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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

Lost in my mind: What happens when we daydream

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/15

Do you daydream? What do you daydream about? This hour is all about the art of daydreaming. We'll reflect on the value of daydreaming, and why it can be so difficult to talk about our daydreams. Plus, we’ll look at what daydreaming does to our brains, and we’ll learn about maladaptive daydreaming. GUESTS: Leslie Jamison: Novelist, essayist and professor at Columbia University’s MFA Program Jonathan Schooler: Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of The Center for

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50:00

Why our food looks different from grandma’s

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/14

Food isn’t just a way to cure hunger. In food, we find identity, history, politics, and more. This hour, a look at the evolution of food and how our perception of different diets and lifestyles is changing. GUESTS: Anthony Jung: Executive chef of retail dining at UMass Amherst Cathy Kaufman: Lecturer of food studies at The New School and chairwoman of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery Uma Naidoo: Director of nutritional and lifestyle psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and the

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49:00

We take your calls

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/13

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 the statute of limitations on break room food, Ron DeSantis, (the lack of) motorcycle helmet laws in Connecticut, an ad running on our air about junking vehicles, state police cars … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun

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The Nose’s guide to the 95th Academy Awards

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/10

Over the last year, The Nose has covered 14 of this year’s Academy Award-nominated movies, encompassing 64 nominations. So on this special edition of The Nose, we look back at our discussions of nominated movies, and we look ahead to Sunday’s Oscars ceremony with film and television star (and Oscars voter) Illeana Douglas. Some of the movies covered include: The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Turn Every

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49:00

Listen! Now!! Don’t miss!!! our show about the...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/09

I’m so excited!!! The exclamation point is the only punctuation mark that can express (and evoke) strong emotion. You either love them or hate them. Writers use it to express emotion that words can’t fully capture, politicians and advertisers can use it to manipulate and alarm, and authors and their editors often clash over its appropriate use. Our brains physically respond to the sight of it. This hour, we look at the history and culture of this most controversial mark. GUESTS: Florence Hazrat:

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50:00

‘Betcha can’t eat just one’: The science and art of...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/08

Snacking on snacks, savory or sweet, has become a way of life. This hour, we sink our teeth into our snack-food obsessions. GUESTS: Andrea Hernández: Founder of SnaxShot Julia Pistell: Freelance writer and co-founder of SeaTea Improv Chris Prosperi: Chef and owner of Metro Bis Mark Schatzker: Writer in residence at the Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center and the author of The Dorito Effect The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts,

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50:00

Why Jane Austen’s work endures, on the page and screen

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/07

Jane Austen completed six full-length novels. And today, more than two centuries later, those novels are all still present in our culture. This hour, a look at Austen’s life and work, the world of Janeites, and the many film and television adaptations of her work. GUESTS: Devoney Looser: Author of The Making of Jane Austen and Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës Deborah Yaffe: Author of Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of

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48:50

Why do AI voice assistants default to female voices?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/06

Have you noticed that voice assistants like Alexa and Siri default to female voices? This hour, we talk about how artificial intelligence is reinforcing gender biases. Plus, a look at how representations of artificial intelligence in pop culture have contributed to this model. GUESTS: Kerry McInerney: Research fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and co-host of The Good Robot Podcast Deborah Tannen: Distinguished university professor of linguistics at Georgetown University

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The Nose looks at ‘Women Talking’ and ‘The Consultant’

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/03

This week’s Nose has never asked the men for anything. Not a single thing. Women Talking is an adaptation of Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel written and directed by Sarah Polley. It’s Polley’s fourth feature film as writer and director. Polley is nominated for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the film is nominated for Best Picture. It’s the story of the women of an isolated religious community choosing their path forward: do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. Women Talking stars Rooney Mara,

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48:58

Raising consciousness about lowering height

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/02

This hour, the full measure of short stature, from personal health, professional discrimination, and environmental impact to Humphrey Bogart’s strap-on inch-adders. GUESTS: Arne Hendriks: Artist, researcher, and exhibition-maker based in Amsterdam who writes about height at The Incredible Shrinking Man William Mann: Author and historian whose new book, Bogey and Bacall, comes out in June Tanya Osensky: A lawyer and the author of Shortchanged: Height Discrimination and Strategies for Social

