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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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50:00

Are We Ready To Accept That UFOs Are Real?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/12

In 2017,The New York Timesuncovereda program at the Defense Departmentwhichinvestigated unidentified flying objects. This year, the former chair of Harvard's astronomy departmentpublished a bookarguing that we may recently have been "visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star." This week,The New Yorkerhasa long piece on changing attitudes and fading taboosaround UFOs. What does this all mean? Does it matter that these acknowledgements are coming fromThe New York Times,The New Yorker..

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50:00

The Semiotics of Cigarettes, Sexy Shoes, and Some...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/11

Semiotics is the study of sign process, which is to say: it's the science of the search for meaning. And then, part of the underlying premise of semiotics -- which just happens to be part of the underlying premise ofThe Colin McEnroe Show, itself -- is that there's meaning... everywhere. Why do people smoke cigarettes even though everyone knows they're terribly harmful? Why do women wear terribly uncomfortable high-heeled shoes? Could it simply be because those things are... interesting? This hour:

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49:00

The Next Phase Of 'Jeopardy'; Van Morrison's Rant;...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/10

Alex Trebek’s imprint as the host of "Jeopardy" looms large over the show, making it hard for anyone else to live up to the impeccable standard he demanded during his 37 seasons as the show's iconic host. But more than a dozen guest hosts have tried, from big winner Ken Jennings to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Who will the next host be andwhat will the next iteration look like? Also this hour: two-time Grammy Award winner Van Morrison is best known for the volumes of soulful

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49:00

The Nose Is The World's Biggest Art Heist: 'This Is A...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/07

Elon Musk will host tomorrow night'sSaturday Night Live. It is, if nothing else,an odd choice. Speaking of choices,Rolling Stone's list of the100 Best Sitcoms of All Timeis out this week. Finally,This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heistis a four-part Netflix docuseries about the 1990 robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The burglary was the largest museum heist in history in terms of value (thought to be as much as $600 million) until 2019. Some other stuff that happened

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50:00

The Secret Lives Of Numbers

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/06

Numbers are so fundamental to our understanding of the world around us that we maybe tend to think of them as an intrinsicpartof the world around us. But they aren't. Humans invented numbers just as much as we invented all of language. This hour, we look at the anthropological, psychological, and linguistical ramifications of the concept of numbers. And we look at one philosophical question too: Are numbers even real in the first place? GUESTS: Brian Clegg- Author ofAre Numbers Real? The Uncanny

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49:00

Are We In The Age Of Peak Newsletter?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/05

Newsletters have become a great way for journalists and others to dive deep into less-covered topics and engage directly with their readers in ways not always possible in the mainstream media ecosystem. The platform Substack is making it easy for them. The subscription-based model offers writers more editorial control and the ability to offer free content and earn a sustainable salary at a time when public trust in media is low, local news is thinning and media content is often driven by

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48:00

Running Toward the Fire

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/04

to help. They chose to be nurses at a time when the risk to their own health was never greater. Why are some people willing to run toward the fire when others are running away from it? Most of us fall somewhere on a spectrum of altruistic behavior. We might adopt a stray pet, donate a liter of blood, or check on an older neighbor. Others pursue a career based on helping others, and, at the extreme end of the spectrum, some choose to donate their kidney to a stranger or rush into traffic to save a

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49:00

Aaron Rodgers And The Packers; Classical Music-Loving...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/05/03

Aaron Rodgers leaked hisdissatisfactionwith the Green Bay Packers just before last week's NFL opening round. TheNFL draftdrew about 2 million people and has become something of a cultural event. In essence, he made himself the story within the story. So, what's going on with Aaron Rodgers? Does he have a future with the Packers, another NFL team, or will he head toJeopardyand dateShailene Woodley? Also this hour: a story about cows wholove classical music. Lastly, an ode to the reviled wasp.It's

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50:00

A Long Look At Losing And Lovable (And Loathsome) Losers

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/30

As we were preparing forour show on underdogs, I kept saying that we shouldn’t overlook the fact that, often, to be an underdog in the first place, you have to be relatively bad at the thing you’re an underdog about. The more we talked about it, the more I found myself making the case that losers and losing are fascinating. And they are. There’sa whole podcast about political candidates who lost. Weromanticize losersin movies and TV and songs and stories. And think just about the

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From The Bad Ideas Dept.: It's A Show About Towels!

