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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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48:57

State politics are changing as we focus more on...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/20

State politics are becoming increasingly nationalized as voters, and candidates, focus more on national issues, instead of local ones. This hour, we look at the impact of this nationalization, and we discuss how the loss of local news has impacted our awareness of state politics. Finally, how Americans have become increasingly politically segregated. GUESTS: Paul Bass: Editor of the New Haven Independent Ryan Enos: Director for the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University Daniel

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48:58

It’s no mystery why we’re drawn to crime fiction

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/18

Mysteries have been popular for centuries. This hour we ask: why are we drawn to this genre? Plus, we look at the television detective and discuss true crime podcasts. GUESTS: Martin Edwards: Crime novelist and author of the new book The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and Their Creators Gene Seymour: A “writer, professional spectator, pop-culture maven, and jazz geek” Alexandra Petri: Columnist for The Washington Post and the author of Nothing Is Wrong And Here Is Why Nick Quah:

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50:17

We take your calls

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/17

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 driving culture in Connecticut, pet culture everywhere, the state cutting down trees on route 164, probate, direct registration of stocks … 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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50:01

Why you like the music you like

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/15

Record producer and neuroscientist Susan Rogers has a new book out, This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You. In it, she writes that “the music that delivers the maximum gratification to you is determined by seven influential dimensions of musical listening.” Those seven dimensions are authenticity, realism, novelty, melody, lyrics, rhythm, and timbre. This hour, we talk with Rogers about some of those seven dimensions, the role of the listener in music, and why we are

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43:54

The Nose looks at ‘Andor’ and ‘I Love You, You Hate Me’

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/14

This week’s Nose clearly harassed a human with dark features and chose the wrong person to annoy. Andor is the fourth live-action Star Wars series from Disney+. It is a prequel to Rogue One, which is a prequel to Star Wars. Andor follows thief-turned-spy Cassian Andor during the five years leading up to Rogue One. It is created by Tony Gilroy, who wrote Rogue One, and written in part by Tony and his brother Dan Gilroy and edited in part by Dan’s twin brother John Gilroy. And: I Love You, You Hate Me

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42:00

Digging into the roots of our food with Mark Bittman

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/12

We have a complicated relationship with our food. We need food to live, yet we’ve become removed from the food we eat and how it’s grown and processed. Even with the best of intentions, today’s ultra-processed foods make it hard for us to know exactly what we’re eating or how the methods used to mass produce our food are affecting our environment and our health. And I haven’t even touched on how food has led to war, famine, poverty, and enslavement. This hour, we talk about the history of

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41:08

Is centrism critical to maintaining democracy? A look...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/11

This hour, we investigate what centrism means, and what the role of centrism is in U.S. politics and discourse today. GUESTS: Lee Drutman: Author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America and co-host of the Politics in Question podcast Yascha Mounk: Author of The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure and the founder of Persuasion Christine Todd Whitman: Co-chair of the new Forward Party and former governor of New Jersey

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42:00

The toll of perfectionism

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/10

Perfectionism is on the rise among young people. This hour, we look at the impact of perfectionism on mental health and how to deal with perfectionist tendencies. Plus: what the self-help industry can tell us about our interest in perfection. GUESTS: Thomas Curran: Assistant professor of psychological and behavioral science at the London School of Economics and Political Science Tamar Gendler: Professor of philosophy, psychology and cognitive science at Yale University Kristen Meinzer: Host of

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49:00

The Nose looks at ‘Blonde’ and ‘Elvis’

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/07

This week’s Nose is like the trick you do with the wiggling, getting all the girls hipped up. Blonde is Andrew Dominik’s fourth feature film as writer and director, his first since Killing Them Softly in 2012. It’s an adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel, and it stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe. Blonde is a Netflix release, and it’s said to be the first movie distributed by a streaming service to receive the NC-17 rating. And: Elvis is Baz Luhrmann’s sixth feature film as writer and

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42:02

Why should we care about politics?

