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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

The late Daniel Dennett on consciousness, faith, and...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/23

Daniel Dennett was one of the most famous philosophers in the world, one of the so-called “Four Horsemen of the New Atheism.” Dennett died April 19 at age 82. This hour, our 2015 conversation with Daniel Dennett, as recorded onstage at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford. GUEST: Daniel Dennett: Was a philosopher, writer and and the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music,

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48:58

A look at juries, from '12 Angry Men' to the Trump trial

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/22

It took almost a week to select the jurors and alternates for the Manhattan trial of former President Donald Trump. This hour is all about juries. We'll talk about jury selection, how to root out potential bias, and the process of choosing an impartial jury in this day and age. Plus, we'll look at depictions of juries in popular culture. And, some of the jury selection questions have to do with what media a person consumes, so we'll look at what the media we consume can say about us, and discuss

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50:00

An hour with Rupert Holmes

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/20

Rupert Holmes won two Tony Awards for his musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. His single “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His dramedy Remember WENN was AMC’s first original scripted series. And his newest novel, Murder Your Employer, was a New York Times bestseller. This hour: Rupert Holmes. GUEST: Rupert Holmes: Playwright, composer, singer-songwriter, and author The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music,

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43:30

The Nose looks at ‘Civil War’ and ‘Manhunt’

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/19

In January, we did a show that wondered both how much the American Civil War speaks to the present American moment and how likely a new American Civil War might be. Well, movies and television have now, finally caught up with us. Civil War is the fourth film written and directed by Alex Garland. It tells the story of the end of a future second American Civil War as four journalists — played by Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, and Stephen McKinley Henderson — move through it. Civil War is

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41:20

A look at Trump’s hush money trial, the Golden...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/18

This hour, we've got one show with three topics. First, the Trump 'hush money' trial; next, the history of slouch-shaming; and finally, the Golden Bachelor's divorce news. GUESTS: Mark Joseph Stern: Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law Beth Linker: Professor and Chair of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her recently-released book is called “Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America.” Kay Brown: Host of the Bachelor recap podcast, “The

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41:41

Where does the idea of the tortured poet come from?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/17

Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Tortured Poets Department, comes out Friday. So this hour, we are taking a look at the idea of the actual tortured poet. We talk about where the idea of tortured poets came from, learn about the nature of creativity, and hear from a poet about where their inspiration comes from. GUESTS: Roland Greene: Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the Humanities Center at Stanford University. He is editor in chief of the Princeton Encyclopedia of

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41:00

Unburying the truth about pirates with Rebecca Simon

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/16

We imagine pirates to be the quintessential rule-breakers — but really, they had their own strictly-followed codes. How did 18th-century pirates dictate their own community standards? How did they create social mobility in an age when changing one's social status was nearly impossible? This hour, we join pirate historian Rebecca Simon to find out! GUEST: Rebecca Simon: Pirate historian with a doctorate in history from King’s College London; she’s the author of several books about piracy,

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41:30

We take your calls

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/15

We’ve been doing these shows a couple times a month 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 an essay about NPR in The Free Press, NPR’s response to the essay, (our friend) David Folkenflik’s reporting on the essay and NPR’s response and such … Oh, and Scrabble … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too

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41:21

The Nose looks at ‘Ripley’ and a new version of Scrabble

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/12

Ripley is an eight-episode limited series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels. It is the first serialized screen version of those stories following five feature film adaptations, including the 1999 film The Talented Mr. Ripley, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jude Law. The Netflix series stars Adam Scott, Dakota Fanning, and Johnny Flynn. It is created, written, and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (who also created The Night Of) and shot — in black and

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43:00

‘Riding the line between art and pulp’: A look at...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/11

If I say “cult classic,” what do you think of? Probably an underground movie that built up an intense following over time, like The Rocky Horror Picture Show or The Room, right? Or maybe even something a bit more mainstream like The Big Lebowski? But where’s the limit here, if there is one? Is Blade Runner a cult movie? Or Pulp Fiction? Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Office Space? Slap Shot? (I mean: Slap Shot?!?) This hour, a look at a genre, a cross section of cinema history that seems to

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41:00

From alief to phronesis, Tamar Gendler makes the case...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/10

