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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 about the week in culture.
- 4475 - From a jar to a box — How we misunderstand Pandora and her legacy
Trump’s trial. AI. Online learning. Everything’s a “Pandora's Box."
This hour, we discuss the myth and the metaphor of Pandora's Box. Plus, a look at human curiosity.
GUESTS:
Natalie Haynes: Author of six books, including the nonfiction work Pandora’s Jar, and the novels A Thousand Ships and Stone Blind
Maria Tatar:Professor of folklore and mythology at Harvard University. Her latest book is The Heroine with 1001 Faces
Federico Rossano:Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California San Diego
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Wed, 04 Dec 2024 - 4474 - The music, medicine, and mystery of humming
From Thurston Harris and Crash Test Dummies to that noise your refrigerator makes, humming sounds are all around us (especially if you’ve been to Windsor, Ontario).
This hour, musical humming, mysterious humming, and how humming could be good for your health.
GUESTS:
Colin Novak: Associate professor at the University of Windsor Susan Rogers: Multi-platinum record producer, cognitive neuroscientist, professor at Berklee College of Music and co-author of This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You Gunjan Trivedi: Co-founder of Wellness Space and an author of several studies exploring the benefits of humming on stress and healthThe 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!
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Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, Jonathan McNicol, Bradley O’Connor, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show, which originally aired July 25, 2024.
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Tue, 03 Dec 2024 - 4473 - All calls: ‘Say Nothing,’ ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas,’ the windshield phenomenon, and more
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 the FX on Hulu series Say Nothing and parallels to the Israel-Hamas war, “Whatever You Say, Say Nothing,” A Charlie Brown Christmas on Apple TV+, the windshield phenomenon, the regionally different lilt of sentences, whether or not the Democrats will ever get it together … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.
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Mon, 02 Dec 2024 - 4472 - What makes a book a classic? A read of the Western canon and how it’s changing
This hour, we look at the idea of the Western canon and those books that are considered “classics.” We talk about what’s in the canon, what isn’t and what should be, and how it evolves.
Plus, we talk about The Atlantic’s recent list of “The Great American Novels.” And we learn about a publishing company that is experimenting with artificial intelligence to bring classic books alive for a new audience.
GUESTS:
Gal Beckerman: Senior editor for books at The Atlantic Laura Kipnis: Cultural critic, essayist, and the author of Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis, among other books Roosevelt Montás: Senior lecturer in American studies and English at Columbia University and the author of Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation James Mustich: Author of 1,000 Books to Read Before You DieThe 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!
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Colin McEnroe, Eugene Amatruda, and Jonathan McNicol contributed to this show, which originally aired July 24, 2024.
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Tue, 26 Nov 2024 - 4471 - Want to really know someone? Look in their fridge
This hour, a look at refrigeration and how it’s shaped what we eat and how we live with Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves. Plus, we’ll take a look at what we can learn about someone from the inside and outside of their refrigerator.
GUESTS:
Nicola Twilley:Co-host of the podcast Gastropod and author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves Peyton Dix:Social media strategist, content creator, writer, and co-host of the podcast Lemme Say ThisJoin the conversation onFacebookandTwitter.
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Colin McEnroe and Bradley O’Connor contributed to this show, which originally aired July 11, 2024.
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Mon, 25 Nov 2024 - 4470 - ‘Though the heavens fall’: The JFK assassination in our media and culture
President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed on November 22, 1963.
It would be hard to argue that the modern American era, the era that we’re still living in more than 60 years later, didn’t begin on that Friday afternoon in Dallas. It would be hard to overstate the effect and influence of that event, that act on the American psyche.
This hour, a look at the shadow that the JFK assassination still casts over our news and politics, our movies and music, our media and culture.
GUESTS:
Stephen Battaglio: Writes about television and the media business for the Los Angeles Times Timothy Hampton: The author of several books, including Bob Dylan: How the Songs Work Sean O’Neal: A writer, a contributor to Texas Monthly, and the former editor-in-chief of The A.V. Club Steve Rose: Assistant features editor at The Guardian Philip Shenon: The author of A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy AssassinationThe 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!
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Colin McEnroe, Joey Morgan, Cat Pastor, Lateshia Peters, Dylan Reyes, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, parts of which originally aired November 22, 2017, and November 22, 2023, in a different form.
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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - 4469 - We're still pushing the boulder on the meaning of Sisyphus
This hour, a look at the myth of Sisyphus, and how we invoke it today. Plus, we'll hear from a musician who has found inspiration in the story, and we'll discuss when it's time to give up.
GUESTS:
Joel Christensen: Professor of Classical Studies and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Brandeis University. His newest book is The Many-Minded Man: The Odyssey, Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic Noah Baerman: Pianist, composer, and educator. He is director of the Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble and artistic director of the nonprofit Resonance Motion. His most recent album is Live at the Side Door Joshua Rothman: The New Yorker’s Ideas Editor, who writes the weekly column “Open Questions”Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Thu, 21 Nov 2024 - 4468 - The weird and fundamental idea that is zero
Zero is considered by many mathematicians to maybe be humanity’s greatest achievement.
This hour, a look at the strange and essential concept of the number zero and how the human brain deals with it.
Plus: the trend toward zero-sugar and zero-calorie sodas.
And: 0 (and 00) as a uniform number in sports.
GUESTS:
Emily Contois: Associate professor of media studies at The University of Tulsa and the author of Diners, Dudes, and Diets: How Gender and Power Collide in Food Media and Culture Todd Radom: A designer, sports branding expert, and writer Yasemin Saplakoglu: A staff writer covering biology for Quanta MagazineThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast onApple Podcasts,SpotifyAmazon Music,TuneIn,Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Colin McEnroe, Robyn Doyon-Aitken, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show.
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Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - 4467 - Why some women ‘boycott’ men, from Ancient Greece to the 4B Movement
Some women in the United States are adopting the 4B Movement from South Korea: no marriage, no childbirth, no dating, and no sex. This hour we take stock of that movement globally, and the history of other similar movements, including one depicted in an ancient Greek play, Lysistrata.
GUESTS:
Min Joo Lee: Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at Occidental College Cécile Simmons:Researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue focusing on gender, extremism and digital culture. Her forthcoming book is Ctrl Hate Delete: The New Anti-Feminist Backlash and How We Fight It Tania Shew:Research fellow at the University of Oxford, who has a book under contract tentatively titled Sex Strikes and Suffragettes Elizabeth Bobrick:Visiting Scholar in Wesleyan’s Department of Classical studiesSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Tue, 19 Nov 2024 - 4466 - All calls under the influence (of Novocain): Jethro Tull, making love courteously, Yeats, and more
This hour we take your calls about anything you want to talk about.
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Mon, 18 Nov 2024 - 4465 - An hour with Griffin Dunne
Note: This episode contains strong language.
Griffin Dunne is Jack Goodman in John Landis’ classic horror-comedy An American Werewolf in Londonand Paul Hackett in Martin Scorsese’s After Hours and Loudon Trout in the Madonna-starring screwball comedy Who’s That Girl. He’s Uncle Nicky on This Is Us and Professor Dudenoff on Only Murders in the Building and Dr. Alon Parfit on Succession and Sylvére on I Love Dick.
He produced After Hours and Running on Empty and Once Around. He directed Practical Magic and Addicted to Love and the documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold.
His father was the journalist and novelist and movie producer Dominick Dunne. His aunt and uncle were the journalists and novelists and screenwriters Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. His sister was the actress Dominique Dunne. His grandfather was a famous heart surgeon from West Hartford, Connecticut.
