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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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49:52

The Nose goes on a ‘Voyage’ with ABBA (and HBO’s...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/11/05

Voyageis ABBA’s ninth studio album and their first album of new material in 40 years. Its 10 tracks dropped early this morning. A concert residency,ABBA Voyage, is scheduled to run next year in London. The band will not appear in person for these concerts. Instead, digital “ABBAtars” will perform in their place. It was announced that ABBA would officially break up after the release ofVoyage. And:Successionis an hour-long, satirical comedy-drama series on HBO. It was created by

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49:00

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

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/11/04

We’ve been doing these shows most weeks where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. The last few times, we haven’t even started with the suggestion of a topic that your calls might, potentially, be about. And those shows have been fun. So we’re doing that again. In other words: Give us a call during the 1 p.m. EDT hourabout anything at all. 888-720-9677. Or join the conversation onFacebookandTwitter.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee

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49:00

There are rules for punctuation, but we don't always...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/11/03

Should people use Oxford commas? Is there a correct number of exclamation points per email? If someone ends a casual text with a period, does that mean they're mad at you? This hour is all about punctuation and how we use it. We talk about the history of punctuation marks, timeless punctuation debates, and how writing for texts and emails has changed the way we use punctuation. GUESTS: Claire Cock-Starkey- Author ofHyphens and Hashtags: The Stories Behind The Symbols On Our Keyboard Julia Pistell-

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50:00

A show about nothing (really!)

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/11/02

Why is there something rather than nothing? This has been described as perhaps the most sublime philosophical question of all. This hour, we try to answer it. But as we do, we realize that it’s not just a philosophical quandary; it’s a scientific, cultural, and theological one as well. Indeed, to the extent that “nothing” is even understood, it is understood so differently across different domains that one person’s nothing truly is another person’s

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49:00

Airships in history and fiction capture our...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/11/01

There's something almost romantic about airships--from zeppelins to dirigibles to little Goodyear Blimps. The image of a giant, floating aircraft feels both nostalgic and futuristic. In the early 20th century, airships were on the leading edge of aviation; today, they mostly live on in the domain of steampunk art and speculative fiction.But a number of companies are betting they can bring airships out of the history books and into modern real-world applications like cargo transport and military

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49:00

The Nose looks at Facebook’s Meta rebranding, ‘Dune:...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/29

Facebook announced Thursday thatits umbrella company will rebrand as “Meta.”Mark Zuckerberg said that the new name reflects the full breadth of the future the company wants to help build: “Now we have a new North Star: to help bring the Metaverse to life. From now on, we’re going to be Metaverse first, not Facebook first.” And:Do we want TV shows (and movies and books, etc.) to acknowledge the pandemic?It’s an odd conundrum. When shows deal with it, it seems

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50:00

Not Necessarily The Nose: The year in horror, 2021

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/28

We realized a few years ago that — basically because Colin and I are fraidy cats —The Nosedoesn’t cover very much horror stuff. So we started doing an annual Halloween special that tackles horror head-on, in a vaguely Nose-ish way. This year: Could it be that the one genre witha certain amount of immunity from the Disneyfication, the cinematic universeification of everything… is horror? And: There’s an ongoing renaissance in Black horror dating back to Jordan

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49:00

Has America become the land of failed opportunity?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/27

An entrenched anxiety is taking hold throughout America. You can feel it in the air and see it in the rise of guns, doomsday preppers, and mask wars. The deep economic and social insecurity at the root of our anxiety comes from political decisions made since 9/11 that starve the public to benefit the private. The elections of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the Black Lives Matter movement, the global pandemic, and our endless war on terror have exposed our failures and electrified our anxiety. Today,

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50:00

An ode to ink

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/26

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, for much of that time, it was a precious and coveted substance. Ink makers closely guarded their recipes; spy agencies developed secret, invisible ink formulations; and even now, billions are spent to create the perfect printer inks. This hour, we look back at the history of ink and ask whether its heyday might be coming to a close. GUESTS: Ted

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49:00

Music critic and author Kelefa Sanneh writes that...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/25

This hour, we’re joined by Kelefa Sanneh, author ofMajor Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. We talk about music genres and look back at the history of music. GUESTS: Kelefa Sanneh-Author ofMajor Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genresand a staff writer atThe New Yorker Join the conversation onFacebookandTwitter. Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for

