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The Colin McEnroe Show

Connecticut Public Radio

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable

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49:04

‘The Good Place’ creator Michael Schur explains how...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/02/03

You know Michael Schur from the shows he’s created, like The Good Place, Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine This hour we talk with Schur about his latest project: his new book How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question. Through the conversation we discuss moral philosophy, and big moral questions like “should you return your shopping cart to the cart corral?” GUEST: Michael Schur - TV writer, producer, and creator of Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn

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46:47

A history of men mistaken for gods with ‘Accidental...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/02/02

History is filled with men who were mistaken for gods around the world. This hour, we talk with the author of a new book on that topic: Anna Della Subin, author of Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine. She takes us through some notable examples of men mistaken for gods, and discusses why people look for gods on earth. GUESTS: Anna Della Subin - Author of Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol,

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42:00

The history of Black cowboys on the Western frontier

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/02/01

Nat Love was born a slave but died a free cowboy and a legend of the Old West. After the Civil War freed Love from slavery, he walked to Dodge City, Kansas, and got a job breaking horses — after he could prove that he could rope a bucking horse, climb on its back without a saddle, and ride him without falling off. Thus began Nat’s life as a cowboy. We don’t typically include Black cowboys as part of the American story of the West, even though 1 in 4 American cowboys is Black. Black

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40:59

We take your calls. Ask (or tell) us anything

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/31

We’ve been doing these shows a lot of weeks where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. We don’t even, anymore, start with the suggestion of a topic that your calls might, potentially, be about. We’ve had fun with these shows, and you seem to like them too. So we’re doing that again. In other words: Give us a call during the 1 p.m. EST hourabout anything at all. 888-720-9677.‌ Or join the conversation onFacebookandTwitter.Support the

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49:00

The Nose looks at ‘Un-Becoming Your Parents,’ Neil...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/28

This week’s Nose isn’t going to point out our houses, landmarks, or major highways during takeoff. It’s not every ad campaign that can boast its own group of devoted fans, but Progressive’s Un-Becoming Your Parents television commercials seem to have staked out their own space in the popular culture. And: Neil Young gave Spotify an ultimatum — you “can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both.” Spotify chose Rogan. And finally: The Book of Boba Fett is a Disney+

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50:00

From the mouths of Boomers, X-ers, Millennials, and...

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2022/01/27

We’ve all heard the generational stereotypes, and rolled our eyes at them. This hour: we investigate generational groupings to discover why we’re interested in separating people into generations, when it is useful, and when it is not. GUESTS: Bobby Duffy - Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London, and author of The Generation Myth: Why When You’re Born Matters Less Than You Think Justin Charity - Senior Staff Writer for The

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50:00

Who’s inventing new instruments?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/26

Think about it. When’s the last time you saw a brand-new instrument in a marching band? New instruments don’t come around too often —but it’s not for lack of trying. Getting a new sound off the ground involves design, production, music expertise, composition, and fans. It’s no easy task to invent the next best thing, but this hour we talk to inventors, composers, teachers, and the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition to learn about the future of sound. GUESTS: Jason

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50:00

The unicorn show

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/25

When we think of unicorns, many of us picture idyllic white horses with a single horn, surrounded by rainbows. But that’s not how unicorns have always been depicted. This hour, a look at the history of unicorns and their enduring popularity. GUESTS: Martha Bayless - The Director of Folklore and Public Culture and a professor of English at the University of Oregon Adam Gidwitz - Author ofThe Unicorn Rescue Societyseries, among other books, and the creator of the podcast Grimm, Grimmer and

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49:01

The latest on COVID-19, how literature can be used in...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/24

This hour, we discuss the latest on COVID-19, learn about how books can be used in therapy, and hear about a controversial football rule surrounding a coin toss. GUESTS: Vincent Racaniello- Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Columbia University, host of the podcast “This Week in Virology” Katrya Bolger- A journalist who works for Future of Good, and author of the recent article “Textual Healing: The Novel World of Bibliotherapy” for The Walrus Josh

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49:00

The Nose looks at Wordle, ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth,’...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/21

This week’s Nose is a five-letter word. Wordleis the newish online word game that, either, you’re already addicted to or you’re already sick of everybody else posting about. It’s browser-based, free and ad-free, deceptively simple, andexceedingly popular. And:The Tragedy of Macbethis a new movie adaptation of the Shakespeare play written, directed, produced, and co-edited by Joel Coen. It’s the Coen brother’s (that’s a little apostrophe humor there) solo