Last week, we recorded a conversation with Griffin Dunne on stage at The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford. It’s a lot about that complicated, sometimes tragic, often hilarious family. And it’s about movies and TV and writing. And Hartford.
This hour: Griffin Dunne.
GUEST:
Griffin Dunne: An actor, producer, and director and the author of The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family MemoirThe 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!
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Fri, 15 Nov 2024 - 4464 - Brian Reed wants you to “Question Everything” about journalism
You probably know Brian Reed from his hit award-winning series "S-Town." Now, Brian has a new podcast, "Question Everything," where he is re-examining everything about journalism. Today Brian Reed joins us for the full show to talk about what he's discovered.
GUEST:
Brian Reed: Host and producer of the new podcast “Question Everything” from KCRW and Placement Theory, which you can find wherever you get your podcasts. He also hosted and executive produced the podcast series “S-Town”and “The Trojan Horse Affair”Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Thu, 14 Nov 2024 - 4463 - Kafka and his legacy, 100 years after his death
Franz Kafka died 100 years ago, but his work is still very much alive today in literature classes and, surprisingly, on social media.
This hour, we look at Kafka’s life and legacy, discuss the “Kafkaesque,” and investigate why the author resonates so much today.
Plus, we revisit his most famous work, “The Metamorphosis,” and talk with a zoologist about the idea of turning into an insect.
GUESTS:
Benjamin Balint: Author of Kafka’s Last Trial; his latest book is Bruno Schulz: An Artist, A Murder, and the Hijacking of History Tim Coulson: Professor of zoology at the University of Oxford; his latest book is The Science of Why We Exist: A History of the Universe from the Big Bang to Consciousness Margarita Mouka: Content creator and creative executive; her TikTok handle is @aquariuscat444 Karolina Watroba: Post-doctoral research fellow in modern languages at Oxford’s All Souls College and the author of Metamorphoses: In Search of Franz KafkaThe 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!
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Colin McEnroe, Jonathan McNicol, and Bradley O’Connor contributed to this show, which originally aired July 8, 2024.
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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - 4462 - All calls: tables, Keri Russell, the election, and more
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 tables, Keri Russell, how much you should disengage from politics, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, stolen deliveries and mail theft … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.
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Tue, 12 Nov 2024 - 4461 - How algorithms shape our world, for better and for worse
We hear about algorithms all the time, but what is an algorithm exactly? This hour, we learn about how algorithms work, a bit about their history, and how they're impacting our culture.
GUESTS:
Ed Finn: Author of What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing, and founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University
Bruce Gil:Reporter for Quartz
Liz Pelly:Writer and editor, whose forthcoming book is Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
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Fri, 08 Nov 2024 - 4460 - Roommates wanted: How the people you live with impact your life
Roommates: can't live with them, can't (afford to) live without them. They're the people who use your dishes and don't wash them. They're the people who apparently have a huge influence on your career choice and drinking habits. This hour, we're getting to know them better!
GUESTS:
Ken Jennings:Colin’s college roommate
Kelli María Korducki:Journalist who writes about work and the family
Bruce Sacerdote:Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College
Francesca Fontánez:Social Media Editor at CT Public and a former college RA
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Colin McEnroe, Cat Pastor, Lily Tyson, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show, which originally aired on May 23, 2024.
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Thu, 07 Nov 2024 - 4459 - OK. Well. The election is over
As I type this, four states remain uncalled, including two battlegrounds. It could take days or longer to determine the final popular vote tally. Control of the U.S. House of Representatives is still to be determined.
But that’s nothing like the uncertainty we were expecting to reign over the day and days after Election Day.
Put another way: Donald Trump is projected to have won the presidency. And pretty decisively.
In some ways, we’ve been here before.
In other ways, though, things seem pretty significantly different this time around. Just as an example, Connecticut seems to have swung toward Trump by 10 points or more as compared to 2020.
This hour, we start to pick up the pieces after a long and consistently, persistently surprising election that has come to its inevitable end.
GUESTS:
Bill Curry: Playing the part of Bill Curry David Folkenflik: NPR’s media correspondent Azar Nafisi: The author of six books, including Reading Lolita in Tehran; her newest is Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled TimesThe 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!
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Wed, 06 Nov 2024 - 4458 - ‘Citizen Observers’ share their voting stories from around the state
On Election Day we do a show where we ask people across Connecticut to do a simple thing: Go vote in your town before 1 p.m. Then call us between 1 and 2 p.m. and tell us how it felt, what you saw, whom you spoke to. Say whatever you want to say about the experience of voting.
This hour we hear from Citizen Observers about their experiences at the polls.
GUESTS:
Lara Herscovitch:Singer-songwriter-poet, performer, advocate, former CT State Troubadour, and children’s book author Logan Tomlinson: Student at the University of New Hampshire Kate Rushin: Poet, writer, and educator Francesca Fontanez:Associate Social Media Editor here at Connecticut Public Charles Barber: Nonfiction author and writer in residence at Wesleyan University Betsy Kaplan: Senior Producer emeritus of The Colin McEnroe Show Dr. Ulysses Wu: System director of infectious diseases and chief epidemiologist at Hartford HealthCare George Noujaim: Owner of Noujaim’s Bistro in Winsted Terry Cowgill:Was an op-columnist at CTNewsJunkie for 12 years who now has a Substack "Red Meat For Mushy Moderates" Susan Clinard: Owner of Clinard Sculpture Studio in West HavenSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Tue, 05 Nov 2024 - 4457 - All calls: A cargo transportation idea, early voting, football superstition, and more
This hour we took your calls about anything you wanted to talk about.
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Mon, 04 Nov 2024 - 4456 - The Nose helps you get through this last weekend before Election Day
Four days left. Four (4!) days until Election Day. We’re feeling the stress, the anxiety. And we’re guessing you are too.
In one of our show meetings, we got to talking about the benefits of, uh, smoothing out your brain a bit in times like these.
So this hour, we gather a number of folks you know from The Nose and talk about ways to quiet your mind over these last few days, bits of culture you can consume — from The Great British Bake Off to Love Is Blind, from horror movies to Jane Austen to giving fantasy football a try — to get your brain a break over the weekend.
For the full list of shows and movies and books and everything else recommended in this show and in the prep leading up to it — it’s a long list! —subscribe toThe Noseletterbefore November 2.
GUESTS:
Jim Chapdelaine: An Emmy-winning musician and a patient advocate for people with rare cancers Taneisha Duggan: Associate producer at Octopus Theatricals Sam Hadelman: Works in music public relations and hosts The Sam Hadelman Show at Radio Free Brooklyn Shawn Murray: A stand-up comedian and writer and the host of the Nobody Asked Shawn podcast Carolyn Paine: An actress, comedian, and dancer; she is founder, director, and choreographer of CONNetic Dance Lindsay Lee Wallace: Writes about culture, health care and health equity, and other stuff, too Tracy Wu Fastenberg: Development officer at Connecticut Children’s Bill Yousman: Professor of media studies at Sacred Heart UniversityThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast onApple Podcasts,SpotifyAmazon Music,TuneIn,Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Fri, 01 Nov 2024 - 4455 - Does democracy have a design problem?
This hour we talk with experts in ballot design about how to put together a ballot that's accessible to everyone, and all of the things to keep in mind, from font size to the length of candidate's names. Plus, a look at the evolution of ballots throughout history.