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49:00

The state of COVID, three years into the pandemic

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/03/01

We’re now three years into the COVID-19 pandemic. This hour we look back at the past few years, and how we attempt to make sense of them. We’ll talk with the co-director of a COVID-19 oral history project, and an author who’s included the pandemic in her latest novel. Plus, we’ll get an update on the state of the virus. GUESTS: Dr. Saskia Popescu: Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, and an Assistant Professor in the Biodefense Program within the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason

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50:00

From mall music to dead malls: The past, present, and...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/28

Malls are an important gathering place for people of all ages to shop, eat, be entertained, walk, and enjoy the controlled temperature. This hour, the history of malls in America, their unique design, and a look ahead to the future of those spaces, now that there are dead malls all over the country. Plus: the art of curating mall music. GUESTS: Michael Bise: A former Gap employee who runs the Gap In-Store Playlists blog Alexandra Lange: Author of Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the

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49:00

We take your calls

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/27

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 tailgating in the snow, modern monetary theory, the left hemisphere of the human brain, cycling, raising guide dogs for the blind, UFOs … Anything. (Seemingly) everything. These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one. Join the

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49:02

The Nose looks at Best Animated Feature Oscar nominees

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/24

This week’s Nose has every right to be consulted about your schemes and machinations regarding its property. To this point, The Nose has covered exactly one significantly animated movie that came out in 2022. (We did also tackle I Am Groot, thank you very much.) So we decided to devote this show to three of the Best Animated Feature nominees at this year’s Academy Awards. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a stop-motion animated adaptation of the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo

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There’s always a reason to celebrate: A look at the...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/23

Today is Curling is Cool Day, Digital Learning Day, Single-Tasking Day, National Chili Day, and Introduce a Girl To Engineering Day. And these are just a few of hundreds of examples of unusual holidays observed throughout the year. This hour we learn all about these unusual holidays and how they’re created. We discover why some people find joy in celebrating these days, and we talk with the creators of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, National Grammar Day, and Find Your Inner Nerd

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Our relationship to UFOs is changing

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/22

UFOs are in the news again. This hour we look at how a once fringe interest in UFOs became mainstream. We discuss why so many Americans believe in extraterrestrial life, how our relationship to UFOs have changed over time, and how the government and pop culture contribute to these beliefs. Finally, we learn about the frequency illusion, and what that can teach us about the prevalence of unidentified objects in the sky. GUESTS: Greg Eghigian: Professor of History and Bioethics at Penn State Carly

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Anger, politics, death: Revisiting ‘The Iliad’...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/21

Homer’s The Iliad is a literary classic. This hour, we look at some of the many ways the epic applies to life today, in our understanding of plague, death, politics, and anger. We look at the value of returning to the story over and over again and how it can be used as a framework for other stories. GUESTS: Emily Katz Anhalt: Professor of classical languages and literature at Sarah Lawrence College and the author of Embattled: How Ancient Greek Myths Empower Us To Resist Tyranny and Enraged: Why

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‘A very particular set of skills’: A look at...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/17

If I say “Liam Neeson movie,” you picture, at this point, a pretty specific thing, right? It’s kind of an action-thriller. Neeson is avenging some wrong. It’s usually some wrong against his family. And it’s usually avenged with Neeson’s “particular set of skills.” Basically, the movie is some version of Taken, right? Well, Taken came out in 2008. Liam Neeson has been making these movies for 15 years now. He turned 70 last year, and he says he just made his 100th movie. (I’ve put a certain amount of

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“I once had a dentist named Dr. Fillmore”: Stories of...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/16

There’s a theory that people are drawn to work that fits their name. This hour, an exploration of nominative determinism. Plus, a look at the different ways your name impacts your life. GUESTS: David Bird: Emeritus professor of wildlife biology and director of the Avian Science and Conservation Centre of McGill University Brett Pelham: Professor of psychology at Montgomery College Tess Terrible: Senior producer of Where We Live Laura Wattenberg: Naming expert, author of The Baby Name Wizard, and

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49:00

We take your calls

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2023/02/15

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 surprising and compelling. This hour, the conversation focuses largely on right to die laws and mental health, while also winding around to a private high school closing in Uncasville, stuff that’s wrong with the human body, public disclosure of lottery winners (or not), and more. If you are or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, text or call

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