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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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Shark fever: The lore of the great white

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/24

The myth of the great white, exacerbated by the 1975 megahit Jaws, is false. Great whites are not the aggressive creatures still portrayed in popular media. We’re more likely to survive a shark bite simply because sharks don’t like the way we taste. They spit us out if they accidentally mistake us for a seal. We have a higher risk of getting hit by lightning than killed by a great white shark. The convergence of globally warming waters off our east coast and the repopulation of seals and

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Necks: More than just something we have a pain in

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/23

How do you feel about your neck? Maybe you only think about it when you’re sore from sleeping wrong or from sitting at a desk all day. But for centuries, humans have worried about their necks, decorated them with jewelry and clothes and ties, and exploited their weaknesses with knives and garrotes and guillotines. This hour, a look at necks — human and animal. Plus, the history and symbolism of the classic turtleneck. GUESTS: Kent Dunlap: Professor of Biology at Trinity College,

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All Calls: If you give a mouse a vasectomy, can you...

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2025/09/22

We’ve been doing these shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls, calls about anything, everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we’re doing another one. In other words: Give us a call during the 1 p.m. EDT hour about whatever you want to talk about. 888-720-9677. Plus, now you can watch our calls shows YouTube! Come say hi to us in the comments! Just search for Connecticut Public. MUSIC FEATURED (in order):

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The Nose looks at Jimmy Kimmel, ‘The Paper’ and ‘The...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/19

In July, after CBS canceled The Late Show, President Trump posted that “Jimmy Kimmel is next.” And now his administration seems nearly to have made that happen. And: The Paper is a sequel to and spinoff from the American version of The Office set at a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. It stars Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, and Oscar Nunez reprising his role as Oscar Martinez from The Office. And finally: The Naked Gun to and a reboot of the Naked Gun film series and the

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A show about psychics! (But they already knew that)

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/18

There is perhaps no figure more emblematic of the paranormal than the psychic. Able to predict the future, see into the past, and even communicate with the dead, the psychic’s (supposed) awesome gifts are matched only by his or her ability to withstand skepticism and ridicule. But are our misgivings towards these intuitives justified? Is it merely smoke and mirrors which they’ve learned to master, or are they, in fact, possessed of powers beyond our comprehension? This hour, we speak

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Fly with us to Neverland: Why we're forever hooked on...

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2025/09/17

It's been over one hundred years since J. M. Barrie first told the story of Peter Pan, Wendy, and Neverland. Since then, Peter Pan has been adapted countless times, and become a constant reference point in popular culture. This hour, a look at the lasting cultural and psychological impact of Peter Pan. GUESTS: Maria Tatar:Professor of Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University. Her latest book isThe Heroine with 1001 Faces. She is also the editor ofThe Annotated Peter Pan: The Centennial Edition

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Turns out common sense isn’t all that common

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/16

President Donald Trump has been using the phrase “common sense” a lot. But it turns out that this is nothing new for politicians. This hour, we look at how common sense is used in politics. Plus, is there really such a thing as common sense? We dig into what it means and if it’s possible to teach it to artificial intelligence. GUESTS: Sophia Rosenfeld: Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania; she is the

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Chion Wolf takes your calls!

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/15

We’ve been doing these shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing. This hour, the conversation — with our old friend Chion Wolf at the helm this time! — winds around to tilting at (actual) windmills, which way you should put the silverware in your drying rack, reactions to the murder of Charlie Kirk,float tanks, water cremation, online dating … Anything. (Seemingly)

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Laura Nyro was the Emily Dickinson of American pop music

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/12

Laura Nyro’s most famous compositions — “Stoned Soul Picnic,” “Stoney End,” “When I Die,” “Wedding Bell Blues,” “Eli’s Coming” — are jewels of mainstream music, and her covers of songs like “Jimmy Mack” and “Gonna Take a Miracle” are legendary. But she was uncomfortable under the spotlight and withdrew from it to become the Belle of Danbury, Connecticut. This hour: a night of singing,

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‘Never be the same’: 24 years in the shadow of 9/11

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2025/09/11

It has been 24 years since the sunny late summer Tuesday morning that changed basically everything. This hour, a look back at September 11, 2001, and its long shadow, still darkening our days a bit now. We talk to a historian about the generation that has lived its life in a post-9/11 world and a critic about the influence of 9/11 on and in our popular culture. GUESTS: Lindsay Ellis: An author, video essayist, and film critic; her new novel is Apostles of Mercy Matthew Warshauer: Professor of

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Sugar highs (and lows): A history of "white gold"