GUESTS:
Whitney Quesenbery:Executive Director of the Center for Civic Design Alicia Cheng:Head of Design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and author of This is What Democracy Looked Like: A Visual History of the Printed BallotSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Thu, 31 Oct 2024 - 4454 - From jingles to Beyoncé: How music shapes political campaigns
This hour, we look at how political campaigns use music, from the history of political jingles to how Harris and Trump are using music in the 2024 election.
GUESTS:
Dana Gorzelany-Mostak: Associate professor of music at Georgia College; she is the founder of Trax on the Trail and the author of Tracks on the Trail: Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency Charlie Harding: Music journalist, songwriter, producer, adjunct professor of music at New York University, and the co-creator and co-host of the Switched on Pop podcast Eric Kasper: Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the author of Don’t Stop Thinking About the Music: The Politics of Songs and Musicians in Presidential Campaigns Justin Patch: Associate professor and chair of music at Vassar College and the author of The Art of Populism in US Politics: Pro-Trump DIY Popular CultureThe 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!
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Wed, 30 Oct 2024 - 4453 - From jelly beans to Diet Mountain Dew, how politicians eat and why it matters
Food is an important part of the campaign trail, from tamales to McDonald's. This hour is all about how food is used in politics, including in the White House. Plus, the delicious return of the election cake.
GUESTS:
Alex Prud'homme:Journalist and author of several books, includingDinner with the President: Food, Politics, and a History of Breaking Bread at the White House. He also co-wrote My Life In France with Julia Child Linda Civitello:Food historian and author of books including Baking Powder Wars and Cuisine and CultureSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Tue, 29 Oct 2024 - 4452 - All calls: Election stress, comedy vs. journalism, Declan the Dog … and stuff like that
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 election stress, acclimating ourselves to the cold winter, the difference between comedy and journalism, Declan the Dog, Colin’s use of the phrase “and stuff like that” … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.
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Mon, 28 Oct 2024 - 4451 - ‘Hey, boppers, keep your radio tuned tight’: A look at ‘The Warriors’
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton follow-up is here, and it’s a concept album — a musical adaptation, written with Eisa Davis, of the 1979 film The Warriors and the novel that preceded it.
This hour, a look at Warriors, the album, and The Warriors, the movie, and more.
GUESTS:
Walter Chaw: A writer, editor, and instructor and the author of A Walter Hill Film Sam Hadelman: Works in music public relations and hosts The Sam Hadelman Show at Radio Free Brooklyn Craig Jenkins: A critic for Vulture and New York Magazine who writes about music and television and comedy and video games Bill Yousman: Professor of media studies at Sacred Heart UniversitySupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - 4450 - The year in horror, 2024
It’s our annual Halloween special, a look at the year in horror!
We delve into the economic- and artistic wherewithal of the genre surrounded by a larger Hollywood in flux, with particular looks at breakouts like Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs, Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow, Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3, and maybe the most divisive movie of the year, Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance.
Plus, for its 25th anniversary, an appreciation of The Sixth Sense and the long shadow its twist ending still seems to cast over the career of filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan.
GUESTS:
Miriam Balanescu: A culture writer and editor Tim Grierson: Senior U.S. critic for Screen Daily, the author of This Is How You Make a Movie, and co-host of the Grierson & Leitch podcast Lindsay Lee Wallace: Writes about culture, health care and health equity, and other stuff, too Christian Zilko: Staff editor at IndieWireThe 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!
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Thu, 24 Oct 2024 - 4449 - Some people are considering whether it’s time to leave the United States
Some Americans are considering whether this country is a place where they want to live in the future.
This hour is all about leaving the United States.
We talk to someone who made the move about what inspired her and her new life in Portugal. Plus, we learn more about the process of actually moving out of the country. And we talk to someone who has considered leaving, but ultimately decided to stay here, for now at least.
GUESTS:
Wajahat Ali: The Daily Beast columnist, public speaker, and author of Go Back To Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on Becoming American; he wrote “Is It Time for Me to Leave America?”
DeNeen Brown: Local enterprise reporter at The Washington Post and an associate professor at the University of Maryland; she wrote “The Case for Leaving America to Escape Racism”
Caryl Hallberg: Moved from the United States to Portugal in 2020
Jennifer Stevens:Executive editor of International Living
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Wed, 23 Oct 2024 - 4448 - Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat on global authoritarianism and the future of democracy
Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about authoritarianism and democracy.
GUEST:
Ruth Ben-Ghiat:Professor of History and Italian Studies at New York University. Her latest book is Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. She also writes the Substack newsletter “Lucid.”Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Tue, 22 Oct 2024 - 4447 - All calls: Retirement, early voting, dragonflies, and more
This hour we took your calls about anything you wanted to talk about.
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Mon, 21 Oct 2024 - 4446 - ‘Live from New York!’: A look at ‘Saturday Night’ and ‘SNL’
Saturday Night Live started its 50th season in September.
This hour, a look at the institution SNL has become over five decades on television.
Plus: Jason Reitman’s new movie, Saturday Night, which tells (a version of) the story of SNL’s inception in 1975.
GUESTS:
Dave Itzkoff: A journalist and writer and the author of four books; his most recent is Robin Maureen Lee Lenker: A senior writer at Entertainment Weekly and the author of the novel It Happened One Fight Shawn Murray: A stand-up comedian, writer, and the host of the Nobody Asked Shawn podcastSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Fri, 18 Oct 2024 - 4445 - George Washington is having a moment
From Saturday Night Live to the cover of The Atlantic, George Washington is having a bit of a moment. This hour is about our first president and his legacy. Plus, is he funny?
GUESTS:
Joanne Freeman:The Class of 1954 Professor of History & American Studies at Yale University. Her most recent book is The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War Tom Nichols: Staff writer at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic daily newsletter. He is also a professor emeritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, and a five-time undefeated Jeopardy champion Sara Ruberg: A member of the 2024-25 class of Times Fellows at The New York TimesSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Thu, 17 Oct 2024 - 4444 - Is print dead or is it making a comeback?
Is print dead? Or will it make a comeback? This hour, we talk about the benefits and drawbacks of getting your news in print form. We learn about the print age, or the “Gutenberg Parenthesis,” and we talk about the business of printing.
GUESTS:
Kelsey Russell:A media literacy influencer and co-host of “First Stop News”
Jeff Jarvis: Author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lessons for the Age of the Internet. His new book is The Web We Weave. He co-hosts the “This Week in Google” and “AI Inside” podcasts
John Garrett:Founder and CEO of “Community Impact,” a privately owned chain of 40 community newspapers in Texas, which also includes its own printing facilities
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Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - 4443 - Christian nationalism, religiosity, and the 2024 election with Brad Onishi
Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with Brad Onishi about Christian nationalism and its impact on U.S. politics.
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Brad Onishi:Co-host of the “Straight White American Jesus” podcast and author of Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism -- And What Comes NextSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Tue, 15 Oct 2024 - 4442 - All calls: Columbus Day, textures, textiles, Tolkien, and more
This hour, the conversation winds around to Columbus Day, Colin’s favorite joke, textures, J.R.R. Tolkien, the movie The Apprentice, food allergies, our fundraising drives … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
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Mon, 14 Oct 2024 - 4441 - Playwright Jeffrey Lieber on truth, lies, memory and ‘Fever Dreams’
Jeffrey Lieber was one of the Emmy-nominated creators of the TV series Lost.
He has been a showrunner on series like NCIS: New Orleans and Charmed and the new reboot of Matlock starring Kathy Bates.