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/29

Seriously: a show about towels. There'sthe history of towels,towels in Christianity,Terrible Towels,Towel Day. Oh, and there areactual towelstoo. Because when has a bad idea ever stopped us before? GUESTS: Marcel Danesi- The author ofOf Cigarettes, High Heels, and Other Interesting Things: An Introduction to Semiotics John Dankosky- Host ofThe CT Mirror'sSteady Habitspodcast and news and special projects editor forScience Friday Jackie Reeve- Bed and bath writer forWirecutter; her blog about

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48:31

It's The Breast Day Of The Week

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/28

We're so caught up infetishizing(mostly) female breastsin film, literature,art, and in theanatomy-defying breasts of comic book heroines, that weoverlook the breast as a vital source of food and and as a body part vulnerable to cancer, includingyoung womenunder forty. How often should we get thatmammogram? To breastfeed - or not? Lastly, how come men can go topless in America but women can't? Florence Williams- Author ofBreasts: A Natural and Unnatural HistoryandThe Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us

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50:00

A Nerding Out About Clouds

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/27

No one likes a cloudy sky. A cloud on the horizon is seen as a harbinger of doom. We feel like clouds need to have silver linings. But here's our thesis: Clouds are unfairly maligned. Consider this: From almost any vantage point (literally -- any vantage point in the universe), clouds are planet Earth's defining characteristic. They're what changes, what moves. They're what'sgoing onon our pale blue dot. Clouds are, after all, the vehicle that spreads the sun's energy across the planet, an

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42:00

Our Lunchtime With André

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/23

André Gregory has directed and acted in the theater for more than 50 years. He has appeared in a number of movies, including Martin Scorsese'sThe Last Temptation of Christ, Woody Allen'sCelebrity, Brian De Palma'sThe Bonfire of the Vanities, Peter Weir'sThe Mosquito Coast, and many more. He has starred in three movies about the theater with the playwright, actor, and comedian Wallace Shawn:A Master Builder,Vanya on 42nd Street, and the iconicMy Dinner with Andre. Gregory's memoir isThis Is

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49:00

We're Feeling Nostalgic For Quarantine Life. It...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/22

We're not the same people today that we were before covid upended our lives last spring. We found ways to survive a deadly and invisible virus, even as it threatened our survival. We learned towork from home,sew masks,Zoom, andcreate new wordsto describe our unique situation. And scientistsdeveloped vaccinesso we could adapt faster than the virus could mutate. Now, we're realizing that we don't want to leave behind all of our new "normal" as we prepare to return to the routines of our pre-pandemic

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41:00

The Art Is The Idea: A Look At Sol LeWitt

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/21

Hartford native Sol LeWitt was one of the giants of conceptualist and minimalist art. As an artist, he abandoned the long histories of painting and drawing and sculpture in favor of hisWall DrawingsandStructures. And as an art figure, he abandoned the conventions of celebrity and resisted ever even having his picture taken. This hour, a look at Connecticut's own Sol LeWitt. GUESTS: David Areford- Associate professor of art history at the University of Massachusetts Boston Lary Bloom- The author

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The Myth Of Meritocracy

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/20

Americans like to believe we live in a meritocracy but the odds are stacked in favor of the already lucky and fortunate. We congratulate the "winners" and humiliate the "losers," who are told to better themselves or carry the burden of their failure. The 2016 election of Donald Trump was decades in the making. Like other populist leaders around the world, Trump gave voice to the resentment directed toward “elites” who devalue the hard work and dignity of workers without college

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49:00

Learning How To Breathe

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/19

The jury will begin deliberations later today on whether George Floyd's death was caused by his inability to breathe under the weight of Derek Chauvin. Breathing is so automatic that we don't think about it until lung disease,dirty air, poor breathing habits and, now,COVID-19andpolice brutalitymake it hard to do. We take breathing for granted; we don't breathe deep enough, we breathe too much, and we often breathe through our mouths instead of our noses. We can't take all the blame. The tradeoff of

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The Nose (Taylor's Version)

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/16

Taylor Swift has announced plans to re-record six of her previous albums in order to own master recordings of her older catalogue.Fearless (Taylor’s Version), which came out last Friday, is the first of these six re-recordings to be released. Fittingly, this would appear to be the sixthNosethatissubstantivelyaboutTaylor Swift. And: If you're socially anxious (and who isn't, really?),you're gonna miss Zoom when it's gone. Oh, and speaking of social anxiety,meet Prancer, the Chihuahua who hates

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49:00

Where Have All The Public Toilets Gone?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/15

New York Timescolumnist Nicholas Kristof recently wrote a column proclaiming that "America Is Not Made for People Who Pee." It hit a nerve.People respondedwith stories that all seemed to agree with him. So, why don't we complain about locked doors, long lines (for women), or the lack of a public toilet where one should be?Lezlie Lowemight say that we don't like to talk about bodily functions that are perceived as kind of, well, gross. This hour, we talk about public toilets, including one that

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42:00

One Of The Greats: Robin Williams

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2021/04/14

Popeye.The World According to Garp.Good Morning, Vietnam.Dead Poets Society.Awakenings.The Fisher King.Aladdin.Mrs. Doubtfire.Jumanji.The Birdcage.Good Will Hunting.What Dreams May Come.One Hour Photo.Death to Smoochy.Insomnia.Night at the Museum. And that's just a super-abbreviated version of Robin Williams's filmography. And it completely ignores his career as one of the all-time great standup comedians. And it ignoresMork & Mindy. AndComic Relief. And so much more. This hour: A look at Robin

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