’s hard to imagine another way of governing. But we may be living through through one of the ...
50 Years of Boldly Going
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At 8:30 pm on Thursday, September 8, 1966, NBC aired the premiere of a new series called "Star Trek". The episode was "The Man Trap." The star ...
An Hour With Ira (Glass)
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ira Glass -- host of This American Life, creator of Serial, professional dancer -- used our show as his prime example in "a principled defense of fun...
The Opposition Party
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We've been told to keep our mouths shut. We're not gonna do that.But where it gets complicated is that The Colin McEnroe Show... has a point of view. ...
Is Beauty In The Eye Of The Beholder?
07 Feb 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...
The Scramble: How Close Are We To Constitutional Crisis?
06 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday night, U.S. District Judge James Robart ordered a nationwide stay on President Trump's week-old executive order barring refugees and immigr...
The New Haven Nose Prays For Arnold's Ratings
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Sneaky Pete" is a new show on Amazon Prime created by Bryan Cranston and David Shore (who created "House M.D."). Giovanni Ribisi plays a con man (who...
It's About Time We Talked About Time
02 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever woken in the middle of the night, looked at the clock, and noticed that it's the same time you woke up the night before - and the night ...
The Romance Of The North
01 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's cold, snowy winter times like this that make us question why we choose to live in a place where snow, sleet, and wind define one-third of the yea...
The Dark (And Not So Ancient) History Of American Eugenics
31 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The eugenics movement of the early twentieth century is a dark chapter in our nation's history. And while we may think of it as a practice we've long ...
The Scramble: Trump's Executive Orders on Immigration and Bannon
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday indefinitely barring Syrian refugees from entering the United States. He also suspended all re...
The Nose Goes To The Vatican With Jude Law
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
HBO's new limited series "The Young Pope" gives us Jude Law as the Pope. A young one, you see. On the face of it, and in its previews and trailers an...
The Enduring Legacy of Ayn Rand
26 Jan 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 White Disenfranchisement Narrative
25 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The narrative goes like this: For decades, white America has increasingly been left behind. The nation's culture and politics have steadily shifted to...
Which Dystopia Is It Anyway?
24 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
So, it turns out the world didn't end last week.And while it might seem like the events of the last year or so are the disease, maybe they're really ...
The Scramble: President Trump Gaslights Us And Blames The Media; The Women's March
23 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
President Donald Trump made clear on the first day of his presidency that he intends to undermine the press. He sent Press Secretary Sean Spicer to us...
The Philosophy and Psychology of A-Holery
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jerks. Jackasses. A-holes. Some people are just... the worst. Aren't they? But so: Why? And what do we do about it?Support the show: http://www.wnpr.o...
An Assessment Of Accessibility
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Accessibility" is a word that we maybe too quickly file away as having something to do with the disabled or something like that. But it's really abou...
We're In The Final Days of Sanity. Are You Ready?
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Inauguration Day is here. In a few short days, President Obama will transfer what remains of his power to Donald Trump. Some are elated, others afrai...
If You Hate Political Gridlock, Blame The Constitution
17 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The plane that crashed in a Pennsylvania field on 9/11 was likely headed for the U.S. Capitol. Had it hit its intended target and disabled - not kill...
Protest Music: Then and Now
13 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Music can be a powerful, transformative tool in the quest for social change. Protest songs are the songs associated with a particular movement. ...
The Nose Goes To 'La La Land'
13 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Damien Chazelle's big musical La La Land won a record seven awards at this year's Golden Globes. The New York Times says the movie "makes musicals mat...
Spielberg At 70
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones. Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan. Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. And the ...
Trump, Russia, And An Overdue Press Conference: A Deep Dive Into The Day's News
11 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's been over 160 days since Donald Trump last gave a press conference. On Wednesday, as he holds his first as President-elect, questions abound rega...
Human Guinea Pigs Are So Unappreciated
10 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Do you ever think about the people who make sure the medicine you're taking is safe for you to take? If your like most of us, probably not. Supp...
The Scramble: Hitler, Michelle Obama, Trump's Cabinet
09 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
His followers were “impressionable voters” duped by “radical doctrines and quack remedies,” claimed The Washington Post. Now that ...