And his play Fever Dreams (of animals on the verge of extinction) is currently running at TheaterWorks Hartford.
This hour, screenwriter, television producer, and playwright Jeffrey Lieber joins us in studio.
GUEST:
Jeffrey Lieber: A screenwriter, showrunner, and playwrightThe 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!
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Fri, 11 Oct 2024 - 4440 - Today: Did episode on notebooks & diaries, bought kiwi fruit, had teeth cleaning
This hour is all about notebooks. We'll talk about the history and evolution of notebooks, favorite examples, and celebrate the joy of writing things down. Plus, a look at the Notes App.
GUESTS:
Roland Allen: Book publisher and author of The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper Charley Locke:Journalist, and contributing writer toThe New York Times Magazine, who recently wrote “Keep Your Notes App Under Lock and Key” for The AtlanticSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Thu, 10 Oct 2024 - 4439 - All calls: How to find an artsy community, towns governed by oral tradition, toothpaste, and more
This hour we take your calls about anything you want to talk about.
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Thu, 10 Oct 2024 - 4438 - Words, words, words: A look at style guides and Britishisms in American English
This hour, a look at words and usage and grammar and language and all that fun stuff.
Have you noticed how we Americans have become “so bloody keen on Britishisms?” Ben Yagoda joins us to talk about his new book, Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English.
Plus, there’s been an update to The Chicago Manual of Style, its first in seven years. We take a look at the CMOS, in particular, and bang on (there it is again!) about dreaded style guides, in general.
GUESTS:
Scott Huler: The author of seven non-fiction books; his most recent is A Delicious Country: Rediscovering the Carolinas along the Route of John Lawson’s 1700 Expedition Ben Yagoda: The author, coauthor, or editor of 14 books and the host of the podcast The Lives They’re LivingSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Tue, 08 Oct 2024 - 4437 - An hour with Rupert Holmes
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 Timesbestseller.
This hour: Rupert Holmes.
GUEST:
Rupert Holmes: Playwright, composer, singer-songwriter, and authorThe 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!
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Mon, 07 Oct 2024 - 4436 - Monologuist Josh Kornbluth wonders if our society is suffering from political dementia
As a fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute, monologuist Josh Kornbluth started to see parallels between brain disease and, well, everything that’s going on in our politics today.
With his new solo show, Citizen Brain, he hopes to “spark an empathy revolution.”
Josh Kornbluth joins us in studio for the hour.
GUEST:
Josh Kornbluth: A monologuist, author, and actor, and he writes the But Not Enough About MeSubstackThe 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!
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Fri, 04 Oct 2024 - 4435 - From boredom to handwriting: Christine Rosen on the embodied experiences we lose to technology
This hour we talk with Christine Rosen about her new book, The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World. We talk about how technology has impacted face-to-face interactions, boredom, loneliness, handwriting, and more.
GUEST:
Christine Rosen: Author of The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World. She is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a columnist for Commentarymagazine, senior editor at The New Atlantis and fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.
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Thu, 03 Oct 2024 - 4434 - The political importance of Gen Z with journalist Rachel Janfaza
Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with journalist Rachel Janfaza about Gen Z voters.
GUEST:
Rachel Janfaza:Journalist who covers Gen Z political culture and young voters in U.S. politics. Her newsletter is “The Up and Up”Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Wed, 02 Oct 2024 - 4433 - Author A.J. Jacobs says he “will never take elastic or democracy for granted again”
In A.J. Jacobs’ new book, The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning, he details his experience living by the Constitution for a year.
Jacobs joins us for the hour to tell us about the experiment and what he learned.
GUESTS:
A.J. Jacobs: The author, most recently, of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning and the host of The Puzzler podcastThe 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!
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Tue, 01 Oct 2024 - 4432 - All calls: Fat Bear Week, sports, call-in shows, Mars, and more
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 our old friends evolving (or not), sports losing its magic (or not), spending billions of dollars trying to get rockets to Mars (or not), Fat Bear Week, radio call-in shows, sane washing … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.
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Mon, 30 Sep 2024 - 4431 - An hour with Percival Everett
Percival Everett is the author of 24 novels, four short story collections, and six collections of poetry.
His 2001 novel Erasure was adapted as the feature film American Fiction, which was nominated this year for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Everett has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
His newest novel, James, reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn “from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.”
This hour, Percival Everett joins us in studio.
GUEST:
Percival Everett: Novelist and poetThe 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!
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Fri, 27 Sep 2024 - 4430 - The role of journalism in the 2024 election with writer Mark Jacob
Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election. This hour, we talk with veteran journalist Mark Jacob about the state of American journalism and its impact on the upcoming election.
GUEST:
Mark Jacob:Writes the weekly newsletter “Stop the Presses.” He is the former Metro Editor of The Chicago Tribune and former Sunday Editor ofThe Chicago Sun-Times. He is also the co-author of ten books on history and photographySupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Thu, 26 Sep 2024 - 4429 - The art and politics of political speechmaking
Policy speeches, convention speeches, concession speeches, victory speeches, stump speeches. Inaugural addresses, State of the Union addresses, prime-time addresses. There sure are a lot of speeches that we expect presidents and presidential candidates to give.
But how much do those speeches really matter anymore? How much do they work as, say, TikTok fodder?
This hour, the art and politics of political speechmaking.
GUESTS:
Bill Curry: Playing the part of Bill Curry Jeff Nussbaum: A special assistant and senior speechwriter to President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2022; he is a partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive Media and the author of Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History Linda Qiu: A New York Times reporter specializing in fact-checking statements made by politicians and public figuresThe 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!
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Wed, 25 Sep 2024 - 4428 - Let us pray — A salute to our favorite mantis
This year, 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 learn about the insect, why students think it should not represent the state, and what praying mantises of the future could look like.
GUESTS:
Liz Alter: Professor of evolutionary biology at California State University Monterey Bay Katherine Dugas: Entomologist and research technician at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment StationThe 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!
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Tue, 24 Sep 2024 - 4427 - All calls: Colin says you don't want to meet him, hummus, robins, and more
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.
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Mon, 23 Sep 2024 - 4426 - A look at the bullying impact of the canon and the zeitgeist
Is there some thing that EVERYBODY seems to like that you’re just not that into? Star Wars? Game of Thrones? Seinfeld? The Beach Boys? Christopher Nolan? … Taylor Swift?
Or what about some very current thing that seemingly everybody thinks is so interesting and cutting edge and exciting, but you just don’t like it? (For Colin, that very current thing is The Bear on TV.)
What do you do when that happens? How do you feel about it? Embarrassed? Wrong? Defiant?
This hour, a look at not liking all the things you’re “supposed” to like.
GUESTS:
John Dankosky: Director of news and audio for Science Friday, event and podcast host for The Connecticut Mirror, and co-owner of Lam Yoga in New Hartford, Connecticut David Edelstein: America’s Greatest Living Film Critic Irene Papoulis: Teaches writing at Trinity College, and she’s the author of The Essays Only You Can Write Gene Seymour: A “writer, professional spectator, pop-culture maven, and jazz geek” Lindsay Lee Wallace: Writes about culture, health care and health equity, and other stuff, tooSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Fri, 20 Sep 2024 - 4425 - I'm having writer's block writing this headline about writer's block
Everyone has likely experienced some form of writer's block in their lives — when you sit down to write and the words just won't come. This hour we dive into the phenomenon and talk with writers about their experiences with it. What is writer's block, where does it come from, and how can you get past it? Plus, we take a look at the long history of writer's block, and the muses, goddesses, and saints we call on when we have it.
