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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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All calls: Crows make better noise than Oasis

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/03/17

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. So we did another one. This hour, the conversation winds around to America 250, Oasis, bird songs, the SAVE Act, Trump, natural lawns … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. Music Featured (in order): bite my tongue– wiltwon’t make it out alive– Nicole Zuraitis, Larry Goldings Just Say You Want

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The Noscars 2026

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/03/16

The 98th Academy Awards were Sunday night.KPop Demon Huntersswept its two nominations. Guillermo del Toro’sFrankensteincleaned up in the craft categories and won three awards. But the big question going into the night was what would win the big awards. Would it beSinners, with its record-setting 16 nominations, or the seemingly inevitableOne Battle After Another? Inevitability won out.One Battle After Anotherwon six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay for

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50:00

What if tug of war were still an Olympic sport? And...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/03/13

Mike Pesca is one of our very favorite guests — on any number of topics. His book, Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History, is a whole series of earth-shattering, hypothetical, what-if questions (and posited answers to said earth-shattering, hypothetical, what-if questions): What if a blimp full of money had exploded over world track headquarters in 1952? What if Nixon had been good at football? What if Bobby Fischer had received proper psychiatric help? What if the

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49:00

How cowboys, action movies, and hypermasculinity can...

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2026/03/12

The Trump administration’s messaging around the war with Iran feels reminiscent of stuff like … cowboy movies. And video games. And the manosphere. This hour, a look at the rhetoric around the war and where it’s all coming from. GUESTS: Casey Ryan Kelly:Professor of Rhetoric and Public Culture in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Speech, and author of books includingManifesting Violence:

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49:00

What happens when we can bet on anything?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/03/11

From the Golden Globes, to global conflicts, to elections, prediction markets have moved into the mainstream. What happens when we can bet on anything? What are the cultural impacts of that? This hour, we take stock of the status of prediction markets, and look at what they might do to politics and polling. Plus, a look at the "Wisdom of Crowds". GUESTS: Kate Knibbs:Senior Writer atWIRED Danny Funt:Reporter and author ofEverybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling Sarah

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48:59

All calls: Marty the Robot is gonna kill Colin first...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/03/09

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 Anthropic, cataract surgery, the burrito vs. bowl debate,Saturday Night Live, the general unhappiness in the U.S., plastics … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one. Music featured (in order):

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Attention must be paid: A look at ‘Death of a Salesman’

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2026/03/07

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman premiered in 1949. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. It’s been said that it’s “probably the most successful modern play ever published.” This hour, with a new Broadway revival in previews, and with Peter Jacobson playing the title role in a new production at Hartford Stage, a look at Arthur Miller’s masterpiece of American drama, Death of a Salesman. GUESTS: Melia Bensussen: Artistic director

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48:30

How reality TV shapes our politics

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/03/05

How does reality television shape our politics and our opinions? This hour two reality TV scholars join us to discuss how reality TV helps us understand (or sometimes misunderstand) actual reality. GUESTS: Danielle Lindemann: Professor of Sociology at Lehigh University and a Visiting Professor in Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton University. She is also the author of the book True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us. Eunji Kim: Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia

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From Mr. Rogers to Minneapolis, what does it mean to...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/03/04

Do you know your neighbors? This hour, we take a look at the role of our neighbors in our lives. We explore the psychological and social benefits of neighbors, hear listener stories, and discuss the role of neighbors in times of crisis. Plus, a look at "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and how he thought about neighbors and community building. GUESTS: Julie Beck:Staff writer atThe Atlanticand the creator of “The Friendship Files.” Tricia Wachtendorf:Director of the Disaster Research Center

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What is the role of faith leaders right now?