The Nighttime Nose Goes To 'Manchester By The Sea'
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea just won three awards at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards (which Colin attended, because he's a big fa...
Virtual Reality: Big Business Or Empty Promise?
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To say virtual reality is finally here is inaccurate -- it's been here for decades. What is finally here is the right combination of low cost, high po...
Vin Baker's Journey from Basketball to Barista
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vin Baker was an Olympic basketball player and four-time NBA All Star. The journey from University of Hartford to professional basketball ...
The Scramble Exposes the Long Game of Putin
03 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Molly McKew says the liberal world order of democratic values is unraveling. In its place, Vladimir Putin is building a new world order with the ...
The Audacity of Hoop
02 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
While basketball didn't take up residence in the White House in January 2009, the game nonetheless played an outsized role in forming the man who did,...
An Hour With Dick Cavett
30 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Clive James called Dick Cavett one of the great intellectuals who shaped the 20th century. Cavett combined wit with serious discussion for ninety...
"Big Al" Anderson and Jim Chapdelaine's Rockin' 2016 Year-End Special!
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For the third year in a row, "Big Al" Anderson and Jim Chapdelaine sing some songs and tell some stories as we usher out 2016. Anyone in the WNPR new...
Are You Smarter Than an Octopus?
28 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The octopus has always been the stuff of spine-tingling legend, like that of the Kraken, the many-armed sea monster believed to drag ships to the bott...
Who Created the Best Jazz of 2016?
27 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, an all-star panel of musicians and critics join the show to go through a painfully short list of the best jazz of the year. Will this year...
How Likely Is An Asteroid Apocalypse?
26 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists say that the asteroid that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia four years ago was a rare event, unlikely to happen more than every 100 -200 y...
2016's Final Nose Goes Rogue (One)
23 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Rogue One is the eighth live-action Star Wars movie. It's the first movie in the Star Wars anthology series, and its story happens between Star Wars E...
Being Prepared: Boy Scouts in the 21st Century
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Everybody knows the Boy Scouts. They're the scouts who don't sell cookies. (That's the Girl Scouts.) But for more than a century the Boy Scouts have ...
I Want To Follow Jesus But...Can You Hold the Religion?
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump's election last month was the culmination of a venom-filled campaign that was nastier than almost any in recent memory. The mean-spirited...
How Streaming Music Redefined an Industry
20 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The way we listen to music has been changing for years: iPods replaced Walkmans, playlists replaced albums, and streaming services replace...
The Scramble: Trump, More Trump, and Zsa Zsa
19 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The Voice of America is a U.S.- funded and independent source of news that airs in societies that don't have a free press. Last week, Congress dec...
It's Up to The Nose to Deal With Donye
16 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In case you missed it, there was a major summit in Manhattan earlier this week, a meeting of the minds at Trump Tower: Kanye West went to see the Pre...
The Official Public Radio Guide to Polyamory
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
If there's one thing we've never been good at, it's limiting ourselves. We eat too much junk food, watch too much T.V., and engage in all manner of se...
A Long Look at the Electoral College
14 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Electoral College.There's a pair of words you've maybe heard once or twice recently.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/li...
A Conversation With Connecticut's Wally Lamb
13 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Felix Funicello walks into the historic Garde Arts Center in New London to prepare for his Monday night film class. He takes a moment to appreci...
ALS as a Test of Faith: a Conversation with Nancy Butler
12 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Butler was first touched by God while listening to bible stories at the Methodist bible camp she attended when she was nine-years-old. By the en...
The New Haven Nose Beholds 'Moonlight'
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
My mom liked Moonlight. She compares it favorably to other movies she's liked like Brokeback Mountain. But she's not sure that she left the theater a ...
The Multiplicity of the Multiverse
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There's a theory that ours isn't the only universe. That there are, actually, infinitely many universes.That there are, then, infinitely many yous.Su...
Forget Gustave. There Was a Woman Behind the First Flight
07 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gustave Whitehead became a household name in Connecticut in 2013 when the editor of the highly-respected aviation magazine IHS Jane's All the Wor...
A Show About Nothing (Really!)
06 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Why is there something rather than nothing? This has been described as perhaps the most sublime philosophical question of all. Today, on The Colin Mc...