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 9, 2016 • 49min
Uh. Well. The Election Is Over.
The one thing we knew for sure was that by the time we got to today, yesterday would be over.And it is.And we have a new President-elect.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 8, 2016 • 49min
Election Day STILL Makes Me Happy
We're all a little tired of this election. I vacillate between excitement, fear, anger, fatigue - sometimes all in the same hour. What will become of the country after this election?Will we accept the results? Will there be 'revolution?' Will Congress come together to legislate in the best interests of the country? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 7, 2016 • 50min
The Scramble: Can America Recover Her Reputation?
American democracy is limping to the finish line this election week, dehydrated and injured from many stumbles during this race. Can it recover before Americans lose faith that America has the will or ability to help them? Can it recover before foreign friends and foes alike lose faith in America's sanity and stability? Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 4, 2016 • 50min
Richard Dreyfuss, Live from TheaterWorks
He's an Academy Award winner, a Golden Globe winner, a BAFTA Award winner.He's the star of American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, What About Bob?, Mr. Holland's Opus, W., Madoff, and many more movies and TV shows.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 2, 2016 • 50min
To Catch a Burglar
George Leonidas Leslie robbed the Manhattan Savings Institution of $3 million in 1878. At the time, it was considered one of the safest buildings in the world. He made detailed models of the bank and its vault from blueprints he charmed from a bank employee. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 1, 2016 • 50min
The North Korea You Don't Know
Amidst the increasing concern over a nuclear armed North Korea, it's easy to forget the nearly 25 million citizens who live there. Their stories, while not matters of national security, do reveal valuable insights into the secretive nation they call home.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 31, 2016 • 50min
The Scramble: The End (of This Election) Is Near
FBI Director James B. Comey wrote in a Friday memo to Congressional leaders that "the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation" of Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server. The memo sparked a firestorm that rages hotter by the day, resisting all attempts to contain its damage. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 28, 2016 • 42min
The Nose on the New Leonard Cohen and The Run-Up's Trump Tapes
Leonard Cohen's 14th studio album, You Want It Darker, dropped last Friday. Coupled with a new David Remnick profile of Cohen in The New Yorker, the reviews have been pretty gushing. The Nose's take isn't quite as one-note.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 27, 2016 • 41min
An Hour With Ira (Glass)
Ira Glass -- host of This American Life, creator of Serial, professional dancer -- used our show as his prime example in "a principled defense of fun on public radio." And then he called the kind of failure that we aim for many days of each week "where you'll find the future."We want to know more about all that stuff.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 26, 2016 • 41min
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 1920's 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.