This hour, Yale Dean Tamar Gendler joins us to discuss her course “Public Plato: Ancient Wisdom in the Digital Age.” We'll talk about how to make ancient philosophy relevant for a modern audience, questions of framing and form, and what we can all learn from concepts like alief, phronesis, and eudaimonia. GUEST: Tamar Gendler: Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Cognitive Science, and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, at Yale University Join the conversation on Facebook and

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49:00

The luck of the draw: A deeper look at lotteries

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/09

This hour, we’re talking about lotteries. How did this massive money redistribution game come to be? And we know that lotteries can randomly allocate cash prizes to ticket buyers – but could they also pick our political officials? Or the victims of our human sacrifice rituals to ensure that “corn be heavy soon”? GUESTS: Jonathan D. Cohen: Historian and author of For a Dollar and a Dream: State Lotteries in Modern America Alex Guerrero: Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and author of

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49:00

Let us pray — A salute to our favorite mantis

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/08

This legislative session, local students lobbied Connecticut lawmakers to change our state insect, which is currently the praying mantis. This hour we are focused on the praying mantis. We'll learn about the insect, why students think it should not represent the state, and what praying mantises of the future could look like. GUESTS: Katherine Dugas: Entomologist and research technician at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Liz Alter: Professor of Evolutionary Biology at California

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49:00

Cringe comedy, awkward moments and the legacy of...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/05

Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm has been on HBO for going on 24 years. As the show comes to a close, we take a Nose-ish look at it and its impact on cringe comedy and the role of cringiness and awkwardness in our lives. GUESTS: Katie Baker: Senior Staff Writer at The Ringer Shawn Murray: A stand-up comedian, writer, and the host of the Nobody Asked Shawn podcast Carolyn Paine: Actress, comedian, and dancer. She is founder, director, and choreographer of Connetic Dance Ty Tashiro: Psychologist

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49:00

From logistical nightmares to ancient omens, a look...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/04

On Monday, the contiguous U.S. will see a total solar eclipse for the last time until 2044. Online, the excitement is also giving way to fears — will communities in the eclipse’s path have enough food and gas to support all the travelers? Will it interrupt our power grid? This hour, we’re talking about the dark side of the eclipse — from doomsday predictions to ancient omens. GUESTS: Vahé Peroomian: Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southern California’s Dornsife College of

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48:58

A conversation with Don Winslow about love, money,...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/03

Bestselling author Don Winslow joins us to discuss his new novel, City in Ruins, which he says is the last of his career. GUEST: Don Winslow: Bestselling author, whose new book, City in Ruins, is out this week Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you by The Colin McEnroe Show. The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon

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50:00

Radical or relevant? How the Luddites can help us...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/02

Today “Luddite” is used as a derogatory term for someone who doesn’t understand technology. But the original Luddites weren’t behind. They were technical workers who were concerned about the impact that technology would have on people. This hour, we look at the history of Luddites, how their philosophy applies today, and ask what our present would look like if they had won. Could we all gain something from thinking more like a Luddite? GUESTS: Miriam A. Cherry: Professor of law at St. John’s

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49:00

We take your calls

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/04/01

We’ve been doing these shows a couple times a month 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 — calls about grammar, gardening, long-distance dialing, autotune. 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.‌ Or join the

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49:00

The Nose looks at ‘3 Body Problem’ and ‘Ramy Youssef:...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/03/29

This week’s Nose has crazy substitute teacher energy. 3 Body Problem is a Netflix series created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo and loosely based on the 2008 novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, the first novel in the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. 3 Body Problem is the first television series created by Benioff and Weiss since Game of Thrones. And: More Feelings is the second HBO comedy special from Ramy Youssef. GUESTS: Rebecca Castellani: Co-founder of Quiet Corner

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48:53

Inside the confusing, time-sucking, unequal world of...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2024/03/28

It's tax season. How did this quintessentially frustrating thing come to be so frustrating? And must it be so? This hour, we’re learning about why taxes are so complicated to file in the U.S. Then, we’ll talk about how some of the richest people in America end up paying next to no taxes on the wealth they grow every year. Finally: a conversation with someone who doesn’t pay a chunk of his taxes — on purpose — as a form of protest. GUESTS: Monica Prasad: Professor of Economic and Political

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