GUESTS:
Jami Attenberg: Author whose new book, out next week, is A Reason to See You Again. She is also the creator of “#1000wordsofsummer,” and writes the newsletter “Craft Talk” Dennis Palumbo: Writer and licensed psychotherapist who specializes in working with creative patients. He is a former Hollywood screenwriter, and the author of numerous books Joyce Kinkead: Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Utah State University. She is author of A Writing Studies Primer, among other booksSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Thu, 19 Sep 2024 - 4424 - A conversation with Don Winslow about love, money, murder, and why free food tastes better
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 is City in Ruins
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Wed, 18 Sep 2024 - 4423 - Are we thinking about travel the wrong way?
It feels like tourism hit a breaking point this summer, with residents around Europe protesting visitors, new entrance and tourist fees popping up at famous spots, and even a net going up to block a popular view of Mt. Fuji. This hour, a philosopher makes the case against travel. Plus, we talk about how tourism is impacting destinations, like Bologna, Italy, and ways to travel differently.
GUESTS:
Agnes Callard:Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Chicago. Her forthcoming book is Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life Ilaria Maria Sala: Italian journalist Lisa Abend: Journalist for The New York Times, TIME, Vanity Fair and AFAR. Her Substack is “The Unplugged Traveler”Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Tue, 17 Sep 2024 - 4422 - All calls: Shrews, praying mantises, the power of Taylor Swift, and more
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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 — calls about grammar, gardening, long-distance dialing, autotune. Anything. Everything.
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Mon, 16 Sep 2024 - 4421 - ‘Riding the line between art and pulp’: A look at cult classic cinema
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 include everything from all-time classics like A Clockwork Orange to all-time terribles like Plan 9 from Outer Space and many, many weird and not-even-so-weird things in between: the cult classic.
GUESTS:
Millie De Chirico: Co-author of TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema and co-host of the I Saw What You Did podcast David Edelstein: America’s Greatest Living Film Critic Sam Hatch: Co-hosts The Culture Dogs on WWUH Kevin O’Toole: Co-hosts The Culture Dogs on WWUHThis show was produced with Sajina Shrestha.
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Fri, 13 Sep 2024 - 4420 - Inside the confusing, time-sucking, unequal world of taxes
How did taxes, 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 Sociology at Johns Hopkins University
Paul Kiel:Reporter for ProPublica who covers taxes
Lawrence Rosenwald:Professor of English Emeritus at Wellesley College and a longtime war tax resister
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Thu, 12 Sep 2024 - 4419 - ‘Never be the same’: 23 years in the shadow of 9/11
It has been 23 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 history at Central Connecticut State University and the author of Creating and Failing the 9/11 Generation: The Real Story of September 11The 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!
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Wed, 11 Sep 2024 - 4418 - A look at our ‘toxic love story’ with plastic
Plastic is everywhere in our world, and scientists are increasingly discovering the negative health and environmental impacts of the material.
This hour, we take a look at our relationship to plastic. We talk about the material, its evolution, and its symbolism in our culture. Plus, we look at the use of single use plastic in television and why it matters.
GUESTS:
Susan Freinkel: Author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story; her Substack is 1,017 Acres: Life in the Park
Erica Cirino:Communications manager of the Plastic Pollution Coalition and the author of Thicker Than Water: The Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Crisis
Dana Weinstein: Project specialist for the Media Impact Project at the University of Southern California Annenberg Norman Lear Center
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired on March 25, 2024.
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Tue, 10 Sep 2024 - 4417 - How to be wrong
We all strive to be right about things — we do our research, we listen to people who seem smarter than us, we make compelling arguments over dinner tables. But is there an underappreciated art to being wrong?
This hour, lessons on changing your mind and admitting mistakes, from newspaper corrections to public intellectual pivots.
GUESTS:
Eranda Jayawickreme:Professor of psychology at Wake Forest University
Ty Seidule:Visiting professor of history at Hamilton College and the author of Robert E. Lee and Me; he’s a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Army and the former vice chair of the Department of Defense’s Naming Commission
Isaac Saul:Founder of the newsletter Tangle
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Colin McEnroe, Lily Tyson, and Dylan Reyes contributed to this show, which originally aired on March 20, 2024.
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Mon, 09 Sep 2024 - 4416 - The Nose looks at ‘Chimp Crazy’ and the right way to load your dishwasher
Chimp Crazy is a four-part HBO docuseries that “explores the captivating, often unfathomable, and secretive world of raising chimpanzees.” It is documentarian Eric Goode’s follow-up to the 2020 sensation Tiger King.
Plus: There is absolutely, definitely, 100% a right way to load your dishwasher. And you’re the only one in your house who knows what it is. Right? The Nose gets into it.
And finally, the new phenomenon known as fridgescaping. Which is a thing. Apparently.
GUESTS:
Betsy Kaplan: Senior producer emeritus of The Colin McEnroe Show Jacques Lamarre: A playwright, and chief communications officer at Buzz Engine Carolyn Paine: An actress, comedian, and dancer, and she is founder, director, and choreographer of CONNetic DanceSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Fri, 06 Sep 2024 - 4415 - From the cereal aisle to the ballot box, how groceries shape our lives
Grocery prices are becoming a regular talking point in this election cycle. This hour is all about the grocery store. We talk about how items get on the shelves, the unique business model of Trader Joe's, and the factors that impact grocery prices. Plus, a look at the appeal of Costco.
GUESTS:
Benjamin Lorr:Author of The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket. His first book was Hell-Bent: Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga Abha Bhattarai: Economics correspondent for The Washington Post Ben Ryder Howe: Contributor to The New York Timesand author of My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience StoreSupport the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donate
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Thu, 05 Sep 2024 - 4414 - A look at one of our most forgotten presidents: Chester A. Arthur
This hour is all about America’s 21st president, Chester A. Arthur, who took office after President James Garfield was assassinated.
We look at Arthur’s life and legacy and at what happens when someone unexpectedly takes over the highest office in the land.
GUESTS:
David Edelstein: America’s Greatest Living Film Critic Scott S. Greenberger: Executive editor of Stateline and the author of The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur Victoria Sample: Historic sites section chief for the state of VermontThe 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!
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Wed, 04 Sep 2024 - 4413 - All calls: Bird identification, The World's Fair, third places, and more
This hour we took your calls about bird identification, the DNC, the World's Fair, third places, synchronicity, and more.
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Tue, 03 Sep 2024 - 4412 - 25 years later, a look at the movies and TV of 1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Being John Malkovich, The Blair Witch Project, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Eyes Wide Shut, Family Guy, Fight Club, Freaks and Geeks, Futurama, The Iron Giant, The Matrix, Office Space, Princess Mononoke, Run Lola Run, The Sixth Sense, The Sopranos, SpongeBob SquarePants, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, Toy Story 2, The West Wing.
That’s just a partial list of the stuff that came out in 1999, kind of famously a crazy good year for movies and television.
This hour, a 25th anniversary look at some of the pop culture of 1999, with a special focus on The Blair Witch Project, The Matrix … and SpongeBob SquarePants.
GUESTS:
Noah Berlatsky: A freelance writer who mostly covers politics or culture or both; he writes the Everything Is Horrible Substack Allegra Frank: A senior culture editor at The Atlantic Alissa Wilkinson: A movie critic at The New York TimesSubscribe toThe Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ancient wisdom brought to you byThe Colin McEnroe Show.