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2026/03/03

This hour we convene a roundtable of faith leaders to ask: what is their role right now? How is it changing? GUESTS: A.J. Johnson:Pastor at the Urban Hope Refuge Church in Hartford. He is also Director for Neighborhood Organizing at the Center for Leadership and Justice, and Deputy Chaplain to the Connecticut House of Representatives Sierra Fox:Cantor for Congregation Mishkan Israel in Hamden Sister Mary Ellen Burns:Executive Director and Attorney at Apostle Immigrant Services Hierald Osorto:Senior

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49:00

All Calls: Mr. Picky wants to be a pirate, not a cowboy

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2026/03/02

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 Iran, the second Iraq war, Vietnam, would you rather be a cowboy or a pirate?, The Boston Dad, Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America by Bridget Read, David Greenberg … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be

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48:59

The Nose looks at ‘The Secret Agent’ and ‘Network’

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2026/02/27

The Secret Agent(O agento secreto) is a neo-noir political thriller written and directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho. It’s set in Brazil in 1977, and it’s currently nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best International Feature Film, and Best Actor in a Leading Role for its star, Wagner Moura. And:Networkis a satirical comedy-drama written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and it won

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49:02

A look at the art of casting

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2026/02/26

This year’s Academy Awards will include the first-ever Oscar for Achievement in Casting. It’s the first new category in 25 years, since Best Animated Feature was added in 2001 (which inaugural award was won byShrek). Casting, though, is seen as kind of an illusive, inscrutable art form. We feel like we can separate out the writing and the editing and the costuming and the directing from a thing. But the cast kind of IS the thing a lot of the time, right? It’s kind of inextricable

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All Calls: You had me at consciousness.

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2026/02/25

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 sneezing, the state of the union address,losers and losing, consciousness, Michael Pollan, local radio, possible conflict with Iran, theA.I. Brad Pitt fighting Tom Cruise video… Anything. (Seemingly) everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you,

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A refresher on your rights and why they’re worth...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/02/24

This hour, we look at what rights individuals and protesters have. And we ask: are our rights changing? And what can we do about that? Plus, we take a look at what rights we have online, and what we should know about digital surveillance and privacy. GUESTS: Dan Barrett:American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut's legal director Dahlia Lithwick:Writes about the courts and the law forSlateand hosts the podcast "Amicus". She is the author ofLady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save

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Alissa Wilkinson on Joan Didion, Hollywood, and...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/02/23

This hour, author and film critic Alissa Wilkinson joins us to talk about Joan Didion, Hollywood, and how we make sense of our politics. GUEST: Alissa Wilkinson: Movie critic at The New York Times. Her latest book is We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Amazon Music,TuneIn,Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Subscribe toThe Noseletter, an

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Love, revenge, moors: why we’re haunted by ‘Wuthering...

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2026/02/20

Is Wuthering Heights “the greatest love story of all time?” Or is it a tale of hate, violence, and vengeance? Or maybe a gothic satire? This hour we look at Emily Brontë’s novel and how it was received when it was published in 1847. Plus, a look at the highest-grossing movie of the year so far — Emerald Fennell’s loosely adapted “Wuthering Heights” — and how it stacks up against other retellings. GUESTS: Richard Brody: The movies editor forGoings

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The animating power of rivers with writer Robert...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/02/19

What would it mean if we treated rivers as alive? That's the question that nature writer Robert Macfarlane wrestles with in his latest book. What would happen if we took that aliveness seriously? How would we know what a river would want? Who would speak for it? These are questions that communities around the world are dealing with as they work to figure out how to protect rivers and the ecosystems that rely on them. This hour, Macfarlane joins us to talk about his book, Is a River Alive?, and the

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Shedding light on the mystery of Mary

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/02/18

Biblical scholar James Tabor says that Mary – the mother of Jesus – is “the best known, least known woman in history.” This hour, we’ll get to know Mary a little better and talk about why some people are obsessed with preserving her purity at the expense of her humanity. And, we talk with (The Reverend) Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones from Emory University about Mary mythology, Black Madonnas and the myriad ways Mary is depicted in art and culture. GUESTS: James D. Tabor

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All calls: Name a musician who is not from Connecticut

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2026/02/17

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 did another one. This hour, the conversation winds around to musicians, politics, jobs, journalism, planning for the future … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. MUSIC FEATURED (in order): The World Is A Ghetto– George Benson Desire– Kurt Elling, WDR Big Band

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