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49:00

The Nose looks at the BBC’s 100 greatest TV series of...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/22

This week, BBC Culture dropped its list of “The 100 Greatest TV series of the 21st Century.” No. 1 isexactly what you’d think it’d be, but below that, there’s plenty to argue about. (Deadwoodat 18?! Horse pucky.) The Nose, over the years, has covered many of the shows on the list, by the way:Atlanta,Black Mirror,Fleabag,Game of Thrones,The Good Place,I May Destroy You,Mindhunter,OJ: Made in America,The Queen’s Gambit,Schitt’s Creek,Stranger Things,The

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50:00

Combating corrosion: the war on rust

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/21

Rust is all around us. It’s in our cars, our homes, our infrastructure. It’s also the subject of Jonathan Waldman’s bookRust: The Longest War, which introduces us to the people who fight it. This hour, Waldman joins us, and we hear from a visual artist who has found a way to incorporate rust into her work. GUESTS: Esther Solondz- A Rhode Island-basedvisual artist Jonathan Waldman- Author ofRust: The Longest War Join the conversation onFacebookandTwitter. Colin McEnroe, Greg Hill,

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49:00

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

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/20

We’ve been doing these shows most weeks where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. The last few times, we haven’t even started with the suggestion of a topic that your calls might, potentially, be about. And those shows have been fun. So we’re doing that again. In other words: Give us a call during the 1 p.m. EDT hourabout anything at all. 888-720-9677. Or join the conversation onFacebookandTwitter.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee

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49:00

Jewish unity is kryptonite to antisemitic rage

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/19

Jews have a long history of resistance against antisemitism that has sought to eradicate their literal existence. The power of their resistance lies in Jewish cultural and spiritual unity and the resulting close-knit communities that have survived and thrived in response to hate. This hour, we talk about how Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood came together in 2018 after a shooter killed eleven Jewish worshippers in a synagogue as they were preparing for their Saturday morning services. We

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49:00

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

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/18

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, we discuss why we drink, why more people are moving towards sobriety through the “sober curious” movement, and the rise of nonalcoholic cocktails. GUESTS: Edward Slingerland- Author ofDrunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, and a professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia Hilary Sheinbaum-

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41:00

The Nose plays 'Squid Game' and discusses 'Who Is the...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/15

This hour, The Nose talks about Netflix’s hit showSquid Game. Plus: the viralNew York Times Magazinearticle “Who Is The Bad Art Friend?” GUESTS: Rebecca Castellani- Co-founder of Quiet Corner Communications and a freelance writer Taneisha Duggan- A director, producer, arts consultant, and an artist working at the crossroads of performance and creative leadership Join the conversation onFacebookandTwitter. Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, Cat Pastor, and Catie Talarski contributed

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40:56

Needle phobia is as old as human history

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/14

Human beings arewired to hate pain, even in the form of a teeny tiny needle delivering life-saving elixir. Needle phobia, or trypanophobia, ranges from slight discomfort to crippling anxiety—and these fears can cause serious harm for people who avoid medical care. Despite this, we’ve been using syringes and needles forever. The ancient Greeks were using syringes to drain wounds, acupuncture was developed in China thousands of years ago, and tattoos can be found on mummies andbodies

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40:31

The role of the Senate parliamentarian, the...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/13

This hour, a potpourri of topics: the Senate parliamentarian, local news, and wheelie suitcases. First, we talk about the Senate parliamentarian. And then: we discuss the value of local news, through the case study ofThe Hartford Courant. Finally, we learn about the invention of the wheelie suitcase. GUESTS: Elana Schor-Congress editor at Politico David Folkenflik- NPR’s media correspondent Katrine Marçal-Author ofMother Of Invention: How Good Ideas Get Ignored In An Economy Built For

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42:00

Good bulldozer, bad bulldozer

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/12

Everybody loves a bulldozer. In fact, we all grew up loving bulldozers, didn't we? FromBenny the Bulldozerto Katy and her big snow, from all the Tonka toys to all the die cast model Caterpillars, the bulldozer is more of an icon in American popular culture than we maybe realize. Butthe first scholarly "biography of the bulldozer"argues that there's a darker side to the demolition and clearance that gives these big machines purpose. And then,maybe there is a certain violence inherent heretoo. This

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40:55

The phones are open. We're taking your calls

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/10/11

We’ve been doing these almost weekly shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. This hour, we do it again.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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