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Fri, 30 Aug 2024 - 4411 - From a jar to a box — How we misunderstand Pandora and her legacy
Trump’s trial. AI. Online learning. Everything’s a “Pandora's Box."
This hour, we discuss the myth and the metaphor of Pandora's Box. Plus, a look at human curiosity.
GUESTS:
Natalie Haynes: Author of six books, including the nonfiction work Pandora’s Jar, and the novels A Thousand Ships and Stone Blind. Her novel The Children of Jocasta will be re-released in October Maria Tatar: Professor of folklore and mythology at Harvard University. Her latest book is The Heroine with 1001 Faces Federico Rossano: Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California San DiegoJoin the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Thu, 29 Aug 2024 - 4410 - We’re having crisis fatigue
Everything’s felt like, and been called, a “crisis” lately.
This hour, a look at all the overuse of the term “crisis” and our collective crisis fatigue.
Plus: a crisis communicator on how to manage a crisis.
And finally, a look at the midlife crisis.
GUESTS:
Eliah Bures: Historian of modern Europe and a senior fellow at the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Right-Wing Studies Barbara Bradley Hagerty: Contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife Molly McPherson: An expert in crisis communications and emergency management and the author of the book Indestructible: Reclaim Control and Respond with Confidence in a Media Crisis Christian Paz: Senior politics reporter for VoxThe 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!
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Wed, 28 Aug 2024 - 4409 - It’s a vibe! A look at what makes a vibe a vibe
You must have heard the term “vibe” by now, right?
We’ve heard about the vibe of the economy, the vibe of a music playlist, the vibe of a season, the vibe of a party … Plus there are vibe shifts and vibe checks.
This hour: vibes. We learn what the word really means, where it comes from, and how the internet has given it new life.
GUESTS:
Kyle Chayka: Contributing writer for The New Yorker covering technology and culture on the Internet
Robin James: Editor for philosophy and music at Palgrave Macmillan
Eda Uzunlar: Freelance journalist and student at Yale University
Ben Zimmer: Linguist, lexicographer, and the Word on the Street columnist for The Wall Street Journal
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Tue, 27 Aug 2024 - 4408 - All calls: Celebrity endorsements, car registration, a sandwich, and more
This hour, we took your calls.
Topics this hour included election certification, car registration, celebrity endorsements, news radio, technology, travelling to Italy, sandwiches, and more.
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Mon, 26 Aug 2024 - 4407 - ‘If the wind is right’: A deep dive into the smooth sounds of yacht rock
The Doobie Brothers. Christopher Cross. Steely Dan. Kenny Loggins. Toto. Michael McDonald. Ambrosia. Supertramp. (The Eagles? Uh, Michael Jackson?)
Something was happening in the music world out there on the West Coast in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Something with electric pianos and slower tempos and jazz and R&B influences and hi-fi, almost crystalline production.
This hour, we take a deep dive into the smooth, soft sounds of … yacht rock.
GUESTS:
Hollywood Steve Huey: A music critic and a cohost of the Beyond Yacht Rock and Yacht or Nyacht? podcasts Charly Kay: Lead and backing vocalist in the Yacht Lobsters David Mendelsohn: Vocalist and guitarist in the Yacht Lobsters Scout Raimondo: Production intern at Connecticut Public Gaston Raimondo: Scout’s dad Brian Slattery: Arts editor for the New Haven Independent and a producer at WNHH radioThis show was produced with Scout Raimondo.
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Fri, 23 Aug 2024 - 4406 - From jingles to Beyoncé: How music shapes political campaigns
This hour, we look at how political campaigns use music, from the history of political jingles, to how Harris and Trump are using music in this 2024 election.
GUESTS:
Dana Gorzelany-Mostak:Associate professor of music at Georgia College; she is the founder of Trax on the Trail, and her new book is Tracks on the Trail: Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency Charlie Harding: Music journalist, songwriter, and producer; he is the co-creator and co-host of the podcast Switched on Pop and an adjunct professor of music at New York University Eric Kasper:Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; he's the author of Don’t Stop Thinking About the Music: The Politics of Songs and Musicians in Presidential Campaigns Justin Patch: Associate professor and chair of music at Vassar College; his new book is The Art of Populism in US Politics: Pro-Trump DIY Popular CultureJoin the conversation onFacebookandTwitter.
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Thu, 22 Aug 2024 - 4405 - Invisible and essential, scanning through the history and impact of barcodes
Barcodes are everywhere, and they helped to shape the world we live in.
This hour, a look at the history and impact of barcodes.
Plus, the rise of QR code menus and tickets and what we might gain and lose as we move away from physical objects to digital ones.
GUESTS:
Jordan Frith: Pearce Professor of Professional Communications at Clemson University and the author of Barcode Bailey Sincox: Perkins-Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Princeton Society of Fellows, where she teaches and writes about early modern English literature Sean Willard: Menu engineer with Menu EngineersThe 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!
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Wed, 21 Aug 2024 - 4404 - You know that political memoir you pretend to have read? Carlos Lozada read it
Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election.
This hour, The New York Times’ Carlos Lozada joins us to discuss what we can learn about politics by reading. We’ll discuss Lozada’s unique lens as a reader and the state of the 2024 election.
GUEST:
Carlos Lozada: Opinion columnist and co-host of the weekly “Matter of Opinion” podcast for The New York Times. His new book is The Washington Book: How to Read Politics and PoliticiansJoin the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Tue, 20 Aug 2024 - 4403 - All calls: Billy Ocean, the Israel-Hamas war, and what happened to the bus Colin promised us?
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 J.R.R. Tolkien, the new Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars single and bridges in pop songs, a new approach to the Israel-Hamas war, Yale and New Haven public schools, electric vehicles … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
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Mon, 19 Aug 2024 - 4402 - ‘SNL,’ Kamala’s laugh, Hannibal Lecter: Culture and the 2024 election
This hour, a look at some of the ways culture and politics seem to be overlapping at the moment.
First, we wonder who might play all these new candidates on the upcoming season of Saturday Night Live.
And then, we try to understand all the focus — from both sides — on Kamala Harris’ laugh.
And finally, just why in the world is Donald Trump so obsessed with Hannibal Lecter?
GUESTS:
Margaret Hartmann: A senior editor for New York magazine’s Intelligencer Dave Itzkoff: A journalist and writer and the author of four books; his most recent is Robin Maura Judkis: A reporter covering culture, fashion, politics, food, and the arts for The Washington PostThe 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!
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Fri, 16 Aug 2024 - 4401 - 2024 takes a look back at 1968: Movies, music, media, and the DNC
Going into the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, many are comparing this year to 1968. After all, there are a number of similarities: both were Olympic years that featured student protest movements, an incumbent president deciding not to run for re-election, a Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and even a new Planet of the Apes movie. But there were important differences as well. This hour, we look back on 1968, and the events of that DNC, as well as the media’s coverage of it. Plus, a look at the music and movies of that year.
GUESTS:
Mark Kurlansky: Author of 1968: The Year That Rocked the World, among many other books Heather Hendershot: Cardiss Collins Professor of Communication Studies and Journalism at Northwestern University. She is author of When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America Dan Balz: Chief correspondent at The Washington Post Tammy Kernodle: University Distinguished Professor and Park Creative Arts Endowed Professor in the Department of Music at Miami University, and author of Soul on Soul: The Life and Music of Mary Lou WilliamsJoin the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Thu, 15 Aug 2024 - 4400 - ‘To The Hobbits’: Celebrating ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ and its enduring appeal
Adam Wren recently reported for Politicothat Trump's running mate, J.D. Vance, is a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings. This hour we talk to Wren about Vance's interest in the work, and the politics of the series.