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2025/09/10

The history of sugar is a complicated one. Once available to only the rich and powerful, sugar now shows up in everything from cereals and soups, to cigarettes and body scrubs. It is known to both have medicinal qualities and to contribute to a variety of health problems. This hour we trace the history of sugar and discuss how the sugar industry may be driving a global addiction to the sweet substance. GUESTS: Marc Aronson: Associate Professor at Rutgers University and co-author of Sugar Changed

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Neither snow nor rain nor heat... A history of the...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/09

The U.S. Postal Service was one of our earliest experiments in democracy. The vast transportation networks that led to more than 30,000 post offices remain at the heart of many communities and still reach into the most remote parts of our country. Today, a look at the past and the future of the post office. GUESTS: Winifred Gallagher: Author of several books including How the Post Office Created America: A History Evan Kalish: Self-proclaimed postal tourist and creator of Postlandia. He manages

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All calls: What's the name of the zip line at the...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/08

This hour, the conversation winds around to Robert Frost, bucket lists, the Supreme Court, spotted lantern flies, New England autonomy, and dating. … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. MUSIC FEATURED (in order): Sweet Loveby Jen Allen The Second Time Around (The Dutch Heritage Series)by Fay Claassen & the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw Raised on Robberyby Kate Staples, Jesca Hoop, & Lail Arad Do (The City Winery Sessions)by Lawrence & Lake Street Dive Don't Let The Bastards

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How Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman can help us...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/05

If you listen toThe Colin McEnroe Showregularly, you likely know that Colin has been influenced by two media theorists: Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman. Postman wroteAmusing Ourselves to Death, among other books, and McLuhan is probably most famous for the phrase "The medium is the message," in addition to other influential ideas. This hour, we look at the ideas of McLuhan and Postman, and discuss why they still resonate so much today. GUESTS: Bill Yousman:Professor of Media Studies at Sacred

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Beyond woods and roads: The life and poetry of Robert...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/04

You have probably encountered Robert Frost through his poems “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” or “The Road Not Taken.” But how much do you know about the man behind the poetry and the rest of his work? This hour, we learn about the life and poetry of Robert Frost and discover how he’s helped to inspire other poets. GUESTS: Sydney Lea: Former poet laureate of Vermont and the author of 16 poetry collections, seven collections of personal essays, and two novels Adam

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An ode to the sun

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/03

What can you say about the sun? It sits at the center of our solar system and has, over time, been at the center of religions, scriptures, songs, art, and countless other aspects of our culture. We’ve relied on its light, heat, and gravity for as long as we’ve been around, and we continue to find ways to harness its energy for our daily needs. This hour, we look at the place our sun holds kind of literally at the center of all of human history and ask what the future holds for our

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Rum raisin, Ryan Reynolds, flies grooming themselves...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/09/02

We’ve been doing these shows where we don’t book any guests, where we fill the hour with your calls. And your calls have been interesting and surprising and amusing. This hour, the conversation winds around to Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Swift’s upcoming nuptials and the state of her relationship with Blake Lively, motives for murder, the grooming of flies, rum raisin ice cream, inside jokes and nicknames and things, quieting the monkey mind … Anything. (Seemingly) everything

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What’s wrong with men: A look at Michael Douglas...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/08/29

You hear a lot about the ongoing American crisis among men, among boys, around masculinity, right? You see lots of headlines about how we got here, what caused all this, where the crisis came from. Well, the cultural critic Jessa Crispin thinks we can all learn a lot about all of this by looking at … Michael Douglas movies. And I mean, that sounds like a show we’d do, doesn’t it? And so here we are. Crispin joins us for the hour. GUEST: Jessa Crispin: The author ofWhat Is Wrong

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Colin and Dylan tell you what the Song of the Summer...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/08/28

As the you sit contemplating the end of long summer days, you might wonder what might have been. What might have been if there was a song of the summer! The consensus is that there wasno Song of the Summer for 2025. To help fill that void in your life, Colin sits down with technical producer Dylan Reyes to form the public radio supergroup CG/WLM (cranky guys who like music) and talk about what they're listening to, and what song they think should have won the season. GUEST: Dylan Reyes:Technical

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Tangle's Isaac Saul has us look at both sides and beyond

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2025/08/27

The political newsletter Tangle approaches things differently than most news organizations. Each day they do a deep-dive on one topic where they lay out the facts, then give a glimpse of "What the left is saying," "What the right is saying," and then "My take," where an editor explains their opinions on an issue. The newsletter is the brainchild of politics reporter Isaac Saul, who joins us for an hour to talk through the latest news, his approach to reporting, and how we move forward in these

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