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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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49:00

The Nose Endorses Betsy Kaplan (And Sees 'In The...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/11

Betsy Kaplan has been producing episodes ofThe Colin McEnroe Showfor a decade. Today is her last day. (Ostensibly, anyway. She's producing our show next Monday, which isn't really how last days are supposed to work. But it's very much how Betsy Kaplan works.) The Nose is crestfallen. And:In the Heightsis the big (and/or small) screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's multiple Tony Award-winning musical. It is directed by Jon M. Chu and stars Anthony Ramos. It debuted in theaters and on HBOMax on

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49:00

Clocking Out of Work

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/10

Many people arereassessing how they view their workafter a year of Covid. The pandemic magnified everything we don’t like about modern work - too many hours for too little pay in the context of a loosely woven national safety net. Some people are switching jobs, others are dropping out of the workforce entirely. Thereasons why people are leaving workvary, but it gets to a bigger societal question that asks what kind of work we value and how that value is rewarded. Jobs no longer provide the

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40:47

Our (10th Or) 11th (Almost) Annual Song Of The Summer...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/09

We've done this show every year since 2013. We almost certainly didn't do it 2012. But we did in 2011. And there's good circumstantial evidence that we did it in 2010 too, but no actual record of that possibly inaugural episode survives. Point is: Our song of the summer show is a bit of a tradition. It's a tradition that... makes some people angry, we realize. It's a tradition that we're not sure has ever made anyone happy. And that all has to do with how we define the term. We use the Amanda

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42:00

Good Bulldozer, Bad Bulldozer

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/08

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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49:00

The History Of Black Cowboys On The Western Frontier

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/07

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. He got the job. 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 one in four American cowboys are Black

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50:00

Not Necessarily The Nose: Regarding Hitchcock

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/04

Over just six years, from 1954 to 1960, Alfred Hitchcock made four movies --Rear Window(1954),Vertigo(1958),North by Northwest(1959), andPsycho(1960) -- that are routinely mentioned among the very best movies ever made. It's maybe an unparalleled run in the history of cinema. And that's just those four movies. Hitchcock's filmography is full of classics:Notorious(1946),Strangers on a Train(1951),The 39 Steps(1935),The Wrong Man(1956),The Birds(1963). The list goes on. At the same time, Hitchcock's

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48:53

After We Die, Our Dust Will Live Forever

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/03

Dust is everywhere, but we rarely see it. We shed it from our skin, hair, and nails, leaving little bits of DNA wherever we roam. More than 100 tons of cosmic dust fall to Earth each day, leaving an archive of every "geochemical" substance that has fallen - at least some of it into our homes. All of history is recorded in the dust we create: the pollution we make, the fires we start, the chemicals we use, the volcanos that erupt. Scientists can learn about the Roman Empire through the dust that has

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50:00

Bastards! A Look At Illegitimacy From 'Game Of...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/02

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 with it shame or stigma until long after it first appeared in the Middle Ages. Today, while its original meaning has not been forgotten, its use is largely reserved for insult. Yet, ironically, the underdog status once associated with a person of illegitimate birth is now something our modern culture celebrates. From Alexander Hamilton toGame of

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49:01

Bring Back The Beaver!

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/06/01

Beavers build sophisticated dams and deep-water ponds that slow erosion of riverbanks, create cooler deep-water pools for temperature-sensitive plant and fish species, and increase the water table, a big deal for Western states coping with drought. And they're social animals who have mates, kits, and an active social life. But centuries-old myths and fables about the beaver have led to their destruction and prevented us from recognizing their charms and value to the ecosystem. We fear them, dislike

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49:00

The Nose Would Rather Sling Bang Bang Chicken And...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/28

Adrian Lopez is a high school kid from East Vale, California. He had planned a high school kid's birthday party at some fire pits for last weekend. But then the TikTok flyer for the party went viral, thousands of people showed up to two different locations, andthe whole thing has been described as a "zombie apocalypse" of "17 to 19 year olds." And:Hacksis a half-hour sitcom from HBO Max. It stars Jean Smart as a late-career Vegas comedian, and it's written and created by three people who wrote

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49:00

An Hour With Francisco Goldman

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/27

Francisco Goldman made a big choice as a young man. He chose to spend a year in Guatemala living with his uncle instead of pursuing the master’s degree he could have had from a prestigious school offering him a full scholarship. It turned out to be one of the most consequential decisions of his early life. This hour, Colin talks with Goldman about his new novel, Monkey Boy, a story about the legacy of violence on a family and much more, including how his decision to go to Guatemala has shaped