Plus, we'll discuss Tolkien's fantasy world building, and look back on the books, their film adaptations, and their enduring appeal.
GUESTS:
Adam Wren: National political correspondent for Politico
John Garth:Author of The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth and Tolkien and the Great War, among other books
Susana Polo:Senior entertainment writer for Polygon
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Wed, 14 Aug 2024 - 4399 - From privacy to paper jams, a look at printer problems
This hour is all about printers.
We talk about printer problems and why, despite our struggles, we can’t seem to quit our printers.
Plus: a rage room owner on the appeal of smashing printers.
GUESTS:
Cory Doctorow: Science fiction author, activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and journalist Cody Nicholas: Co-owner of the Lose It Rage Room in Woodbridge, Virginia Allen St. John: Multimedia content producer for Consumer ReportsThe 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!
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Tue, 13 Aug 2024 - 4398 - All calls: Sandwiches, credit card interest, Olympic basketball, and more
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 the sandwichiness (or not) of hot dogs and the cube rule of food, crazy interest rates on credit cards, loud music in movies, Olympic basketball, winking … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
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Mon, 12 Aug 2024 - 4397 - The Nose looks at ‘America’s Sweethearts’ and ‘Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes’
America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders is a seven-part Netflix docuseries. It is directed and executive produced by Greg Whiteley. It follows the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ 2023–2024 season.
And: Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes is a documentary from HBO Documentary Films. It is directed by Nanette Burstein and produced by J. J. Abrams. Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes was nominated for the L’Œil d’or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
GUESTS:
Carolyn Paine: An actress, comedian, and dancer; she is founder, director, and choreographer of CONNetic Dance Irene Papoulis: Teaches writing at Trinity College, and she’s the author of The Essays Only You Can Write Lindsay Lee Wallace: Writes about culture, health care and health equity, and other stuff, tooThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Fri, 09 Aug 2024 - 4396 - The New York Times' Astead Herndon on the run-up to the 2024 election
Going into November, we’ll be doing some shows where we talk with one guest, for the hour, who knows a lot about the election.
This hour, The New York Times’ Astead Herndon joins us to talk about the run-up to 2024. We’ll talk about his unique approach to political reporting, and the state of the race.
GUEST:
Astead Herndon:National politics reporter for The New York Times and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up”Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Thu, 08 Aug 2024 - 4395 - What's in a pseudonym?
From pen names to online aliases, pseudonyms are all around us. This hour, we’re talking about what compels people to adopt an alternate identity when they write.
Do pseudonyms liberate us? Do they make us treat each other better? Or do they stop credit from going where it’s due?
GUESTS:
Carmela Ciuraru:Author of “Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms” and, most recently, “Lives of the Wives: Five Literary Marriages”
Daniel A. Gross:Editor at the New Yorker and author of the Atlantic article, “The Mystery of the Hardy Boys and the Invisible Authors”
Alfred Moore:Senior lecturer in Politics at the University of York
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Wed, 07 Aug 2024 - 4394 - ‘These are weird people’: A look at weirdness in politics and beyond
It’s kind of weird how much the word “weird” has been coming up all of a sudden in the election, isn’t it?
This hour, a look at weirdness and the Democrats’ new wall-to-wall, paint-Trump-and-Vance-as-weird strategy.
Plus, the history of the word “weird,” what it’s like being weird, and a few minutes on quantum weirdness.
GUESTS:
Olga Khazan: A staff writer for The Atlantic covering health, gender, and policy and the author of Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World Douglas Natelson: Associate dean for research at the Wiess School of Natural Sciences at Rice University, where he studies the emergent properties of materials Kase Wickman: A freelance journalist and frequent contributor to Vanity Fair Ben Zimmer: A linguist and lexicographer and the language columnist for The Wall Street JournalThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Tue, 06 Aug 2024 - 4393 - All calls: Vice presidential picks, debates, a book recommendation, and more
This hour we took your calls about anything you wanted to talk about.
This hour, the conversation winds around to the election, debates, vice presidential picks, the Olympics opening ceremony, Kevin Spacey, a book recommendation, and more.
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Mon, 05 Aug 2024 - 4392 - The joy of bad movies
There’s something kind of special about the experience of a really great, really bad movie.
Think Red Dawn or Under Siege. Snakes on a Plane or Batman & Robin.
Independence Day is nearly perfect and so rewatchable — and also terrible.
This hour, a Nose-ish look at the joy of bad movies.
GUESTS:
Theresa Cramer: A freelance writer and editor and the co-founder of Quiet Corner Communications Alicia di Leo: A para-educator in the integrated preschool program in the Manchester school system David Edelstein: America’s Greatest Living Film Critic Severn Sandt: Associate director of strategic partnerships and outreach at Trinity College in Hartford Howard Sherman: A theater administrator, writer, and advocate; he is the U.S. columnist for The Stage newspaper of London and the author of Another Day’s Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st CenturyThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Fri, 02 Aug 2024 - 4391 - Where is this election taking place?
This hour, we talk about where this election is taking place in this media environment. We'll discuss how Americans are getting their election news, investigate how misinformation spreads, take stock of the role of social media in this, and look at the state of political podcasts.
GUESTS:
Dannagal Young: Director of the Center for Political Communication and a Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Delaware. Her newest book is Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive our Appetite for Misinformation Christian Paz: Senior Politics Reporter for Vox Derek Robertson: Writer, reporter, and producer at Politico, where he writes the “Digital Future Daily” newsletterJoin the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Thu, 01 Aug 2024 - 4390 - From ‘Iowa nice’ to New England blunt, how do we define ‘nice’ in America?
Have you ever heard someone say that East Coasters are kind but not nice, and West Coasters are nice but not kind?
This hour, a look at what “niceness” is, why it’s so important to us, and how it can sometimes mask not-so-nice things.
GUESTS:
Carrie Tirado Bramen: Professor at the University at Buffalo and the author of American Niceness: A Cultural History Jordan Green: Self-proclaimed “kind West Coaster” Amit Kumar: Assistant professor of marketing and psychology at the University of Texas at Austin Mia Mercado: Humor writer and author from the Midwest who wrote She’s Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being GoodThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Wed, 31 Jul 2024 - 4389 - The legends of King Arthur and why they still matter today
This hour, we take a look at the legends of King Arthur. We discuss their evolution and why they endure.
Plus, we talk with author Lev Grossman about his new retelling of the King Arthur legend, The Bright Sword.
And, a conversation with an archeologist about excavating the history of Arthurian legends.
GUESTS:
Lev Grossman: Bestselling author of The Magicians Trilogy. His new book is The Bright Sword Leah Tether: Professor of Medieval Literature and Publishing at Bristol University, and Vice President of the International Courtly Literature Society Win Scutt: Archeologist and Senior Properties Curator for the West of England at English Heritage, a nonprofit that cares for over 400 historic monumentsJoin the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Tue, 30 Jul 2024 - 4388 - All calls: The election, the Olympics, Elon Musk, and more
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 the election, the Olympics opening ceremony, Project 2025, the stain (maybe) of Elon Musk on Teslas. Plus some wonderings: What would aliens make of the Olympics? What’s the most impactful way to get involved with the election? … Anything. (Seemingly) everything.