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/06

And, just like that, we’re in the midst of yet another election season. With news fatigue and election fatigue, it’s easy to feel jaded. This hour, we explore why we feel that way, talk about how to overcome those feelings, and discuss why we should care about politics. GUESTS: Gabe Fleisher: Author of Wake Up to Politics and a student at Georgetown University Roya Hakakian: Author and poet whose latest book is A Beginner’s Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious Eitan Hersh: Author

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42:00

A history of men mistaken for gods

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/05

Around the world, history is filled with men mistaken for gods. This hour we talk with Anna Della Subin, the author of Accidental Gods. She takes us through some notable examples of mortal men mistakenly deified and discusses why people look for their gods here on Earth. GUEST: Anna Della Subin - Author of Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts

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49:00

List making, listicles, lists of lists: An hour...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/04

Lists feel especially suited to the digital age, but humans have been creating lists for a long time. So why are we drawn to lists? This hour, we look at the art and the utility of the list. And we talk to people who have created some lists we’ve especially enjoyed. GUESTS: Matthew Dicks: A West Hartford elementary school teacher and the author of Twenty-One Truths About Love Dan Kois: Editor and writer at Slate, where he recently wrote the list “The 50 Greatest Fictional Deaths of All Time” Ann

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49:00

We take your calls

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/10/03

This hour we take your calls about anything you want to talk about. Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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50:00

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

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/09/30

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 just turned 70, and he says he just made his 100th movie. (I’ve put a certain amount of

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‘Literature as resistance’: Azar Nafisi on the...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/09/29

Azar Nafisi is the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, which spent 117 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Her newest book, Read Dangerously, argues that reading literature, reading challenging, dangerous literature is foundational and fundamental to continued democracy. Imagination, itself, she says, is a threat to autocracy and totalitarianism. Imagination is inherently, by definition, “free and wayward.” “It should be clear by now that when I talk about books,” Nafisi writes, “I am not

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50:00

An hour with John Waters

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/09/28

Note: This episode contains strong language and a number of things intended to be in bad taste. This hour, we shoot the, er, breeze with the filmmaker, author, and artist whose œuvre of campy, raunchy films ranges from the cult classics Pink Flamingos and Polyester to the musicals Hairspray and Cry-Baby — John Waters. On the occasion of Waters’ first novel, the “feel-bad romance” Liarmouth, a talk about everything from testicle tanning and teabagging to Baltimore and becoming a legend. Be there or

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50:00

An hour with Harvey Fierstein

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/09/27

Harvey Fierstein has won four Tony Awards, for writing and acting in Torch Song Trilogy, for writing La Cage aux Folles, and for acting in Hairspray. He has appeared in Mrs. Doubtfire, Bullets Over Broadway, Independence Day, Death to Smoochy, and more. He has sung to Muppets, he has voiced Disney characters, and he’s been in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Armistead Maupin has called Fierstein “a true American original who has blazed his own trail through popular culture for half a

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49:01

Incarcerated content producers challenge the myth of...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/09/26

The purpose of incarceration in America is supposed to be a balance between punishment and reform, with the scales tipping toward reforms that can lead to redemption and a second chance after release. But that’s not been the experience of many currently and formerly incarcerated people. Incarcerated influencers are sharing a view of prison life through TikTok videos, podcasts, and journalism that shows a more nuanced look at prison life, including the network of support, friendships, and mentors the

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The Nose looks at ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Apple’s Will...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/09/23

This week’s Nose uses the rug as its plan B. Abbott Elementary is a mockumentary sitcom that airs on ABC, created by and starring Quinta Brunson. Think The Office, but set in a Philadelphia elementary school. It won two Primetime Emmy Awards last week, and its second season premiered this week. And: Apple made a movie, Emancipation, that it expects will be worthy Oscar fodder. The only catch: It stars Will Smith, who is, ya know, banned from the Oscars and things. So now what? Some other stuff that

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49:00

First come, first served: There is an art, and an...

The Colin McEnroe Show ·

2022/09/22

Well designed queues give you hope and feel fair, while poorly designed ones can ruin your day. Queues are everywhere around us, and not all are designed well. This hour, the art of the queue, the challenge of waiting in line, and when, if ever, cutting in line is appropriate. GUESTS: Jennifer Goff: Owner and founder of Skip the Line Marie Helweg-Larsen: Professor of psychology at Dickinson College Richard Larson: Professor of data, systems, and society at the Massachusetts Institute of

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