The Colin McEnroe Show
Episodes
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...
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...