These shows are fun for us, and they seem to be fun for you, too. So we did another one.
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Mon, 29 Jul 2024 - 4387 - The art of political satire with Samantha Bee and Sophia McClennen
Political satire is alive and well in America today. And it turns out it might have an important role in educating the public and the health of our democracy.
This hour, a look at the state and the art of political satire with comedian Samantha Bee and Sophia McClennen, a political scientist who studies satire.
GUESTS:
Samantha Bee: Comedian, the host of Choice Words with Samantha Bee, and the former host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Sophia McClennen: Professor of international affairs and comparative literature at Penn State University and the author of numerous books, including Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn’t and Is Satire Saving Our Nation?The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Fri, 26 Jul 2024 - 4386 - The music, medicine, and mystery of humming
From Thurston Harris and Crash Test Dummies to that noise your refrigerator makes, humming sounds are all around us (especially if you’ve been to Windsor, Ontario).
This hour, musical humming, mysterious humming, and how humming could be good for your health.
GUESTS:
Colin Novak: Associate professor at the University of Windsor Susan Rogers: Multi-platinum record producer, cognitive neuroscientist, professor at Berklee College of Music, and co-author of This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You Gunjan Trivedi: Co-founder of Wellness Space and an author of several studies exploring the benefits of humming on stress and healthThe 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!
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Thu, 25 Jul 2024 - 4385 - What makes a book a classic? A read of the Western canon and how it’s changing
This hour, we look at the idea of the Western canon and those books that are considered “classics.” We talk about what’s in the canon, what isn’t and what should be, and how it evolves.
Plus, we talk about The Atlantic’s recent list of “The Great American Novels.” And we learn about a publishing company that is experimenting with artificial intelligence to bring classic books alive for a new audience.
GUESTS:
Gal Beckerman: Senior editor for books at The Atlantic Laura Kipnis: Cultural critic, essayist, and the author of Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis, among other books Roosevelt Montás: Senior lecturer in American studies and English at Columbia University and the author of Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation James Mustich: Author of 1,000 Books to Read Before You DieThe 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!
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Wed, 24 Jul 2024 - 4384 - We take your calls
Well, we’ve had another weekend, haven’t we? So we figured you might want to talk again.
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Tue, 23 Jul 2024 - 4383 - Another ho-hum week in the 2024 election
This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, we discuss President Biden's decision not to run for reelection. We'll look at the historical precedent for this decision, talk about Vice President Kamala Harris, and hear about the role of the press in all of this.
GUESTS:
Bill Curry: Former White House advisor to the Clinton administration, Connecticut State Senator, and two-time Democratic nominee for the Governor of Connecticut Hunter Schwarz: Journalist and the founder and curator of the visual politics newsletter “Yello” Leah Wright Rigueur: Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins, author of The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power Manisha Sinha: James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut and the President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. She is author of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920, among other books David Folkenflik: NPR’s media correspondentJoin the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Mon, 22 Jul 2024 - 4382 - Finding hope in dark times
I saw someone on TikTok ask (rather vulgarly) that we just have, for once, a week that is … precedented. And I mean, yes. Could we?
Well, not this week. The shooting. The convention. The running mate. The president with COVID. The ominous election.
And then Bob Newhart died, too.
So we decided we need — and that you might need, too — an hour to figure out where to find hope even in the face of all this.
GUESTS:
Noah Baerman: A pianist, composer, and educator; his new album, from the Noah Baerman Trio, is Live at the Side Door
Susan Clinard: The owner of Clinard Sculpture Studio in Hamden, Connecticut
Azar Nafisi: The author of six books, including Reading Lolita in Tehran; her newest is Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times
Benjamin Perry: Minister of outreach and media strategy at Middle Church and the author of Cry, Baby: Why Our Tears Matter
Gene Seymour: A “writer, professional spectator, pop-culture maven, and jazz geek
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Fri, 19 Jul 2024 - 4381 - How should we treat the dead?
This hour, we look at our cultural fascination with dead bodies. What do we owe the dead? What can the dead teach us? What does a body represent to you?
We talk to a death investigator who observes what the dead can teach us about living, a poet / mortician, who laments our growing estrangement from our dead, and a reporter who has investigated the large — and legal — market for body parts.
GUESTS:
Barbara Butcher:Aretired New York City death investigator and the author ofWhat the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City DeathInvestigator; she is featured in Dick Wolf’s Netflix docuseries Homicide: New York Thomas Lynch: The author of six collections of poems, six books of essays and a book of stories; a novel,No Prisoners, is forthcoming; he worked as a funeral director for over 50 years with Lynch & Sons Ally Jarmanning: A senior reporter for WBUR; she’s the host and reporter for Season 4 of the podcast Last Seen: Postmortem — The Stolen Bodies of HarvardThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Thu, 18 Jul 2024 - 4380 - How political violence hurts democracy
This hour, we're taking stock of what the events of July 13 mean for our election and our polity.
First, a conversation about the effects political violence can have on democracy. Then, a look at the rise of conspiracy thinking across the political spectrum in response to the attempted assassination of former President Trump and an analysis of the iconic photo of Trump with his fist raised.
GUESTS:
Arie Periliger: Professor at UMass Lowell studying political extremism and political violence for more than 20 years David Gilbert: A reporter at WIRED covering covering disinformation and online extremism Philip Kennicott: Senior art and architecture critic at The Washington PostJoin the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 - 4379 - Eternal flame: The continued relevance of the myth of Prometheus
In Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give it to humans, and suffered an eternity of punishment for it.
This hour, we revisit that myth, and talk about why it resonates so much today.
Plus, a look at the Alien prequel Prometheus.
GUESTS:
Annie Dorsen: Theater director; her most recent production was Prometheus Firebringer Adrienne Mayor: Research scholar in the Classics Department and the History of Science Program at Stanford University and the author of Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines and Ancient Dreams of Technology, among other books Dom Nero: Writer, video editor, and co-host of the Eye of the Duck podcast A.O. Scott: Critic at large for The New York Times Book Review and the author of Better Living Through CriticismThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Tue, 16 Jul 2024 - 4378 - We take your calls
After this weekend, we thought you might want to talk.
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Mon, 15 Jul 2024 - 4377 - 3 things to think about that aren’t the election: Wimbledon, (not) hugging sloths, and mapping apps
We got to the end of this week and decided it’d be nice to have some stuff to think about besides the election. This hour, we present to you three such things.
First, in advance of this weekend’s finals, we check in with arguably the grandest of the Grand Slams, the most major of the four tennis majors, The Championships, Wimbledon 2024.
And then: The New York Times wondered, “Should you hug a sloth?” (Spoiler: Probably not.)
And finally, a look at all the ways our mapping apps — Google Maps, Waze, Apple Maps, etc. — are (maybe) letting us down.
GUESTS:
Julia Angwin: A contributing opinion writer at The New York Times and the founder of Proof News Matthew Futterman: A senior writer covering tennis at The Athletic Melena Ryzik: A roving culture reporter at The New York TimesThe Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode!
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Fri, 12 Jul 2024 - 4376 - Want to really know someone? Look in their fridge
This hour, a look at refrigeration and how it’s shaped what we eat and how we live with Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves. Plus, we’ll take a look at what we can learn about someone from the inside and outside of their refrigerator.
GUESTS:
Nicola Twilley: Co-host of the podcast “Gastropod,” and author of the new book, Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves Peyton Dix: Social media strategist, content creator, writer, and co-host of the podcast “Lemme Say This”Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
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