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49:00

You couldn't have predicted we'd do this show about...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/20

Humans have been trying for, well, forever to predict the future. But how helpful is predicting the future, really? And what factors determine whether someone is successful at doing it, or not? This hour, we try to predict whether predicting the future is useful, and understand why we’re so interested in doing so. GUESTS: Amanda Rees -Ahistorian of science based at the University of York who works on the history of the future, and author of the book “Human.” Warren Hatch- A

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49:00

We take your calls. Ask (or tell) us anything

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/19

We’ve been doing these shows a lot of weeks where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. We don’t even, anymore, start with the suggestion of a topic that your calls might, potentially, be about. We’ve had fun with these shows, and you seem to like them too. So we did that again. From my post screening the calls, it’s kind of hard to know what’s going on on the actual show a lot of the time, but here’s some stuff that I’m

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50:00

Alcohol is bad for us. So why have humans been...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/18

Drinking alcohol has a number of negative impacts. But humans have been doing it for thousands of years and show no signs of stopping. This hour, a look at why we drink, why more people are moving towards sobriety through the “sober curious” movement, and the rise of nonalcoholic cocktails. GUESTS: Elva Ramirez - A journalist and media consultant and the author of Zero Proof Cocktails: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful Drinking Hilary Sheinbaum - A journalist and the author of The

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49:00

The Nose looks at Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/14

This week’s Nose is a crushing responsibility. The Lost Daughter is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s debut as a writer and director, and it’s made her a Golden Globe-nominated director and a Golden Osella-winning screenwriter so far. It’s an adaptation of the Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novel, and it’s available to stream on Netflix. The Lost Daughter stars Olivia Colman (in a Globe-nominated performance), Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris, and Peter Sarsgaard. And: Station

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49:00

We're working ourselves to death. Sometimes...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/14

As the pandemic marches on, the “Great Resignation” is a sign that a lot of us are feeling overworked. More than 745,000 people died in 2016 alone from overwork that resulted in stroke and heart disease, a problem so common in Japan they have a word for it: Karoshi. This hour, our guests unpack the looming threat of overwork. We look at how we got here, why we idolize overwork, why the game development industry has such a troubled relationship with creative individuals, and what we can

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49:00

The latest on COVID-19, CDC communication, and why...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/12

This hour, we discuss COVID-19: from the latest science,to communication about the virus, andits depiction on television. GUESTS: Brianne Barker- Associate Professor of Biology at Drew University and a co-host on the podcast “This Week in Virology.” Aaron Blake- Senior political reporter writing for The Fix at The Washington Post. James Poniewozik- Chief television critic for The New York Times, and author of “Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of

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50:00

Plum Island: ‘Sounds charming’

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/11

Plum Island sits less than 7 miles off the coast of Connecticut in Long Island Sound. It is completely owned by the federal government and controlled by the Department of Homeland Security. Since 1954, it has been the site of the soon-to-be-decommissioned Plum Island Animal Disease Center. “All islands carry a certain mystery, but Plum Island has more than its share of stories and secrets,” according to Marian Lindberg. This hour, a look at the place Dr. Hannibal Lecter calls

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49:00

The human range of emotions stretches beyond our...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/10

You probably know when you’re feeling happy, sad, or angry. But our range of emotions stretch beyond the language we have for them. This hour, we learn about what emotions are, and give names to ones you’ve probably felt, but never knew what to call. GUESTS: Edgar Gerrard Hughes- Researcher at London's Queen Mary Centre for the History of the Emotions and editor of “The Book of Emotions” John Koenig- Author of “The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” Support the show:

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49:00

The Nose on Jon Stewart and J.K. Rowling, the...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/07

This week’s Nose is a willow hamper containing umpteen pins, plaques, and official citations of the highest order. In this week’s newest nonsense news: Jon Stewart says he does not think the Harry Potter movies are antisemitic. The Pope says people who have pets instead of kids are selfish. And Connecticut’s own fart bottling “fartrepreneur” says she has retired. And: The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun is Wes Anderson’s new anthology film. It

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50:00

Ross Douthat’s battle with the invisible illness of...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/01/06

New York Timescolumnist Ross Douthat knew he was sick, but none of the doctors he visited in the early days of his illness could tell him what he had. He was treated for Lyme disease but he didn’t get better. So he took matters into his own hands. Ross joins us to share his personal story of what it’s like to feel sick when few believe you and how his pain led him to seek answers in the controversial world of chronic Lyme disease. His story is about living with chronic illness and his

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