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 about the week in culture.
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Nov 29, 2017 • 50min
Voodoo Unveiled
Voodoo is more than just a misunderstood religion, its practice draws on age-old beliefs, cultural elements, and folk traditions from a multitude of nations and ethnic groups.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 28, 2017 • 50min
Prog Rock: The Show That Never Ends
The bands Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Rush, Asia, and Styx have sold, literally, hundreds of millions of albums.And that's despite the fact that This Is Spinal Tap is a devastatingly accurate spoofing of, ya know... all those bands.This hour: a look at the rise and fall of progressive rock.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 27, 2017 • 49min
The Scramble: Has America Fallen Into A State Of Unreality?
Today's Scramble will be another all-call show. We won't have any guests - just you and your calls to Colin. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 22, 2017 • 50min
JFK Assassination, 54 Years Later
Mistrust of the government's version of the facts... Paranoid conspiracy theories... Allegations of treason... Distrust of American institutions... Controversial governmental investigations...You might say that America's modern era started 54 years ago today in Dallas.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 21, 2017 • 50min
Radiation: Maybe Not As Bad As You Think
Radiation is everywhere. It's emitted by our sun, by cat litter, by bananas and occasionally by nuclear bombs. It's even emitted by you, and by me, and by every living (and dead) person in the world. So why are we so scared of something so prevalent in our everyday lives?Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 20, 2017 • 50min
The Scramble: Tax Cuts; Nuclear Codes; Elephants
The House of Representatives passed a 440-page tax bill Thursday that was introduced two short weeks ago. Among other things, the bill would remove deductions important to people with big medical expenses and college tuitions and ultimately hit hardest those making $75,000 or less. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 17, 2017 • 50min
The Nose Is People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive
It's been a crazy week. (Of course, they're all crazy weeks.) As such, this week's crazy Nose tries to rapid-fire its way through as many crazy topics as possible in its crazy 49 minutes.Some of the crazy possibilities:Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 16, 2017 • 50min
America Through The Looking Glass
I have traveled to three foreign countries since President Trump was elected. While I have always been proud to be American, even as I criticize much in my country, I was humbled by what people thought of America in the countries I visited. They were puzzled by our health care system, and appalled by our guns and voter apathy. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 15, 2017 • 49min
A Deep Dive Into The World Of Insects
There are an estimated 10 quintillion insects living on the planet right now-- That's 1.4 billion insects for each human. If they decided to take over, there's nothing we could do to stop them. Fortunately, they seem relatively content to share their planet with us.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 14, 2017 • 49min
Teaching An Old Fox New Tricks
In 1959, Soviet geneticist Dmitri Belyaev started an ambitious experiment to study the origins of domestication -- he would attempt to breed domesticated wild foxes by selecting on their behavior alone, a process he imagined our ancestors carried out with dogs thousands of years before.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
