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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Apr 28, 2017 • 42min
The Nose Has Seen Nine Concerts, One Lie, And '13 Reasons Why'
"13 Reasons Why" is the new Netflix series based on Jay Asher's book. In it, one of the main characters, a teenager, has killed herself before the narrative begins. As such, the show has been called, for one thing, "dangerous." The Nose weighs in.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 27, 2017 • 42min
A Big, Dumb Paean To Big, Dumb Action Movies
The "Fast and Furious" franchise includes eight feature films and two short films, and it looks like it's about to include a series of spinoff films. It's Universal Pictures's highest-grossing film franchise with a combined box office nearing $5 billion.Uhh, how did that happen?Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 26, 2017 • 40min
The Mystery And Legend Of Gangsters
Al Capone told everyone who asked him what he did for a living that he was a "property owner and taxpayer in Chicago." He was really a powerful multimillionaire in 1920s Chicago who made money from the illegal sale of alcohol during Prohibition and the vices that usually accompanied it: gambling and prostitution.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 25, 2017 • 42min
Cities That Changed The World: Mapping History's Hubs Of Innovation
In looking to our past, a curious trend appears. A vast amount of mankind's great accomplishments in art, music, science, technology and language seem to emerge from a relatively small number of cities: Athens, Hangzhou, Florence, Rome, Calcutta, Vienna, and Silicon Valley-- just to name a few.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 24, 2017 • 42min
The Scramble Looks At The French Election And More
The world is riveted by the presidential election in France, which seems to be at the epicenter of clashing ideological forces vying to shape the future of Western democracy. All we know for sure after Sunday's first round of voting is that the May 7 winner will not be a Socialist. For the first time in 59 years, France chose two candidates outside the mainstream parties to advance to the final run-off in May. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 21, 2017 • 42min
The Nose Bids Adieu To Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly is out at Fox News. Serena Williams is pregnant. Melania Trump: photographer. And "Girls" is over.It's been another weird week, and The Nose is on it.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 20, 2017 • 42min
The Official Public Radio Guide To Polyamory
If there's one thing we've never been good at, it's limiting ourselves. We eat too much junk food, watch too much TV, and engage in all manner of self-indulgence. So why then, do we continue to adhere to the limitations of monogamy? If love is so grand, why not celebrate a lifestyle which encourages loving multiple partners?Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 19, 2017 • 42min
Live From Watkinson School: It's A Very Exciting Time To Be A Word!
When this forum was originally scheduled, it was intended as a conversation about how our language is changing. Example, the idiom "woke" or "#woke" has a very keen set of meanings to one group and flies by another. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 18, 2017 • 42min
The Serious, Subversive (And Sometimes Shocking) History Of Cartoons
Its been over 100 years since the first cartoons were drawn by hand. Since then, the genre has delved into everything from sex and drugs to racial inequality and war crimes. Even the tamest, G-rated cartoons have often found ways of slipping in adult humor past the eyes of younger viewers.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 17, 2017 • 42min
The Scramble: Taxes, The Trump Chicken, Sean Spicer
Presidential press secretaries usually keep a low profile. They don't typically try to control the room or get defensive or mean with reporters. They don't typically break news or become the butt of jokes on late-night TV. They don't typically perpetuate information proven to be untrue and then assume a threatening manner when asked to support the claim. In short, Sean Spicer is a press secretary like few we've seen before. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