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49:00

The Search For What It Means To Be Alive (And Human)

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/26

"Life is a self-sustained chemical system capable of undergoing Darwinian evolution." That's the so-called "NASA definition of life." Or there's Russian-born geneticist Edward Trifonov's take: Life is "self-reproduction with variations." Or there's "Life is an expected, collectively self-organized property of catalytic polymers." Or "Life is a metabolic network within a boundary." It's said that, "There are as many definitions of life as there are people trying to define it." And yet, none of those

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50:00

Something Is Eternal: A Look At 'Our Town'

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/25

Thornton Wilder'sOur Towndebuted more than 80 years ago. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and, over the decades since, it has continuously been one of the most produced of American plays. It is known for its spare set -- just some chairs and tables, perhaps some ladders -- and lack of props and sometimes even costumes. It's known for its metatheatricality and its Stage Manager character, who addresses the audience directly and rarely participates in the action of the play, as much as there

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49:00

Excuse Me. You've Been Canceled.

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/24

'Cancel culture' has become a phrase that means so much that it means nothing at all. Itoriginated in Black cultureas a way to hold the powerful accountable, but was eventually appropriated as a political weapon for (mostly White) conservatives and liberal progressives, each group using it invery different ways. Cancel culturehas brought much-needed attention to societal inequities, but also toppled careers - some justifiably, others more questionably. In the end, the most powerful scalawags seem

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49:00

If The Nose Is Boring, It Isn't 'Cause Of Cancel...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/21

After a long absence from Twitter, Donald Glover last week, in a series of since-deleted tweets,blamed boring culture on cancel culture. After a long absence from the popular culture,Sinéad O'Connor has a memoir coming out. And:The Underground Railroadis a 10-part limited series on Amazon Prime. It's Barry Jenkins's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's 2016 novel. Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take: Paul Mooney Dies: Trailblazing Comedian, Writing Partner Of Richard Pryor Was

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49:00

The Poet Laureate Of Rock 'N' Roll At 80

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/20

Bob Dylan turns 80 years old on May 24. His first album, 1962'sBob Dylan, is in its 60th year on record store shelves. We're at a point where, for most of us, there has simply never been a popular culture in which Dylan wasn't a towering figure whose influence seems to touch, well, everything. This hour, a look at Bob Dylan at 80. GUESTS: Noah Baerman- A pianist, composer, and educator Fred Bals- Hosted theDreamtimepodcast, coveringTheme Time Radio Hour with Your Host, Bob Dylan Sean Latham-

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49:00

Going Back To The Office Bathroom; "Familect"; And,...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/19

Using our private bathrooms while working from home opened our eyes tohow uncomfortableit can be to use public bathrooms at the office - especially when you have a digestive issue. Also this hour:"Familect"are the invented nicknames, references, and jokes shared by people who live together. For example, my husband calls me "diller," because I remind him of the hard-headed armadillo that kept crashing into our tent on our honeymoon. Lastly, thesemiotics of unmasking. GUESTS: Angela Lashbrookis a

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A Non-Threatening Conversation About Jazz

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/18

Who's afraid of the Bix bad Beiderbecke? Hartford has an amazing jazz history, and Colin has a lot of jazz musician friends. This hour, a little onstage jazz party recorded in front of a live audience long before the pandemic put a pause on live audiences as a thing. Colin and the panel look to make jazz accessible to mere mortals. They talk about what makes jazz jazz, invite the audience to sing, and teach the audience to scat. GUESTS: Steve Davis- Trombone Atla DeChamplain- Vocals Matt

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49:00

The Nose Is Eligible For The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/14

The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducteeshave been announced. Artists like Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, Todd Rundgren, Tina Turner, LL Cool J, Kraftwerk, and Gil Scott-Heron got in. Folks like Iron Maiden, Chaka Kahn, Rage Against the Machine, Devo, and Dionne Warwick did not. And:Mare of Easttownis a seven-episode HBO limited series starring Kate Winslet. The fifth episode airs Sunday. Some other stuff that happened this week, give or take: Norman Lloyd, Associate of Welles, Hitchcock and Others,

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49:00

Words That Shall Not Be Said

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/13

Profanityused to be about someone swearing insincerely to God. Then the Reformation came along and made profanity about sex and the body. Today, our mostunspeakablewords are slurs against other groups at a time when BLM, #MeToo, and cancel culture are driving our cultural narrative. We talk about the past, present, and future of profanity. GUEST: John McWhorterteaches linguistics, American studies, and music history at Columbia University. He’s a contributing editor toThe Atlanticand host

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